Sentences with phrase «groups face off»

The study was designed so that each participant won two out of the four contests, but half the group faced off against the same opponent each time and won or lost by a narrow margin; these slight victories and losses to the same opponent encouraged feelings of rivalry among participants, who subsequently reported higher scores on the Machiavellianism scale.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is having a major, one - day event today, with top teams playing in intense best - of - one matches before the top two teams in the group face off in the grand finals later today.

Not exact matches

Tensions were high Wednesday at New York University's Stern School of Business, as a group of academics, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs faced off during a panel discussion on the future of higher education.

Elliott and the French media group were meant to face off for the...

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

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While Airbnb doesn't have to contend with thorny censorship issues, it does have to face off against domestic rivals, an established group that includes powerhouses Tujia and Xiaozhu.com.

The proposal met with a record number of comments, with a number of health insurance groups expressing concern that the short - term plans will undermine the health exchanges by siphoning off younger, healthier consumers who will no longer face a penalty if they enroll in non-compliant plans in 2019.

«This is what happens when the market sells off in the face of what is really an awfully good fundamental environment,» said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist for the Leuthold Group.

(Reuters)- U.S. regulators directed five of the country's biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, to develop plans for staving off collapse if they faced serious problems, emphasizing that the banks could not count on government help.

In late 2002 and early 2003, the global organization — recently spun off from Bass Group — faced bloated overhead costs in the competitive hotel industry, experienced a decline in business and vacation travel because of the worldwide economic downturn and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), underwent a brand name change (from Six Continents), and battled a hostile takeover attempt by British entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.

ROZZANO, Italy (Reuters)- Telecom Italia's (TIM) top two investors will face off for the first time on Friday as they put their battle over board seats at the Italian phone group to a shareholder vote.

I have a group of CEO's that I can bounce ideas off of that are like - minded and, in most instances, have encountered the challenge I currently am facing.

James Abbott, senior vice president, investor relations at Zions, says the group is laying off «redundant» back - office staff while leaving the client - facing folks, including the relationship managers, in their jobs.

Groups such as Catholics United and Faith in Public Life got off the ground during and just after the 2004 election when a Catholic Democratic presidential nominee - Sen. John Kerry - was hard - pressed to find Catholic support in the face of condemnations from some Catholic bishops over his support for abortion rights.

Then show me all the Muslim groups and their huge followings that are out there trying to stop the radicals from blowing themselves and innocent people off the face of the Earth in the name of their religion.

So once again... if you deny that you engage in this basic human practice of accusing, condemning, and scapegoating others... if you think that the people you call «monsters» and «heretics» truly are guilty of everything you accuse them of... if you think that some people truly deserve to burn in hell for all eternity... if you think that war is righteous and good and we need to bomb some groups of evil people off the face of the planet... then you are calling God a liar, and you have not understood the first thing about God and what He taught through Jesus (cf. 1 John 4:7 - 11).

Driving hard into value added ingredients has paid off for Irish food group Kerry as the company faces off tougher currency exposure in 2003 to see a steady rise in sales and operating profit.

Photographed by Michael Nemeth Licensed to Alpha Media Group 2013 Which is to say, I didn't travel to Columbus just to burn my face off.

A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.

They will face off with another KE team in Week 3 — I think the familiarity will help this group of Seniors.

However, Andy Reid's group will be facing a 4 - 3 Bears team coming off a bye in need of a win to keep pace with the Packers and Lions in the NFC North.

The group stage of the 2014/15 Champions League kicks off on Tuesday evening, with two English teams in action — Liverpool return to the competition with a home game against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad, whilst Arsenal face a tough trip to Borussia Dortmund.

The Malaysia cup kicks off in just over three weeks time, JDT have been drawn in Group B with Felda United PKNS FC, T - Team While Johor who will be managed by Edres Selamat (Mohamed's former assistant) face Sime Darby FC, Selangor and Armed Forces.

Manchester City, on the other hand, will be seeking a second or third place finish to avoid facing a play - off to ensure their progression into the Champions League group - stage.

