Sentences with phrase «board than your opponent»

It use to be about how to best serve the nation, and now it seems to be mostly about getting more of your pieces on the board than your opponent.

Not exact matches

The English midfielder was among the goals in midweek as Sunderland saw off a stern challenge from lower league opponents Exeter City and the focus will now be on getting that first win on board as quick as possible and what better time to do it than before the international break.

Members of DuPage County's Zoning Board of Appeal recently voted 4 - 2 in favor of recommending the project - a decision that caught many of the more than 50 opponents who attended the hour - long meeting...

More than a month after the Town of Glen planning board rejected a proposal by a Canadian company to bring a sewage sludge facility to the area, opponents are still working to keep the project from moving forward.

But opponents on Monday filed objections with the state Board of Elections in Albany, claiming that more than 2,400 of her signatures are invalid.

Democrat Laura Curran leads the fundraising race among Nassau County executive candidates, having collected $ 715,000 more in recent months than potential primary opponent George Maragos and about $ 400,000 more than Republican Jack Martins, according to reports filed Monday with the state Board of Elections.

Less than 24 hours after the East Hampton Town Board approved a handful of long - awaited restrictions on flights into and out of its airport on April 16, opponents vowed to take legal action against the town.

Congressional contender Jon Kaiman on Monday asked the state Board of Elections to throw opponent Thomas Suozzi off the Democratic primary ballot in the 3rd District, claiming more than half the petition signatures that Suozzi submitted were not valid.

Calls from editorial boards and opponents for Anthony Weiner to withdraw from the New York City mayoral contest have been pouring in after his admission that he sent the lusty messages more than a year after resigning from Congress.

Republican Erin Baker raised over $ 91,600 this year in her bid for a Town Board seat — six times more than either of her Democratic opponents — but she placed third behind them.

Todd Kaminsky has more than $ 266,000 on hand for the final month of his State Senate campaign to replace former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, while his GOP opponent, attorney Christopher McGrath, has nearly $ 163,000 available, according to new State Board of Elections filings.

Assembly District, pulling in nearly 500 more votes than her opponent out of nearly 4,000, according to unofficial Board of Elections results.

The more than 2,500 - year - old board game, in which two players use black and white stones to try to capture more territory than their opponent, is extremely complex, which has made it difficult for computers to master.

For Item 7, in order to give an opportunity for everyone who has signed up to speak and provide their input to the board, rather than allotting a certain amount of time to a specific side or to official proponents and opponents, the board will move right into the one minute public comment, pursuant to Title 5 Code of Regulations, Section 9522 and 18463, following a presentation by staff of the California Department of Education.

For example, the organization has spent more than $ 541,000 to support LAUSD Board Member Bennett Kayser, an adamant charter school opponent, who has voted to deny the renewal of 10 Alliance schools.

Opponents argued this allowed the board to choose candidates based on their political views rather than their other qualifications — and the court agreed.

Played on a magical clockworks game board, this turn - based multiplayer game has real - time action and devious opportunities for misdirection, all in the pursuit of securing more loot than your opponents.

However, opponents, along with state Sen. William Seitz, have requested a rehearing and want to apply stricter rules than those that were in effect when the Siting Board ruled last summer.

Unfortunately «ridiculous» also describes CREA trying to fight a legal battle against an opponent with bottomless pockets especially when those opponents» pockets are our own as taxpayers CREA, the provincial organizations, and now it seems the boards appear to be more interested in finding new ways to extract funds from REALTORS ® as our membership shrinks, with the goal of self preservation rather than providing value and constraint instep with the financial challenges the average agent faces in today's markets.