Sentences with phrase «groups of allies»

Though some try to peg her as being of this or that school of thought, on this or that issue, the reality is she's a chameleon that's able to muster majorities among different groups of allies — yet still feel strongly enough on issues of importance to her to write the lone wolf dissent.»

These battles range from simple one - on - one fights to whole groups of allies and enemies battling it out.

«On the sudden appearance of groups of Allied Species in the lowest known fossilferous strata: There is another and allied difficulty, which is much graver.

In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five a group of Allied soldiers is captured and herded into a defunct meatpacking plant near Dresden, a slaughterhouse in which they are to be incarcerated.

«Chimpanzee males usually have another individual they're very close with, and they may constantly battle for dominance, but they also have a larger, loose group of allies,» Benenson said.

Featuring an all - star cast, this WW II adventure drama tells the story of a group of Allied operatives who are sent on a highly dangerous mission to destroy a Nazi installation, where long - range rockets are being developed that could tip the balance of power in favour of the German forces.

In order to accomplish this, they need keep their faith in what they're doing and find a new group of allies willing to assist in their valiant crusade.

There is also a separate yet similar group of allies known as Jungle Buddies.

The plot follows a group of Allied soldiers stuck deep under ground trying to figure out and stop the spread of this dangerous, deadly disease / weapon.

Endling # 1: The Last by Katherine Applegate HarperCollins • May 1 Acclaimed author Applegate's new middle grade fantasy series follows a young, doglike creature named Byx on her quest to find a group of allies to help save her crumbling kingdom of Nedarra.

Protect the city of New Los Angeles as you work with a group of allies to fight off the aliens and protect humanity.

Set in a world similar to that of Modern Warfare and Black Ops, this version has a group of allied forces fending off an attack from the Federation.

Mario is sent in with his gang of Luigi, Princess Peach and Yoshi to team up with an unexpected group of allies: four Rabbids heroes.

Your squad mates will also be able to toss replacement ammunition your way in an effort to make the campaign feel more like a team effort, rather than a solo romp with a ragtag group of allies that don't serve any meaningful purpose in terms of gameplay.

Sure, there are international banks, but operationally these banks function more as group of allied national banks who share a brand.

Not exact matches

Soaring U.S. shale production has been a nagging concern for OPEC and its allies, but the group's key players appear to be more fixated on the immediate benefits of high crude prices.

The Japanese Navy believed that the loss of the Philippines would essentially mean the loss of the South China Sea, and sent a massive naval force divided into three groups to lure the Allies out to sea and destroy them.

«I don't think he does our issue any favors by making it so incredibly jingoistic and bombastic,» said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a group that allies domestic steelmakers and other manufacturers with the United Steelworkers union.

While the Sinaloa cartel is considered one of the most powerful criminal groups in the Western Hemisphere and the world, the cartel itself operates more like a federation of allied factions than like a traditional hierarchical cartel with a top - down leadership structure.

Walsh, the former deputy chief of staff and close ally of Priebus, left the White House after nine weeks to run America First Policies, a pro-Trump group outside the government.

Based in Dallas, Texas, Lantern is a buyout firm founded by Andy Mitchell, the former head of Ally Financial's global special assets group.

Meanwhile, a Progressive group backing Carter accused us — falsely — of relying on data supplied by Deal's allies.

The public sector and the public sector's private sector allies must take most of the write down because no other groups have significant paper wealth.

On this issue among others — like funding the government, raising the federal borrowing limit and financing highways — such business groups have found themselves at odds with traditional Republican allies who increasingly reflect a new populist strain of conservatism in the party that is often hostile toward big business.

The announcement came only days after he declined to give his NATO allies a forceful reaffirmation of America's commitment to their security, and a few months after he abandoned a trade deal, the Trans - Pacific Partnership, that was designed to put the United States at the center of a trade group that would compete with — and, some argue, contain — China's fast - growing economic might.

Walsh, an ally of Priebus's, left the administration after about two months to work for an outside pro-Trump group.

Other deals under review include the sale of SkyBridge Capital — an investment firm founded by Anthony Scaramucci, an ally of Mr. Trump — to an arm of HNA Group, a Chinese conglomerate.

But through a private Facebook group for methadone patients and allies, I've witnessed a crisis develop: the inability of people in addiction recovery to access methadone due to the storm.

The decision means a previously obscure grouping of senior officials - the Financial Institutions Supervisory Committee - will be thrust into the spotlight as Canada's answer to the pledge the federal government and its allies in the Group of 20 made to correct regulatory failings that contributed to the financial crisis.

