Sentences with phrase «long years fighting»

After four long years fighting in the War Between the States, he returns to his family ranch in Montana only to discover it's no longer his home.

Not exact matches

And yet, just eight years later, it seems Facebook may be turning into the very thing its founder once rejected: a still important technology company that's growing a bit long in the tooth and fighting to stay relevant by throwing stacks of money at whatever just might be the next big thing.

Researchers working to fight mosquito - borne diseases have long been interested in using the bacteria to kill off local mosquito populations, but it wasn't until this year that they discovered how genes in the bacteria cause mosquitoes to produce nonviable eggs.

Trump, McConnell, and Ryan are set to meet at Camp David over the weekend to hash out the strategy for year two of the Trump presidency — both in the immediate fights over funding and in the longer - term push.

A battle for control of smuggling routes drove killings up for a roughly year - long period between 2014 and 2015, as Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada, Guzman's partner at the top of the cartel, fought with forces led by Damaso Lopez Serrano, the son of Guzman's former right - hand man.

Fox's decision to finally move forward with the film followed a years - long process in which Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had to fight through various obstacles (including the box office failure of another Reynolds superhero movie, 2011's Green Lantern) to get the movie made.

With the ousting of former potty - mouthed CEO Carol Bartz, the long - in - the - tooth Internet corporation looked like it had a fighting chance at relevance earlier this year when it hired former PayPal president Scott Thompson to take the reins.

However, most people don't realize that the Sisters» platinum - selling success was 10 years in the making: starting in the early 1970s, the band began a har - fought journey that included headlining every club within 100 miles of New York City, from New Jersey bowling alleys to Long Island beach bars.

If disruption theory is correct, Tesla's future holds either acquisition by a much larger incumbent or a years - long and hard - fought battle for market significance.

The decades - long conflict that is currently raging over short - termism and activist hedge funds strikes me as analogous to the Thirty Years» War of the 17th Century, albeit fought with statistics («empirical evidence»), op - eds and journal articles rather than cannon, pike and sword.

There are many years left before deficit problems and euro market problems are solved, so making money from a downward market will be more and more common than going long, instead of fight it, swim with it.

Personnel departments had their heyday in years following the Second World War, when companies were all about fighting to find the best workers, signing them up for the long term, developing their capabilities and promoting from within.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

The fight for marriage equality has been going on for much longer than a year.

The Warriors sent him down to a developmental league, where he fought emotional battles while on long, late - night bus rides, he told an audience at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, California, last year.

The Jews had already long been fighting a «Taxation» revolt for at least 13 years.

And I realise, yes, yes, I am.I've been happy for months and months now, even years now, so it's not just a fluke.It's no longer me fighting for a few days of happy in the midst of a lot of exhaustionand acedia and work and tiredness and overwhelmed - ness.

Both had been worn down in their work — one by a resistant, divided, charismatic - afflicted congregation, the other by long years of courageous fighting on all the issues — Vietnam, gay liberation, Watergate.

But it is beyond my understanding why people will allow other people [pastors / churches] to dominate their lives so long after the battle has been fought, even battles from many years gone by.

they, however, have been nomads for long of those thousands of years, and only gave rise to numerous religions to unite and fight back their nomad - ism....

This seems in fact to be the gist of his confession in A Sort of Life, where Greene contrasts his state of resolve at the time of his conversion with his condition more than 20 years later, at a point (which Sherry suggests remains characteristic of the present) when «continual failure or the circumstances of our private life finally make it impossible to make any promises at all and many of us abandon Confession and Communion to join the Foreign Legion of the Church and fight for a city of which we are no longer full citizens.»

Albert Winn's concluding remarks in his review of The Theology of Emil Brunner almost 25 years ago are still apropos: «Though Brunner's system may never become regnant, the great truths for which he has fought throughout a long lifetime will live on to challenge his successors and to be used by them in the theological constructions of the future.»

In central Europe there was a long period of fighting that we call the Thirty Years War.

Animal advocates in Europe and the UK have fought tirelessly for years to expose the torment of sheep and cows forced to endure long truck and ship journeys across the continent.

All year long these guys have fought hard but have just missed out on getting a W. On Monday Night they broke through during the VBall Tourney and advanced out of their pool and into the Final4.

For Team Silver, they fought incredibly hard all season long and more than anything another body or two this time of year really could have made a big difference..

Antonio, who had long since retired after being gored 34 times in 32 years» worth of fighting bulls, joined his mother in begging him not to.

Berahino's form has seen him linked several times with bigger clubs, with West Brom perhaps facing a fight to persuade the 21 - year - old that his long - term future remains at the Hawthorns.

Regular guards are the slick and speedy Herbie Lee and Gary Long; Bob Wilkinson, a fine play - maker, returns after a year of scholastic ineligibility to fight for his job.

l still cant belive how bad we are i really thought we would be good this year no CL to tire out the best and a free run at the league... What a fool i was id like to say sorry to all Arsenal fans who i may have disagreed with your posts before i admit im wrong tho id love Wenger to prove the world wrong and win the league its not happing no matter how much i want it No point us fighting with each other when we all want the same even if differnet ways but you guys know deep doen we need a new Manager and some one who will kick the lasy ass bitches we have playing for 1000s pounds each week up the dam arse and make them earn what they get paid... lf someone in my job did nt do there bit i tell u wouldnt be working long.

