Sentences with phrase «help wrest»

But it's unclear if the uproar will actually change how people behave online or help them wrest more control over their data.

That echoes City Hall's strategy of a year ago, which was adopted after de Blasio became a polarizing figure amid his discord with Cuomo and his failed attempt to help wrest control of the Senate away from Republicans.

Elliott owns 9 percent of the former state phone monopoly and is calling on other investors to help it wrest control away from French media group Vivendi, which effectively runs Telecom Italia as its top shareholder with a 24 percent stake.

Elliott owns 9 percent of the former state phone monopoly and is calling on other investors to help it wrest control...

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Solid as ever in front of the back - line, Matic helped calm things down during the Bournemouth onslaught, slowing the tempo of the game to wrest control of the proceedings.

There's only one problem with this: While it's true that Spitzer pushed very hard to help the Democrats in their quest to wrest the Senate from GOP hands and poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into that effort, they didn't actually succeed until 2008 — and we all know how that turned out in the end.

But Democrats say voter dissatisfaction with Washington Republicans and President Donald Trump could help them win more seats in November and wrest control from the GOP.

She's hoping help from Washington Republicans will pressure Staten Island GOP leaders to agree to a nominating convention that would give her a chance to wrest the nomination from Donovan.

Days before the April 19 special election on Long Island to replace ex-Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's chief fundraiser procured a publicly untraceable $ 50,000 donation to help Senate Democrats wrest control of the key district.

The following year, Murray helped his old friend Jay Townsend wrest a New York Senate nomination from Gary Berntsen, and encouraged him to campaign in the general against Chuck Schumer on the issue of the so - called Ground Zero mosque.

In 2014, Rechnitz donated another $ 102,300 toward a failed effort led by de Blasio to help Democrats wrest control of the state Senate.

The Independent Democratic Conference, a group of renegade Democrats who collaborated with the Republicans, formed shortly after Mr. Cuomo was inaugurated in 2011 and helped to wrest control from the mainline Democrats in the Senate for years.

Its positive effect on our stress response helps battle depression, which can seriously wrest from our motivation to stick to a regular workout routine.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 30, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS Mirror Mirror (PG for action and mild crude humor) Overhaul of beloved classic fairytale has exiled Snow White (Lily Collins) returning to the kingdom to wrest both the throne and a handsome prince (Armie Hammer) from the clutches of the evil queen (Julia Roberts) with the help of seven dwarfs.

After the Avengers wrest the scepter away from Hydra, Tony Stark wheedles a few days from Thor to test it, with the help of fellow scientist Dr. Bruce Banner (Dr. Jekyll to the Hulk's Mr. Hyde).

There, with the help of Garza's estranged daughter, Sandra (Gisele Itie), they soon realize that they've been setup by Munroe (Eric Roberts), a rogue CIA Agent with designs on wresting control of the lucrative drug trade after staging a coup d'etat.

The father of two children, including a fifth - grader at Desert Trails Elementary School, he helped lead the effort for local parents to use California's parent trigger laws, which allows parents who gather sufficient signatures to wrest control of their school away from officials and, in this case, turn it over to a Hesperia charter school operator at the end of this school year.

ADELANTO — One of the High Desert parents who used a state law to wrest control of their failing elementary school away from school district hands is alleging that the group that helped organize the effort offered to pay parents to promote the «parent trigger» movement nationwide.

This all - American hero had helped New York wrest from Paris the title of world capital of art, spearheading his nation's first great movement, Abstract Expressionism, into the bargain.

There is nothing you can do about your age or the amount of driving experience you might have, but being aware that it can work in your favor (or against you) can help you to wrest a little more control over your premiums.

The air holes help keep your wrest drier during the sweatier times, and the eight color options are vibrant and fun.

«Whether you are struggling with depression, suffering with anxiety or panic attacks, wresting with your marriage, coping with divorce, dealing with an illness or death, or living with a history of sexual abuse or assault, I can help you work on those issues.