Sentences with phrase «seen as a contest»

It shouldn't be seen as a contest, but as rather for improving the ability to inspire — both self and others as possible.

Inside the Democratic Party, economic policy is often seen as a contest between President Obama's track record and the anti-Wall Street approach advocated by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Not exact matches

«Based on results of similar high profile soccer contests, such as El Classico, we envision seeing concurrent viewership levels in the low six figures.»

The Republican rout on Tuesday was wide and deep in what was bound to be seen as a sharp rebuke to Obama, who has lurched from crisis to crisis and whose unpopularity made him unwelcome to Democratic candidates in many contested states.

The states voting and holding caucuses saw half as many foreclosure sales — as a percentage of all sales — between 2008 and 2012 than states not holding contests, according to a new report from Trulia, a real estate company owned by Zillow Group.

4) Calgary - Glenmore In 2009, outgoing Wildrose leader Paul Hinman narrowly won a hotly contested by - election that was seen as a referendum on then - Premier Ed Stelmach «s popularity in Calgary (which was low).

It is hard to see Mr. Prentice's term - limit pledge as anything but an attempt to distract Albertans from lacklustre leadership contest and the ongoing government spending and airplane scandals (and the PC government's unwillingness to take responsibility for its actions).

The contest is shaping up to be much closer than expected which has seen some bullish pre-election currency bets pared back as we enter the final countdown to GE 14.

Haaretz: Contested birthright: The modern day sequel Some critics see Taglit - Birthright as nationalist and right - wing, but the former leader of Israel's left and architect of the Oslo peace process isn't worried at all.

After explaining how Elijah (the captain calls him Isaac), as «the only Presbyterian», challenged all the prophets of Baal to a contest to see whose God could cause an altar to ignite, the captain turns to the contest itself, beginning with the prophets of Baal:

Those who study religious demographics have seen the statistics pointing to Christian and Muslims — not Christians and secularists — as the two groups contesting most for numbers in the decades to come.

There are some voters who don't see the election as a contest between two candidates who have differing opinions on nuanced, complicated economic, diplomatic and social issues, but as one between a candidate who is against abortion, and one who supports a woman's right to have one.

Given the Women's Blues exceptional performance last season, placing them as one of the best teams in the University, we were very proud and not too surprised to see them win the hotly - contested «Team of the Year» Award at the Annual University Sports Awards.

A truly lacklustre contest between two dire teams drowning in the lower reaches of the Bundesliga was probably the final nail in the coffin of Huub Stevens short term reign as Stuttgart boss as the hosts failure to land a much required three points sees them remaining firmly rooted to the bottom of the table.

Berry was voted into the Pro Bowl for the fourth time in his career last week, but for those out there that see the Pro Bowl as a popularity contest or a name - recognition game (which it is, sometimes), I know we both think it's pretty important to point out that Berry's performance this season definitely makes him deserving of the honor — it's no sympathy vote based on his story.

Harden is also scheduled to participate in Saturday night's Shooting Stars competition, but seeing as that's merely a jump - shooting contest, his participation in that event is apparently not in jeopardy.

Heading into the final seven minutes, it looked as though Klinsmann's outfit would see out the contest, but a worrying characteristic reared its ugly head again as the USMNT choked.

Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether or not Manuel Pellegrini's men will be able to change the tide and get back into the contest, as the Chilean tactician undoubtedly prioritised the Champions League over the FA Cup with Dynamo Kiev lying in wait in midweek.

Sitting on the sofa, I show him a few items: newspaper and magazine pieces about the Liston fights; Ali's conversion to Islam; the arrest for refusing military induction; the epic first battle with Frazier; the Supreme Court overturning the draft conviction; Foreman being voodooed by Ali; the Thrilla in Manila; the boxing lesson he gave Spinks in their second contest; a recent article about Ali buying buses for Chicago - area public schools (immediately after seeing a TV news story about how Dade County had no money for new buses, Ali sat down, wrote a check and mailed it, not using the gift as a tax deduction); and one about helping a young man wearing a hooded dark sweatshirt and jeans who crawled out on a high window ledge of a Wilshire Boulevard skyscraper in Los Angeles to kill himself.

I don't see Zlatan as being fundamentally different from David Villa; he won't win physical contests.

Everything you describe here screams Dez Bryant 2.0, I am not sure this would be a good fit for Dak Prescott because as we've seen hes not a risk taker, does not like to throw contested balls and is just overall a pretty poor passer at this point.

Because of Buffalo's resurgence this season and New England's relative regression, the oddsmakers see this contest as close.

This latest statement prolongs the guessing game as to when, or if, we'll see him again in a PGA Tour contest.

Each needs a win badly, which is why OddsShark sees this contest as even money.

The # 1 spot will be on the line and it's a key contest in the Standings as we start seeing the Playoff picture take focus..

with toure and kompany out this is a more even contest than last year... but would take a point without hesitation as its difficult to see coq ramsey / rosicky cazorla outplaying fernandinho nasri and silva in the middle....

