Sentences with phrase «early years of the troubles»

His story is about more than just his attempts to get people to accept him as a her; his quest for identity and his lost family is played out against the backdrop of the early years of the Troubles, as his friends get more and more involved in IRA factions while he does his best to keep from getting involved in things that are too «serious.»

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, Frontier's interest in maintaining monopolistic moats became much larger following its troubled takeover of former Verizon fiber - optic networks in California, Florida, and Texas earlier this year.

The troubled retailer, which earlier this year recognized there are doubts in the stock market about its future as an ongoing entity, expects a net loss of between $ 525 million and $ 595 million, compared with a $ 748 million loss in the same period last year.

Earlier this year the failure of few food delivery startups led to a number of pundits and articles claiming that the on - demand economy was in trouble.

As early as 1934, just one year after Hitler came to power, Prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein, representing a small but growing group of conscientious Catholics, made a dramatic interfaith appeal against Nazism: «Jews and Catholics must stand together, for we are faced with the same troubles.

Earlier this year, Bob Jones University raised eyebrows when they pulled the plug on a third - party investigation into their lengthy, troubling history of handling of sexual assault victims.

During the opening months of last season, the 24 - year - old was troubled by constant hamstring problems and despite netting a few goals early on, he wasn't hitting the heights he had previously demonstrated.

This is not the first time the Spain international has got United out of trouble, with the 27 - year - old most notably making some unbelievable stops in the 3 - 1 win at Arsenal earlier in the season and during the 0 - 0 Champions League draw at Sevilla.

John Sugden, an English sociologist who pioneered the «twinning» concept 25 years earlier with a mixed - faith soccer team in Belfast during the height of the Troubles and who is now the director of Football 4 Peace, doing in the Middle East with soccer what PPI does with basketball, puts it both wryly and well: «It's not as if you can sprinkle the pixie dust of sport and everything's going to be fine.»

This year the Arsenal fans are in almost exactly the same situation as we were in the same time last year, with the transfer deadline approaching and the Gunners looking worryingly short of fire power and options for Arsene Wenger up front.We had signed Alexis Sanchez earlier in the summer but then Giroud was ruled out for a few months and we were in trouble.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

The «rot» was well and truly stopped however, and confidence looks to have returned, with five wins out of their final five games putting their early year troubles behind them.

However, he has suffered several injury troubles in recent years and this would have been one of the reasons for his early retirement.

Let me bestow upon you some of the wisdom that I've acquired through the glorious, trouble - free, blissful years of my children's early childhood.

The Web site is part of an effort by Park District officials to improve communication with residents and repair the district's image, tarnished by a series of communication troubles earlier this year.

But remember that this year, he offered early support to several key members of the GOP conference believed to be in trouble and / or challengers in key races: Sens. Mark Grisanti and Roy McDonald and candidates Bob Cohen and NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich.

Stutzman thought he'd be getting help from the Club for Growth, which backed him earlier this year, but as Nathan Gonzales pointed out last week, Stutzman wasn't included in the group's end - of - the - year fundraising email, a potentially troubling sign for a candidate looking to close a substantial fundraising gap.

«The increase in anti-semitic incidents recorded by CST in the early part of last year is deeply troubling and I want to be unequivocal today; I am a proud friend of Israel and welcome a robust debate about how we ensure both a secure Israel and a viable Palestinian state existing side by side,» the prime minister said.

So we'll invest in the early years, help put troubled families back on track, use a pupil premium to make sure kids from the poorest homes go to the best schools not the worst, recognise marriage in the tax system and, most of all, make sure that work really pays for every single person in our country

In the early years of academisation — under both Labour and coalition governments — the academy chains that ran into trouble were those that expanded too fast, taking on too many schools.

The survey also shows troubling signs for New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who replaced Hillary Clinton when she was tapped for Secretary of State earlier this year.

What's more those early European farmers, especially in the low sunlight regions of the North, would have had trouble making sufficient vitamin D in the skin throughout most of the year, and it's widely thought there was not a lot of vitamin D in their mainly cereal - based diet.

During his early years, the jacked IFBB star had a lot of trouble developing his arms, which were his greatest weakness.

(ORLINDA PLATERO) In Crownpoint, N.M., in 1999, Orlinda «Orie» Platero sat with her father as he slowly died from heart failure following decades of trouble that included bypass surgery 20 years earlier.

The dudes behind Twin Peaks have been kicking up trouble all over the U.S. since 2009, but with the release of «Down In Heaven» earlier this year they are looking down the barrel of an especially busy summer tour with stops at both Bonnaroo (TN) and Pitchfork (CHI).

