Sentences with phrase «oldest rivalry takes»

The latest installment of football's oldest rivalry takes center stage as the lone Christmas Day game.

Not exact matches

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.

Jacob wanted only Rachel, but was tricked into marrying her older sister Leah, and later he took their slave girls at the sisters» urging, due to the rivalry between the sisters.

It's also nice to know that after being taken out behind the woodshed, New York could come back and provide a level of competition this age - old rivalry hasn't seen in years.

The importance of this fixture to both sides can not be over-estimated with this being one of the oldest rivalries in English football, but this season, with the Lilywhites already 4 points ahead of Arsenal in the League table, the Gunners can't afford to let their rivals open up a bigger gap, while Arsene Wenger's side will be desperate to move back into contention for a Top Four finish by taking all 3 points.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co. are unlikely to have an easy time of it up against Paul's older (but smaller) brother, although in the height stakes both look up to six - foot - four Matthias who despite not having a part to play in United and St. Etienne's Europa League tie, is sure to take a keen interest in his siblings» two - legged rivalry.

«Don't move to a big kid bed / potty train / take away pacifiers when the baby comes or the older child will associate the change with the baby and this will fuel sibling rivalry.»

Putting older kids in charge of the younger one stokes sibling rivalry, whereas making them take responsibility for themselves encourages individuality and self - reliance.

And American grownups took pleasure in the palpable Englishness of the movies: the boarding - school rituals and rivalries; the crisp speech of the tiny and then adolescent actors; the mastery of such older performers as Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, and Michael Gambon, all of them drawing on stage traditions and a deep vein of licensed eccentricity going back hundreds of years.

The idea of this new series is to chronicle famous feuds from throughout history, with the first season taking aim at Old Hollywood by tackling the legendary rivalry between screen legends Joan Crawford and Bette Davis during the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?.

Two GamesRadar editors rip open old wounds as they take sides in one of the greatest rivalries in gaming history...

Not to mention fanboys like myself finally got to take our favorite characters and put old rivalries to rest.