Sentences with phrase «last years fighting»

Louis speaks of regrets about how he left his wife and daughter for an affair with a young teacher and the sadness of his wife's last years fighting cancer.

Last year we fought and won restorations to Title XX (a federal allocation to New York State) to keep senior centers in our neighborhoods open and I am committed to doing so again in this year's state budget.»

As you already know, SEGA Japan released last year a fighting arcade game which includes Shining series characters in its...

As you already know, SEGA Japan released last year a fighting arcade game which includes Shining series characters in its roster called Blade Arcus from Shining.

Not exact matches

Uber earmarked more than $ 1 billion to face regulatory fights in Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam, over the last year.

Last year TMZ reported that Hoffman had «fallen off the wagon» but was able to check himself into a detox facility to fight his addiction.

Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last year, sales of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S. figure.

Stephanie Oh fought for a few years in her early 20s to break into the music industry in New York City, but last year grew disenchanted with her stagnant career in administration of music - talent management firm.

Procter & Gamble (pg) waged a number of battles last year with activist investor Nelson Peltz, who succeeded in gaining a board seat after months of fighting.

However, in the last two years, the practice has decreased (falling down to just 30 percent of purchases in 2013) as businesses have found more effective ways to fight back.

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

After fighting unsuccessfully to reverse generic drug laws last year, and the sudden resignation of its CEO, Shoppers Drug Mart has suffered a 17 % drop in «brand value,» to $ 2.6 billion, according to a study conducted by researcher Interbrand.

For example, the «Fight Poverty Like a New Yorker» campaign run by the poverty alleviation group, The Robin Hood Foundation, was conceived at The Feast last year, says Chou.

The news comes as the IRS is locked in a closely - watched court fight with anonymous Coinbase users who want to a judge to block a summons the agency served on the company last year.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

In the last few years, the number of clinical trials in this field has exploded, along with the flurry of money from Big Pharma and investors, stirring optimism in the fight against cancer.

«Shoppers tends to be a Top Five company, but last year was a low point for them with the fight for generic drugs,» says Susan Quinn - Mullins, a senior adviser to the Research Institute.

Late last year, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller cautioned Marines stationed in Norway that he saw a «big - ass fight» looming and urged them to prepare.

NEW YORK, April 17 - Billionaire investor William Ackman, who lost a proxy contest at Automatic Data Processing last year, said on Tuesday that he wants the human - resources technology company to succeed but said he might be back with a fight if ADP fails to perform.

In years past, there might be a handful of teams fighting for last in the NBA and the 25 % shot at the first overall draft pick (and assurance that you'd fall no lower than fourth) that comes with it.

Affliction never planned to take a jab at the fight - club crowd until last year, when it partnered up with none other than Donald Trump.

And there's a bruising fight with Congress over spending and the federal deficit on the horizon, just days after Obama and Congress averted the fiscal cliff with a last - minute deal over the New Year's holiday.

Looking back on the last few years, I found myself constantly fighting with other contributors and market participants about the direction of the stock market.

«Over the last several years, we have consistently taken the fight to terrorists who threaten our country.

The government was also forced to fight rising inflation last year by withdrawing post-recession stimulus measures.

About two - and - a-half years after he last played in the NFL, Greg Hardy, the controversial former All - Pro defensive end, will be making his professional debut in UFC, according to a report from Dave Doyle of MMA Fighting.

While these issues are coming to the forefront for some companies, others are trying to fight the gap: Salesforce invested $ 6 million in the last two years to adjust the gender pay gap that impacts 11 percent of the company's 25,000 employees.

Last year, Ontario imposed a contract on public - school teachers that eliminated bankable sick days, while back in June, Treasury Board president Tony Clement vowed to fight federal employee absenteeism, which he said was costing taxpayers millions.

They donated $ 25 million in the fight against Ebola last year, and they gave $ 100 million worth of Facebook shares toward improving a New Jersey public - school system.

«For us, we have this weird dilemma where we've been fighting this battle for the last four and a half years, and now it's like, did we win?»

Uber and Lyft left Austin last year after losing an expensive fight against a ballot measure that would have required the ride - hail companies to conduct fingerprint background checks on drivers.

«Over the last four years we built a network in Uganda of over 1,000 sales agents and are on our way to establishing a self - funded system for fighting disease and poverty in the developing world.

Also last year, Coury took the lead in a bitter takeover fight with Ireland - based Perrigo Co., a manufacturer of over-the-counter medicines, and fought off a takeover attempt from Israel - based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd..

Harry's last few years were spent fighting the UK government over an injustice that hits more than half a million British pensioners.

«It will be hard to fight positive European [capital] flows in 2018,» he says, noting that European equity inflows picked up last year as the political and economic outlooks improved.

The federal review of tax expenditures was announced in last year's budget alongside a pledge to give the Canada Revenue Agency more money to fight offshore tax evasion.

If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater certainty for investors and workers on where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.

Over the last year and a half, Uber has taken aim at the Asia Pacific region, earmarking more than $ 1 billion to face regulatory fights in Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.

Deutsche Bank fought its way to the top of Western Europe's equity league tables, raising $ 21.8 billion in 78 deals last year — more than double the equity capital it raised in the region in 2012 — for a 10.8 % share, according to Dealogic.

The ATO had been expected to focus on interest deductions claimed by the Australian subsidiaries of Exxon and rival oil giant Shell, both of which are shareholders in Gorgon, after the operator of the giant gas project, Chevron, lost a $ 340 million tax fight in the Federal Court last year.

As competition heated up and the market slowed last year, it was truly a fight to put buildings under contract and mediate the inherent conflict between buyer and seller expectations.

A classmate, Victoria Olvera, 17, told the Associated Press that Cruz was expelled last school year after a fight with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend.

Last year, the U.S. launched missiles at Russians fighting in Syria, and the market closed up that day.

During the last decade, a resurgence in feminist activism has inspired a new generation of women to fight for equality following a relatively quiet few years for feminist campaigns.

In the time of all this fighting we've had [over embryonic stem - cell research]-- which did slow down this [adult stem - cell] research — in the last year we've advanced ten years.»

So why has not every christian that says they believe in god, love and Jesus been marching in the streets every day for the last 10 + years against the 2 wars we've been fighting in?

So why has not every god dam christian that says they believe in god, love and Jesus been marching in the streets every day for the last 10 + years against the 2 wars we've been fighting in?

In interviews with CNN, religious leaders from Newtown, the site of last year's school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed, said that a recent gun control agreement does not do enough to fight gun violence, leading one rabbi to doubt whether Congress was actually working for the American people.

But not even Winston Churchill could have kept his people inspired for a siege lasting over forty years, or kept them from fighting among themselves.

Unions fought fiercely against the lay - off last year, the strike went on for three months and the workers were violently repressed by the police.