Depardieu's performance in Jacques Attali's «The Gates of Heaven» won bravos, but a lot of people walked out, finding the play — about love, death, power and Francois Mitterrand — too long and even a bit boring... President Clinton, whose childhood was troubled by alcohol - fueled abuse, asked Lions Gate for a print of «Affliction,» the acclaimed Nick Nolte movie about a man coping with the results of early years spent with an abusive, alcoholic dad.

It isn't always easy to believe that a girl of her natural spark and charisma would have trouble making friends, but when Nadine expresses the self - loathing she's wrestled with for years («I had the worst thought: I've got to spend the rest of my life with myself,» she says early on), something in the pitch of Steinfeld's voice makes it impossible not to believe her.

A surprise late - film cameo from a member of the usual gang (hint: not Ben Stiller, but the other one) livens things up a little, but it also raises a troubling question: Vaughn, Wilson, and their pals have emerged in the past few years as the most reliable big - budget comic collective since the first batch of Saturday Night Live vets started making movies in the late»70s and early»80s.

Trouble is, it hasn't been The Depression for, oh, seventy years or so; the poster image of a smirking ragamuffin who looked poised to break into a rendition of «The Good Ship Lollipop» was so anachronistic as to have an indecipherable objective for early - Nineties moviegoers.

Players are introduced to VR «s world via a framing device in which a history teacher is discussing the «Liberation War» of a hundred years earlier and the «five traitors» who started it, winding up executed by the government for their troubles.

Chronic absenteeism (missing just 2 days per month or 18 days over the school year) can be an early warning sign of academic trouble starting as early as kindergarten and preschool.

Kris Perry, executive director of the First Five Years Fund says that ESSA represents a historic gain for early childhood education, «a moment in troubled times when a Congress came together and acted on overwhelming research from experts, demand from voters, and actions taken by state and local leaders across the country to support the development of children from birth to age 5.»

One of the earliest offshoots began some years ago when Latino families teamed up with Green Dot Public Schools to demand the Los Angeles Unified School District hand over control of the riot - plagued Thomas Jefferson High School, and eventually, forced the district to hand over the even more - troubled Alain Locke High School.

The trust was put on the Department for Education's «pause list» in 2012 — meaning it was not allowed to take on new schools — after running into trouble after it expanded quickly in the early years of the academy programme.

Early Thursday morning the Senate approved a bill that grants NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio two more years of control of the city's troubled school system.

Golovich recounted troubling experiences working for CAVA that closely align with findings of a report released earlier this year by a Washington, D.C. - based think tank.

Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and the CfBT Schools Trust (CST) are both on the government's «pause list» — meaning they can not sponsor new schools — after running into trouble following quick expansion in the early years of the academy programme.

Ford gave the EcoSport a facelift (or rather a minor update) earlier this year but the launch of the Maruti Vitara Brezza spelled trouble for the compact SUV, resulting in the company reducing prices significantly.

One of the first signs that the company was in trouble when they did not attend the popular CES show in Las Vegas earlier this year.

Alexis or Alexia's Book is a collection of humorous, affectionate tales about the fears and troubles kids have in their early years, such as when a new sibling arrives, falling down the drain when the water is going down the pipes, a loved one passing away, suffering bullying and mockery, the first love, etc..

Double Trouble does at least make a distinction between young people who have the opportunity to contribute to TFSAs as early as age 18, and older folk who will only get a few years of contributions based on the yearly limit.

(Aside: the real estate area of Provident Mutual avoided most of the troubles, as they sold their building that they built seven years earlier for twice what they paid to a larger competitor.

For Dana Gas to suggest that its earlier board was wrong to the tune of $ 700 million, or worse yet that Islamic law had somehow changed in a few years through an abrupt alteration of opinion by the world of respected Islamic scholars is... troubling.

If the sequence of returns was such that you had bad stock market returns in the early years, your retirement plan could be in trouble.

The bill, introduced by Lesniak in the wake of the shutdown of the long - troubled Fancy Pups pet store in Avenel, as well as issues at the Just Pups stores in Paramus and East Brunswick, which were shut down earlier this year.

Signs of trouble emerged earlier this year when Konami did some internal restructuring and removed Kojima Productions branding from Metal Gear Solid 5.

By most accounts, I had a pretty standard lower - middle class childhood; I spent the bulk of my early years skateboarding, exploring abandoned buildings, and vacillating between getting into and staying out of trouble.

Early years of her life in The Big Apple were marked by both difficulties of a transition to a new country and troubles with staying pregnant.

Painting was in trouble, losing status as a vehicle for the «avant - garde» as it had been from the time of Impressionism (a hundred years earlier), through Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Color Field Painting.

After some initial troubles that saw the legislation founder in its early years, the California Department of Fish and Game, tasked with implementing it, brought in more stakeholders and funding in 2004 to start the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative.