Sentences with phrase «of squabbling»

The move came after months of squabbling between the two companies, during which AMC detailed its concerns with the service's long - term implications, while MoviePass rocketed to 1.5 million subscribers.

It's the type of squabbling that makes your head hurt.

At the same time, the number of moderate Republicans that accept humans are causing climate change has shown a pretty notable uptick in the past year, so maybe we're not totally doomed to a lifetime of squabbling over basic science.

After years of squabbling over climate policy, do we now have a prime minister prepared to clean up the mess?

- Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven, 1845 With Untitled, Stingel presents on an epic scale a pair of squabbling ravens kicking off a flurry of snow.

His first movie, In Bruges, about a pair of squabbling hitmen cooling their heels in that medieval Belgian city, attracted a small but passionate following for its idiosyncratic blend of semi-comic violence and bro - on - bro chitchat.

(the movie within the movie, not the movie itself) past a group of squabbling spiritual leaders.

There's a neat parallel between this and the comedy - actress category, with the competition essentially coming down to two films and two sets of squabbling cinematic mothers and daughters.

Free Birds (PG for action, rude humor and scenes of peril) Animated family comedy about a couple of squabbling turkeys (Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson) who put aside their differences to travel back in time in order to get turkey taken off the Thanksgiving menu.

Bored tale of squabbling over Californian wineries withers on the vine.

To make that happen, scientists who work on all the relevant problems, at all scales, will have to work together instead of squabbling, she says.

Whether Democrats can take advantage of the squabbling in Tuesday's election remains to be seen, but Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon said the GOP feud has strengthened the Democrats» position.

After months of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes and facing deportation, Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City Council came to a compromise on Monday.

Over the last four years, the mayor and the governor, both Democrats, have made an art form of squabbling over issues, even when they largely share the same view.

«As a result of the squabbling, there has been no meaningful development in the country for the past five years.»

After a week of squabbling between the city and the state over mass - transit funding, MTA chairman Joe Lhota traveled to the State Capitol to defend the governor's proposed budget that would force the city to pay more.

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After months of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes and facing deportation, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City Council came to a compromise.

Full of squabbling and a few too many battles.

One day, about two weeks into the course, after having observed all of this squabbling going on back and forth, he came up to me after class and said, «I think I'm beginning to understand what is going on here.»

In spite of all that careful explanation, the first two weeks of every term typically involve a lot of squabbling back and forth between me and the more articulate and bold of the conservative students.

after years of squabbling about who is really Christian... racism... plain and simple.

After years of squabbling with the powerful boyars (Russian noble families), Ivan stormed out of Moscow in 1564.

This rejection of solemnity and mystery helped to make possible the shrinking of a great Church into a series of squabbles.

It seems inevitable that any community, be it faith - based or not, comes with its fair share of squabbles and gossip, jealousy and resentment, personality clashes and misunderstandings.

The Naperville City Council and the Naperville Park District agreed Monday to rethink a lease agreement that was at the root of a squabble earlier this year over whether a skating park could be built on city land.

Yes, when there will be moments when they will be the best of friends — especially when they become adults; however, if the idea of those squabbles are stressing you out now, just wait until the second one is born!

I agree that a lot of the fighting is normal, but research suggests that although it can be inevitable, there also techniques that can lessen these types of squabbles.

The borough's one GOP elected official, State Senator Marty Golden, is currently trying to oust party chair Craig Eaton and Mr. McCall wanted Mr. Catsimatidis to stay out of the squabble.

The ensuing exchange - more of a squabble - did not touch the heights of parliamentary rhetoric.

Also speaking at the climax of the squabble, deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, called for the reduction of the budget by 30 percent.

After what seems like years of squabbles, director changes, acrimony and delay, the Natalie Portman - produced «Jane Got A Gun» is saddling up and trotting into theaters.

Along with being predictable and tedious, other content of concern is a few swear words and scatological slang, reference to a father with a drinking problem, the depiction of a squabble that ends with punches being thrown, and domestic abuse.

Many students were referred because of squabbles of the «he pushed me, she looked at me» variety.

In any event, AFT's latest battles against education reform have been centered on Michigan and Pennsylvania — the former because it recently stopped forcing its teachers to join the union as a condition of employment and the latter because of a squabble over education funding.

After what seems like interminable delays because of the squabble with MGM / UA over using the name Rocky, the Daihatsu Rocky gets up off the floor and comes out swinging at dealerships across the United States.

These disagreements are usually quite minor (like human siblings) but if you think your degus are having these sorts of squabbles too often, you can try adding additional food dishes and toys, or perhaps provide a bigger cage.

At the time of the squabble, Gagosian's director Ealan Wingate sat on the foundation's advisory board, according to the lawsuit.

«It's very hard to see it end as a result of squabbles, because I really think that's what brought the firm down, rather than the financial situation,» says Heenan, 78, now the firm's chairman emeritus.

Not exact matches

As well as disputes over stretches of a 3,500 km (2,200 miles) border, they are bumping up against each other in the Indian Ocean and squabbling over Xi's signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.

Defeat, on the other hand, would extend the muddle of the GOP's internal squabbling and diminish its presidential hopes in 2016 and beyond.

The precise definition of a «mission statement» causes frequent squabbling among management consultants and academics, but a couple of qualities appear to be key.

But the report suggests that Canada needs to work harder at attracting and welcoming international students, particularly in light of recent political squabbles over immigration:

And so while we can squabble about just what Justin Trudeau should or should not do, our effort is much better spent thinking about the question one level up, as some commentators have already begun doing: Should sitting Members of Parliament like Trudeau accept paid speaking engagements?

Washington Post fact - checker Glenn Kessler notes that a lot of this debate appears to be interagency squabbling.

Donald Trump's first year in office may have been laden with controversy, political squabbling, and tweet storms, yet the reality - TV star turned U.S. president also managed to get a singular piece of legislation through that should loom large for businesses big and small for years to come.

Yet compromise has not always been the strong suit of private - sector unions, whose internal squabbles are hardly rare.

By doing that, she turns the paper from one that squabbles in the shadow of the New York Times — which originally broke the Pentagon Papers story — to a national publication that eventually reported out the Watergate stories and is the powerhouse it is today.

So rather than continue to focus on an internecine squabble, we talked to six of the smartest energy experts around and asked them to program the GPS coordinates for America's clean energy future.

Hastings has long squabbled with the industry over the «theatrical window» — the amount of time that theaters have exclusive rights to a film.