Sentences with phrase «fighting was closer to home»

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Closer to home, there's a reasonable chance that our current president will implode because of his historically low popularity, a fight with his own party and a looming investigation of Russia's interference in our last election.

At Troas, which was close to the Troy of Homer's Iliad, that fabled city to which Paris had allured Helen and against which the Greeks fought under her wronged husband, Menelaus, in order to bring her home again, Paul had a dream of a Macedonian beseeching him to cross the sea to Macedonia and help him and his people.

The Festival of Sacrifice is responsible for untold suffering of cattle, sheep and goats — millions of whom have been sold for profit through Australia's live export trade; closer to home, in the name of Christmas, highly intelligent pigs and turkeys not only experience the terror of slaughter, but entire lifetimes of suffering in factory farms; and sporting events such as bull fights and rodeos still present cruelty as «entertainment»...

France national side is inching closer to secure a spot in upcoming 2018 World Cup following their hard fought 1 - 0 victory over home side, Bulgaria on Saturday.

After Jillian loses a close friend to drugs, she herself is saved by her fierce, bold love for her son as she fights to make him — and herself — feel safe and at home in the world.

Brown's closest ministerial ally, Ed Balls, said the email was a «damp squib» by a few disgruntled MPs and insisted that the cabinet was «absolutely united» behind Brown.But the number of cabinet voices emerging in support of Brown did not begin to rise to a chorus until early evening, among them two of the ministers tipped as possible successors to Brown — the home secretary, Alan Johnson, and the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, who said today's call by rebels would be seen as a «temporary distraction» from the job of fighting the Conservatives and laying out future plans for the country.

When I look at the disgusting verbiage coming from President Trump and the pissing contest he is having with Yonkers» own James Comey or closer to home, the nastiness in the race for Senator featuring Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer and Julie Killian, I hark for the days when people in politics would respect each other, fight it out on Election Day and work together afterwards.

She's inspired the journalists, Hollywood elite, and us, the viewers at home, to stand up and fight for the issues close to our hearts.

This movie starts off with a prison bus going down a empty stretch of road and on the other side the only car insight driven by one Dr Douglas Madsen as these two come closer and closer together something happens that sends the Dr's car to collide with the prison bus freeing four prisoners who decide to take the good Dr hostage and retreat to a remote cabin in the woods that just happens to be home of a family that is more dangerous then the prisoners now with no way out the prisoners and the hostage must fight to stay alive against the people in the cabin.

In this sense, it is closer in essence to the great home front movies of the 1940s than to contemporary Iraq movies like Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker — a step removed from the fighting, but right at the heart of a more spiritual conflict.

CLOSING NIGHT Suffragette For its Closing Night Film, the 38th Mill Valley Film Festival has chosen Suffragette, the story of the women who were foot soldiers in the fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, ordinary women who risked their jobs, homes, children and even theirCLOSING NIGHT Suffragette For its Closing Night Film, the 38th Mill Valley Film Festival has chosen Suffragette, the story of the women who were foot soldiers in the fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, ordinary women who risked their jobs, homes, children and even theirClosing Night Film, the 38th Mill Valley Film Festival has chosen Suffragette, the story of the women who were foot soldiers in the fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, ordinary women who risked their jobs, homes, children and even their lives.

I record from my home office where I contend with a crowing rooster in the backyard and two needy felines who purr loudly, snore loudly, barf loudly and insist upon fighting one another for precious real estate which in their minds are the spots closest to my lap or head.

Neutering has countless benefits aside from controlling kittens being born — neutered cats fight less, stay closer to home and are less likely to contract serious illnesses.»

Yukari is a frustrating ranged character, connected and whiffed strikes with Junpei's bat build to a power - up if he gets enough «home runs,» and the Persona-less Sho Minazuki fights with raw physical talent and constant up - close harassment.

There are some variations, though; homing and launched weapons don't work well in tunnels and under bridges, and you may have to drop the explosives when fighting in close quarters for your own survival.

It features: — 3D real - time sandbox game built with Unity game engine — metallic shader, lighting, particle effects, lens flare, explosions, fx — space combat RPG with extensive skill tree — open and living universe where 600 + ships fly around autonomously — epic story with dialogue system that allows real choices — recruit 6 wingmen and 2 can fly with you at a time — even discover romance with another wing pilot — recruit 5 corporate pilots who can fly trade routes on your behalf — trade, fight, mine, pirate, scan for derelict ships and wormholes — many mission types: epic, freelance, dynamic, wingman acquisition, faction loyalty — deep combat mechanics, AI, and faction standings — 20 + ships, 180 + modules, 33 solar systems with a unique follow - through - warp mechanic — 15 + factions to vie favor or destroy — cinematic camera shows you the action when it happens — fly manually with or without Newtonian physics or use autopilots exclusively — 22 track theatrical - quality award - winning soundtrack by renown composer, Sean Beeson — cloud save lets you continue your game at home or on the go MEMORY: Dangerous uses a lot of memory during play, so if you have an older device, please close extraneous programs and reboot prior to playing.

In the fifth chapter of the original Mega Man series, the battle is closer to home as Mega Man fights to save the world from further destruction.

Now, as the climate talks draw to a close, the delegation members are heading home for some much - needed rest — but here in the U.S., our fight is just beginning.

So whether you're packing up the Prius for some close - to - home camping, towing the boat to far - away shores, or merely fighting the crosstown traffic, these money - and gas - saving tips are designed to help you squeeze every last bit of power out of that precious petrol — and cause fewer CO2 emissions, too.

But the fight doesn't stop at the national level as NAR also provides REALTOR ® Party initiatives closer to home, lobbying at the state and local levels to ensure that someone is looking out for our members.