Sentences with phrase «few years fighting»

Presumably, we will now spend the next few years fighting primarily about what should be on the list of «connecting factors».

Not exact matches

Stephanie Oh fought for a few years in her early 20s to break into the music industry in New York City, but last year grew disenchanted with her stagnant career in administration of music - talent management firm.

Don't worry, it's not as bad as the epic back and forth of the past few years, as Congress decided to impose burdensome new requirements, the small business community fought back, and then Congress (typically) fought childishly among themselves about how to pay for a repeal.

In the last few years, the number of clinical trials in this field has exploded, along with the flurry of money from Big Pharma and investors, stirring optimism in the fight against cancer.

Looking back on the last few years, I found myself constantly fighting with other contributors and market participants about the direction of the stock market.

The ability to command higher prices is a hard fought win for Coach, which only a few years ago fell into the same retail discount trap that has plagued countless brands and stores.

Just a few years ago it seemed like bitcoin was a singular force, which in retrospect was incredibly naive since it's open source tech managed by a bunch of fighting nerds.

A few billion extra dollars a year to help fight them off can't hurt.

Harry's last few years were spent fighting the UK government over an injustice that hits more than half a million British pensioners.

During the last decade, a resurgence in feminist activism has inspired a new generation of women to fight for equality following a relatively quiet few years for feminist campaigns.

The United States - led international coalition released a statement this week saying that after years of fighting the radical Islamic terrorist group, fewer than 1,000 militants remain in all of Iraq and Syria.

And I realise, yes, yes, I am.I've been happy for months and months now, even years now, so it's not just a fluke.It's no longer me fighting for a few days of happy in the midst of a lot of exhaustionand acedia and work and tiredness and overwhelmed - ness.

Instead of fighting to give us the chance to nurture our children during the irretrievable, precious years of childhood, the activists promise laws to cudgel our bosses into giving us a few weeks of unpaid leave to guarantee that mere children will not needlessly interrupt our return to our jobs.

In the West Brighton section of Staten Island, small groups of people walk across the street from the project buildings into the parking lot of New Hope Community Church, where they dodge basketballs whizzing by before congregating in a beautifully renovated building that was a staging area for an underground pit bull fighting ring up until a few years ago.

The reality is, gay marriage will be legalized, younger more reasonable and flex able generations will assure that in our life time, problably within the next few years, and those who have a misguided concept of god and think gay marriage is wrong are fighting a battle that they can not win, however, they do have the right to fight it.

I did fight hard, i believe... i was back and forth for quite a few years... always wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt... even though there were hurts along the way.

its great thanks but now me and one and three year old are fighting over fightin over the last few bites

It's International Women's Day and this year, we're celebrating by spotlighting a few inspiring women who are fighting fiercely for causes we believe i...

A few years ago, when Mark Breland was the welterweight champion of the world, he would prepare for his fights by staring at his reflection in the mirror.

There have been many comments over the last few years that Arsenal simply don't have any leaders on the pitch, someone who can take the game by the scruff of the neck and cajole the players into fighting for every ball when we go a goal down, a Tony Adams for example...

Football was a backdrop for the desegregation battles of the 1960s, from the fight over James Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss in 1962 to the integration of Alabama's football team (and Arkansas», and Texas») a few years later.

Iwobi frustrates me, he has the potential no doubt but his mentality... Since he got a payrise I felt he has slacked off and taken things too easy, same old Wenger pay fault here Kids get paid too much too soon and I hope AFC look to sort this out over the next few years, we have some great kids but they need to keep the fighting spirit to push into the 1st team and then push to be a starter.

Now we're here in that promised land, more than a few years ahead of schedule, where both teams are fighting for the AL West.

Gus beats another gatekeeper in the division while DC loses to Stipe (both likely)... Jones gets lengthy suspension and Gus Beats DC in rematch for belt (both possible)... Gus racks up a half dozen + title defenses over the next few years over this very thin division, allowing the UFC propaganda machine to do what they do and build Gus into a destroyer... Then Jones returns and we now legit have the biggest LHW fight ever.

For too long, we have been complacent, this team is only beginning to learn to fight non stop thanks to Alexis especially, he was mad at Giroud celebrating that equalizer instead of going for the kill, he was mad at Ramsey for being always to careless with the ball, some of us called it petulant behavior, some of us disagreed and called it an unrelenting appetite for the game, in the end Ramsey is becoming less complacent, we are learning to get on with the game until we secure a result, I can't imagine Sanchez would have joined in celebrating that infamous fourth place a few years back.

