Sentences with phrase «old alliance in»

The five - member Independent Democratic Conference announced it would break its nearly two - year - old alliance in ruling the Senate with the Republicans, and plans to join the Democrats in a coalition government after the November elections.

Not exact matches

Belt and Road's political elements were evident in late October when brash Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has disparaged both President Obama and Pope Francis in his bid to push the Philippines away from old alliances, visited China to get in Xi's good graces.

New Leaf Paper, which must cope with huge economies - of - scale issues in order to compete with the paper manufacturers that use virgin fiber, has formed alliances with various large stable companies like Old Navy Clothing, Nike, and Hewlett - Packard to ensure that its orders are of decent volume.

Since early in the six - year - old Syria war, Hezbollah's energies have been focused on propping up President Bashar al - Assad in alliance with Iran and Russia, throwing thousands of its fighters into battle against Syrian rebels.

BIBA, as Milchen's group is known, started in 1998, which makes it the oldest known alliance promoting local independent businesses across the spectrum.

In this context of aughties - unease, older conservative assumptions of a natural alliance between more libertarian Americans and more socially conservative ones, around the supposedly shared attributes of religious Liberty, economic Liberty, and political Liberty, with the threat of Islamist terror cast as the substitute for that of Communist domination, fell flat.

The old alliance between sensible LIBERTARIANISM and SOCIAL CONSERVATISM can't hold in the face of the vanishing middle class, the birth dearth combined with increasing longevity, the depoliticizing challenges of the 21st competitive marketplace, the irresponsibility of our techno - meritocracy, our inability to keep Locke in the Locke box on issues having to do with families and our erotic lives, and the connection between increasing individualism and growing dependency on the state summed up in the phrase «single mom.»

By the time things simmered down, Brooklyn's inner - city schools were in considerably worse shape, white liberals had become accustomed to making excuses for black violence, and the old alliances between the civil - rights movement, on the one hand, and the American labor movement and organized American Jewry, on the other, had been put under severe strain.

Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.

Only The Times report was something of a throwback to the old kneejerk Popeknocking days: «Critics,» wrote one Richard Owen, «said that putting a Ratzinger - Bertone alliance at the top of the Vatican hierarchy meant that the Church would be in the hands of «arch-conservatives» at a time when many Catholics, especially in the Third World, are calling forreform.»

Many leaders of the Latin church realized in the sixties that the church failed to express its true nature when it continued the age - old alliance with the ruling elite in its oppression of the peasants and workers.

President Akufo - Addo said the new crop of African leaders had come into office at a critical time in the lives of the Africans, where old alliances were having to be reshaped, implying that Africa had to look for new sources and new areas of committing resources to the development of the continent.

The new political chemistry The new page in Kogi politics is opening new political alliances with old wounds still aching.

It reminds me of the old alliance between Enoch Powell and Michael Foot which defeated Richard Crossman's plans to reform the Lords back in 1968.

But Labour outperformed even that achievement as a unique alliance of enthused younger voters and previous non-voters combined with older austerity - hit, anti-establishment Ukippers to deliver a 10 - point rise in Labour's vote compared with two years ago, to 40 %.

I do not understand why people in this state have to make everything so complicated (three parties against the Dems one — old rivalries and alliances).

«Such gender differences may reflect the increased competition female scientists experience, old fashioned academic conventions with male exclusive networks, and / or our evolutionary history in which particularly male - male alliances were favoured,» says lead author Jorg Massen.

China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33 percent surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a U.N. - backed alliance said on Sunday.

Diana Palmer (Swanson, The Chase) is a local woman who's father runs a large newspaper is in on the scoop, and bumps into an old fling in Walker, and together they form an uneasy alliance to stop Drax before he gains all three Skulls.

Last year, the alliance published Crisis in the Kindergarten, a report bemoaning the academic nature of today's classrooms for 5 - year - olds.

Prior to this transaction, Vysya Bank had a seven - year - old strategic alliance with erstwhile Belgian bank Banque Bruxelles Lambert, which was also acquired by ING Group in 1998.

These alliances, with as little as 5 rescue organizations to 150, communicate between groups, offer guidance and fresh perspectives on old topics and create a collective ability for greater strides in animal welfare.

It turns out that alliances are much older than loyalty programs in the travel industry, but both are important in the points world.

In the turn - based campaign game, players will find the Old World an unforgiving and treacherous place, filled with endless war and cunning alliances alike.

«Marvel Mighty Heroes starts with old - school Super Hero gameplay from the glory days of playing alongside friends at the arcade and adds a modern twist for mobile devices through intuitive touch controls and global cooperative gameplay,» said Barry Dorf, Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances at DeNA, in a press release.

But I really like how he describes the sometimes uncomfortable need to fracture old alliances and cross longstanding battle lines if you're serious about finding ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions that can work in the real world.

But in a case study of the power of fossil fuel interests to shape government policy, the industry's money and alliances with conservative think tanks and advocacy groups transformed the committee's membership and supported the rise of Smith, son of an old oil and ranching family in South Texas.

Piya Macliing Malayao is the 27 - year - old Secretary General of Katribu, a national alliance of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines.

Back in December, some headlines started to spread on the web about a partnership between Arise Bank and a 100 - year - old FDIC insured bank in the U.S. Arise Bank is an initial coin offering (ICO) that claims to have many strategic alliances.

Colliers International is one company that's acknowledging the growing demand for auctions by forming an alliance with the three - year - old auction arm of United Country Real Estate, based in Kansas City, Mo. «Commercial brokers bring an invaluable knowledge of their markets and buyers that's critical to a successful auction,» says Mike Jones, president of United Country Auction Services.