Jaish al - Islam, one of eastern Ghouta's main rebel groups, said on Monday it had reached an agreement with the government's ally Russia to evacuate wounded people, after communicating with Moscow through the United Nations.

Threats of retaliation by key U.S. allies like Canada and the European Union prompted President Donald Trump to exempt a large group of countries from the steel and aluminum duties it announced last month, which means they will likely hit China hardest.

The independent directors of Newell Brands on March 14 criticized the tactics of activist hedge fund Starboard Value and its allies, which are waging a proxy fight for control of the consumer - brands group, and urged shareholders to back management's turnaround plan.

While American steel and aluminum executives cheered the idea, it was roundly criticized by trade groups and even some of the president's allies.

The fringe right - wing website is more of an opposition group than a media organization and is seen to be closely allied with «alt - right» organizers in Canada and the United States.

The securities mentioned above comprise the following percentages of the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund's total net assets as of 12/31/17: Bank of America Corp. 5.3 %, TE Connectivity, Ltd. 3.9 %, UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 2.6 %, Ally Financial, Inc. 1.8 %, Dover Corp. 2.6 %, CVS Health Corp. 2.2 %, Baker Hughes a GE Co. 1.2 %, General Electric Co. 0 %, Philip Morris International, Inc. 2.0 %, Oracle Corp. 2.3 %, MasterCard, Inc., Class A 2.6 %, General Motors Co. 5.1 %, Foot Locker, Inc. 1.2 %, Flowserve 0 %, Johnson Controls International PLC 0.6 %, PDC Energy Inc. 0.4 %, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 0 %, Herman Miller, Inc. 0 %, Oshkosh Corp. 0 %, VWR Corp. 0 %, Blockchain 0 %, Long Blockchain 0 %, LongFin Corp 0 %, Riot Blockchain 0 %, Intercontinental Technology 0 %, Nodechain 0 %, The Crypto Company 0 % and New York Times Co. 0 %.

The largest contributors to portfolio return in the quarter were Bank of America, TE Connectivity, UnitedHealth Group, Ally Financial and Dover.

Today was May Day, a historic celebration of workers and immigrant workers, and labor unions, immigrant rights groups, and allies came together to celebrate years and follow years of tradition.

«The Catholic bishops and their allies in the Republican Party are increasingly isolated,» James Salt, executive director of a liberal group called Catholics United, said in a statement over the weekend supporting the White House's contraception rule.

Even stranger considering how the Christian Lebanese groups are one of Israels only arab allies.

If we can not think past the conflicting goals of different groups to the world in which their diverse interests can be reconciled, too much energy will be spent on bickering among those who should be allies in a common struggle.

The otters were in the Allied Atheist Alliance, and then there were two groups of humans known as the United Atheist Alliance and the United Atheist League, and of course the war is to determine which name is the best.

All the same it is necessary to see also the limits of this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as it depended on the persons and groups that drafted it in the aftermath of World War II and the victory of Allied Nations.

Rev Iain May, 57, was the group head of planning and strategy at Allied Irish Banks in Dublin when he began questioning the lavish lifestyle he was living.

Child - care interest groups and their unthinking feminist allies use the rhetoric of «choice» and «quality» and their status as professional educators and guardians of young children to disguise as dispassionate advice what is in fact a political horse trade.

DeplorableIn his August / September column, «Bigot - Baiting,» R. R. Reno charges that the Democratic Party is largely a hodgepodge of various groups, tenuously allied, and that the precarious nature of these alliances requires a well - maintained persecution complex, lest those alliances dissolve.

It has its own distinctive message of salvation (political freedom), its own «set apart» people group (America and its allies), its own creed («we hold these truths to be self - evident»), its own distinctive enemies (all who resist freedom and who are against America), its own distinctive symbol (the flag), its own distinctive god (the national deity we are «under,» who favors our cause and helps us win our battles).

The vast majority, however, came into being as independent religious organizations after the end of World War II, when such groups could first register as independent religious corporations after the Allied occupation relaxed the restrictive legislations of the pre-war era.

The group was also instrumental in bringing down Ahok, who is a close friend and political ally of President Joko Widodo.

Today's issues are less clear - cut than civil rights or the war in Vietnam; there are no great leaders to rally us, no powerful self - interested groups like the draft resisters of the war period with which to ally ourselves.

As Cohn points out, Zoroaster's view that «the time would come when, in a prodigious final battle, the supreme god and his supernatural allies would defeat the forces of chaos and their human allies and eliminate them once and for all» deeply influenced certain Jewish groups which, in turn, «influenced the Jesus sect, with incalculable consequences».7