Sentences with phrase «jockeyed over»

As it expanded into new lines and categories, established figures within the company jockeyed over who got to control what and why.

It is difficult, however, not to fall into the cynical suspicion that the «deliberation» was merely the usual bureaucratic jockeying over issues of institutional prestige, resources, and the avoidance of blame.

ALBANY — As Eric Schneiderman left office on Tuesday evening, the jockeying over who will succeed him began in earnest.

The interviews came amid a broader jockeying over who will run for the job outright this fall, with Public Advocate Tish James of New York City announcing her campaign on Wednesday.

Ailments like heart disease and diabetes have become all too common since humans shifted from hunter - gatherers to desk jockeys over the millennia.

White House officials told me that these are still early days in the jockeying over spending on energy innovation and education.

There's intensified international jockeying over Arctic Ocean seabed resources, with Russia in August updating its claim to a vast region under the Law of the Sea convention (which the United States still has not ratified).

Verizon reportedly is close to a deal to buy the core Web assets of Yahoo for US$ 5 billion, which would end a months - long process of jockeying over the future of the struggling company.

Aboriginal affairs in Australia is characterised by myth and misinformation, denial of history, perennial jockeying over state and federal government responsibilities and incremental program responses, and sometimes huge about - turns in policy.

Not exact matches

This distraction is usually due to team members jockeying for power or one person's ego taking precedence over others», rather than keeping the focus on the common good.

Now, said Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz said, «the folks who were jockeying to get into meetings or struggling over manifests are just kind of not around anymore.»

Screw your invisible sky - jockey, I'll take reason over faith anyday.

That anyone should have bothered to defend so tenaciously the merits of a universally accessible gender orientation over another testifies to the incompatibility of the many strains of gender revisionism jockeying for position within the progressive agenda.

We have a ton of Teams locked in at 1 - 1 and over the next few weeks they will be jockeying for position..

C. V. Whitney's small but mighty Fisherman gave away weight to rest of field, was held off early pace by Jockey Hedley Woodhouse but took over lead with three furlongs to go and then beat off Joe Jones's determined bid to take $ 29,500 Excelsior Handicap by three - quarters of length in 1:45 for 1 1/16 th mile at Jamaica, N.Y.

Some 47 lengths behind the winner came a chestnut colt named Great Redeemer, with his jockey, Richard de Pass, facing the prospect of running over two photographers.

Jan 04,2016... The Jockey Club Gold Cup, two miles over the main course at Belmont Park, is as true a test of Thoro...

Executed over 60 minutes, with all the key personnel intact, that attack is a scary proposition for the teams jockeying with Indianapolis for a playoff spot, and Luck makes it all run at peak efficiency.

In this high - octane hybrid, as many as seven riders jockey for position behind a pace motorcycle that accelerates up to 28 mph over 5 1/2 laps of the steeply banked 250 - meter track.

Ina clubhouse box D.D. Matz, wife of Barbaro's trainer, Michael Matz, lookedthrough a pair of binoculars at Barbaro's jockey, Edgar Prado, who, except tomake a casual glance over his shoulder, was as still as a statue on the colt «sback.

Over the next eight weeks quarterbacks JaMarcus Russell of LSU and Brady Quinn of Notre Dame will be jockeying for position atop NFL draft boards.

All a jockey's interested in these days is sleeping untilnoon and then going off to some nightclub after the race is over.

«The horse runs over the main track here just like he runs over the turf,» his jockey, David Whited, said.

That «s why so many women go wild over Latin Americans and fight over jockeys.

As evidenced by the spirited — and not yet over — June 26 NY - 13 primary battle, there are a number of people jockeying for Rangel's seat).

Mayoral hopefuls had descended from their chic towers in the burgeoning metropolis to make the ten - minute journey over the East River and into Queens to jockey for district endorsements.

«The time for jockeying about the procedure is over,» Lieberman said.

For some ministers, it is about jockeying for position in a post-2015 world; with just over two years to go, they are building their profiles and support bases.

«One of the fundamental shifts in state government over the past few years is we're not warring with the business community, we're not jockeying with the business community, we're working partnership with the business community,» Cuomo told reporters after the endorsement event.

The jockeying and speculation over who lands where comes as the IDC and Senate Republicans try to strike a new coalition agreement after the elections.

The statements come as several news outlets have reported jockeying between Mr. Cuomo and the State Senate and Assembly over just what will be in the budget — including reports that Mr. Cuomo had softened his stance on education reform and that the Dream Act was unlikely to be included.

There is jockeying for committee assignments, staffing up new members, grieving over ousted old friends, and also, passing laws.

There were also increasing signs this weekend of divisions within government, not only over whether Hazel Blears should have been singled out for blame but over political jockeying by those ministers who believe they have come out of the affair unscathed.

Some, like Sens. John DeFrancisco and John Flanagan jockeyed to replace Skelos while others like Sen. John Bonacic said Skelos had to resign with an indictment over his head.

A study in the journal Science claims that the movement of jockeys out of phase with their horses eases the horse's workload and accounts for up to 7 percent of the decrease in race times over the last century.

There is a constant undercurrent of arguing, of jockeying for position and power, of battling over personal space, of loyalty and betrayal.

As Pope Alexander (Jeremy Irons) fights for his life after being poisoned, the Cardinals jockey for position to take over the Papacy.

Everyone together cursing in out of curves, trying to jockey for first, while smack talking over party chat.

Soderbergh is one of the better commentary track jockeys around, having talked not just over his own films but been a guest on other film tracks.

The Senate, however, decided to scrap hearing any House bills yesterday, a tactic frequently employed by lawmakers during the waning days of session as leaders jockey for leverage in negotiations over the state budget and other major issues.

Maybe this trend will change over time, or perhaps it can't as hundreds of new books come online each day all jockeying for a reader's attention.

The big six will jockey for position over time, Amazon and Apple will jockey for position over time, Sony will get their head out of their collective heiney and become a player... Lots of options once a single player is no longer in control of the vast majority of the market terms.

I'm willing to give these highly qualified jockeys a chance to prove themselves (once again) because I can buy shares in this company at 85 % of what I could buy in at just a day earlier and 65 % of what shares could be purchased for at the high over the last 52 weeks.

Roughly 3 billion people chose the open road over planes, trains, and boats in 2013, and there were nearly 97 million vehicles jockeying for position in traffic.

Over time, however, we have learned that so - called «jockey» investments can be a form of a value trap in certain conditions.

If you're a Star Wars fan and you've never played KOTOR, stop reading now and head over to Steam or the Xbox store (sorry PS4 jockeys) and buy it.

Everyone together cursing in out of curves, trying to jockey for first, while smack talking over party chat.

Finally, Horse Racing lets aspiring jockeys saddle up, jump over obstacles and gallop to the finish line first to be crowned as champion.

That's why the eminent consensus climate scientists are agonizing over the missing heat and jockeying for position near the rear exit of the bandwagon.

Perhaps the other chart jockeys commenting here should start looking, instead of squabling over other folks work, and trends without a known cause.