Sentences with phrase «lead over the fighting»

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NEW YORK, April 25 - Billionaire Peter Thiel on Wednesday abandoned his effort to buy the irreverent news website Gawker.com, enabling the Silicon Valley venture capitalist to avoid a possible legal fight over his having secretly funded litigation that led to its demise.

Too much exposure over a short time can damage the body enough to limit its ability to fix itself, fight infection, and perform other functions, leading to a dangerous condition called acute radiation sickness or syndrome.

Activists had fought against both pipelines — the protest at the Standing Rock reservation over the Dakota Access pipeline that was led by Native Americans made headlines in 2016.

Ties between the two countries have been strained over U.S. support for the Syrian Democratic forces, the mainly Kurdish - led militias fighting Islamic State in northern Syria with the help of U.S. forces.

The CPPIB took the lead with seven other institutional investors and successfully fought the board of Barrick Gold Corp. over its decision to award an $ 11.9 - million signing bonus to co-chairman John Thornton.

Since the candidates last met, the GOP nomination fight has been marked first by businessman Cain's rise in national polls and then the firestorm over accusations that he sexually harassed women during his time leading the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

And although Christianity may often take a wrong turning or be led astray by the spirit of the age, it may always be sure that the Spirit of God is leading it into all truth, even though that assurance may often be shattered and may have to be fought for all over again.

The Ukrainian Catholic Church recovered its legal status, leading to bitter fights with the Russian Orthodox Church over historical injustices and control of parishes and monasteries.

To fight against terrorism led us to commit a family massacre in front of their children and drag their dead bodies again in front of their children, in their family home and famous celebrations over it in the States too.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Everett Piper — the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, which sued the federal government over the ACA birth control mandate — and Montse Alvarado — executive director of Becket, a leading religious liberty law firm which represented the Little Sisters of the Poor in their contraceptive fight — spoke at the HHS announcement and applauded the new office, as did Jewish and Muslim representatives.

He had fought for good health on and off for a number of years with the same indomitable spirit that led him to many a victory on the river both as oarsman and the architect, as Head Coach, of a record series of Boat Race victories for Oxford over rivals, Cambridge in the 70s and 80s.

Gerard Houllier to lead Villa to keenly fought win over dogged Bolton.

Germany will start the Euro2016 competition as one of the favourites, and that looked justified when they raced into a 2 - 0 lead over England, but the Lions fought back to gain an amazing 3 - 2 win, which caused the watching Arsene Wenger to reassess England's chances of making a name for themselves in France.

Fighting for the lead in Race 1 with Albon, I went for a move and as he tried to hang on to the position his car went airborne over a kerb, and nearly landed on me.

It proved to be an important race in the title fight, with Sebastian Vettel's victory — leading home a Ferrari 1 - 2 — increasing his championship lead to 14 points over Lewis Hamilton.

Probably before your time this but I remember the fights on the north bank and the clockend over terry Neill before he was sacked, then the protests to get don howe out that also lead to warring factions amongst the supporters.

It felt like a heavyweight fight with all of the bigs clogging the paint at each end of the floor... Team Gutman would go on a bit of a surge with just over 10 minutes to go to take finally take the lead..

Team Bartlett has showcased over the years that they have the heart of a champion and fought back to grab a TD before half to cut the lead down just before half.

Matic has sent a warning of sort to Liverpool ahead of the game, insisting that the win over Palace has led to a positive atmosphere within the Man Utd camp, while he is adamant that Jose Mourinho's men are ready for a «big fight».

After watching his tired Gunners battle with all they had to hang on to the lead given us by the rejuvenated and clinical Giroud, Wenger was full of praise for the team spirit and he believes that there has been a huge improvement in those qualities of fight and resilience over the course of the season.

The FA - PGMO anti Wenger Arsenal manage team PL Title win in 14 seasons campaign has led to the FA enforcing the no any anti-PGMO referring comment by PL club managers, players and the media rule been put in place by the FA particularly to strengthen the PGMO appointed match officiating officials to stop an Arsene Wenger manage team from winning the PL Title again after the invincibles team should have been the fight the anti Wenger Arsenal fans and the media ought to have fought against the FA - PGMO to stop them in their clandestine policy to stop Arsenal if the media and the Arsenal AAA fans are interested to see justice prevails over injustice.

Bayern Munich keeping their lead at the top of German Bundesliga standings following an important hard fought win over Werder Bremen.

We stick with a 3 - man defence, and this week's trio is led by Real Madrid centre - back, Sergio Ramos who was in top form for the capital side as they battled in a hard fought 3 - 2 win over Levante in Valencia.

