Sentences with phrase «in acrimonious»

The issue has even garnered the attention of lawmakers, otherwise mired in the acrimonious government shutdown.

When Nichols was before the bench instead of on it, she represented a wife in an acrimonious divorce in which the husband refused to pay alimony, even though the wife was entitled to it.

In terms of the long - tem effects of divorce, some adults raised in divorced homes report they would have preferred that their parents part ways earlier — rather than stay in an acrimonious marriage.

In an acrimonious and winner - take - all custody battle, Holstein explained the courts usually give sole custody to one parent.

In the nasty reality of broken families or in an acrimonious custody battle, children are often placed in traumatizing situations where they see their parents in conflict.

The employee will be expected to continue working for his employee unless the employee will suffer a loss of dignity, be forced to work in an acrimonious environment or face other circumstances that a reasonable person would not accept.

* Time Magazine named Paul Watson one of the environmental heroes of the 20th century in the year 2000, but that kind of detail tends to be lost in the acrimonious whaling debate here in Japan.

Climate scientists have become entangled in an acrimonious political debate that has polarized the scientific community.

However, Morris» wife, Janey, became another of his mistresses and models, a situation which caused great tension between Rossetti and Morris, ending in an acrimonious split in 1875.

«But until we have more responsible pet ownership, we're just putting Band - Aids on the problem — and engaging in this acrimonious debate that is turning people off.»

Apple and Samsung have been locked in an acrimonious battle in 10 countries involving smartphones and tablets since April, with the Australian dispute centering on touch - screen technology used in Samsung's new tablet.

In an acrimonious dispute, which has run since the exam results were issued in August, head teachers repeatedly challenged Ofqual's credibility.

Cross-cultural dialogue and exchange, which sound so benevolent, can result in acrimonious misunderstandings and worse.

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti Engage in Acrimonious Debate Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti blasted one another with a torrent of allegations Wednesday night in the most acrimonious debate of the Los Angeles mayor's race.

If the grilling DeVos endured in last month's confirmation hearing is any indication, any push from within the Trump administration for greater diversity of elementary and secondary school options will end in an acrimonious public vs. private debate.

But it feels good to see in these acrimonious days.

«It would allow a reset in the acrimonious relationship and set the stage for Congress to adopt a long - term fix,» Comstock told Ross.

Then - county administrator Mike Hein and Len Bernardo faced each other in the acrimonious 2008 election for county executive.

The Senate has been unable to deliberate, has refused any outside intervention... has rarely met and only in acrimonious circumstances... I will call the New York State Senate... into extraordinary session on Tuesday.»

Democratic and Republican legislative leaders engaged in an acrimonious public meeting in the Capitol with Gov. David A. Paterson.

Cabrera and Rivera are locked in an acrimonious election battle where negative campaign mailers have flooded voter mailboxes.

Connor would potentially replace Daniel Squadron, the man who defeated him in that acrimonious Democratic primary.

29 year old Akpeyi was for a year deputy to former Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama who left the team in acrimonious circumstances after being stripped off his role as captain following a row with Sunday Oliseh.

But they return in acrimonious circumstances, on the back of Saturday's humiliating defeat to Blackburn, while some were even disciplined by the manager, and that's rarely a good thing for morale.

When sold their captain back to his home town club in acrimonious circumstances back in 2011, the club had the foresight to insert a first option buy back clause in the deal, ensuring that if Fabregas ever left Barcelona, Arsenal would have an offer accepted on him.

Yet his tenure ended in acrimonious departure during 2014.

Hleb and Song have left in acrimonious circumstances... Henry and Fabregas only slightly less so, with their moves to Catalonia seen as inevitable by most, although neither move was welcomed.

Barry left Villa Park in acrimonious circumstances and has been booed by Villa's fans when he has returned to the club with City.

His second marriage, to Lisa Robinson, ended in an acrimonious and expensive divorce; their son, Adrian, who is eight, lives with Robinson in Atlanta.

Following his happy adjustment to marriage, Luther addressed Erasmus» critiques in an acrimonious exchange that diminished their common concern for freedom.

In 1054 Rome and Constantinople parted in acrimonious mutual misunderstanding, and during 400 years of Ottoman rule the «one, holy, catholic, apostolic» Orthodox church of the East fragmented into a host of ethnic - national churches: Greek, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Romanian.

The startup has been accused of gender discrimination and sexual harassment, is involved in an acrimonious lawsuit with self - driving car firm Waymo, and has had to replace CEO Travis Kalanick, who stepped down amid the scandals and the sudden death of his mother.

Not exact matches

Despite acrimonious relations between Russia and the United States in recent years, experts on cyber security in both countries say their law enforcement agencies and private firms had been working together more closely behind the scenes to fight financial fraud and other crimes committed online.

Now you're both in the same acrimonious boat.

They knew they would likely face an acrimonious battle of the kind they had seen over the last two years in the neighboring state of Wisconsin between Republican Governor Scott Walker and unions.

Among them are the dangers of building a media property around a single individual — Grantland was created for and by Bill Simmons, who left ESPN in May after a series of acrimonious public battles.

The institution had been adrift since the acrimonious departure of president Arvind Gupta in August 2015 after less than a year on the job.

At that time, Safeway was in the middle of acrimonious collective bargaining negotiations with the United Food & Commercial Workers Union.

If you think political debate in this country is poisoned and acrimonious now, wait until the next recession.

But in an «acrimonious divorce» scenario, where the uncertainties interact and amplify each other, he expects the UK economy to fall into a «referendum recession» by year - end.

In the end, any initial success for Brexit will likely depend on whether negotiations between the United Kingdom and the EU are amicable or acrimonious.

In contrast, when relationships between parents are conflict - ridden and acrimonious, the adjustment of children and adolescents is likely to be less favorable.

Does it have anything to do with the increasingly acrimonious political situation, not only in the United States, but also in other countries?

Yet just such an unlikely resolution may be in hand for one of the most acrimonious conflicts of recent times: the debate over human embryonic stem cells....

They initially shared board members, but AiG - Australia suffered a hilariously acrimonious schism from its now much larger partner in 2005 [1] culminating in accusations of witchcraft and hurt feelings all round.

In this book, Tom Wright wades into some of the most acrimonious areas of Christian theology and practice.

After acrimonious arguments about the judges and about the reporting of the debate; after a tedious procession to church, a new twelve - part Mass, and a long droned out and largely inaudible introduction by a local academic, the debate finally got under way on 27 July between Eck and Karlstadt in the great hall of the Pleissenburg Castle.

Is it that I find myself in some corner, and there I fight and snarl and cut and, with all the language at my command in vitriolic and acrimonious speech, I denounce and condemn?

The England striker was linked with a move away from the club following Moyes» appointment with the Red Devils in 2013, with rumours rife that the pair's relationship was still fractious following Rooney's acrimonious departure from Everton under the Scot.

Last week, Seerat Sohi published a feature for SBNation.com on how Wade got to the point where he was ready to return home after leaving on such acrimonious terms in 2016.