Sentences with phrase «facing off this year»

That's partially thanks to the rivalry between the two towns, who face off every year in the Muck Bowl.

Luckily for me, though, it turns out that most of America feels the same way about the two teams facing off this year.

Not exact matches

THE founders of Kinetic IT had little time to learn the ropes when they entered the information technology market almost 15 years ago, immediately facing off against industry heavyweights CSC, IBM and

It was unclear if she would face charges, but an 80 - year - old woman who did the same thing in 2016 was let off the hook due to her age.

For three years after his face - off with Haley, Price handed out 20 percent annual raises.

Macy's and other department stores, such as JCPenney, are facing off against Amazon — and coming up short, with hundreds of closures in recent years.

Mr. Meister is forever banned from handling any case that he investigated and will face a one - year «cooling off» period during which he can not contact the agency for business reasons.

«Let's face it: There is something wrong with our system when I can leave [Harvard] and make billions of dollars in 10 years, while millions of students can't afford to pay off their loans, let alone start a business,» said Zuckerberg.

Though they look very different — Katherine is a year and a half younger and several inches taller, with brown hair and angular features; Sophie is blond and has a rosy, round face — they speak in the same upbeat patter, bouncing off each other's thoughts and completing each other's sentences.

OPINION: Despite some widely publicised problems in the past year, Woolworths is emerging stronger in the supermarket face - off with major rival, Coles.

As a result, Mackey now finds himself facing off against his own customers for the second time in less than a year.

Asian markets have had a good run this year, shrugging off jitters faced at the end of last year over the potential trade and foreign policy implications the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump would have on the region.

The drug maker, which is facing a number of legal and regulatory hurdles, recently announced that it was selling off a major gut drug unit to raise cash; its stock is down more than 82 % year - to - date.

Miniso is taking a page from Target's U.S. strategy when it faced off against Walmart years ago, says Stephens.

Facing a tide of municipal anti-drive-thru ordinances, TDL commissioned a study last year from RWDI consultants, based in Guelph, Ont., comparing total emissions given off by customers» cars that use drive - thrus and those that use parking lots.

And the NFC, as its been all year, is a grinder, with the Saints and Panthers and Rams and Falcons facing off.

Whatever white knight of the right faces off against Notley in two years (Kenney?

Faced with the challenge of living off their assets for 30 - plus years after their working lives are over, it is not surprising that for most people around the world, retirement security is a significant, if not the most significant, financial goal.

With Facebook facing a wave of public backlash over how it has handled user data over the years — a backlash that was kicked off two weeks ago with the revelation that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had worked on targeted election campaigns using personal and private Facebook data — the company today announced a new set of changes to help users find and change their privacy settings, as well as download and delete whatever data has been collected through Facebook's network of social media services.

With Facebook facing a wave of public backlash over how it has handled user data over the years — a backlash that was kicked off two weeks ago with the revelation that data analytics firm Cambri

But over the last few years (since 2008), I think there's been a pretty dramatic growth in what we'd call Tea Party politics in that set — extreme conservatism that goes beyond hands off fiscal and regulatory policy, the kind of feverish mindset in which you could write with a straight face that progressives might be building toward some sort of mass wealth confiscation or internment or even extermination for the likes of Tom Perkins.

This is consistent with national survey reports from the General Social Survey where employee owners report that they have greater job security and lower likelihoods of being laid off in the previous year compared to other employees.29 When faced with recessionary pressures, employee ownership firms may retain workers to sustain a workplace culture based on cooperation, information - sharing, and commitment to long - term performance.

Also, interest - only borrowers can face a marked step - up in their required repayments once they come off the interest - only period (after the first few years of the loan term).

The new year is off to a turbulent start, with indices across all markets, including biotech, sliding downward in the face of headwinds from China.

However, should slowing global economic growth or recession result in a long - term reduction (three to five years) in energy prices, then U.S. Silica and its peers will face the prospect of their current lucrative contracts expiring and themselves sitting atop literal mountains of frac sand, while demand may have fallen off a cliff.

so this new job came up, i was bitterly disappointed, god waving it in my face, me not being qualified but 15 years of experience in the business and this new ground floor from scratch spin off that will eventually get spun back in, and the job is a lateral move technically, but in reality i was the top of the old ladder, and the lateral move would be to the bottom of the next higher up ladder.

