Sentences with phrase «fighting running battles»

More daily insights into the workings (or not) of the Blair government and in particular the continuing battle by Campbell to pull together a fractured communications operation while at the same time fighting running battles with a predominantly negative national media.

«Thousands of hardline Muslims demanding new anti-blasphemy laws in Bangladesh fought running battles with police, in the capital, Dhaka, Sunday, leaving at least four people dead and more than 50 others injured».

Opposition supporters in Kenya have fought running battles with police as voters headed to the polls in a contentious election rerun that...

Outside, they smashed windows and fought running battles with police.

But Clegg and his cohorts have been fighting a running battle over the recess to change the prime minister's mind without success.

You must learn the art of guerrilla warfare - ambush, sabotage, infiltration, deception - and fight a running battle through the war - ravaged suburbs of Philadelphia.

You must learn the art of guerrilla warfare — ambush, sabotage, infiltration, deception — and fight a running battle through the war - ravaged suburbs of Philadelphia.

Players must learn the art of guerrilla warfare — ambush, sabotage, infiltration, deception — and fight a running battle through the war ravaged suburbs of Philadelphia.

Not exact matches

But at a time when the U.S. and Europe is fighting costly political battles in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, poking a country like Greece — which sits at the crossroads of these regions — could be far more expensive in the long run.

But the establishment is fighting an uphill battle in the long run.

It occurred to me as I drove that freedom's battles were fought both in the calm of Monticello and in the tumult of Bull Run.

But it seems that every generation must fight the battles of Monticello and Bull Run all over again.

Carlo Ancelotti's side are in a fine run of form having won 14 and drawn three of their last 17 fixtures and the Italian boss will be keen to keep that run going as they battle Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in what has become a hard fought La Liga title chase.

Instead of fighting the battle, I let him run.

And i just told the truth i know more than one mom who is fighting a medical battle with their children and you have to focus on the long run and how it will better your childs life and as a mother that must be so hard because your natural instinct is to protect your baby and here you have to watch and... [Read more]

The monarchy has been fighting a long - running court battle to keep secret the contents of 27 letters Charles wrote to ministers in 2004/05, on the grounds that publishing them could «undermine his position of political neutrality».

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign is resurrecting an issue that rose from a state - level fight in New York to cause trouble for Hillary Clinton's first White House run: The battle over whether undocumented immigrants should be eligible for driver's licenses.

Bill Samuels formally kicked off his LG campaign this morning, pledging to fight in a Democratic primary battle against the running mate of presumptive gubernatorial contender, AG Andrew Cuomo, if necessary.

Here's one of two TV ads Sen. Bill Stachowski is running as he battles a primary challenge from Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy in a fight that every well could be the last the veteran Buffalo Democrat wages.

We have to battle, we have to fight, we have to wrest the destiny of our nation from incompetence and from people, who have determined to run us to the ground.

Bellavia, who was passed over for the GOP nod in favor of Assemblywoman Jane Corwin and appears to be fighting a losing battle against her for the Conservative line, has not said whether he'll run as an independent if he doesn't get a ballot line.

It was a hard fought campaign, but an uphill battle for Walter, who says he is proud of the campaign that he ran.

«Stage set for Greg Steube - Julio Gonzalez primary fight» via the News Service of Florida — State Rep. Gonzalez qualified to run for an open congressional seat, setting up a Republican primary battle with state Sen. Steube, who in Florida's 17th Congressional District, which became open when U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney announced he would not seek re-election.

If Cuomo can end up with Republicans battling each other for months, while he sits on the sidelines — essentially a repeat of 2010, when Cuomo ran unopposed, while Rick Lazio and Paladino fought — he can shave months off of his actual campaigning, save his money for a final spending spree, and face a battered opponent in November.

Marc Alessi for State Assembly We thought the 1st Assembly District fight would have rivaled the local battle for Congress, but Dan Losquadro, a Republican Suffolk County legislator, has run an uninspired campaign against incumbent Democrat Marc Alessi.

However, had David Cameron read any history — and given that he thinks America fought with us in the Battle of Britain, he probably hasn't — he would remember the outcome of the pact between Ramsay MacDonald, then secretary of the Labour Representation Committee, and Herbert Gladstone, the Liberal chief whip, in 1903 to allow some Labour candidates a clear run at the 1906 election, in return for Labour not fighting seats where the Liberals could beat the Tories.

Supernatural The Winchester brothers battled through season five to prevent a Lucifer - induced cataclysm, and the boys» demon - fighting adventures are back for another run.

Marx - Feree says that if universities worked to mend the gender salary gap instead of fighting expensive court battles, the salary gap would be smaller, and «they would've saved money in the long run.»

