Sentences with phrase «grappling over»

In some ways this is its greatest strength, as pulling off the right moves, bat - grappling over the ceiling just right, feels incredibly satisfying.

The film doesn't find space to fill their characters out in more than broad swaths, but manages to make them both unappealing, having a superheroic pissing match that turns into literal grappling over the moral high ground.

PALATINE AREA — Palatine - area park district candidates are grappling over issues ranging from construction of a sports complex to the use of soccer fields.

Attorneys grappling over trapshooting in Sportsman's Park in Naperville continue to put their own spin on the Naperville Park District's effort to secure a permit for the suspended blasting of clay pigeons on the site.

Two thousand years ago the rabbis were asking exactly the Rabbi Dawkins» questions about the text, grappling over what to do with Lot, and condemning him.

The Naperville City Council agreed on Tuesday night to let private citizens build a temporary skate park to use this summer, while city leaders continue to grapple over the location for a permanent facility.

Along the way, he grapples over his relationship with his father (Brian Dennehy), brother (Wes Bentley), and six tempting women: the rebellious Della (Imogen Poots); Elizabeth, a woman he wronged in the past (Natalie Portman); Karen, a spirited and playful stripper (Teresa Palmer); his physician ex-wife, Nancy (Cate Blanchett); a serene model named Helen (Freida Pinto); and the innocent Isabel (Isabel Lucas).

Zohara Candelerio's work group grapples over a slogan for its campus campaign.

It's unusual in offering switchable four - wheel drive, which allows it to take advantage of fuel economy savings by using rear - drive mode only, while still being able to grapple over tricky terrain by driving all four wheels on demand.

E-cigarettes are sparking heated debates as lawmakers, medical professionals and industry grapple over the relative safety of the nicotine - delivering devices.

He went on to discover European modernism, especially the work of Pablo Picasso, with which he grappled over the course of several years.

The Pioneer Press, among other papers, recently posted this article about how Minnesota and other states grapple over value of home - grown solar electricity.

Not exact matches

To operate in one of the most exciting growth markets on the planet, the company had to grapple with Brazil's strict regulatory apparatus and leap over a menacing tariff wall that keeps out foreign - made products and workers.

Retailers have been grappling with a number of new competitors in Canada over the past year, including the arrival of Target and a more aggressive rollout of Walmart supercentres.

Over the last few days, leading CEOs, academics and designers spanning all industries engaged in an array of panels to grapple with hefty questions about business and design: What does it mean to be a designer in the 21st century?

Ludwig Hantson, once the head honcho over at Baxter spinoff Baxalta, has a new gig: CEO of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, which is still grappling with the aftermath of some high - profile C - suite shakeup drama.

As Facebook grapples with a backlash over its role in spreading disinformation, an internal dispute over how to handle the threat and the public outcry is resulting in the departure of a senior executive.

Expenses soared as Target over staffed stores and grappled with what it described as supply - chain congestion.

Over the last 10 years, as mobility, cloud computing and co-working spaces have made remote work a more tangible and welcome reality for many companies, managers must grapple with how to lead and motivate teams from afar.

Neal and Taylor's argument was rooted in math: there were more consumers than there were IT users, which meant that over the long run the rate of improvement in consumer technologies would exceed that of enterprise - focused ones; IT departments needed to grapple with increased demand from their users to use the same technology they used at home.

The social media giant has grappled with the criticism over the issue for much of the past year, and struggled to keep public opinion on its side.

Lavish handouts and well - paid government jobs for GCC citizens could soon be history as Gulf countries grapple with fundamental decisions over the direction of their respective economies.

-LRB-...) Labour - intensive industries across Dongguan, a city of 8m that from a distance resembles a forest of factories, are grappling with a drop in orders from the west at a time when double - digit Chinese wage inflation over the past couple of years has prompted western retailers to move orders to south - east Asia and Bangladesh.

It's also grappling with systematic racial discrimination from hosts, facing a crackdown from the New York state legislature, and, as of Monday, suing San Francisco over short - term rental rules that the city's board of supervisors passed unanimously at the start of June.

that many small businesses have been raising wages over the past year as they enjoy healthy finances, as well as grapple with increased competition for strong employees.

The New York Times reported that many small businesses have been raising wages over the past year as they enjoy healthy finances, as well as grapple with increased competition for strong employees.

Najib is grappling with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and popular anger over rising living costs, which have given momentum to the challenge from his 92 - year - old mentor - turned - foe, Mahathir.

Longer term, the issue that investors must grapple with in 2017 and beyond is quantifying how much hidden credit risk is embedded in the portfolio of all US banks as a result of the Fed's aggressive manipulation of the credit markets over the past five years.

She will inherit a series of legal issues the ride - hail behemoth is continuing to grapple with: For instance, Uber is facing fresh lawsuits over its data breach earlier this year and dealt with a number of probes from the U.S. Department of Justice last year.

Over the next 15 years, as I grappled with everything from my father's battle with Alzheimer's disease to my own journey through infertility, I found myself turning again and again to the wisdom of the women saints.

As the global dairy industry grapples with issues of oversupply and the changing face of product mixes, Asia - Pacific countries will hold massive sway over the direction the market takes over the coming 12 months, according to the US Dairy Export Council.

Winemakers are wringing their hands over the 2011 harvest, branding it absurdly large for a nation still grappling with too much wine.

it's such a default move that every untrained person goes to in a grappling - people instinctively lock up a headlock and try to wrench the other person over their hip.

Yesterday's referee, Robert «Bobby» Madely, who last season had deemed that Loftus - Cheek tripping over his own feet outside the area was worthy of a spot kick seemed not to be aware of the new interpretations on grappling and holding as first Ogbonna and then Reid were both grabbed by Sunderland defenders.

This is bad news for China as it has long valued global economic stability within which to pursue its own reform agenda, but is particularly worrisome now as the country grapples with difficult choices over how to develop «new engines of economic growth».

The members of the Citizens» Assembly worked hard over two intense weekends to grapple with complex issues and difficult trade - offs.

When the two characters finally grapple with each other over issues like trust and friendship, the emotions splattered across the screen feel sudden and unearned.

Republicans and Democrats alike are grappling with a restive nation upset over stagnate wages and an elusive American Dream — that's according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who diagnosed and dissected the wave of economic populism that's sweeping the nation.

The trouble was that there's no storyline, no central idea to think over, nothing to grapple with.

«Mr Putin is famously a judo black belt but that shouldn't stop David Cameron grappling with him on Russia's deeply unhelpful behaviour over Syria at the United Nations security council,» Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia director John Dalhuisen said before the meeting.

He opened his speech, though, by recalling how he spent a week with his entire cabinet grappling with the aftermath of a lake effect storm that dumped over seven feet of snow in areas just south of Buffalo.

He's grappling with Governor Cuomo over his signature campaign issue as the legislative clock ticks, the press and public have focused on his current actions rather than dreaming of the future and, barely three weeks in, he «owns» the City's successes and failures.

Wright said he supports the tax, but legislators were still «grappling with» whether to draw a line over it.

The move represented an effort by the Assembly to appear more transparent as it grapples with criticism over its handling of a sexual harassment scandal centered around one of its most prominent members, Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic chairman.

The councilman also spent months grappling with critics in the community and then in City Hall over his shifting stance on the mayor's proposed zoning changes at Sherman Plaza, which he ultimately did not support.

Gov. Paterson to take over and grapple with massive budget deficits.

When leaders and citizens of a village are grappling with how to best deal with a crisis over polluted drinking water, it's a strange time for the state Senate to withhold documents that might inform their discussion.

Instead, Mr. Cuomo grappled with a scandal over his handling of an anti-corruption commission, failing to score resounding victories against his Democratic primary opponent, the little - known Zephyr Teachout, or his underfunded Republican challenger Rob Astorino.

The grappling gloves are made from synthetic leather with almost an inch of padding over the knuckles, plus reinforced seams and finger slots.

In the 52 hours of recorded footage, over 7 hours showed octopus interactions, with 345 instances of changing colors and 512 examples of physical movements, such as grappling or reaching toward each other.