Sentences with phrase «run against the leader»

One of the cool features of the Time Trials is that you match yourself against the fastest times posted online and also run against the leader's ghost car.

Not exact matches

During the course of the campaign, Jokowi has drawn closer to some of the entrenched interests that he is, in theory, running against — showing that for now, perhaps, there are limits to just how high Indonesia's self - made, corruption - busting leader from the slums can climb on his own.

Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

Andrew ran against Jack Layton in the last election and will do so again, meaning Lang can no longer interview the NDP leader.

«You can not just run against Donald Trump,» Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned his co-partisans in a February speech in Kentucky.

Touting her foreign policy credentials and defense of Israel, Jewish leaders flocked to Clinton as she ran against Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries.

Various faith leaders in recent weeks have expressed concerns about hate crimes against American Muslims in the run - up to this weekend's anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, which coincide with the holiday of Eid - al - Fitr, marking the conclusion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Then, after a few months, at best only three years, of a public career in which He was hailed by a crowd which proved fickle and had won the adherence of a coterie of men and women who did not fully understand Him, He ran afoul of the leaders of the organized religion of His people, was accused by them of fomenting rebellion against the civil government, that of Rome, and was crucified by the order of the local representative of that government.

The Merseyside team are in a dismal run of form but they are playing at Anfield and will surely be up for a big game against the leaders.

We are now on a 5 - game unbeaten run again, and if we can get all 3 points against Watford in 8 days time, then we will be in good heart to face the League leaders on the following weekend in which could be our big throw of the dice in the title race....

The semis will be run on a best - of - seven basis, with the leader on points facing the No. 4 boat and No. 2 against No. 3; the best - of - seven final to produce the challenger is scheduled to begin Jan. 14, and the Cup defense itself will start Jan. 31.

Five came at The Hawthorns, where leaders Manchester City continued their winning run against West Bromwich Albion, while Jamie Vardy was on the scoresheet again as Leicester overcame managerless Everton at the King Power Stadium.

Gonzalez took Kyle Hendricks deep in the second inning, a home run to left center field against the major league leader in ERA during the regular season.

That unbeaten run came to an end after 15 games of the season, as the leaders lost at St James» Park against Newcastle.

The league leaders look to have the friendliest run - in of their title rivals over the next few weeks, with fixtures against clubs that would normally be labelled «six - pointers» were it not for the maddening reality that the Foxes are playing it so safely in avoiding relegation that they're in danger of actually winning the league.

Spurs produced one of their performances of the season on Wednesday night against the league leaders Chelsea, ending their Premier League winning run at thirteen games.

Last Result: Although they may not have deserved it, Blackburn were beaten 2 - 1 last weekend by league leaders Chelsea in a gripping encounter which had seen Rovers take the lead, certainly not against the run of play mind, through the sparingly used Benjani before Chelsea stormed back to clinch all three points with goals from Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic, the latter coming six minutes from time.

Ebbsfleet extended their unbeaten run to eight matches as they fought back for a 2 - 2 draw against National League leaders Macclesfield, who finished the match with 10 men at Kuflink Stadium.

If Jack Wilshere is allowed to leave then it shows that A, Wenger don't have a clue what to do with Jack, B, Wenger is like a football farmer, fatten up the English youngsters then flog em off while signing 2nd rate foreign boys, C, Wenger don't give a monkeys about any players who don't idolise him, Jack is future captain material but Wenger doesn't do captains, which is why when the games going against us we run round like 11 strangers with no leader, I will be glad when Wengers gone and taken his useless back room staff with him,

With the team about to embark on a run of games against teams in the bottom half of the table, January represents a great opportunity to pick up more points and apply pressure to the leaders.

Sunday's draw against Tottenham Hotspur extended the Gunners» unbeaten run in the competition to six games, and kept them level on points with league leaders Manchester City.

This will be Antonio Conte's first experience of Camp Nou as a coach, though the champions of England are old hands here, on a run of eight games without defeat against the Liga leaders, and undefeated in the past four trips to Carrer d'Aristides Maillol.

