Sentences with phrase «major early victories»

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SoftBank and its co-investors have successfully acquired 18 percent of Uber, a major victory for Uber's new CEO and one that will give billions of dollars in cash to some of the company's earliest investors and employees.

In the early stages of Biblical history men regarded the major good of existence as physical — ample creature comforts, a long life, a large family, and victory in war — and for these benefits the Hebrews besought Yahweh.

Bowman was recently charged with tax evasion, but he fought the case, and earlier this month, he won a major legal victory, and the charges were dropped — for now.

Vidal also played a key role in his country's Copa America victory earlier this summer as he finished the competition with three goals to his name and also converted his penalty in the shootout as Chile prevailed over pre-tournament favourites Argentina in the final on home soil and end 99 years without a major international trophy.

Thompson was cruising toward her second ANA win in four years when her victory train hit a major speed bump in the form of a TV viewer who alerted officials to a penalty Thompson incurred a day earlier.

The Cornhuskers are far from the Top 25, let alone the top 10, and have been unimpressive of late after notching early season victories over major conference cupcakes in Wake Forest and USC.

As an advocate for housing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cuomo pushed to develop the site as public housing for the county's homeless, one of his first major poltical victories in his solo public service career in the face of opposition from the wealthy, mostly white, residents who lived in the suburban community.

State lawmakers could start voting as early as today on a bill that Governor Andrew Cuomo calls a «major victory for Upstate communities,» the START - UP NY tax - free program.

Pre-ordering the deluxe edition will net you early access to the Classic Guardians of the Galaxy Character Pack, featuring Yondu, and presumably other members of the original 1969 Guardians of the Galaxy team, such as Star Hawk or Major Victory.

(The best example is early math, which was meant to be a major victory for traditionalists — master your arithmetic, kids!

When the founding partners encountered an unforeseeable roadblock at a Tampa courthouse in early 1983, they turned what could have been a major disappointment into what is now a memorable victory.

(Bloomberg)-- A key concession that helped clear Republican tax legislation for a Senate vote as early as Thursday is drawing sharp opposition from conservative groups and some lawmakers, signaling that GOP leaders still face challenges in achieving a major legislative victory before year's end.