Sentences with phrase «past year battling»

New York (CNN)- New York state legislator Adam Clayton Powell on Monday announced his candidacy in this year's Democratic primary against 20 - term U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, who has spent the past year battling an ethics investigation.

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Over the past year, technology companies Uber and Waymo (the self - driving business spun out of Google) have been engaged in a battle of wills, culminating in a high - profile court case that commenced last week.
«The current legislation is just the latest battle in what has been a long series of events for the past 150 years,» says Leslie Lenkowsky, professor of practice in public affairs and philanthropy, at Indiana University, in Bloomington.
Harold Feld, a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that supports net neutrality, said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years.
One advocate said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years, NYT reports.
For the past three years, two rival ideas have battled to become the go - to solution for enhancing retirement savings in Canada: expanding the Canada Pension Plan, and private - sector savings vehicles known as pooled registered pension plans.
One advocate said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years.
A new book on the Canadian workplace — Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles, edited by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker — provides an engaging and accessible account of various labour battles in the courts over the past 85 years involving human rights, employment fairness and union recognition.
Kalanick's at times frat - like behavior over the company's eight - year history has come into focus in the past months, as Uber battles a public relations disaster that has led some customers to delete the app.
«Over the past year, we have put the final pieces in place to ensure Agari is at the forefront of this battle for cybersecurity.
Over the past few years, India's largest online taxi services — homegrown Ola and its global peer Uber — have been battling it out in the country to gain market share supremacy.
The document, which was obtained by The Washington Post, underscores the growing chasm between congressional Republican leaders, who have maintained for months that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III should be allowed to proceed, and rank - and - file GOP lawmakers who have repeatedly battled the Justice Department during the past year.
The deal suggests there is value locked up within Shire's portfolio - despite a dismal share price performance in the past two years - as its management braces for a possible $ 50 - billion bid battle with Japan's biggest drugmaker.
Being a Christian, who is far from perfect I might add, I have the urge to pray for Professor Hawking, the battle he's conquered the past 49 years of his life, and his absence of faith.
What's happened, of course, is that over the past thirty years the central purpose of Catholic worship» the Eucharist» has been all but lost in a sea of concerns about community building, lay ministry, liturgical language, battles over music and statues, and yet more community building.
For the past 50 years it's been fighting a losing battle to stay relevant to Western Europe, where churches regularly stand almost empty.
Archbishop Tutu has been battling prostate cancer for the past 15 years and has undergone successful treatment in the past.
For the past three years Naghmeh Abedini has publicly battled her husband's captors, advocating for his release from an Iranian jail.
hi there my name is gypsy i have a 6 and half year old daughter can't have gluten or dairy seems to react once taken out of her diet improved but test negative for celiac now i have been sick for the past 4 years supposedly with fibromyalgia and 2 yr after that ross river now i wonder after reading ur posts if maybe i should get tested myself still awaiting see specialist and most doctors just push me aside seems like a fighting battle.
As a team we look very weak, Our midfield have no bite to them as we keep buying little fancy players but they are no good at tackling and getting stuck in, Santi for me this year do nt want to play maybe he is looking for a move!!!! Jack in in and out of games he is so inconsistanat, Arteta past his best and needs to be replaced, Wenger needs to look at the time and improve it, Last year we got Ozil this year we got Alexis but we are not using them to there full potental, Ransey is class but we can keep hoping for is magic to get us out of shit, Giroud for me is a waste of time we need a top top forward he battles away but he is far below the class we need,
A hot spot for India - Pakistan battles and ethnic violence for more than 50 years, Kashmir is far removed from its Shangri - la past but remains a golfing wonderland for the adventurer
The 26 year - old is now looking to return to Europe having returned to form over the past 18 months, and we are claimed to be ready to battle our rivals for his signature.
The Internacional striker has been strongly linked with a move to Totteham for the best part of a year and given that Tottenham have previously signed players from the Porto Alegre club in the past, having brought in midfield battle Sandro from the same source, there is perhaps a chance a deal could be struck in the next 36 hours.