I am sure that every Arsenal fan would prefer it if Arsene Wenger and the players were heading to Stamford Bridge for our next Premier League match on Sunday to face a Chelsea side that was in disarray, but that is not the case, especially after they got their latest Champions League group phase off to a perfect start with a 6 - 0 win over Qarabag last night.

Arsenal and PSG are both therefore still on equal tallies in the group and with Match Day Six featuring a face off between the two clubs, both will be going for the win.

His turf - equipped indoor filed offers age - and experience - specific training including private lessons, high school group classes and goalie and face - off specialty training.

They next get to face off against a Team Maione group who will be desperately searching for a W.

Five days later (23rd) our reserves are off to Germany to face Koln, but we should be well clear at the top of the Group by then and can play with freedom.

Group A should be a pretty easy one for South Korea (+1000) to run through, facing off against Netherlands (+2500), Chinese Taipei (+8000), and Israel (+20000).

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger took the unusual step of naming his Arsenal team for the Champions League trip to Istanbul to face Galatasaray this week more than 24 hours before kick off — possibly due to the fact that, save for an outside chance of topping the group, the match means little to the Gunners.

A decade has passed since these sides last faced off in the Champions League, Liverpool winning 4 - 1 at home and drawing 1 - 1 away in the 2007 - 08 group stage.

After a day off, the Union will face Colorado Rapids on Sunday, March 25 at 12:15 p.m. eastern and finish group play after another day off against Montreal Impact at 10 a.m. eastern time on Tuesday, March 27.

The group winners advance directly to the last - 16, while the runners - up face an away play - off round tie against those progressing through the domestic champions path.

Off the back of an unsatisfactory 1 - 1 draw at West Brom on Saturday, Spurs now face a trip to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, aiming to make it back - to - back wins in the group stage.

Spurs» defence often has the cohesion of a group of men off their face on drugs and it's about to get a whole lot trippier

The two former world champions have been drawn together in Group D along with another former champion Italy and Costa Rica and will face off in the second round.

The only time that the two have faced off before in the UEFA Champions League was back in the 2004/05 Group Stage, with Chelsea winning 3 - 0 in Paris and drawing 0 - 0 back at Stamford Bridge.

Dortmund hope Spanish centre - back Marc Bartra, who went off against Freiburg with a groin injury, will be fit to face Spurs in their opening Champions League group match.

The eight group winners progress straight to the round of 16 while the eight runners - up go into the play - offs to face the eight Domestic Champions path survivors.

Arsenal have the potential to the top of the group, but they also face a potential banana skin in the form of FC Basel, a fixture that will see the Xhaka brothers square off against each other Continue reading →

Arsenal have the potential to the top of the group, but they also face a potential banana skin in the form of FC Basel, a fixture that will see the Xhaka brothers square off against each other

The present champs of Europe made the trip to Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday night, as they faced off against Borussia Dortmund in the second game of the group stages of their new Champions League campaign, in which Real Madrid will be eager at retaining the title.

Under the group's plan, Sens. Toby Stavisky (D - Whitestone) and Tony Avella (D - Bayside) would have to run against each other in a primary in one district and Sens. Jose Peralta (D - Corona) and Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria) would face off in another contest.

As you'll see, during the Q&A the group moved from behind the press, and facing the candidates, to just off to the side of the candidates.

(CNN)- A conservative group is kicking off the midterm election year with a multimillion - dollar ad campaign that targets three Democratic Senators facing tough re-election battles in November.

Pulse Sports writer and Historian, Thomas Freeman Yeboah has compiled all the encounters between Ghana and Egypt as they face off on Wednesday in the final group D game of the 2017 AFCON

Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources, Downstream, Hon. Danlami Mohammed Kurfi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up an investigative committee to look into the lingering face off between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru.

The group also backed Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, who faces a primary challenge from former city Councilman Oliver Koppell, and IDC Sen. Tony Avella, who is fending off a challenge from John Liu, the former city comptroller, for the Democratic ballot line.