In a fight for the Europa place, Graziano Pellè scored twice to give the Saints a lead over Tottenham Hotspur, but Pochetino's men both time managed to bounce back...

Over the winter break, Leipzig fought off renewed efforts from the Premier League side to bring Keita to England early, in the hope that the Guinea international would lead them to a Champions League spot again.

Recently I've seen so many people fighting over what Baby Led Weaning actually means.

And what led to it??? @Cloud — me too, I'm picky, I remember trying not to let the growling stomach noises alert my mom and start the fights all over again.

While parents and teens may fight over just how much space a teen needs, understand that your child's need to separate from you is a very important aspect of child development and leads to developing autonomy.

If you've been following the fight over school food, you know that the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's leading organization of school food professionals, is the main force behind current efforts to weaken the new healthier meal standards.

Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current fight between the teachers unions and school districts over the creation of teacher evaluation systems.

«The Senate Democrats have led the fight to Raise The Age in New York State, and Senator Velmanette Montgomery has sponsored this legislation for over 5 years.

Since the state legislature is on repeat — glossing over ethics, fighting over mayoral control and feverishly working late nights to finish on time — the podcast is following their lead and sharing clips from past episodes (but with a new introduction).

Whereas, we can take pride in the progress our state and nation have made in reinforcing women's rights over the decades and recognize that we have not yet crossed all thresholds to fulfilling our mission and quest for true equality; today we celebrate the economic, social, and political accomplishments of women, we honor the courageous women who have made extraordinary contributions to their countries and communities, and we pause to remember the struggles waged by generations of women who have led the fight for equality and justice; and

It recently promised to defend the Maldives from Indian interference in the Indian ocean, has been tension with India in 2017 over Sikkim in the Himalayas (in terrain not well suited to any real fighting)- which has lead to some tense diplomacy between the countries.

That's more saying it's important to avert a shutdown now than in September 2013, just before a budget fight over federal funding for some portions of the Affordable Care Act led to a partial government shutdown.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, armed with a $ 4.9 million campaign war chest and a double - digit polling lead over his nearest Democratic primary rival, is expected to cruise to victory on Tuesday, but not without a fight from four long - shot candidates.

Those fights have largely been with members of the Democratic - led Assembly, starting with Speaker Carl Heastie soon after the session ended over New York City policy, but soon spilled over to economic development matters and the contention lawmakers haven't «made the case» to a commission to grant a pay hike.

The absence of a government amendment had led some Labour MPs to assume that the Tories and Lib Dems are still fighting behind the scenes over the policy and can not agree on a particular line to take.

Steven has also led the fight to defeat a local option sales tax hike in Dorchestor County, which was defeated with over 67 percent of the vote.

One of those testifying is PEF President Ken Brynien who led off his testimony with a joke highlighting the union's take on the ongoing fight over layoffs and taxes on millionaires.

Fidel Castro's key dates 1926: Born in the south - eastern Oriente Province of Cuba 1953: Imprisoned after leading an unsuccessful rising against Batista's regime 1955: Released from prison under an amnesty deal 1956: With Che Guevara, begins a guerrilla war against the government 1959: Defeats Batista, sworn in as prime minister of Cuba 1960: Fights off CIA - sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles 1962: Sparks Cuban missile crisis by agreeing that USSR can deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba 1976: Elected president by Cuba's National Assembly 1992: Reaches an agreement with US over Cuban refugees 2008: Stands down as president of Cuba due to health issues

More broadly, the fight over the party has rested on an effort to gain control of the WEP's rules, with three different groups competing for leadership of the party: One led by allies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, another backed former Sen. Cecilia Tkacyzk and a third backed by two Niagara County clerks.

The race is part of a broader fight over control of the state Senate, currently narrowly led by Republicans.

Even as Cardinal Timothy Dolan leads the fight against mandated contraception coverage, the archdiocese he heads has quietly been paying for such coverage — albeit reluctantly and indirectly — for thousands of its unionized employees for over a decade.

Over the year that followed, I joined local MTA Board Member Susan Metzger in leading the fight to have an Orange County midway train yard as well as passing sidings between Suffern and the new yard included in the plan.

The Republican - led Senate is expected to fight the proposed changes, while the Democrat - led Assembly has expressed support over strengthening the rules.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (left), fighting for his political life, has opened up a surprising double digit lead over opponent Domenic Recchia (right) in the closing days of the campaign, according to the latest poll.

With Gordon Brown struggling to convince voters of his fight - back, the Conservatives have now climbed to an approval rating of 45 per cent, giving them a 13 - point lead over Labour.

The U.F.T. has led the union - driven fight against Cuomo's education reforms, organizing a series of emergency meetings and forums over the last month.