Sentences with phrase «into turf battles»

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Affordable housing, the Administration for Children's Services and ongoing federal investigations into the mayor's fundraising for Senate Democrats have all been turf over which the two men and their aides have done battle.

In their first job together, a triple homicide call turns into a battle for survival in one of the city's worst slum blocks, as they become ensconced in the drug - dealing turf war of former prostitute Ma - Ma (Lena Headey, TV's Game of Thrones) and her enforcer Kay (Wood Harris, best known for The Wire).

Schools have changed relatively little, mainly because of turf battles fought by the knot of organizations that we politely call «the education system»: teachers unions and school boards try to protect their monopolies, publishing companies try to reinterpret all new ideas back into the profitable forms of the past, various levels of government try to protect their relevance by getting in front of every new concern, pretending to lead while aggressively and often destructively following whatever trends they have the wit to perceive.

Adopted dog surprised his owner by rescuing two people caught in a riptide The Bermese mountain dog, named Nico, bounded into the water without hesitation to save a couple who were struggling in the water This dog playing the drums to White Stripes» Seven Nation Army will blow you away The cute canine lies next to its bass - playing owner as she taps out the iconic beat on the percussion instrument A dog playing the bass drum to Seven Nation Army is the best thing you'll see today This Vine is everything it promises to be, a beautiful golden retriever pup takes the role of Meg White, going thud thud thud on a bass drum whilst her owner plays one of the most famous guitar riffs in rock history Watch feisty feline take on pack of wild dogs in epic turf war battle - the winner might surprise you This is one cat that wasn't about to let five canines get the better of him - no matter how loud they barked Labrador has tumour the size of a human baby removed from his stomach WARNING: This story contains graphic images.

It's all extremely easy to get a handle on and jump straight into the heat of battle in Turf War, a.k.a. the one where you squelch paint about for three minutes straight.

Siri's various teams morphed into an unwieldy apparatus that engaged in petty turf battles and heated arguments over what an ideal version of Siri should be — a quick and accurate information fetcher or a conversant and intuitive assistant capable of complex tasks.