Sentences with phrase «final years fighting»
Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr's wife, spent her final years fighting FOR gay rights.
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The NDP have put forward the most comprehensive plan to fight Climate Change that Alberta has ever seen, something that the Progressive Conservatives were unable to do in the final decade of their 44 years in government and the Wildrose Party has been unable to do in its four years as official opposition.
In one of his final speeches, King admonished: «If our nation can spend $ 35 billion dollars a year to fight an unjust, evil war in Vietnam, and $ 20 billion dollars to put a man on the moon, it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here...» MLK's talking points of tapping into America's financial resources in order to help the poverty - stricken across the land were directly at odds with the economic status quo, and that is part of what got him killed.
After the thousand years the devil is released and a second final battle is fought.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini showed up to home court Etihad Stadium fighting for a win to close out his final chapter with Man City, instead he thanked his fans, those who hadn't left already, for three great years while expressing a measure of disappointment that he couldn't go out with another win.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims letting players contracts enter final year is an «ideal situation» Arsene Wenger claims dressing room benefits from those fighting for a new deal Arsenal have seven first - team players whose contracts expire next summer Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Jack Wilshere are among those in their final year Wenger insisted he has no problem with the uncertainty surrounding his squad
Gasly will therefore stay with Toro Rosso for the rest of the year, which means he'll miss the chance to fight for the championship in the final round of the Super Formula championship as it clashes with the Grand Prix at COTA.
The four - time world champion set the pace in the W09 on the final day of testing with a 1.19.333 lap on the medium tyres, an early indicator that he will be involved in the title fight this year (if that was ever in doubt).
«We know we had a great opportunity to win the league this year and the only thing now is to fight until the end for the final three games.»
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!
The final story of the year came at Abu Dhabi, where I was too far from the leaders in the championship table to be fighting for the win, but I somehow managed to have an impact on the title fight anyway!
On a final notch, despite not putting up a title fight, we are gonna skip the CL qualification game, which is always nice, we've finished above United for 2 seasons in a row for the first time in ages, we're in the FA cup final for 2 years in a row and if we win we'll be record holders of the Cup.
It leaves seven sides to fight over the final three spots; back - to - back reigning champions Club Leon, Ronaldinho's Queretaro and last year's regular season winner Cruz Azul, along with Pumas UNAM, Pachuca, Chiapas and Santos Laguna.
The Fighting Irish shocked the nation, much like Mississippi State did last year when they took down UConn in the Final Four.
The final laps saw a four - way fight for the win between James Hinchcliffe, Graham Rahal, Tony Kanaan and Simon Pagenaud, who gave us one of the closest and most exciting conclusions to a race all year.
This House of Cards created by the thin - skinned narcissist and our absentee landlord is going to come crashing down over the next 12 months and anyone who doesn't put the success of the club ahead of blind allegiances will need to check themselves so that we can move forward once the dust has settled... this club has been on auto - pilot for far too long and the same old, same old just won't cut it in the new EPL where many of the best managers, players and deepest pockets in the world now reside... just think to yourself what has transpired in the last 7 years alone: Leicester City won the EPL, Chelsea and ManCity have changed several managers and still won the League on multiple occasions, ManU lost Fergie yet we still didn't take advantage, Liverpool has emerged from their slumber and the Spurs are presently the better team in North London... if you find this acceptable, I feel for you and this future of this club... hope you all enjoy fighting with Everton and West Ham for the final Europa spot every year (aka the new Wenger Cup)
IndyCar had some pretty incredible moments in 2017, like a seven - way title fight heading into the final race and of course Fernando Alonso competing in this year's Indy 500.
The 55 - year - old also led the Tigers to their first ever FA Cup final back in May 2014, but despite taking a two - goal lead their opponents on the day, Arsenal, fought back to eventually take a 3 - 2 victory in extra-time.
'' We're fighting with Barca, we have the chance of the Europa League final... good things have happened every year.
Usually I respect my contracts and I fight for everything and to say after 17 years can depend just on one cup final means it is better you don't go to the final then.
Few were those who believed at that particular moment that in less than a year, Juventus will have already sealed another Scudetto, fought their way to the Coppa Italia final and, most impressively, made it all the way to their first Champions League final in 12 years.
Besides, this is a team which in the past three years has been to a Champions League final, we're playing for another Coppa Italia final, and we're in the fight for the Scudetto.
Although the Gunners supporters have lofty ambitions of their club fighting for major silverware, the FA Cup has proved to be the side's only solace in recent years — with Arsenal going into the final as the holders.
The club had previously gone 47 - years without winning a trophy before claiming this term's Carling Cup, after a hard - fought 2 - 1 win over Arsenal in the final, so to clinch two in a single campaign really would be a touch of irony, and some feat, too, considering Birmingham have never lifted the FA Cup before in their history.
Liverpool are a club in disarray at the moment, and another defeat on home soil would surely be the final nail in the coffin, although this 63 - year old appears to have plenty of fight left him in yet.
