Sentences with phrase «fighting for over a year»

«The mayor is using the economic situation to take away some of the benefits that have been hard fought for over the years,» said Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm.

I've bought my DE for my yeast infection lesions on my face and body that I've been fighting for over a year, but haven't started taking it yet.

Now our guys have been fighting for over a year, constantly.

Even with the very best of proof I have been fighting them for over a year and still no resolution.

Not exact matches

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

Before the 2015 rules were enacted, Netflix (nflx) fought with cable providers for years over intentional streaming slowdowns and extra fees for connecting with its customers.

Trump, McConnell, and Ryan are set to meet at Camp David over the weekend to hash out the strategy for year two of the Trump presidency — both in the immediate fights over funding and in the longer - term push.

«Folks from all over this city — including many Council members, including the public advocate and the comptroller — have been fighting for Fair Fares for years now and just this week, we've taken an enormous step forward thanks to the members of the City Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he said.

Over the course of his 25 - year legal career, he has tenaciously fought for the rights of consumers, concentrating his practice on consumer lending and consumer fraud class actions.

«Over the last four years we built a network in Uganda of over 1,000 sales agents and are on our way to establishing a self - funded system for fighting disease and poverty in the developing woOver the last four years we built a network in Uganda of over 1,000 sales agents and are on our way to establishing a self - funded system for fighting disease and poverty in the developing woover 1,000 sales agents and are on our way to establishing a self - funded system for fighting disease and poverty in the developing world.

For over 60 years, Heart & Stroke has been dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke, preserving life's moments, funding breakthroughs and saving lives.

Detailed definitions could be fought over for years, he says.

Meanwhile, despite threats from Trump that he would shut down the government if his U.S. - Mexico border wall is not paid for, lawmakers and aides say the White House has eased off that threat and any fight over the border wall will be delayed until later in the year.

After seven years of fighting deflation, central bankers may have at least won a battle, with implications for asset prices over the next 6 to 12 months.

Oscar took the stage and spoke about his gratitude for the men and women that fought for his independence for over 36 years (1981 - 2017).

Foreign demand for Treasury debt is expected to stay strong this year, helped by a congressional agreement to avoid a fight over the U.S. debt ceiling until March 2015.

Stupid humans fight and kill over their imaginary friend for 1000's of years and goes back even further to the polytheistic civilizations before that.

History repeats it self... See examples such as the separation of India in to India and Pakistan but left them Kashmir to fight over and remain alert against each other all those years, then another example is the Koreas South and North, then the case of Cyprus for Turkey and Greece, planting of Israel among the Arabs to control, exhaust them, consume their wealth and drain their resources?

You are idiots for calling him on the carpet, instead you should be getting the federal government out of the poverty fighting business, The war on poverty is over 44 years old and for all intents and purposes all it did was create an out of control bureaucracy that needs to be taken apart and labeled a bad idea for future generations.

In recent years, certain religious Jewish and Christian communities have proclaimed that exclusive Jewish sovereignty over the Holy Land is a theological fight and necessity, a condition for the unfolding of the messianic era.

But not even Winston Churchill could have kept his people inspired for a siege lasting over forty years, or kept them from fighting among themselves.

For over one hundred years after the Reformation, the Catholics and Protestants had fought bloody battles in an attempt to crush each other.

This fight has been going on for over a thousand years.

Luckily any given election is never entirely over for either party to the dispute because in two to four years hence the people will be able to fight it out again — even as new unforeseen and important circumstances which must be dealt with will inevitably present themselves for the consideration of the community.

His death was a tissue of ironies: a man who had fought for monastic solitude for over 25 years died thousands of miles from his Kentucky hermitage; this passionate pacifist was flown back from Thailand in a military plane, from an airfield that was part of the network of military bases that prospered during the Vietnam years.

For thousands of years young men have fought and died in conflicts over religion!

Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.

For a forty - year period this issue of church - state separation was fought over.

People often wait for years before they come for help, struggling with the same pattern of fighting over and over again with nothing changing.