My adrenal system (in the fight or flight mode thinks I'm suffocating) and tells the liver dump to glucose into the bloodstream, in order to prepare me to do battle or to run away from danger.

They mean more energy and more blood and oxygen flowing to the large muscles of the trunk, arms, and legs, allowing the person to run from danger or do battle (the so - called «fight - or - flight» response).

With the series» 8 - way run, allowing for true 3D movement during matches, a refined battle system, and fine graphics, SOULCALIBUR V might be for anyone looking for a knock - down, drag - out fight.

Neon Heights is another good one, Mid Boss: Fire Bro.Stage Boss: Koopa Kid.Koopa's Tycoon Town (driving on the road now instead of walking on the sidewalk) is another good one, Mid Boss: Goomba, Stage Boss: Red Koopa (again)(note: Goomba and red koopa boss battles will have you racing them to collect the most coins and deposit them to own the most hotels before time runs out) Eternal Star should be the best board, Mid Boss: Lakitu (defeat him by using star power from blocks) Stage Boss: Rosalina (this is more like a donkey kong and diddy kong mini game, except no bananas or barrels.You will be in outer space walking on planets then you can go in the launch star when you're done collecting star bits and you will be flying in space and you can move anywher to collect star bits you can even land on a planet while in space then collect star bits from there and you'll see rosalina floating around some places.Whoever collects the most star bits win and rosalina is not fighting you.)

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

MPAA Rated: PG - 13 for violence including intense sustained gun battles and fight scenes, and for language Running Time: 127 min.

In battle players run freely about various interactive stages, fighting against up to three opponents at a time.

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Blu - ray Review Battle: Los Angeles Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne - Yo, Michael Pena Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins Rating: PG - 13 Due Out: June 14, 2011 PLOT: The film follows a group of Marines as they fight their way through Los Angeles against an unknown alien threat.

Orphaned as a child, Steve is a spunky soul who refuses to run from a fight — even if he is clearly losing the battle.

Most battles are just protracted arena fights, with scads of enemies blindly running at you in place of any kind of thoughtful challenge.

As long as I didn't run from a battle, I had enough experience to take on boss fights.

In effect, the FBI fought Whitey's battles for him against his Italian rivals, while he grew more powerful and ran roughshod over the city.

The Nut Job 2's episodic plot is little more than a clothesline on which to hang manic action sequences, which, despite a few sparks of inventiveness — a battle atop a hot - air balloon, a group of kung fu - fighting mice forming a human - sized warrior by inhabiting an empty hazmat suit — are ultimately a repetitive succession of swooping, running, diving, and driving.

Excellent (4 stars) Rated PG - 13 for violence Running time: 136 minutes Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Blu - ray Extras: Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey; The Story Awakens: The Table Read; Building BB - 8; Crafting Creatures; Blueprint of a Battle: The Snow Fight; John Williams: The Seventh Symphony; ILM: The Visual Magic of The Force; Force for Change; and deleted scenes.

Gavin and Rees in the # 99 car ran together as the race neared half - distance and the order continued chopping and changing on - track and in the pits before and after the Briton relinquished the sole factory Corvette to Milner, the nip and tuck nature of the battle suggesting the GTE Pro fight would go down to the wire.

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt expects more than a billion mobile devices around the world to be running its Android software within a year, intensifying a battle with Apple that he called a «defining fight» of the industry.

It lets users play paintball, run a pizza shop, fight enemy jets, battle pirates or zombies, hang with friends, and lots more.

For those who do hide their pricing, I will offer you one final selfish argument as to why you should change: given present trends, in the long - run, you are fighting a losing battle.

«Smash Run» — a new mode made exclusively for the 3DS Smash, «Smash Run» sees four players enter a dungeon filled with enemies from a variety of Nintendo series, beat the stuffing out of them, gain power - ups for their fighters, and then fight each other with said enhancements in a battle arena.

Furthermore there seems to be some luck at play within battles, as it's possible to load up and run the same fight a few times and get wildly differing results, which obviously tarnishes the strategic nature of the game.

- starts you off in a small town - in town you can visit shops, talk to people and accept a quest - the quest puts you in the middle of a volcano - your end goal is defeating the gigantic fire beast Ifrit - team up with a Goblin and Chocobo - fight multiple enemies, including some unfriendly Chocobo - enemies leave behind loot like recovery items and materials for crafting - by pressing L or R, you get access to four attacks - attack names include Plunder Slash, Mercurial Thrust and Trinity - charge a power meter and then hit L+R at the same time for special movies - one special lets you change into Cloud with very powerful attacks - run with the B - button - camera switching is handled by the D - Pad - info on the upper screen that gives you constant battle updates - bottom screen shows the status of all the characters, plus a map