Sentences with phrase «by turf battles»

The Central Intelligence Agency has been riven by turf battles, political infighting, and the lack of qualified agents and analysts.

Not exact matches

Spawned by years of litigation and turf battles, a dispute over who owns Crystal Lake ended quietly last month in a state appellate courtroom.

Scientists have found that there are currently four packs of wolves roaming the isle that continually battle for turf and food — and their rise and fall, as described by the researchers, can often stem from seemingly insignificant events.

Schools have changed relatively little, mainly because of turf battles fought by the knot of organizations that we politely call «the education system»: teachers unions and school boards try to protect their monopolies, publishing companies try to reinterpret all new ideas back into the profitable forms of the past, various levels of government try to protect their relevance by getting in front of every new concern, pretending to lead while aggressively and often destructively following whatever trends they have the wit to perceive.

By focusing only on the problems in charter schools, the series misses the bigger picture in Detroit: a lack of quality across both district and charter schools, turf battles rather than leadership and problem - solving, and splintered government oversight.

Adopted dog surprised his owner by rescuing two people caught in a riptide The Bermese mountain dog, named Nico, bounded into the water without hesitation to save a couple who were struggling in the water This dog playing the drums to White Stripes» Seven Nation Army will blow you away The cute canine lies next to its bass - playing owner as she taps out the iconic beat on the percussion instrument A dog playing the bass drum to Seven Nation Army is the best thing you'll see today This Vine is everything it promises to be, a beautiful golden retriever pup takes the role of Meg White, going thud thud thud on a bass drum whilst her owner plays one of the most famous guitar riffs in rock history Watch feisty feline take on pack of wild dogs in epic turf war battle - the winner might surprise you This is one cat that wasn't about to let five canines get the better of him - no matter how loud they barked Labrador has tumour the size of a human baby removed from his stomach WARNING: This story contains graphic images.

In the updated warning the State Department cited an increase in homicide rates as a result of targeted assassinations by criminal organizations, as well as turf battles that have resulted in violent crime in areas frequented by U.S. citizens and shooting incidents that have injured or killed innocent bystanders.

The Squid Sisters dance on, as though driven by the Inkling love of battling for turf.

It's already a bit of a bummer that Regular Battles are confined to Turf War, and that the different modes of Ranked Battle are dictated by rotation, but what makes the matchmaking even more limited is that the levels themselves are also on rotation; with two levels available to each mode for two hours» time.

We also agree that the broader implications of humanity's surging planet - scale impacts can be obscured by technical struggles or disciplinary turf battles over stratigraphic signals.