Sentences with phrase «pitted against a power»

Trapped in an impossible game of life and death, and pitted against a power - mad father's raging grief, Andrei and Anna must avoid the whispers and watchful eyes of those who will say or do anything to save themselves.

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Instead, it has been captured by a nasty power struggle that largely pits Kalanick against one of his earliest investors, Benchmark.

While this view may not solve problems of theodicy, at least it does not pit theology against biology to see which has more explanatory power.

«Until we know the power of divine grace, we read in the Bible concerning eternal punishment, and we think it is too heavy and too hard, and we are apt to kick against it, and find out some heretic or other who teaches us another doctrine; but when the soul is really quickened by divine grace, and made to feel the weight of sin, it thinks the bottomless pit none too deep, and the punishment of hell none too severe for sin such as it has committed.

The Delta River League pits Oak Ridge against perennial SJS power Jesuit, which the Trojans believe will better prepare them for the postseason and the future.

That sets up a power play between child and adult, pitting child and adult against each other in a way that breaks down the warm connection the child needs with his parent in order to feel secure.

The battle is heating up over a statewide electric rate increase to subsidize upstate nuclear power plants that pits Governor Andrew Cuomo against a coalition of «good - government groups.»

This leadership vacuum has been filled by a protracted low - intensity power struggle pitting the NTC against the militias.

Clyne and his supporters see the revote as a way for County Executive Daniel McCoy to wield more power and set the stage for the city of Albany election next year, which is poised to pit Mayor Kathy Sheehan against Councilman Frank Commisso Jr..

The coming power struggle pits the neoliberal capitalist class — big business and the banks with their friends in the media and their governing allies in the Tory party — against a weakened Labour party pushed on the back foot by a big election defeat and a trade union movement still hamstrung by Thatcher's legal minefield.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio made a bid Wednesday for permanent mayoral control of New York City's public schools, pitting him against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in yet another high - profile issue that showcased the tensions between the two Democratic power brokers.

They even drafted legislation that would require the state inspector general to refer cases to the AG, and confer subpoena power to that office in the process, any time a conflict of interest arises in a case — as it did in Troopergate, pitting the executive and legislative branches against one another.

That's because the arrays will also allow Butte students to get real world training for the green jobs of tomorrow, much like the semiannual Solar Decathlon, which pits students from schools around the country against each other to design and build solar - powered houses.

A study by the World Resources Institute last October showed 51 percent of planned coal - power plants in China were in regions with severe water shortages, potentially pitting energy production against agriculture and basic needs for clean water.

A bunch of impossibly smart, conveniently wounded and hubristically arrogant characters are stranded on an island and pitted against a serial killer that apparently has the powers of telepathy and precognition.

This pitting of a gaudy showman against a near - reptilian intellect brings to mind the power struggle at the heart of Howard and screenwriter Peter Morgan's last collaboration, 2008's Frost / Nixon.

Pitting mech against mech and father against son, the epic showdown will test this fierce but undisciplined team of modern - day ninjas who must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their inner power of Spinjitzu.

«In Captain America: Civil War, billionaire Tony Stark is pitted against Captain America aka Steve Rogers in an ethical face - off over the U.S. government's Superhuman Registration Act, which requires all superpowered individuals register their powers and report to S.H.I.E.L.D.»

Review by Captain Hook The Cold War pitted the people of Germany against each other, with the western side being a Democratic nation backed by the Western powers and the eastern side under the Communist control.

This is a film that will pit hero against hero and probably disassemble The Avengers as we know them today, as the US government wants superheroes to register their powers; not every hero thinks they should, creating a philosophical divide and both sides are digging in.

Franchise extravaganza pits everybody against power - hungry maniac and proves that yes, you can have too much of a good thing

«We all have our own sense of power and our own agency and we hold our own space without being pitted against each other.

The first test kicks off on March 15 with the release of Marvel Battlegrounds, which pits all of Infinity's Marvel Comics characters against each other in a brawler that's one part Super Smash Bros., one part Power Stone.

The Surge is a futuristic action game in the vein of Dark Souls that pits players against a host of robots and power - suit - wearing goons.

