Sentences with phrase «less than a battle»

The political crisis that we're witnessing in Ukraine is nothing less than a battle for national identity, and Ukrainians, like their Orthodox and Catholic neighbors in Russia and Poland, regard religious affiliation as essential to their self - understanding.

Though securing any position with a company has become no less than a battle, the struggle for getting a senior - level managerial position like a director has become even tougher.

Not exact matches

But Bing holds on to just a tinyfraction of the giant search market in China — less than 1 % — and it faces an uphill battle in attracting more users.

Harold Feld, a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that supports net neutrality, said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years.

One advocate said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years, NYT reports.

One advocate said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years.

Third Point, which settled a bitter proxy battle with Yahoo last year after months of criticism of the company, will still own about 20 million shares, less than 2 percent of the Internet media company's common stock.

After battling back from a five - goal deficit, the Bucs pulled within one goal of St. Thomas Aquinas, at 8 - 7, with less than 40 seconds in the third quarter.

In the last few months, exits have included VP of finance Gautam Gupta, president Jeff Jones — who was at the company for less than a year — and Anthony Levandowski, an exec at the center of Uber's battle with Google over stolen self - driving car technology.

It ranks as one of Australia's worst floats, with more than $ 500 million in shareholder value destroyed in less than three years, but there's a bitter battle raging over the future of online surf and skate wear retailer SurfStitch.

In 1998, at the height of the Clinton impeachment battle, evangelical voters were constantly confronting accusations from their secular, leftist friends that «it was all politics,» that evangelicals were less concerned with Bill Clinton's indiscretions than they were about his party identification.

By which he means, no less than I do, killed in battle, imprisoned for life, or executed after a lawful but expeditious trial or military tribunal.

LONG SUPPORTER - The long drawn out court battle would have COST alot less than 20 million dollars.

Some writings, of course, carry more than others the sense of urgency, the noise of battle, the heat of debate, the movement of swift feet on the mountains, but they also served who gave themselves to the less exciting tasks of catechism and copying texts.

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.

In fact, one might suspect that a world in which evil was somewhat less victorious than in our present one would evoke more moral qualities, since many people in the present world give up on the battle for goodness because it often seems so hopeless.

In spite of this startling statistic and the 40,000 children currently battling cancer nationwide, less than 4 % of the National Cancer Institute's $ 4.6 billion federal budget goes to pediatric cancer research.

Arriving in the West Midlands for # 9 million two years ago, he will be available for considerably less than that as Villa continue to look to chop numbers off the wage bill, with the Frenchman being a prime candidate for his lack of consistency during a relegation battle in the previous campaign.

Salazar has battled injuries for a while now, and Bauer is less than predictable.

As they battled, Jaime Alguersuari scampered off up the road to win the race and the championship - less than a year later, he was an F1 driver.

The 2013/14 campaign has undoubtedly been the most competitive in last few years - with less than half a season left, there are still fierce battles being fought in both top and bottom of a table.

Between now and the end of the season, Ian Holloway will lead his troops into battle on no less than 15 occasions, and on each occasion with the same collective objective: To clinch all three points.

My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see at school cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.

They know a 14 - year - old who refuses to wear a jacket in cool weather faces much less actual danger than when he's on the football field and they pick their battles accordingly.

It's the company that makes much of sourcing less than 3 % of its cocoa through Fairtrade - certified suppliers, while fighting a legal battle against former child slaves who hold it responsible for their treatment on cocoa plantations in Sierra Leone.

She still wakes up no less than twice a night, which on its own is not fun, but additionally bedtime has been turning into a battle with her.

They have to — turnaround for a political spot in a fierce battle is less than a day if you want to answer your opponent in time to catch the media wave.

With less than 24 hours remaining in the NY - 6 Democratic primary battle for retiring Rep. Gary Ackerman's seat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has picked a favorite in the race: Assemblywoman Grace Meng.

With the June 26 primary less than a week away, the intra-party battles are heating up all over the state.