But state GOP Chairman Ed Cox and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos intervened and brokered a deal that resulted in the candidacy — and eventual victory — of Rep. Bob Turner, who had run against former Rep. Anthony Weiner in the district in 2010.

He's intent on running primary candidates against key WNY Republican senators and on ousting Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Also, a number of unions continue to support IDC Leader Jeff Klein in his primary battle with former NYC Councilman Oliver Koppell, though they are supporting — or at least promising to support — primary challengers to other IDC members, including former NYC Comptroller John Liu, who is running against the IDC's newest member, Queens Sen. Tony Avella.

Last year Lynton Crosby helped an Eton - educated, extremely wealthy Tory run a relentlessly negative campaign against an uninspiring Labour leader.

Republicans, particularly Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, have worked hard to woo Latino voters in recent years, and some worry that a single negative ad run against Long featuring comments like these would tank her — and fellow GOP candidates — in the general election.

Running a woman against another woman is something political leaders like to do.

AG Andrew Cuomo filed a second civil lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., accusing him of running a «sham» job training program and pocketing $ 1.35 million from it.

The local Green party has announced it will not run against Rupa Huq, the Labour MP for ultra-marginal Ealing Central and Acton, while Women's Equality Party leader Sophie Walker is seeking a united front against controversial Tory Philip Davies in Shipley.

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

Molinaro, who party leaders have encouraged to run after he initially decided not to do so in January, cited the case against longtime Cuomo confidant Joseph Percoco when he officially declared himself a candidate this week.

Elmont civic leader and NYPD Det. Carl Achille will run a Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Gregory Meeks, whose district includes parts of Queens and Nassau County.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFranciso, so far the only formally announced candidate seeking the GOP nod against Cuomo, deemed Nixon's run «great,» adding:

Central New York and national Republican leaders have been trying for the past six months to recruit a candidate to run against Maffei.

Any ex officio member of the Executive Committee (District Leaders, past president) who runs against a VID slate or endorsed candidate will forfeit his / her seat on the Executive Committee until the next annual vote for Executive Committee members.

Mark Levine is currently a district leader, and drew attention in 2010 when he ran a tough race against Adriano Espaillat to replace Eric Schneiderman in the State Senate.

In another sign of heightened tensions, Newsday reported that GOP Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has been at odds with Cuomo recently, might even run for governor against him.

John Doyle, a former aide to Senate IDC Leader Jeff Klein, and progressive activist Marjorie Velazquez are running strong campaigns against him but may split the anti-Gjonaj vote.

He even went so far as to upset his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, by voting against the majority leader's wife, Elaine Chao, a relatively uncontroversial pick to run Trump's Department of Transportation.

69 AD, Part A District Leader Robert Botfeld is opposed by the same racist running against Councilman Mark Levine.

Share Better, a partnership between hotel union and industry leaders aiming to expose illegal Airbnb activity, is running a «guerilla campaign» against the industry.

Spitzer is running in the Democratic primary against Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who has establishment support from party leaders and city unions.

A Centereach man who has led a one - man crusade against Suffolk County's red - light cameras, and faces criminal charges for disabling the devices at more than a dozen intersections, is collecting signatures to run against State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport).

Long faces steep odds against Schumer, who is running for a fourth term and is expected to become the Senate Democratic leader in next year's term, succeeding Harry Reid of Nevada.

Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell made two points which ran against the opinion of the foreign secretary.

The first, under the Jubilee Alliance, is an alliance between presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and his running - mate William Ruto, two experienced political leaders who are also suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity conducted in Kenya's previous election period.

UPDATE2: Again from Forand:» In 2006, Hiram didn't run against Francisco for district leader.

(Airs 12/21/17) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York State Republican Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb about his newly announced run for Governor against Andrew Cuomo.

After considering but declining to run four years ago, Donovan said, accusations in May against the state Senate majority leader, Pedro Espada, of bilking $ 14 million from healthcare organizations he founded «compelled me to say that was enough.»