Sentences with phrase «fight over open»

A few years ago, there was a big nerd fight over open source office software.

Not exact matches

That can be difficult to address, as anyone who has fought a war over the thermostat can attest, but sometimes it's as simple as opening the windows.
At a time when working women must still fight for equal pay, outperform to be taken seriously in the boardroom, and hustle over the mere fraction of all investment spending open to them, a Trump presidency is seen as a blow for many.
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.
The fight has become a lightening rod over encryption, with tech companies saying any attempt to weaken security opens the door to hackers and government espionage.
Don't fight with your parents over this, it is not worth you getting in further trouble but please keep an open mind and when you are old enough to move out, I hope you will come away from the indoctrination.
Last night my husband and I took all five kids, drove 2 hours, stood in the cold for 45 minutes until the doors opened and we got herded inside, then we fought the crowd of over 8,000 people to find seats — all so our kids could enjoy Winter Jam 2010.
Bronn says, «Breakfast,» and the two are next seen grilling that threatening snake over an open fire before fighting Dornishmen.
The Wildcats steadily fought back but couldn't get over the hump until Gilgeous - Alexander's big shot ended up opening the inside.
Chelsea have opened talks with their Brazilian midfielder Ramires this summer over a new contract at Stamford Bridge to fight off interest from other top clubs.
That could well open the door for Kolasinac to take over his previous first - team role, and he is one player I would like to be playing more, with his determination, fight and true grit needed.
«We are the only party fighting to keep Britain open, tolerant and united, and the only party that has said, loudly and proudly, that we want Britain to remain a member of the Single Market and that we want the people to be given the final say over the Brexit deal.
Marvelous Okere, 26, and a trader living together in the same room with other occupants «engaged the deceased» — Sunday Orga — in an open fight over his stolen tooth brush on Saturday.
SERAP's Executive Director, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, in a letter, which read in part, said: «SERAP is sending you this open letter to seek explanations from you, as former President and Commander - in - Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, on what you knew, or had reason to know on the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms to empower Nigerian soldiers to fight Boko Haram.
Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerDem lawmaker spars with own party over prison reform A country as wealthy as the United States should make affordable housing a right Democrats urge colleagues to oppose prison reform bill MORE (D - N.J.) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.&raover prison reform A country as wealthy as the United States should make affordable housing a right Democrats urge colleagues to oppose prison reform bill MORE (D - N.J.) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.&raOver 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.»
All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.
But with the seat open this year, some observers believe the union will opt to stay on the sidelines and see how the race, which could prove crucial in the fight over who controls the chamber, plays out.
The Democrats fought over everything from immigration policies, taxes and school funding, and their open warfare was played out by advisers on Twitter and by lawmakers on the Senate floor.
The letter dated 8 January 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni reads in part: «SERAP is sending you this open letter to seek explanations from you, as former President and Commander - in - Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, on what you knew, or had reason to know on the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms to empower Nigerian soldiers to fight Boko Haram.»
It is also the latest salvo in two days of open fighting between the state's two most prominent Democrats over homelessness.
With the state's rent regulations set to sunset in June, the Assembly's Democratic majority is firing an opening shot in what is typically a high - profile legislative fight over the future of New York City's approximately 1 million rent - stabilized apartments.
That question hinges on Long Island, where two of the three potential openings so far could be fought over this year.
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (left), fighting for his political life, has opened up a surprising double digit lead over opponent Domenic Recchia (right) in the closing days of the campaign, according to the latest poll.
In Nassau County, an open seat for county executive is being fought over by former Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, and Democratic County Legislator Laura Curran.
Senate Democrats plan to hold a test vote on a bill that would give small businesses tax breaks for boosting payrolls, the opening salvo in a long - anticipated election - season fight over which party's tax cut plan is more likely to help spur job creation.
