Sentences with phrase «fight against a number»

The 56 - year - old Suffolk County Republican added that goes for fees as well, noting that the Senate GOP successfully fought against a number of fee increases proposed by Gov. Cuomo last year and also a push by Mayor de Blasio to raise taxes on millionaires.

We need to continue to invest in medical research that will lead to immeasurable contributions in the fight against a number of serious illnesses, including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's.

By adding wheat germ to your diet, you can positively boost your immune system to fight against a number of diseases and conditions like heart disease and cancer.

Not exact matches

Despite its advantages in number of troops (many of them under - armed and malnourished) and artillery, the North has no real ability to fight and win a war against the South, though it could surely cause a lot of damage in a lost war.

The rationale was strength in numbers; its combined membership of 300,000 would be better poised to fight back against increasingly hostile employers, as well as governments that have neutered stoppages as a bargaining tool through back - to - work legislation.

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.

In the 13 years since he left office, President Clinton has been a relentless and forceful advocate for a number of causes: the fight against HIV / AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, and the need to stem greenhouse gas emissions.

There have been a number of significant advances in the fight against ALS in recent times.

Finally, don't put this issue down without reading «Making It Work,» Jeff Chu's moving profile of five businesses leading the fight against a quiet social crisis — the growing number of people on the autism spectrum who come of working age every year.

It's those kind of big, new ideas, onlookers had said, that the company needs to fight back against the growing number of competitors that have been stealing market share via better food and service, and trendier store designs.

When I claim that label, I'm connecting not only with a number of active feminists who are working today to help women, but with an ongoing history of feminists who got women the vote, who made birth control happen, who got women into positions of power in the government, who worked to rectify racial inequality and fight against things like mandatory sterilization of welfare recipients.

The struggles include fighting for the rights of the child (International Convention of 1989) and in particular the right to organise and educate the growing number of children in work, for the freedom of trade unions, the right to strike, against company closures due to the search for greater profitability.

how many more mistakes are you American people going to make 7/11 shook your country to the core allowing a mosque near or on this site will make you a laughing stock in the eyes of the world and the small number of muslims who think terror is right will think thay have one yet another chapter on ther fight against the west so on that ground only i think the best thing for the site would be a peoples park where people from all walks of life and religious back ground can be as one A.R WATTS, E ngland

That number one evolutionary rule of survival is «When Death is at your doorstep and has chained you to the walls without seeing the light of Creation or that which can be created then the human must fight against Death and invent new ways of defeating Death and his minions.»

refrigerated side dishes and soups, Kraft Heinz will address a number of issues that are clouding its future, from «clean label» concerns and promising growth opportunities in chilled foods (versus shelf - stable fare) to urban food deserts and the fight against hunger.

A record number of people paid a record amount of money to watch a guy with no interest in punching fight against a guy with an injured shoulder.

Dana White clearly knows Nate is a draw, Nate was never put on main event spots on PPV until his fights with Conor, first one had 10 days promotion, both fights were outside both fighters weight class, all in the usual location of Vegas, no milestone numbers (196 and 202), no belt, in fact UFC202 had no belt on the entire card yet they broke all PPV records, Conor vs Mendes did did not even reach 1m despite having the likes of Lawler title fight, as UFC 194, it was against Aldo for the belt after months and months of promotion and also against Alvarez following the stock - raising Diaz fights at MSG, NY for the first time ever, Champ Vs Champ on a stacked card with 3 title fights and the likes of Khabib on the prelims... still did not do PPV numbers with Nate.

Benson was the champion... of course a title fight on its own would draw more than a non title fights and rare Monday nights... if tell me how the ratings were when Bendo defended his titles against others, or his PPV numbers...

Aloe vera contains a number of antioxidants like Vitamin A, C, E and B12 that help in fighting against the free radicals and prevent premature aging of your skin.

Saujani's campaign did not dispute the numbers I've presented here, but insisted she'll have sufficient funds to fight hard against Maloney over the next eight weeks.

Since then we have organised a number of conferences and strive to organise solidarity for those fighting back against austerity.

Also obviously, I'm not going to suggest that online organizing is a panacea that'll insulate a campaign completely against outside expenditures — I'd suggest that Democrats start opening their wallets in large numbers if they want to fight off the likes of Joe Ricketts.

A source told The Telegraph at the time that Javid was «picking a lot of fights» and «rubbing up against the political sensitivity of Number 10».

Silver's attorney suggested that Taub's referrals — which were to a number of firms in addition to Weitz — were done in the most altruistic manner, and noted that he'd fought to retain his tenured position at Columbia despite being removed in the wake of Silver's arrest, because — as he said in his suit against the university that brought a temporary injunction against the school — he believed he had done nothing wrong.