The 84 - year - old Democrat declared victory earlier that day and underscored this was his final campaign, referring to this primary as his «one last fight.»
While the Bloomberg administration had previously fought Liu's prevailing wage decisions, they allowed the comptroller's final ruling in favor of the mechanical workers, which came down in September of last year, to go unappealed before leaving office.
After fights over taxation to fund pre-kindergarten programs last year, de Blasio is preparing to be more of a presence on Cuomo's turf in the final five weeks of the legislative session.
After five years of bitter clashes, Republican congressional leaders and President Obama last night appeared to settle their final budget fight by reaching a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit.
The White House, hoping to prevent a primary fight next year, tried to clear the field for Gillibrand, who will run in 2010 to fill the final two years of Clinton's term.
So Senate Republicans could be accused of helping pay Skelos» to fight off public corruption charges in an election year, if they pay ante up the final $ 50,000, sources said.
This year, we have a real chance of making New York the 38th state with early voting, and we'll keep fighting to make sure this commonsense reform is included in the final budget.»
«This past year, I successfully fought for more critical water and environmental infrastructure improvements in the final budget, which will protect our natural resources and support continued economic growth,» Hannon said.
President Barack Obama tapped Biden in his final year in office to lead the White House's Cancer Moonshot initiative, which seeks to double the rate of progress in preventing and fighting the disease.
Foes of a U.S. nuclear power revival continue to fight the AP1000 and have seized on a statement from NRC last week that cited new issues in the agency's design review — a review that industry officials had assumed was going smoothly toward a final decision this year.
In science news around the world, NASA's Cassini mission is about to take its final plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn after 13 years providing an unprecedented view of the planet and its moons, a fight over whether to preserve or develop of one Europe's oldest gold mining sites heats up again, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first cancer gene therapy for people, a U.S. court gives a green light to a $ 1 billion lawsuit brought by the Guatemalan victims and survivors of mid — 20th century syphilis experiments by research institutions including Johns Hopkins University, and more.
The president's final year at the helm of the anc was marked by a growing fight - back against him, within and outside the party, and a few crucial technical knockouts in the courts.
The story revolves around retired boxers Billy «The Kid» McGuigan and Henry «Razor» Sharp, lifelong bitter rivals who are coaxed out of retirement and into the ring for one final grudge match — 50 years after their last title fight.
The final act of the film finds Trevante Rhodes playing a twenty something Chiron now buff and chiseled on the outside but still fighting those inner demons of how he can be a better version of himself despite the horrible influences he has had over the years.
It's an Oscar complaint as unfailingly annual as telecast overlength and foreign - language category blunders: with the season so geared towards the glut of prestige titles released in the year's final quarter, standout contenders from the mist - shrouded months of spring and the previous winter have to fight that much harder to be heard — that is, -LSB-...]
The headstrong rebel fighting for survival in a dystopian world remains alive and well this year, with the final installment in the Divergent series set for a mid-March release.
What a wild year with it being the return of Star Wars with Phantom Menance, Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Fight Club, Magnolia, All About My Mother, Being John Malkovich, The Hurricane, Girl, Interrupted, Man on The Moon, Boys Don't Cr, Election, and THE MATRIX!
Match variations like battling many tiny Yoshis or fighting one big, iron - clad enemy still feel fresh even all these years later, and the final battle against Master Hand has seen a few tweaks that'll keep you guessing - the first few times you finish the game, at least.
THE GOOD FIGHT picks up one year after the events of the final episode of «The Good Wife.»
Warner Bros has unveiled one final red band trailer for the comedy Fist Fight, featuring rival teachers played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, who organize an epic battle at the end of the school year to settle their differences.
The two stars from «Rocky» and «Ragin Bull» are a pair of aging boxing rivals coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout — 50 years after their last match.
Last year Bandai Namco took fighting and RPG fans by surprise by announcing Final Fantasy XV's Noctis would be joining the Tekken 7 roster.
WHY: There have been so many movies about Ip Man released over the last few years that it's become overkill, and although «The Final Fight» takes a completely different approach by exploring the martial artist's later years, it's the weakest Ip Man film to date.
Happy Hup — Our publisher samples a landmark American runabout of 1910 — the Hupmobile Model 20 / Hunting the Snipe — JonathonWood tracks down a quality car that helped keep the flag flying for Humber / Glorious Goodwood — David Venables reports that this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed was better than ever / Golden Apples — Anthony Pritchard visited Richard Gaylard Shattock now a spritley 86 at his home in Cornwall where he reminisced about his Atlanta racing days / Racing Double — Champagne corks have been popping in Norfolk and in Belgium; Douglas Blain joined the celebrations as both contestant and reporter / Arms and the Argonne — The Argonne forest in the North - East of France saw fierce fighting in the final months of the Great War.
In its final fight to survive, the De Lorean Motor Company was optimized to achieve profitability selling 4000 cars per year — well below the initial 10,000 - unit break - even plan and a fraction of its founder's absurd 30,000 per annum goal.