Sentences with phrase «for points against»

As well as the campaign, Extinction features a daily challenge mode, where you can compete for points against other players on a leaderboard, as well as an «Extinction mode» which is basically a survival against an endless horde of Ravenii.

Their issues have mostly come on the Defensive end where both Teams are in the Bottom - 4 of the League for Points Against Per Game..

They are currently in the Top - 5 for Points Against Per Game.

Switzerland once again failed to impress going forward, and had to settle for a point against Romania in their second Euro 2016 clash.

Having drawn their last two games, the Azerbaijan side will be out for another point against the English champions, especially after stopping a side like Atletico Madrid.

Two months ago Inter would have struggled for a point against the likes of Hellas and Sampdoria.

Not exact matches

If there's a new point in his speech Monday, it's likely to be a defense against calls for his dismissal from board positions over his support of Trump.

But the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler offers an alternative — and in our view, more credible — explanation for why the administration edited down the talking points, suggesting that the emails reveal a «bureaucratic knife fight» that pitted the State Department against the CIA.

He pointed out that Friedman advocated QE for Japan during its struggle against deflation and weak growth.

Rivals have pointed out that Trump's clothing is manufactured in China and Mexico, for example, which seemingly goes against his pro-American rally call.

Physical retail is that necessary point of differentiation for retailers and brands to win against pure play threats like Amazon.

Kobe Bryant laced up for the last time last night as an NBA player, putting on a jaw - dropping 60 - point performance against the Utah Jazz.

There's considerable controversy on this point, and in researching this article I interviewed experts both for and against.

A lawyer for Judy's says the store's pharmacists believed they were filling legitimate prescriptions, and points out that no DEA enforcement action was ever taken against the pharmacists.

These cost - cutting strategies have now become the plus point for SpaceX to compete against the giants in the industry and for the first time, it is looking possible for the low - cost passenger flights in the space.

Against the Falcons, Brady threw for a Super Bowl record 466 yards as he led the Patriots to victory after being down by 25 points well into the third quarter.

Valleywag points out that this whole situation is really weird: «So, our elected officials, in their effort to find a scapegoat for crimes against sex workers like the murder of Julissa Brisman, have taken a site that never made a dime from the hookups it helped set up, and turned it into a full - time, for - profit sex money machine.»

Thiam's point was he is comfortable taking risks but always looks for potential hiccups so he can proactively guard against them.

But my point is we should be empowering families to make the choices they think are best for their kids, and that should entail ending discrimination in the tax code against single - income, two - parent families.»

«You need a hedge against everything to try to minimize the opportunity for a single point of failure.»

Conservative pundits steeped in what George H. W. Bush, running against Reagan for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, famously called «voodoo economics,» have retorted that Buffett and his limousine - liberal ilk should instead voluntarily pay more to the federal treasury, pointing out the existence of such a provision in the tax code.

One alarming theme of the book for a lot of business owners is that once you reach a certain point of success or a certain point of wealth, it actually can work against you and become a disadvantage.

In the daily games, participants pay to compete for cash prizes against others in online leagues based on imaginary teams assembled from rosters of real players, which accumulate points based on how those players perform in actual games.

«We've seen a few cycles of this,» he says, pointing to the EU's $ 794 million fine against Microsoft (msft), in 2004, for bundling its media player with Windows, and the 2001 decision to block a merger between GE (ge) and Honeywell (hon), as other high - water marks of regulatory zeal.

Their use of acidity, the quality of their food has the best of Asian cuisine and the best of sort of what happens when really good Asian food... island Asian food brushes up against Spanish culture.The Spanish had colonized the Philippines for almost 500 years at one point.

«And we are now at a decision point: sustained global commitments and recent funding cuts affect capacity and capability for a full - spectrum fight against a near - peer adversary.»

It does not make picks against the spread, though we like to include the point spread (in parentheses, courtesy of Vegas Insider) for comparison.

Though he does say that «things are changing,» pointing to The Hollywood Reporter giving him space for his piece, and other outlets reporting on the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.

«Qualcomm has confirmed publicly that this lawsuit against our clients is intended to make a point about Apple and punish our clients for working with Apple,» Theodore J. Boutrous, a lawyer for the four companies, said in a statement.

Pope Francis says that divorced and remarried people are «not excommunicated» and should not feel «discriminated against» — he stops short of directly saying they are welcome to take the bread and wine at Eucharist, but then adds in a footnote: «I would also point out that the Eucharist «is not a prize for the perfect, but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.

One officer is notorious for harassing local black residents, to the point where he has been given a street nickname of «Bro Stupid,» said Burnell Williams, who works with at - risk youth and ex-prisoners for the nonprofit group Against All Odds.

As teased in at least one of the promos for «Avengers: Infinity War,» at one point in the film, Doctor Strange uses the Time Stone to look ahead into the future of the Avengers and their fight against Thanos.

At one point she was even pulled out of school for over a month and hidden with family friends in the south of France because of a surge in death threats against her father.

But he implied that it would be patriotic for private Russian citizens to «start making contributions — which are right, from their point of view — to the fight against those who say bad things about Russia.»

His deep - value philosophy can be boiled down to four points: he's looking for high - quality stocks that protect against the downside; he wants businesses where short - term issues have caused investors to abandon the company; he wants to wait until valuations are «out - of - this - world» cheap, and he tries not to pay attention to macro issues like eurozone debt or Chinese growth.

However, having the government sell annuities could make sense if you believe Canadians need to ensure against longevity risk (point 7) but the fees that insurance companies charge for these products are too high (point 6).

[108] Upon learning how the plan would work, New Jersey native residents railed against it, comparing it to using one credit card to pay off another, pointing out that it would create hardship for commuters and noting that it would actually increase the state's $ 32 billion debt.

But Kutcher pointed out that in addition to safety concerns for drivers carrying a lot of cash, tipping goes against Uber's design.

Anyway, what the article takes an awful long time getting around to — after twice saying the question they pose isn't so outlandish or premature and that the recent volatility shows how jittery people are AND pointing out that the tax plan and increased spending «boxed» the economy into a corner against the chance for stimulus in case we have a recession — is this: It's going to be hard on people.

An article on Thursday about threats against critics of the video game industry misstated, at one point, part of the name of a lobbying group for video game companies.

Points can be redeemed for a credit against travel purchases, giving you the freedom to book during any season, with any carrier or hotel chain.

Currency strategists gave weaker exchange rate forecasts for major emerging countries such as China, Brazil, South Africa and Turkey in the monthly survey, pointing to a sixth straight year of dollar gains against most high - yielding currencies.

Further, you can use points for credit against travel purchases for up to 12 months after those purchases post to your account — a much longer window than most other cards offer.

Argentina's central bank has hiked its interest rates by 300 basis points for a second time in less than a week, in its latest attempt to halt the peso's dramatic slide against the US dollar.

Both points argued against a purchase: continuing to sell to other companies removed the only plausible strategic rationale for buying the company instead of simply buying robots, but to stop selling to Kiva Systems» existing customers would be value - destructive.

Canada's central bank opted against raising interest rates on Oct. 25, deciding that two quarter - point increases over the summer are enough for now.

I agree with your points against muni's and corporate bonds for ladders though — in terms of expense and risk, which is why I avoid them.

«These include the ability to write checks against brokerage accounts and link debit cards to those accounts for easier access via either ATMs or point - of - sale transactions, or through brokerage accounts that have been set up to act like checking accounts.»

Alphabet's lawsuit against Uber goes to trial in October and has become a point of concern for some of the candidates to replace Kalanick as CEO, as Recode reported.

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