It seems to go against what the Prime Minister said in her very first words from Number Ten; fighting for ordinary families (or the «mainstream» as she called them today), who work around the clock but worry about the cost of living.

A new Quinnipiac poll in the Florida Senate race shows former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) narrowing the gap against Gov. Charlie Crist (R), numbers sure to embolden national conservatives who are already casting the primary as a fight for the heart and soul of the Republican party.

Labrador was an influential member of the House Freedom Caucus, inserting himself into a number of legislative fights that pitted conservatives against party leadership.

Mr Obama will be hoping more nations will get behind his new agenda for Afghanistan, the fight against the insurgency and the growing number of militants holed up in the border region with Pakistan.

We plan to increase that number as we fight back against the sexism and harassment women face on a daily basis.»

Well sorry to say but number theory is now applied in encryption software to help us fight against the data breaches.

But as the battle for control of the House has tightened, opposition against him among his fellow Democrats has cooled somewhat, with a number of observers predicting he'll only benefit from the GOP's intra-party fight.

In the week when Labour's Liam Byrne launched his «Welfare Reform», barely distinguishable from the Tories; when Twigg set about education in a similar vein, and when Diane Abbott's loose but innocuous tweet was met by Labour with cringing apologies instead of forthright anti-racist defence, Leanne could have made more of the opportunity to put Plaid firmly at the forefront of the growing numbers that want to see politicians stand up to all this Tory tosh, lead the fight for jobs and against the cuts.

Erie County has already been working aggressively against lead exposure in the community in a number of ways, and today we are reconfirming our commitment to the fight,» said Poloncarz.

Hawkins was polling 9 % statewide even before a widely - praised debate performance, and has earned endorsements from a spectrum of people and organizations, including Ralph Nader, Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, education analyst Diane Ravitch, and former Mobil Oil VP - turned - renewable energy activist Lou Allstadt; as well as Albany weekly paper Metroland, 6 teachers» unions, 6 Democratic Party clubs, Socialist Alternative, and a number of groups leading the fight against school privatization, such as United Opt Out and the New York Badass Teacher Association.

Speaking further, Alli also accused the President of fighting a selective war against corruption, considering the number of accused corrupt politicians who are in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and still roaming about the country without being prosecuted.

He has often found common ground with Arizona's senior senator on a number of issues, most recently on the fight against re-defining the Geneva convention with regard to detainees of the War on Terror.

He stated that despite the number of successes that have been chalked in the fight against corruption, completely eradicating it from the society requires a change in the mindsets of Ghanaians towards criminality.

The move according to the command is part of measures to augment the number of personnel on patrols and also intensify the fight against crime in the region following recent robbery incidents in the Greater...

With the number of security breaches and cyber-attacks on the rise and reports of the financial burden of these varying from $ 400 billion a year to $ 2.1 trillion by 2019, cyber-security experts may soon have a new tool in the fight against online threats.

Whether investigating fat cells, immunotherapy or use of the CRISPR - Cas 9 gene - editing tool, which a federal panel recently approved for a select number of patients suffering from three types of cancers, including multiple myeloma, approaches beyond attacking cancer cells are needed in the fight against many cancers.

Working through a number of global collaborations, we are developing this necessary infrastructure — scientific, technical and institutional — to support the use of genomics as a tool in the fight against infectious diseases.

«Increased numbers of the good bacteria in your stomach can help fight against damage caused by free radicals, allergens and other environmental factors.

The last few months have seen a number of developments in the fight against NAIS: the NIAA's annual conference, panels at other conferences (including the Weston A. Price Foundation conference), and a new document issued by the USDA.

That big food corporations here in Canada lobbied against that, fought and won (the same reason sugar is missing a % DV number).

As you can see, there are a number of ways you can win the fight against Mother Nature and her unpredictable ways.

Since the fight with Korean Zombie, the current number of leg kicks attempted stands at 33 * from 4 fights, to put that into perspective Aldo threw 29 * in a single fight back in 2010 against Urijah Faber.

Complex passwords infused with numbers and special characters give you a fighting chance against hackers.

Being someone who has played PRO TOUR, this game is even more challenging than playing against other pro tour players sometimes when you are fighting against the AI unless you manage to draw a superior hand that plays out better than your opponent's hand does (which is highly unlikely, hence the number of losses you will experience even during campaign mode).

You could make a film about the history of the Kumate or any of the myriad number of westerners that have proven to be champions against schooled individuals rooted in fighting tradition.

This is something that Wheatley suggests cinema uses to fight against everything from smartphones to Netflix, but this past year has seen a growing number of films dive deeper into the meaning of the sublime.