When he arrived he pushed Fergie to some epic Premier League title battles, but as the years past by the Scot got Wenger's number and it became a one sided affair.
As a team we look very weak, Our midfield have no bite to them as we keep buying little fancy players but they are no good at takling and getting stuck in, Santi for me this year do nt want to play maybe he is looking for a move!!!! Jack in in and out of games he is so inconsistanat, Arteta past his best and needs to be replaced, Wenger needs to look at the time and improve it, Last year we got Ozil this year we got Alexis but we are not using them to there full potental, Ransey is class but we can keep hoping for is magic to get us out of shit, Giroud for me is a waste of time we need a top top forward he battles away but he is far below the class we need,
They have had countless battles over the past few seasons and it's fitting as the Top - 2 seeds in this year's Playoffs that they can have an epic clash of the titans to decide the Crown.
While we wait for winners to emerge in this year's most anticipated QB competitions, let's take a look back at five of the more interesting quarterback battles and controversies of the past 20 years.
Taylor's squad has been one of the most active in cross-region battles, having played five of them over the past five years.
While the two have shared the last four Premier Division titles and not given anyone else a look in for either the top two positions or cup final slots, the head - to - head battles have been dominated by one side for the past few years.
It seems to me that in the past year, little has changed and if anything, the battle for the Transfer Window Trophy has got worse and more intense.
The 34 - year - old was one of the best players for the Gunners as they battled past Watford by 3 - 1 at Vicarage Road.
The 21 - year - old started the first official game of the season against Liverpool in a game that saw the Reds battle past the Gunners by 4 - 3.
We couldn't agree more that words are not enough — our battle cry for the past 5 years has been that moms are being urged and pressured to breastfeed but set up to fail.
In January, Whitney Donhauser will take the helm at the Museum of the City of New York, an organization that has battled its way from financial jeopardy over the past dozen years.
Although gay marriage advocates have had the upper hand in the legal battle over the past year, the landscape changed last week when a Cincinnati - based regional federal appeals court became the first to uphold gay marriage bans.
The Focus E15 campaign has been on the front line of this battle for the past two years and while we congratulate Mr Corbyn on his new position, until he challenges the actions of Labour - run councils as well as government policy, we remain sceptical.
The union has been heavily involved in policy battles at the state Capitol over the past year, weighing on the fight against both the soda tax and wine - in - grocery stores (both dead for the time being).
Labour unions have for the past seven years battled government over payment of their second - tier pension funds.
«Over the past year, city workers and their unions have had to fight major battles to protect rights that we fought hard to win as well as to preserve the vital safety - net services we provide to an ever - growing clientele.
And Indian Point is a battle that, for the past couple of years, he's largely avoided.
Cuomo said he learned a lot about the issue over the past year as Lee, a celebrity TV chef, battled breast cancer, undergoing a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.
For the past few years the United States has been more active in producing political - based movies such as Argo, RED 2 and games like Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Battle Field 3 and more, that show the...
The DNC leadership battle was the first serious contest to head the national organization in the past eight years, as the chair is usually selected by the president when the party holds the White House.
Jefferson's been battling scandals and a federal indictment for the past three years, but the district, in and around New Orleans, is mostly African - American and heavily Democratic.
The tenants have been battling Gluck in court for the past seven years, and while an initial 2010 decision favored the tenants, the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division ruled in Gluck's favor last April.
«But last week at Brighton the dinosaurs had broken out of their glass cases, their political DNA apparently uncontaminated by any contact with the reality of thirty years of global economic development ready to wreak havoc fighting the battles of the past using the language of the past, all over again, a sort of political version of Jurassic Park.»
It's particularly problematic for the Senate Republicans, who have enjoyed some labor support in the past and will need all the help they can get as they battle in a presidential year to retain control of the Senate.
After battling many losses in the past four years, the 43 - year - old father of two said he would have had a rethink about shutting down his business if -LSB-...]
In 2009, a city Health Department survey found more than 6 percent of New Yorkers — one in 15 adults — said they had battled the pests in the past year.
During his campaign and his past eight years in office, Vallone has emphasized reducing crime rates and battling graffiti as well as improving district schools and environmental issues.
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