Sentences with phrase «common than a battle»

Not exact matches

Third Point, which settled a bitter proxy battle with Yahoo last year after months of criticism of the company, will still own about 20 million shares, less than 2 percent of the Internet media company's common stock.

But in the power battles which had been raging for some centuries, the contentions were common enough: «The Church's authority is greater than the authority of Scripture... the decretals of the Roman Church have to be added to Scripture... in the New Law the Pope's judgment is the oracle of God.»

«Battling over Birth is a critical and timely resource for understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United States, a country where black women's lives — and the lives they create — are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of non-black women... By distilling the common and diverse threads from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as important and central to optimal birth experiences.

Plus ideological battles are more interesting than a scrap over the centre ground where the parties have a lot in common.

Though the two seem to have nothing in common, their battle of wits and will teaches them that they are more alike than they had previously suspected.

In response to this, Gibb said that GCSE and A-level qualifications required fundamental reform, as for many years exam boards had «competed with each other to appeal to the lowest common denominator in the battle for market share», which resulted in qualifications that assessed «vague thinking skills rather than core subject knowledge».

Yet as seen with the battles over implementing Common Core reading and math standards, as well as the fights over implementing test score growth - based teacher evaluations, these reforms will be even more difficult to implement than the first round.

Especially in light of the waiver gambit's questionable status, and the political battle over the implementation of Common Core reading and math standards (which the waiver gambit helped support), the Obama Administration can do little more than be all talk and no action.

The legislative battle over Common Core standards began Wednesday with divided testimony from more than 60 parents, teachers and education leaders during a committee hearing Wednesday that lasted nearly seven hours and ended in executive action.

While having more than one brokerage is common for many investors, it's an interesting to see the already intense marketing battle for brokerage clients heat up and move to video.

However, Battle of the Bands» style of play shares more in common with Dance Dance Revolution than it does with Guitar Hero.

Viking: Battle for Asgard has more in common with the Total War series than you might think: elements of strategy and skill progression will keep gamers glued; from dragon air strikes to ballista sieges, expect bloodshed of unseen magnitude.

And yet, I'm here to tell you Kingdom Battle is a hell of a game, a strategy RPG with more in common with Fire Emblem than XCOM, one that wraps a satisfying turn - based combat game — featuring surprising depth to its systems and mechanics — in the approachable accessibility that's come to define modern Nintendo games.

Goombas are recurring enemies in Paper Mario: Color Splash, although they are less common than Shy Guys in this game (in fact, the very first battle Mario has is against Shy Guys).

The Dory achievements mention some mechanics like building placement and boss battles which suggest it will have a lot in common with the Star Wars and Infinity 1.0 playsets, rather than something like the Inside Out or Battlegrounds playsets.