The Democratic primary for governor may be less than a week old but the battle between Cuomo and Nixon for the African - American vote is already underway, underscoring the importance of a voting bloc where Nixon's own advisers acknowledge she must make inroads to have any chance at victory.

Dougherty, who has raised more than $ 25,000 for his campaign, is battling Republican candidate Jim Stelter, who says his war chest amounts to less than $ 1,000.

«Armand Miele's unique memoir, based on his biography and his musings for the Rockland County Times, tells the American struggle from every angle, from growing up with less than zero in the Depression - era Bronx, to building a successful business, to battling terminal cancer and winning, and surviving the devastating loss of a child.

Less than five minutes after elections officials announced Tuesday night that Depew residents had rejected a referendum to eliminate the village government, some voters in the crowd at Village Hall began urging that Depew flex its muscles again and jump into an even bigger battle.

Should a Battle Royale between him and Andrew Cuomo materialize, which is better than a 50 - 50 shot, the very bloodied winner might in turn be vulnerable to Rudy (God forbid) and to a lesser extent Peter King.

Meeting him yesterday afternoon he told me that there were less than 1,000 days until the next general election (969 actually if its 7th May 2015) and the party machine needed to start getting into battle mode.

Less than five minutes after elections officials announced Tuesday night that Depew residents had rejected a referendum to eliminate the village government, some voters in the crowd at Village Hall began urging that Depew flex its muscles again and jump into an even bigger battle to try to become a town.

The battle over the next Supreme Court justice will soon shift into a higher gear with less than a month to go before Judge Neil Gorsuch appears before a Senate panel considering his nomination.

Serving as city council speaker for less than a month, Corey Johnson on Tuesday addressed a major business association while endorsing a controversial proposal, congestion pricing, which could spark a political battle this year.

TERM limits will force two - thirds of the City Council to find new jobs in less than 16 months — but there may be one final battle before they have to...

Continue reading «Although Ed Miliband is less popular with Labour supporters than David Miliband, he insists his leadership is «winning the battle of ideas»»»

Panepinto, who won with less than 50 percent of the vote in 2014, said during his announcement that his decision was both personal and professional, citing the cancer battle being fought by his law firm partner, a looming crackdown on lawmakers» outside income and some sort of sexual harassment probe involving his former chief of staff.

The job carries far less public prominence than governor or attorney general, the post from which Spitzer earned the nickname «Sheriff of Wall Street» for his battles with American International Group and the New York Stock Exchange, among others.

The Democratic primary for governor may be less than a week old but the battle between Mr. Cuomo and Ms. Nixon for the African - American vote is already underway, underscoring the importance of a voting bloc where Ms. Nixon's own advisers acknowledge she must make inroads to have any chance at victory.

(CNN)-- A new poll in Florida suggests Gov. Charlie Crist is maintaining his lead over Republican Marco Rubio and either Democratic candidate in the battle for that state's Senate seat less than three months before Election Day.

But in Pennsylvania's increasingly brutal Senate primary, which concludes next Tuesday, the fight is less about ideology than about personality — a battle for the body, not the soul.

It was less than six months ago that Mayor Bill De Blasio lost a pivotal battle to rezone and redevelop a corner lot in Inwood into a residential tower with market - rate and affordable housing.

It was less than six months ago that Mayor Bill De Blasio lost a pivotal battle to rezone and redevelop a corner lot in...

Less than eight weeks before the March 15 Greenport election, there's a battle brewing among four candidates seeking two trustee seats, but as of this week, no one has stepped up to challenge Mayor David Nyce, who is seeking a second four - year term.

Less than 24 hours after their new party leader, Charles Kennedy, declared «I am not going to trim» in the battle to win the promised euro - referendum, disappointed activists at the Lib Dem conference in Harrogate admitted that the European parliament elections in June had been a success for the Eurosceptic campaign.

What the team discovered was a gradual increase in elements associated with metalworking starting around 1540, less than a decade after the Battle of Cajamarca and the start of Spanish colonization.