New York's presidential primary will be held April 24 (who knows what will happen with the congressional and state primaries — that's still an open question being fought over in court by the DOJ and the Legislature).
Then the board got into its first fight of the year: over how open its annual evaluation of Superintendent Kriner Cash should be.
The mayor then spoke of the underdog status he and Hochul have shared over the years, and highlighted some select aspects of her record, including her fight against the opening of a Walmart in her district and her support for the Affordable Care Act.
«The Liberal Democrats believe it should be for the British people to have the final say over our future relationship with Europe at the end of the negotiating process, and we will continue to fight to keep Britain open, tolerant and united.»
Of course, the fight over the placenta doesn't exactly take place out in the open.
Funders over the years have included Soros's Open Society Institute, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation and, since 2004, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which gave the local health authorities a five - year, $ 10.7 - million grant.
The findings, published today in Royal Society Open Science, mark the first time that researchers have demonstrated that mantis shrimp (Neogonodactylus oerstedii) use both color and chemical cues when fighting over resources.
The fight over whether to open a 1.5 - million - acre section of ANWR's coastal plain has played out before and has always been divisive.
And over the years, she has repeatedly opened up about her personal experiences with mental health issues — including bulimia and anorexia, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder — to fight back against stigma.
But Wyoming's rich grasslands could be trail's end for Clay: Sam Brassfield, who knows the era of the wide - open range is over, will fight to hold his spread.
Fighting the machines in Horizon Zero Dawn — especially the larger ones — is a thrilling, exhausting experience, one that improves over time as Aloy buys and crafts more tools, opening up more options to take the beasts down.
Even the movie's Fight Club - lite opening with McAvoy's downtrodden office worker's voice - over narration doesn't grate as much as one would expect.
Each character gets an opening vignette, a couple of milestone fights, and an ending scene, but they take the form of mostly - silent dialogue exchanges and grainy pans over the usually crisp artwork.
The fight opens with a still image of the carnage, played over with a power ballad and a credits sequence that doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest, and then reverses, so we see just how that confusing image came to be.
An incident leads to the Avengers developing a schism over how to deal with situations, which escalates into an open fight between allies Iron Man and Captain America.
Sharing Finances (22:38)(Originally aired February 27, 2014) Following disputes over who should pay for dinner, Claire and Doug open a joint checking account and continue to fight over finances.
The critical (and likely financial) success of Wonder Woman may help open some eyes as to the power, and potential, of these stories but it doesn't mean the fight is over.
The Vietnam War is never truly over (and at times it will feel to a viewer like «The Vietnam War» is never over, either), but, as Bao Ninh, a writer who fought for the communist North Vietnamese army, thoughtfully observes in the film's opening moments: «It has been 40 years. . . .
In the opening scenes of THE RUNNER the oil slick from the 2010 BP spill is seen spreading over the gulf coast, over the wild life, crippling the fishermen, the local culture, and the economy; by the end of the film, the contamination will have infiltrated the landscape, political and personal, of the man at the center of the fight: a New Orleans politician — Democratic Representative Colin Pryce played by Oscar winner Nicolas Cage.
New Line / Warner Bros.» Game Night grew 25 % on Saturday over Friday with $ 7M, taking its opening to $ 16.6 M in second place, and as we mentioned, that's OK, not fantastic, and a bit of a rebound from the studio's R - rated laugh recession last year with The House, Fist Fight, and Alcon's Father Figures.
In the opening scenes, they're fighting over who will be stuck with the kid.
The true extent of the opposition faced by the government over its plans to allow new grammar schools to open has been revealed as Conservative MPs voiced their fears in Parliament, with the Scottish National Party joining Labour in vowing to fight the policy «tooth and nail».
Yet, one year after the first charter opened, forces that lost the legislative battle over charters have taken their fight to the judiciary, filing a lawsuit in Hinds County arguing that Mississippi's charter school law is unconstitutional.
How far Hogan will go in fighting the Democratic - controlled legislature over school reform remains an open question.
From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself out.
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