Sentences with phrase «earlier battles with»

In the item, Aaron Shepard, author of three how - to books on Kindle self - publishing, tied the unhappiness of some self - published writers to Amazon's earlier battles with Hachette and other publishers.

With humor and wit, Adams keeps you invested in every aspect of Shante's journey, from her early battles with her disapproving mother (Long) to her harrowing fights with an abusive boyfriend Cross, played with tenderness and menace by Moonlight breakout Ali.

The introduction the game sees an early battle with the beast and Cole fails miserably to conquer it.

One early battle with a large monster, the notorious and iconic Anjanath, comes to mind.

Not exact matches

The reason might harken back to a control battle with one of Snap's earliest investors, venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Hitachi is also betting on the acquisition to ready it for battles with formidable Chinese rivals such as the $ 130 - billion behemoth CRRC Corp that was created earlier this year from the merger of mainland state - owned train manufacturers CSR and CNR.

This puts the stakes of the dispute on par with other epic early - days battles such as the one between Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and the Winkelvoss twins.

Competing in her first Olympics, Thrasher established an early lead after battling with the Russian shooter Daria Vdovina, who stumbled midway through the competition and finished fifth.

Earlier this year, a family member was nearing the end of a heartbreaking battle with cancer.

«While we have yet to see direct competitive modes from our publishers under coverage, we fully expect [Activision, Take - Two Interactive, EA], and virtually everyone else to come up with their take on the «Battle Royale» genre,» Macquarie Capital analysts Benjamin Schachter and Ed Alter wrote in a note in early April.

Earlier this month, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) claimed a worthless victory in its three - year battle with the Competition Bureau.

Since early in the six - year - old Syria war, Hezbollah's energies have been focused on propping up President Bashar al - Assad in alliance with Iran and Russia, throwing thousands of its fighters into battle against Syrian rebels.

Speaking of «the lifestyle,» one of the biggest turnoffs I had to battle during my dates early on was telling women that I lived at home with my parents to work on my business.

Front - line ladermen and women are usually young, and the stress of battling the flames makes this a job with a relatively early retirement age.

In an early skirmish in the prolonged battle over net neutrality, Martin as FCC chairman joined with Democratic members to censure Comcast Corp. for improperly interfering with customers» web traffic.

The company also concluded an ugly battle with an activist investor earlier this summer, with the activists winning.

Realizing early on that the Catholic Church would be ill - served in the coming battles with secularism without an ability to draw on her own best treasures, Migne devised the scheme of publishing, in uniform format, the entire extant corpus of early Christian literature, much of which was still in manuscript.

In fact, it was the very same «giants in the land» that had so scared the ten spies 40 years earlier that Caleb went to battle with.

But he approves of it in the case of a physician who» knowingly facilitated» the suicide of a patient whom he had treated for a long time, knew well, and who had convinced him early on that she preferred to die rather than go through a long and losing battle with cancer.

at the age of 35 after a life long battle with addiction that began at a VERY early age.

Is this a transformation of the holy war motif, with Jesus as the Divine Warrior, doing battle for God's little people, the marginalized whom we also described earlier?

Early in the process of working with an alcoholic, it is helpful to discuss the fact that he has an uphill battle against an insidious illness, and then to spell out what is involved in winning the battle.

«How wonderful to be able to see him,» Gersten said earlier this week, each word laced with the kind of anticipation a soldier coming home after battle feels.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

He teams up with the venerable though retired knight of earlier battles, Obi - Wan Kenobi (brilliantly played by Alec Guinness), and together they become the hope of the empire.

This victory is even more sweet when you remember our battles with the coon earlier this spring.

I lost a good friend of mine earlier this year after a long battle with cancer.

Tragically, Jarman died in March of 2011 at age 60 following a long battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease.

It would largely also agree on much of this top 25 in August, after Signing Day, the NFL Draft, quarterback battles, assistant coaching changes, early enrollees, arrests, injuries, suspensions, and bizarre news events alter every team in some way, along with hours and hours of study of each of these teams introducing new arguments for and against everybody.