After the disappointments of the current campaign and with the club seemingly determined to keep Wenger in charge for at least one more year there is talk of a big shake - up at the club this summer and I think that the next few weeks could have a big say on which players the boss really trusts to give what is required to fight for the title next season.

A recent war of words with Destroyer of Worlds Ronda Rousey went something like this: Dana White spent a few months last year proclaiming that Rousey could beat Mayweather in an MMA fight.

i can really imagine Alexis with the armband... besides the fact that hes the only one that really fights for the team it would elevate his goal scoring ability... (remember Suarez last year in few games?

LW division is pretty light on contenders: Alvarez is 1 -1-1 in his last 3 (really could be 1 - 2), Barboza just got destroyed by Khabib, Gaethje will be on a 1 - fight win streak at best if he beats Dustin, Dustin doesn't have a top tier win in the last few years, and Diaz is inactive.

One of the biggest complaints over the last few years has been that Wenger has not invested in the key positions that needed strengthening, but that has now been rectified this summer, so if we put up a strong fight but still only came second or third, would we still be happy with Wenger knowing that he did his very best?

There have been many comments over the last few years that Arsenal simply don't have any leaders on the pitch, someone who can take the game by the scruff of the neck and cajole the players into fighting for every ball when we go a goal down, a Tony Adams for example...... Read the full article here

So, assuming that this is not just another transfer rumour dreamt up by some bored football hack in a sweaty office, how does Arsene Wenger fight off the transfer interest of Atletico and persuade Cazorla that the Gunners are the right club for him, for the next few years at least?

i don't think now is time to take chances, i hear Man - U will spend 350 million pounds in the next two years Chelsea who is already a full squad and still toying with the idea of buying Messi, City will sell few deadwood and buy big and we are thinking of signing 38 year old striker, i love TH but come on guys we are suppose to be fighting back to greatness and catch up to Europe's elite, Man - U is linked wit every player we the Arsenal supporters are asking for and guess who will buy them.

But just like Red Bull Racing is also a benchmark, at the end of the day if you want to be fighting for the championship in a few years time we have to be at a capacity to beat everyone, not just McLaren.»

They fought for many years in the Championship to come up, and a few times just missed that by a very little margin.

«It is good to see all the people again, fighting for the club like we have for the past few years,» Carvalho said.

I remember a few years ago watching a playoff game between Philadelphia and Portland, and there was a fight or something between Maurice Lucas and Darryl Dawkins and things were getting crazy on the court.

Given that his age hasn't stopped him from fighting for wins and championships over the last few years, you'd imagine he'll continue to fight up at the sharp end right until the end of 2020.

«It was a tough game and Tottenham are a very good team who have been fighting for the title in the last few years,» Guardiola explained.

The 2013/14 campaign has undoubtedly been the most competitive in last few years - with less than half a season left, there are still fierce battles being fought in both top and bottom of a table.

Although they had a few moments of scrappy serendipity, Sunderland still lacked the pluck, luck and fight that had somehow seen them through other relegation scrapes in previous years.

It was a typically self - deprecating comment, whereas in reality the 40 - year - old had been training hard for this race for the past few months and was determined to go down fighting.

While Diego Lopez and Iker Casillas are still fighting their way into the starting lineup of Carlo Ancelotti, Courtouis is a young and rising star that Real Madrid can keep hold of for the next few years.

Few were those who believed at that particular moment that in less than a year, Juventus will have already sealed another Scudetto, fought their way to the Coppa Italia final and, most impressively, made it all the way to their first Champions League final in 12 years.

It would be a complete reversal of the trends that Mississippi State's defense has fallen into the past few years and would give the Bulldogs a fighting chance to get to 8 or 9 wins this season.

It was such a representation of those first few weeks of being his mama, of working and fighting for that relationship that we ended up having for over three years when it was all said and done.

Adeyeye, who, a few days ago resigned his position as the Pro-Chancellor of Ekiti State University in protest, after the state chapter of the party dashed his hopes and adopted Governor Ayodele Fayose's deputy as the party's flag bearer said, «the governor and myself are friends and I believe reason will prevail and we cooperate together,» and then «fight for next year's election, and win by the grace of God.»

THere was me thinking the next few years were going to be miserable, and we were going to have to fight tooth and nail to maintain any semblence of quality to our lives, and it turns out all that needed to happen was that we should wait for some clean shaven, well groomed fabians and the labour party to come save us.

A few years ago the SGP fought tooth and nail to maintain the anti-blasphemy laws.

Mr. Romaine said although he's pleased with the court's recent decision, he believes the fight isn't over because the next step would be local municipalities and business owners getting reimbursed from paying the tax over the past few years.