Sentences with phrase «larger national battles»

Though they have played out on a fairly small stage, with relatively little national notice, the struggles over climate policy in Washington presage larger national battles.

Not exact matches

Danny Donohue, president of New York's largest public employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, is coming off a tough election battle, running to be leader of the national union AFSCME.

All States may participate in and permit, provided that the Security Council decides in advance on a case - by - case basis to approve: the supply, sale or transfer directly or indirectly from or through their territories, or by their nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, to Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts, and the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in this subparagraph.

There is a large over 50's vote in Bexhill & Battle and the majority are very disillusioned with the Tory's over the EU, immigration and the prospect of large housing estates being dumped on their characterful villages by ruthless planners and the National Planning Policy Framework that is set to change so much and not for the better.

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins delivered an upbeat assessment of what lies in store for the world's largest supporter of biomedical research, projecting advances in battling genetic disorders such as sickle cell disease and the development of an atlas of human cells to...

Plotting these battles and hundreds like them, Oka and his team found that the larger the population, the fewer people proportionally fought and died in battle, the researchers report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Berg's ongoing battle to defend NIH's National Center for Research Resources, which provides resources like large instruments and animal models, has burnished his image among many scientists who were already fans.

The Secret River reminds us that national history may be recorded as a succession of larger - than - life leaders and battles, but in fact a country arises from the accretion of personal dreams, private sacrifices and, often, hidden acts of cruelty.»

Australia's largest fighting game major, Battle Arena Melbourne (#BAM10) returns to the world class Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on the 18th - 20th of May 2018 to celebrate 10 years of incredible national and international fighting game competition.

Two of the biggest battles are about who gets to disburse climate finance (national entities vs. private banks, multilateral development banks, and large intergovernmental agencies like the FAO) and under what terms (grants vs. loans).

Kensington, MD About Blog ACCO is the largest national, grassroots organization standing at the forefront of the battle against childhood cancer.

American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) Blog Kensington, MD About Blog ACCO is the largest national, grassroots organization standing at the forefront of the battle against childhood cancer.

A battle has been won, but the larger war continues, as the National Association of Realtors (NAR) fights on to protect its «Realtor» trademark.