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Expect another fiery contest between these two, seeing as both are looking to push for the title.

A real end - to - end contest saw 10 - player Tottenham Hotspur Ladies fall just short in a seven - goal thriller against nine - player Sheffield FC, as the hosts took the spoils in a feisty 4 - 3 FAWSL 2 contest at Dronfield.

Morten Gamst Pedersen and Jason Roberts ensured Rovers» stay in the bottom three was only temporary as Blackburn registered only their third win of the season last Saturday, with Wigan Athletic the victims at Ewood Park as Sam Allardyce seen his side come out victorious in a contest Blackburn didn't exactly have all their own way despite boasting home advantage.

Then on Sunday, the in Ford's Super Sunday line - up sees Newcastle (13.00 SKyBet), fresh off the back of their 5 - 1 mauling of bitter rivals Sunderland, tackle an Arsenal (1.30 StanJames) side who have won their last three Premier League contests but were beaten in midweek in the Champions League by Shakhtar Donetsk and will return home slightly jaded and perhaps with their confidence knocked a little as well.

The Christmas contest in HD1 was moulding into a thrilling one; Tom Ince was hauled down by Cameron as he made a break through a defensive gap, and saw his accurate free - kick comfortably saved by Butland.

I'm very confident of Germany making it through and still see them as the most likely winners and it wouldn't be a surprise to see Guus Hiddink and Russia turn the tables on Spain and win that contest, especially if Andreii Arshavin and Roman Pavlyuchenko keep up their remarkable form.

Even in defeat, as rare as those occurences have been, Bolton have been pleasing on the eye and were even unfortunate; a red card to influential and much sought after centre - half Gary Cahill scuppering their chances of grounding a point out of their away contest with Arsenal when the score was level at 1 - 1, while they had several penalty appeals turned down before seeing Maxi Rodriguez toe - poke one underneath Jussi as Bolton suffered their second undeserved defeat of the season.

If Wolves» application at Molineux on Saturday is as it was against the aforementioned sides, then we see only winner in this contest, and that's despite Bolton's heavyweight form.

Share You already know that Mommy Niri is an Office Max «Max Mom» and you would have seen the contest for $ 100 for nominating a teacher, and even watched as I surprised a teacher with the Office Max guys with $ 1000 worth of supplies (this was one of 1000 schools in the country.

The two men were never seen as close, after a hard fought leadership contest saw Huhne's camp dub his opponent «Calamity Clegg».

After deciding not to contest the Dome / Kwabenya seat in 2012, many saw that decision by the Political Scientist who is also a legal luminary as the right opportunity to prepare himself for the Speaker position if the NPP wins power.

I agree that I'd like to see electoral reform as one of the issues debated in the leadership contest.

Now that we have been rushed into a leadership contest, there is an urgent need for those MPs who see themselves as democratic socialists (of whatever hue) to get together at a meeting in the Commons to agree on a candidate for the leadership election.

But «let's not try to make it so» is (unfortunately) premature... climate change appears to remain deeply contested within the Conservative Party (see the campaigns of elected representatives like Douglas Carswell MP, Roger Helmer MEP; the most prominent opinion formers, such as The Spectator and forums such as ConservativeHome; and the weak priority which most party activists give the issue (according to ConHome surveys).

If we compare it to the average majority of all Labour MPs, we can see that Corbyn's backers in that contest do, just as John asserted, enjoy, on average, larger majorities, although whether the difference will automatically be big enough to save all of them is anyone's guess.

This saw them contesting seats on councils, using that as a springboard to winning parliamentary representation — which has also been done by other small parties, with UKIP recently adopting such a strategy.

In September 2015, he pledged to build on the enthusiasm generated among his supporters during a leadership contest that saw him start as rank outsider before sweeping to victory on a left - wing wave.

Mr Goldsmith is widely seen as frontrunner in the contest to choose an official Conservative candidate.

The contest is only going to become more hotly contested - as can be seen by Nick Clegg's attempt to take the credit for Rob Halfon's ideas today - so we will continue to watch every match and report back.

Unlike some other proposals that bar candidates from contesting elections if charged with criminal cases, this solution would not vitiate the presumption of innocence, and should be seen as a «privilege» given to elected representatives, an opportunity to quickly clear their names of malicious or frivolous allegations.

The contest was seen as key for Democrats looking to make inroads in the House.

Whilst David Cameron was prime minister, Osborne was widely viewed as a potential future leader of the Conservatives were Cameron to stand down and trigger a leadership contest, despite being seen as a relatively unpopular figure with the general public.

The primary that saw the sitting Member of Parliament, Nii Armah Ashietey defeated last year, sparked various controversy in the Constituency with party supporters petitioning the Constituency, Regional, National Executives of the NDC, as well as the founder of the party, J.J. Rawlings over his daughter's eligibility to contest the primary.