Despite the urgency of building a safe replacement, local politicians impeded the project — not just for years, but for decades — fighting over ancillary concerns such as its visual aesthetics and whether the bridge should include bicycle lanes.

The reputation and rumor of the Marines had so caught up our son that, even though he never joined in reality, he joined them in his heart, and studied contact fighting arts and weapons for over a year.

For in spite of the fact that they did not even get time to sleep over their resolution, aesthetics treats them nevertheless as if they had courageously fought for their resolution during many yeaFor in spite of the fact that they did not even get time to sleep over their resolution, aesthetics treats them nevertheless as if they had courageously fought for their resolution during many yeafor their resolution during many years.

In the pond by the name of Korea, the people of the north and the people of the south have fought and killed each other for over forty - four years.

From controlling the foreign Affairs of Afghanistan after the 1st Anglo - Afghan war to drawing the Durand line between the Pashtuns after the 2nd Anglo - Afghan war, Why should the Afghans trust the British when the forefathers of Afghans fought against the Empire and today you send your royal family member on military expeditions in Afghanistan, why good have you done for any other country you have entered into militarily - what good can you do for Afghanistan when you have never been sincere with Afghans, Afghan never bought the story of Britain entering the war to eliminate poppy fields, the world is aware poppy production increase where British are present and Afghans know very well the British empire introduced poppy growing over 200 years ago to Afghanistan for transport through silk road and on to Hong Kong.

Shurden, in an article last year in the Fellowship newsletter, put the Baptist conflict into three periods the struggle for national control (1979 - 1990), the fight over state conventions (1990 - 2000) and bitter battles in local churches (2000 - 2010).

Muff and Phil, best quotes of the day, Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang is coming to Arsenal and I for one am over the moon, been waiting for this day for the last three years, never thought moneybags City would have let this happen without a fight, so many boring negative comments on these pages, it's as if they want the deal to fail.

He had fought for good health on and off for a number of years with the same indomitable spirit that led him to many a victory on the river both as oarsman and the architect, as Head Coach, of a record series of Boat Race victories for Oxford over rivals, Cambridge in the 70s and 80s.

Ok so we should just expect Arsenal to fight for 4th place, win the odd cup over the years and capitulate in Europe year after year while our manager is earning 8 mill for a term and the board is creaming off the profits......... no thanks.

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.

The biggest hurdle for Jones was his ability to shake off the rust after just one fight in over two years.

I am just saying that if I were Hunter I'd have a chip on my shoulder knowing that I have put up similar offensive # s, I am a year younger, I have a better arm and seem to be more durable yet I am fighting for a roster spot and the most similar player to me on the team has 83 mil over 5, seems to get hurt a lot and has a guaranteed starting job.

Colton Orr fought for the first time in over a year, but showed that he wasn't rusty.

Liam Neeson has become extremely popular over the years for his amazing action - packed movies and one of a kind fight scenes...

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.

who knows whether a disgruntled Sanchez plus an untested lacazette will produce a better attack than last year and while I have hopes for kolasinac its already clear there will be teething issues with him... but the point is we are not fighting last year's battles we are in this year's EPL against teams that have strengthened over the summer and it was wingers job to bring real quality to two key areas where we have clearly fallen behind in midfield and central defence..

Suspended Two T - ball coaches, for their part in an Aug. 28 brawl in which nearly two dozen adults stormed the field during a Miami Friends Baseball Association game and began fighting over an umpire's call as the four - and five - year - old players watched.

As the talk is the rebuild will be over a 2 year contract, that would mean all those 18 months left now will be out of contract before his 2 years are up, with funds to rebuild then players will hopefully feel the need to fight for their place more.

Bradford were extremely tough opposition and put up a great fight, however, our men's basketball came out on top in a closely fought 61 - 57 win, to secure their place in the final for the first time in over 10 years!

He has over the years developed a decent, (note decent, not GOOD,) shot when not under physical threat near goal (which is rare in our Prem league, for obvious reasons that teams fight and care) He still has little dribbling ability and virtually always hits the first defender on his crosses.