The Michigan Football team arrived bright and early to Spartan Stadium ahead of today's in - state battle with their in - state rivals (noon on...

They're going to regret 1) opening the voting so early, and 2) not including any F1 stuff when Marcus Ericsson wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a wheel - banging battle with Lewis Hamilton on the final lap.

In their battle with the irresistible forces of Brigham Young, and earlier against Utah, New Mexico's Lobos upheld their rating as the country's top defensive team and took the lead in the best - balanced conference

United went behind to an early goal against Stoke and it took them until the 95th minute to battle back into the game, with Rooney finally scoring the goal that took him past Sir Bobby Charlton's record as top Man U goalscorer.

Judge then finished round two early, sending Cody Bellinger packing in a battle of Rookie of the Year candidates with 13 longballs with about a minute left on the clock.

Don Balon have linked Icardi with Manchester United, while the Sun talked of a potential battle between Chelsea and Madrid for his signature earlier in the season.

After leading just 26 - 22 after halftime, the Huskies jumped out to a 12 - point advantage early in the second half with four quick three - pointers, but the Tribe battled back, bringing it to within three with a little more than six minutes to go.

Nico Hulkenberg was sixth, after a great race and some exciting early battles, with Romain Grosjean, Felipe Massa, a recovering Ocon and Carlos Sainz Jr. completing the top 10.

A steady presence in midfield as he overcame some early sloppiness on the ball to provide the hosts with important defensive coverage to win the midfield battle.

It was early October on the San Ramon Valley High campus in Danville and the girls water polo team was locked in a tight battle with eventual - North Coast Section Div.

She gave nearly everything she had financially through Day's early life to support her son's golf dreams but now faces a battle with lung cancer that Australian doctors considered terminal.

Arsenal vs Liverpool kick - off the action in the early game where the battle for Champions League qualification takes centre stage, with the Reds almost certainly needing a victory to stay in the hunt.

It was one of the more exciting early - season college basketball tournaments that takes place over the Thanksgiving holiday, with the seventh annual Battle 4 Atlantis event at Imperial Arena at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas.

With Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez the only senior recognised strikers left at the club following the departures of Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao earlier in the summer, van Gaal hinted that a deal for an unnamed striker was in place [via Guardian Sport] and it now seems he may well have a battle on his hands to bring Llorente to Old Trafford.

LMP2 saw some frantic action in the early stages of the race but things eventually settled down and the G - Drive Oreca won, whilst the GTE - Pro category featured something of a battle royale, with the two AF Corse Ferraris spending most of the race up front, glued to each other's bumpers.

Nordquist is temporarily sidelined with an ankle sprain, so Thames and Hayes will take the Eagles out of the gate and into an early schedule that features Sacramento High's St. Hope Elite Hoop Classic and a trip to Southern California for the Oaks Christian Holiday Classic to face elite programs in preparation for league battles with Sheldon, Jesuit, and Oak Ridge.

Ricciardo put a lovely move on Bottas early on which lasted for four corners, Stoffel Vandoorne (who finished a brilliant seventh) had a good battle with the Williams drivers after emerging from his pit stop and Fernando Alonso had an entertaining scrap with Kevin Magnussen, leading to an amusing bit of team radio.

The report claims that Arsenal have prepared an early bid of just over # 21 million in an attempt to get the deal done quickly and avoid a summer battle with rival clubs for Dybala's signature.

The three players named all made it into the semi-finals of Euro 2016 with Ronaldo and Griezmann battling it out in the final, which was won by Ronaldo's Portugal despite the fact that he was taken off early in the first half with a knee injury.

Leading up to the game, many thought Ukraine vs. Sweden would be Monday's undercard with England and France doing battle earlier on in the day.

With the club embroiled in relegation battle so early in the season, disgruntlement has been certainly high among the West Ham United faithful.