Sentences with phrase «first skirmish»

What began as a challenge to ZECs could likely prove the first skirmish in a lengthy battle, one that may reach its final resolve in the Supreme Court.

The first skirmish is the «replicable science» bill now in front of Congress.

It is forty minutes before the characters even get into their first skirmish, the running time made up of bumbling gags.

The first skirmish arguably took place in 2007, when online attacks against the Baltic state of Estonia took down critical government, banking and media Web sites.

The first skirmish ended in stalemate, reports Martin Shapland.

Democratic County Executive Laura Curran may face her first skirmish with the Republican - controlled Nassau County Legislature next week when committees consider her request to borrow $ 45 million to pay a court judgment won by two men exonerated in a 1984 rape and murder.

Well the first skirmishes for the next funding period usually start a couple of years before a new deal is signed.

The first skirmishes could occur as soon as 23 and 24 February, when Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Harold Varmus, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), appear before congressional appropriations committees to defend their 2000 budget proposals.

Translated to English by the team at SnoopyCool, this manga chronicles Samus» early life with the Chozo and her first skirmishes against the Space Pirate threat.

Not exact matches

In Philadelphia's first exhibition he threw punches at hecklers in a rough skirmish in the stands.

And just as the Blair / Brown battles used to put many Labour noses out of joint, the first major Unions / Momentum skirmish is already causing some disquiet within Labour's ranks.

«The first major Unions / Momentum skirmish is already causing some disquiet within Labour's ranks,» we noted in a piece on Lansman's candidacy.

The first is an industrial relations skirmish over cost - cutting measures, which resulted in the strike that began yesterday.

Dodging street skirmishes, lead singer Larry (Algee Smith) finds himself at the Algiers Motel — first partying, then sweating out the night — with an impulsive cop - baiting provocateur (Jason Mitchell, a live wire), two scared white women from Ohio, a wary black security guard (John Boyega in a performance of Denzel - like dignity) and, terrifyingly, a loose cannon from Detroit's police force (Will Poulter, burning with rage).

The final skirmish is not on a scale anywhere near as huge as the first film's climax, while the images of Roland Emmerich - scale city destruction are so brief there's hardly a frame of it in the film not featured in the trailer.

In the first legal skirmish over «intelligent design» since a federal judge declared it to be illegitimate science, a rural Southern California school system has agreed to drop an elective philosophy course presenting the highly charged topic.

Concerns that the Oschersleben circuit would expose the Camaro's weaknesses were borne out in free practice and qualifying, although an off - track skirmish in the first half of the two - part qualifying session would truly place Reiter Engineering on the back foot.

It's also where Captain James Cook, the first Westerner to visit Hawaii, was killed in a skirmish with Native Hawaiians.

In a way, Ascendancy feels like a game of two three distinct parts, with the first devoted to the exploration of a rich galaxy brimming with potential and some light skirmishes, the second being an almost cold - war situation with everyone eyeing each other up and the final portion coming down to warfare and betrayed alliances.

The official demo has been launched, containing the first three missions of the Wings of Liberty campaign and Terran vs. Terran solo skirmish.

In most RTS games a lot of resources are tucked neatly into the players territory, and thus we see the first two - thirds of the game often being about mining and building with small skirmishes, before the final third which sees the big armies collide.

Fans of Suikoden who played the first two games should be familiar to the skirmish mode that Ni No Kuni II has to offer.

I'm currently working on our full review, but to tide you over, here's the full unedited video of my first space skirmish.

The beta will run all the way to the game's full release on 11th August 2017, offering pre-purchase customers a first look at Sudden Strike 4, with access to the game's tutorial, three singleplayer missions (Battle of the Bulge, Stalingrad and Balaton Defensive Operation) and two multiplayer / skirmish maps.

First there are the tutorials, there are two campaign levels, and then you can play 1v1 skirmish against the AI.

I thought it was a cute, optional mechanic at first, and just steadfastly ignored the skirmish markers on the map, much happier running off to fight someone the old fashioned way.

Skirmishes pit your battalions against enemy armies, with victory going to the one who kills off all the other soldiers first.

Skirmish Line is the first product developed by Snarky Ant, LLC, a two man indie game development studio.

There are three types of Skirmishes in Neverwinter; the first is a standard Skirmish that forms part of the quest line you may be working through.

Jump into a campaign or just a quick skirmish in this first person multiplayer action game.

What I have played: A lot of unranked multiplayer games (mostly team games — 2v2, 3v 3, 4v4), one ranked 1v1 multiplayer battle, a fair number of skirmish games, the first campaign (5 campaign missions out of 22 total).

You've got a case of the Birley Points: 20 points In a 1v1 Skirmish against Legendary AI, recycle your base in the first 5 minutes and then win.

This 1 hit kill skirmish mode is a race between each player to reach 10 kills, crowning the first player to reach 10 as the winner.

A demo version of the game known as Brass Tactics Arena opens up a locked down version of the full game, allowing you to experience the first two campaign missions along with the ability to go through AI skirmishes.

Everything in First Flight: Adventure Mode + KS Exclusive Dust Rider 2.0 Costume + Collector's Edition (CE) Skirmish Mode (Skirmish Mode soundtrack and Captain's costume pack) + Dust Rider 1.0 costume.

We released Skirmish Mode first as a standalone game because we needed to pay our bills and maintain our livelihoods.

The local games are placed under Skirmish mode, almost trying to be hidden at the end of the first menu.

From the mind of Freddie W (the Hollywood special effects genius) comes this first - person perspective skirmish set in WWII.

Brawl, Skirmish and Elimination are all similar game modes, too, with Brawl offering a 2v2 game type, Skirmish earning points through kills and Elimination giving us a sudden - death scenario where the first team to lose all its players loses the game.

This has resulted in a number of important Court of Appeal decisions post Mirvahedy and any number of first instance skirmishes.

This is just the latest in series of patent skirmishes between Apple and Motorola, but it's the first new move since Google acquired Motorola in February 2012.

The first European settlers in this area were Puritans, and they had frequent skirmishes with the Native Americans.

Gavankar confirmed the return of the first game's «Skirmish» mode during EA's press conference on June 10, but she didn't specify if this experience varied across systems.

Unfortunately the devs said the skirmish browser replaces the matchmaking from the first game.