The global AIDS industry got off to the wrong start twenty years ago by assuming this was the only type of epidemic we would face.

This year, get off social media and spend that time having some real, face - to - face conversations.

This is a song I wrote some years ago when all the facade had come crumbling down, and some rose - colored glasses were ripped off of my face.

It fell easily; one wing snagged on a fir top; the metal fell down the air and smashed into the thin woods where cattle browse; the fuel exploded, and Julie Norwich, seven years old, burnt off her face....

Over the years, Patrick faced off against many powerful Druid leaders, but he won people over with his soft - spoken demeanor and love.

, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism this past year and am taking medicine and my levels are normal but I am still experiencing symptoms, my face is constantly broken out mainly around my jaw line, and I have had irregular periods ever since going off birth control and I didn't have any issues before.

I have been using coconut oil for my face for the better part of a year on and off, and noticed a drastic improvement with redness.

«The rate of consumers dining at restaurants over the last year has leveled off, but look beyond face value and you will see diners» dollars are now being spread across various out - of - home channels, not only concentrated at dine - in establishments,» said Jennifer Passmore, Regional Vice President at Technomic.

This year Long John Silver's Pirate faced off against A&W Rootbeer's Bear mascot for a celebrity root sacking contest.

Facing Bob Gibson, the man he hit the grand slam off in last year's old - timers» game, Reggie has the count going his way, 3 and 0.

Both sides recorded solid victories over New Year, but could face off on Tuesday night without a key attacking midfield component.

The 30 - year - old would face an extended ban, as he has already been sent off this season, during the 3 - 1 home defeat against Sunderland.

«Last year I burned my face off trying to dye my goatee, which is never going to happen again,» Woods pledged.

There were no Philadelphia Flyers seven years ago, but now they own the hockey world after Parent's spectacular goal - tending and Clarke's tenacious fore - checking and mastery of the face - offs destroyed Bobby Orr and the Bruins in the decisive sixth game.

I did a double - take because he's taken around 550 more face - offs this year than in 2015 - 16, which is the next highest amount, and his average this year is just slightly under the average he posted that year.

He got off to a scorching hot start in the first game of the year facing the Buccaneers and No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston.

With the Bills and Raiders forced to face off against Tom Brady and Peyton Manning twice a year, improving the secondary is a sound course of action and should be prioritized.

Still people bang on about klopp... yet Arsene who competes in the worlds toughest league, against several hugely bankrolled teams, with the same injury problems, with our players bought off like nothing Klopp has ever faced from Bayern — still finishes top four year in year out and has never languished at the bottom of the league.

All of those seven named are still Arsenal players, but there were only two named in Roy Hodgson's squad this week; Theo Walcott who (as usual) got injured in training and will not face Germany (even if Hodgson would have actually taken him off the bench), and Danny Welbeck, who has played in only a handful of games since returning from a year out through injury.

These teams faced off on Monday in Boston, with the Avalanche getting a 4 - 0 win, which dropped the Bruins to 1 -1-0 this year.

talk about skewing the stats to fit your own conclusions... this is like a slap in the face to every real Arsenal fan... have you no shame, have you no dignity, have you no sense of right from wrong... if you think everything was so well orchestrated why is everyone and their brother laughing at the way in which we conduct business both on and off the field... either you're a paid hack or a delusional buffoon... regardless you can't be a genuine Arsenal fan because the difficulties facing this club having been going on for years and this latest episode in our pathetic recent history is but a glaring reminder of how far we have fallen... I'm not going to waste my time discrediting every single ridiculous statement you made in your love letter to Wenger, but if you write another article I will gladly expose you for the fraud you truly are... this club is in desperate need of a serious cleansing and for you to try and package this dog and pony show as a well - oiled machine is a direct insult to anyone who has supported this team during the supposed «lean» years... the deceptive and disrespectful manner in which this organization has treated it's fans is an abomination to supporters everywhere and for you to even try to justify their actions is akin to saying just shut - up and keep filling our pockets... so please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled out from under and think carefully before you spew this type of propaganda ever again

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

OFF TOPIC De Gea signs for year contract for United that's like throwing egg in the face of Real Madrid's Florentino Perez, so we now know who F'ed up the transfer the same person messed us around with Benzema

The squad faced a lot of injury last year, but despite this, we managed to pull through and compete in two competitions last year and pull off some really good stunts, which was a fantastic high for us.»