People always remember who won it but the fight has been very tight for long periods in the last eight or nine years.»

Wasn't too long ago he was persona non grata after the Diaz fight (I refuse to believe its been 6 years as that would mean I'm old).

«People always remember who won [the league] but our fight has been very tight for long periods in the last eight or nine years» — Wenger... eh he...... is that what we want.....

If you don't fight for a year and are healthy you get stripped, they gave McGregor an extra half a year on top of it and he still hasn't fought, how long should he «champ, champ»?

Rua was coming back off a blown out ACL and hadn't fought for the better part of a year, Rampage was past his prime and completely shut down in trying to round out his game long before have fought Jones.

For too long, we have been complacent, this team is only beginning to learn to fight non stop thanks to Alexis especially, he was mad at Giroud celebrating that equalizer instead of going for the kill, he was mad at Ramsey for being always to careless with the ball, some of us called it petulant behavior, some of us disagreed and called it an unrelenting appetite for the game, in the end Ramsey is becoming less complacent, we are learning to get on with the game until we secure a result, I can't imagine Sanchez would have joined in celebrating that infamous fourth place a few years back.

It is now two years since Nacho Monreal arrived at Arsenal from Malaga, and after a long fight with Kieran Gibbs for the starting spot at left - back he has gradually worked his way into being first choice for Arsene Wenger.

Taylor made the crass remarks during a radio interview, in which he was talking about Evans» decision to maintain his innocence after being convicted of raping a 19 year - old girl in Rhyl, comparing the former Welsh international's situation to the families» long fight for justice:

Chelsea is infront of us, the top 3 is already out of reach and watford buzz won't last and Chelsea will finish 4th... We will finish 6 behind Liverpool... The big 4 doesn't count us anymore... Spurs are solid as Chelsea who will actually fight for 3rd place with Spurs... I hope that you are pleased and sure you won't be mad if we finish 12th... Chelsea did a century ago with mourhino help and went right back on top of table... Oh, maybe we will do great next year, or the one after as long has it makes you happy... You should go and i'm sure you will get hired as Per... Please don't ever send comment, we real fans are in pain... Maybe you one of owners hiding or in another planet than football, just like them... Don't ever post comment, i felt to get a gun and shoot myself!

When I was listening to Nate after he beat Conor on the FOX desk, he said something along the lines of»... look, i have been in this game for a very long time, almost 10 years in the UFC now, and fought best of the best all the time, Conor has done good so far, but has not fought that many top guys yet, let's see how many wars he can go through, let's see where he would be 10 years from, or 10 fights from now.»

Examples: - Long time Champion (YEARS)- MULTIPLE title defenses - Fluke fight result (Terrible decision / robbery, a DQ, bad stoppage)- in some cases people believe a division with no clear new challenger = rematch

Start Xeroxing those brackets, strike up the Siena fight song, tell the boss you're taking a long lunch: 65 teams and 65 reasons that prove this is the best basketball month of the year

Williams, who was in a season - long fight for fourth with the Force a year prior, wasn't able to submit any real challenge to the pink panthers in 2017.

This House of Cards created by the thin - skinned narcissist and our absentee landlord is going to come crashing down over the next 12 months and anyone who doesn't put the success of the club ahead of blind allegiances will need to check themselves so that we can move forward once the dust has settled... this club has been on auto - pilot for far too long and the same old, same old just won't cut it in the new EPL where many of the best managers, players and deepest pockets in the world now reside... just think to yourself what has transpired in the last 7 years alone: Leicester City won the EPL, Chelsea and ManCity have changed several managers and still won the League on multiple occasions, ManU lost Fergie yet we still didn't take advantage, Liverpool has emerged from their slumber and the Spurs are presently the better team in North London... if you find this acceptable, I feel for you and this future of this club... hope you all enjoy fighting with Everton and West Ham for the final Europa spot every year (aka the new Wenger Cup)

You have won in the lottery and you do not need to sweat like I did for long years, and fight for every pound»,» Wenger said.

Of course, a one - make championship filled with literally dozens of the series» top drivers is going to lead to a closely - fought race, especially somewhere with as many long straights as Le Mans, and so it proved to be the case this year.

I think this is a kinf of culture shock as if you play for Real Madrid in La Liga you never expect the lowest tams of the table fight this hard and press against you all the game long it's what Jack said last year about new guys, when we played reading I think he will be fine, he is our Star player, I like him soooo much!

Arsenal have been reportedly making efforts to sign the forward on a long term deal with his previous contract set to expire in 2016; and having finally secured that extension, the Gunners want to ensure the 22 - year old gains valuable English football experience before giving him a chance to fight for a place in the team.

They should win games like this if they want to fully establish themselves as an EPL force for the long haul rather than fighting relegation every year.

Anne Williams passed away in 2013, three years before the fresh inquest she had long fought for concluded that those who died at Hillsborough were unlawfully killed.