Sentences with phrase «raiser against»

Barcelona faced a thumping 5 - 1 aggregate defeat at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup earlier this week, and they are hopeful of having Coutinho integrated into their squad ahead of this weekend's curtain raiser against Real Betis in La Liga.

Gabriel is a long - term absentee, Laurent Koscielny is out, Shkodran Mustafi is out and Per Mertesacker missed the curtain raiser against Leicester too after taking a whack from Gary Cahill in the Community Shield.

Many Gunners fans were surprised to see his name on the team sheet ahead of the curtain raiser against Chelsea but he fully justified his inclusion with a sterling performance in the heart of the midfield.

The 21 year old international joins the club immediately and will be available for the clubs 2015 curtain raiser against New England Revolution on Sunday 8th March.

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Raiser said the violence was resulting in «grave and serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity.

Tigres won 3 - 0 in their Copa Libertadores curtain raiser last night against Juan Aurich.

From being about to start in the Community Shield clash against Wembley to picking up an injury that meant he missed the curtain raiser at Wembley was only the start.

Around 80,000 people watched Arsenal game in Australia and now Wenger will be hoping to have his team ready for the start of the season which kicks off with traditional curtain raiser Community Shield against Chelsea 1 week before the premier league begins.

The game in Philadelphia against the Collegiate All Americans XV will be the curtain - raiser to the Premiership clash between Saracens and Newcastle Falcons.

Last month, President Obama spoke at a Murphy fund - raiser in Miami — one of many high - dollar events that Murphy advisers believe will allow them to spend as much as $ 8 million in his primary campaign against Grayson.

Tucked among federal charges filed last week against a fund - raiser for New York City Comptroller John Liu was an unanswered question: If Xing Wu Pan conspired to commit fraud, with whom did he conspire?

A veritable bevy of former Pataki administration members — from the former governor himself on down — will gather in Albany tomorrow night to host a fund - raiser for their onetime colleague, John Cahill, who is running for state attorney general against the Democratic incumbent, Eric Schneiderman.

House Speaker Paul Ryan scratched plans for a fund - raiser yesterday that was to benefit the re-election campaign of Rep. Lee Zeldin after the Long Island Republican voted against the sweeping tax overhaul that cleared the House this month.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has reportedly backed out of a fund - raiser for Congressman Michael McMahon after he voted against the health care reform bill last week.

At a rooftop fund - raiser on Fourteenth Street on Monday evening, Zephyr Teachout stood on a low wooden table and talked about the «open - source principles» of her upstart Democratic campaign against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Garcia was in the city for a fund - raiser last night organized by de Blasio's friends at the Working Families Party, and his supporters were eager to make the connection, to see Garcia's surprise forcing of an April 7 runoff against Rahm Emanuel as the latest manifestation of a grassroots wave building across the nation.

Mr. Seabrook furiously rejects that line of reasoning, as well as criticism of Mr. Liu, whose bid for Gracie Mansion lost momentum after federal prosecutors scored damning guilty verdicts against his campaign treasurer and a fund - raiser.

Congressman Charles Rangel yesterday threw a fund - raiser for Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera in his race against incumbent State Senator Gustavo Rivera.

Several people familiar with the planning for the fund - raiser said the cancellation was designed to punish Mr. Zeldin, who not only voted against the bill but was outspoken about one aspect: the elimination of the federal deduction for state and local taxes, which particularly impacts high - tax states like New York.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan scratched plans for a fund - raiser on Wednesday that was to benefit the re-election campaign of Representative Lee M. Zeldin after Mr. Zeldin, a Republican from Long Island, voted against the sweeping tax overhaul that cleared the House this month.

As he gradually turns into the sort of person who might actually be able to do that, Vincent also transforms those around him: Maslow, who fears that heroism has become a desk job; Bonnie Kalen, the foundation's fund - raiser, a divorced single mother and a devoted believer in Maslow's crusade against intolerance and injustice; and Bonnie's teenage son, Danny, whose take on the world around him is at once openhearted, sharp - eyed, and as fundamentally decent as his mother's.

One such event was the «Stand up against puppy mills» fund - raiser, held on the 23rd of April 2010.

Mr. Mercer agreed to help finance a $ 1.5 million pilot project to poll voters and test psychographic messaging in Virginia's gubernatorial race in November 2013, where the Republican attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, ran against Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic fund - raiser.

The Republican attorney general Ken Cuccinelli ran against Terry McAuliffe, who was a Democratic fund - raiser.