 In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits man against gods.

However, this cosmic - powered hero will instead be joining Avengers 4, on the heels of an origins story set in the»90s — which will be pitting her against the shape - shifting Skrulls and informs why she's been missing from the MCU all these years.

Pitting spy against spy and super power against super power just doesn't work as anything other than a historical document or relic of the not - so - distant past.

So now we have a full - blown greed - driven, politically motivated power struggle pitting those wishing to end neighborhood public schools, as we have known them, against those wanting to preserve and improve them.

The 500 kg Morgan weighs less than half the 1200 kg Toyota, so its 80bhp doesn't sound as paltry as it could be when pitted against its foe's 197bhp — the 3 Wheeler's power - to - weight ratio of 163bhp / ton is nudging the GT86's 167.

Pit the outgoing Enclave against a new - for - 2013 Infiniti JX35, and the American would hold its own: more power with similar fuel economy, good body control, more third - row legroom, and a larger luggage area.

The effect of massive power and weight differences can be seen in our recent Track Battle, which pitted the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S against the Caterham Seven Supersport at the Bedford Autodrome.

Hyundai expects the 202kW i30N «Performance» to land in Australia for less than $ 50,000, pitting it directly against VW's Golf GTI Performance despite delivering more power and almost as much as the Golf R, and more go - fast technology than both German models.

The drag pits Ford's factory tuned flagship model against an upscale Audi A6 with Quattro all wheel drive and a Hemi powered Chrysler 300.

For this track skirmish, we're pitting the fastest production Audi, the 560 - bhp R8 GT, against the newly homologated rear - drive - only R8 Grand - Am, a race car closely related to the FIA - spec R8 LMS, an internationally successful car powered by an air - restricted V - 10 that makes 480 bhp.

The automaker pitted its Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (no, not the Trackhawk) against a Hemi - powered hot rod, for no reason I can surmise other than it being a fun way to show off the Grand Cherokee's power.

Pitting a standard combustion - engine Defender against an electric - powered Defender on a similar course would make for an interesting experiment.

The same sources also state the tablet will be built around the 5th generation octa core Exynos chip, which is likely to power it with enough horsepower to be pitted against the likes of the Apple iPad.

This stand - alone sequel to Wolf Brother pits a vulnerable boy with special powers against an unseen menace.

Naturally, Doc and Graciela's profession pits them against the book's one true villain, a conniving priest named Father Killen, who has gotten wind of Graciela's healing powers and wants to «save» her from misusing her gift to help girls in trouble on the South Presa Strip.

With vivid language and breathtaking sincerity, Shobha Rao weaves together the lives of Poornima and Savitha, pitting the two girls» friendship against the world, and proving that power can be taken — as well as granted.

We pitted it against contemporaries including the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, and Lenovo K6 Power, which offer powerful battery backup in the same price bracket.

Disenchanted (The Coventree Chronicles)(Volume 1) In this Christian fantasy, one young wizard with a hunger for wisdom and some dangerous secrets finds himself pitted against another ready to reach for power with the darkest forces possible.

This time, the clips pit the iPad Air against Microsoft's Surface 2 and, as you can imagine, the Windows RT - powered slab comes out victorious.

I've taken the liberty of pitting a poor knife wielding raider against a power armor wearing vault 101 wonder boy and censored the results.

Produced by Ace Attorney Investigations» Motohide Eshiro and directed by Dino Crisis «Kuniomi Matsushita, Okamiden takes place a few months after Okami, and will pit our adorable hero's painterly powers against a fresh batch of demons.

Powered by a strong narrative, Witches basically pits attractive women warriors against masses of monsters in a struggle for survival.

Once players have mastered the challenges solo, they can also pit their power of rhythm against others in the StreetPass Terrace, or join forces with friends in Challenge Land.

The game pits you against other competitors in a race that you run instead of drive, but it still employs the same basics: you grab power - ups and weapons and use them to help you win the race.

It gets the main Digimon for each of the first 3 seasons and pits them against each other with subpar power moves and arenas.

The main streets pit you against the various factions carving out territory in the power vacuum created during the wake of the collapse.