Sentences with phrase «now wresting»

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Recent research from the DEA indicates that the cartels are now producing white - powder heroin from opium cultivated in Mexico, which could allow them to wrest control of the production process away from South Americans, target new customers, and keep more of the profits from heroin sales.

The company, which became the top PC vendor in the second quarter, wresting the lead from Lenovo, has now shown growth in its global PC shipments for five straight quarters.

Wresting Moses from their hands, mouth, and heart, John now quotes Moses in an attack against their blasphemous heresies and refutes them completely.

When the Reading Railroad decided it wanted to build a massive building for its trains smack dab in the same spot as two existing markets, Philadelphians — then and now proud and stubborn, and proud of being stubborn — raised a cry and hue, and wrested a compromise from the powerful company: The train terminal went above a new, state - of - the - art, 39,000 - square - foot indoor market that would eventually outlive the railroad company that built it.

Now the French international is back and has to try and wrest his starting place back from the upstarts, but Debuchy believes that the competition for places is only good for Arsenal.

Democrats said they will now focus on winning more seats in November to build a clear majority and wrest Senate control from the GOP.

The Powell family saga has many odd twists and symmetries, like the fact that Assemblyman Powell is now, for the second time in his career, trying to take back from Charles B. Rangel the congressional seat Mr. Rangel wrested from his father, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., in 1970.

Ironically, he is now working feverishly to collect enough petition signatures to get himself back onto the committee along with a bevy of his loyalists who aim to wrest control from its current leadership under Reda.

Shot in 2007, the project was wrested from his control in post-production due to creative differences and West has now disassociated himself with the straight to DVD film whose release date is still shrouded in mystery.

He is approached again by Endean, now asking Shannon to bring his task force along, attack the capital, wrest control of the country from Kimba and hold the palace until a hand - picked puppet president, sympathetic to the West, can be placed.

Society has collapsed inside the walled city of Chicago, where Evelyn (Naomi Watts), leader of the Factionless army and mother of Dauntless badass Four (Theo James), has wrested control and is holding public trials of those who did the bidding of now - dead Erudite leader Jeanine.

But backed by teachers» unions and some dissatisfied parents, and promoted through a series of house parties, four candidates are now trying to wrest control of the board away from reformers.

Mr. Fulop said he supports wresting control of city schools from the state eventually, but his initial plans include diverting a portion of local revenues collected from tax - abated properties to city - school recreational programs and finding space for more charter schools (the city has about 10 charters now, with one slated to close.)

Oh yeah, you're bristling right now, indignantly clutching that 6.75 - inch Commander Shepard action figure and preparing to unleash interstellar hell on that comments section, but the simple fact is that no matter how many times I admire the unlikely physics of Jack's belt - bra, my memories of immorally wresting Ferelden from the clutches of the darkspawn are that much fonder.

Rather than being funded by the world's governments, you're now a rag - tag resistance group struggling to wrest the planet back piece by piece from an alien - infiltrated government.

Now, adding fuel to the fire, while investors expected OPEC to stabilize markets, as usual, the cartel announced after its November meeting that it would not cut supply to support prices and the Saudi oil minister stated there would be no intervention in oil markets even if prices dropped to $ 20 a barrel — at which point animal spirits and hedge funds betting on continued oil price increases wrested control from supply / demand fundamentals.

But rival real estate firms are now expected to try to wrest away from Jones Lang its management of 190 S. LaSalle St., where Jones Lang recently considered moving and which is facing the loss of a major tenant.