Never again wanting to be at the losing
side of a political battle they created the movie industry's lobbying arm, MPAA.
«1900» (Olive)-- Gerard Depardieu and Robert De Niro play childhood friends — a peasant and the scion of a vast country estate, respectively — who become bitter enemies on opposite
side of the political battle in Bernardo Bertolucci's sprawling epic.
Not exact matches
Measure 9, however, engulfed the entire state in a bitter and brutal
political battle that galvanized both
sides, divided communities, unleashed anti-LGBT harassment and acts
of violence, and finally ended with the measure falling to defeat, 56.5 percent to 43.5 percent.
With access to the strategists and opinion - makers on both
sides of the
political divide, The
Battle for Britain goes straight to the heart
of the great debate, providing an incisive, authoritative and occasionally trenchant guide to the most dramatic constitutional question
of our times.
«It's become a proxy
political battle because it tends to be people on the conservative
side of the spectrum who don't want the hospital and they also are looking to use this in a way that politically damages Brindisi,» Perry said.
The appointment
of Betty Rosa as the new Regents chancellor in New York signals a big victory for the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, in the
battle over the direction
of education in New York — a
battle waged with millions
of dollars in campaign spending and brute
political tactics from both
sides over much
of the past decade.
Something the public loves to hate in its
political cabals
battling to run the country from the thick
of Westminster's guerrilla territories, and something our war - painted politicos on all
sides perennially condemn as an obstruction to policy - building, while sharpening their poison darts in the undergrowth.
Meanwhile, Mr. Smith might be best known for his zoot suits complete with suspenders and pinstripes, picking strange
political battles like a press conference denouncing the rapper Dwayne «Lil Wayne» Carter, and his somewhat surprising decision to seek City Hall's top job on the other
side of the partisan aisle without actually changing his voter registration.
«There aren't any
of the
political heavy weights that you find in this
battle on the pro
side, at least that I know
of so far,» said Blair Horner
of the New York Public Interest Research Group, which is remaining neutral in the con - con debate
Amidst a mounting legal
battle between the city
of Rye and Westchester County over proposed capital improvements to Playland, many county lawmakers from both
sides of the
political aisle have continued to assert the county's authority over the park's future.
When the veterans
of World War I, on both
sides of the
political divide, returned from the front in 1918 and 1919, they came back as
battle - hardened soldiers.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Corruption and a rigged
political system are
battle cries
of both
sides in a debate over whether New Yorkers should vote this fall to rewrite the state constitution.
Yesterday, the specter
of children with cancer being turned away from NIH's door became a
political talking point for both
sides in the shutdown
battle, with Democrats and Republicans accusing the other
of ignoring the plight
of the sick.
Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives
of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court
of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both
sides of the
political divide watched in rapt attention.
While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where
Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives
of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court
of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both
sides of the
political divide watched in rapt attention.
In one
of the responses to today's announcement, the Heartland Institute President argues that «Republicans in the House and Senate are right to oppose EPA's new global warming rules,» and «Voters will do well to remember who was on their
side during the coming
political battles.»