Sentences with phrase «sparred for»

At the zenith of his power, Barbato along with Montauk lobsterman Perry Duryea, onetime Assembly Speaker, and Southampton dairyman Edwin «Buzz» Schwenk ruled over the 10 town GOP organizations which often sparred for control.

The doctors ordered him not to spar for six weeks, which means he won't be fighting Espa √ ± a or anyone else before August.

The empirical world and the spiritual world are positioned for a showdown in Mike Cahill's I Origins, but not before reincarnation is also invited in to spar for a few bonus rounds.

Capcom's PSP action game retains top spot as Studio Ghibli - Level Five collaboration Ninokuni, Donkey Kong Country Returns spar for second.

Major book publishers and libraries have been sparring for months over acceptable terms for making e-books available for lending.

10 km west of Kleinemonde, good shopping, many restaurants, with Pick n Pay and Spar for provisions.

However, every player within a Guild must combine their progression in order to collectively accomplish a certain figure to earn trophies such as Guild Battles for defeating members of another Guild during 10 online ranked or player matches; Guild Sparring for fighting with another member of your Guild in 50 online ranked or player matches; Boss Damage for inflicting 20,000 in total damage during boss battles; and much more besides, while players are rewarded with a Guild Mother Box for earning a trophy.

Without Street Fighter II, there would be no Chun - Li, no Guile, no Blanka, Zangief, or E. Honda — only Ryu and Ken, sparring for all eternity.

The paintings are mostly spare, with negative space sparring for dominance with gestures that either fill up the middle distance or squirm in the margins.

The prices offered to SuperBest and Spar for direct mail were higher than the average total costs of Post Danmark, whereas the price to be paid by Coop was even below the «average total costs», but above the «average incremental costs».

A new Realtor doesn't have as frequent an opportunity to get in the ring and spar for success.

Not exact matches

In particular, the sparring between Senators Cruz and Rubio, both of whom are now vying for the number two spot following Ben Carson's implosion in the polls, showed how political leaders need to use guile and their wits to win.

But there is data available in the U.S. — where state and federal regulators have sparred repeatedly with debt - settlement firms — and none of it looks good for the industry.

Indeed, the industry has sparred with the DEA for much of the past decade about the role it should play in monitoring the delivery of drugs.

MEXICO CITY, April 16 - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim sparred on Monday with the country's presidential front - runner over the Mexico City airport his companies are helping build, saying the leftist's threats to halt the $ 13 billion project would be a setback for the economy.

Trump has for years sparred with Carter, the longtime editor of Vanity Fair.

Rated for California seismic loads, so super strong, but bored in the middle, like an aircraft wing spar, so not heavy.

It's a key earnings period for Herbalife, which has been whipsawed this year by the opinions of two long - sparring hedge fund moguls.

I don't think he does it for the money,» said Frank, the co-author of the Dodd - Frank legislation who sparred with Hensarling for years on the Financial Services Committee.

Mr. Lehane, a longtime political operative, brings to the job a reputation for hands - on, bare - knuckle sparring with Washington insiders.

The Advisory Board acts as the sparring partner for the Steering Committee and the secretariat advising on a range of issues but most notably on the selection of opportunities for the report.

So when President Barack Obama pushed for a $ 60 billion package of federal aid, it sparked more than three months of partisan sparring — a delay that left Democrats and northeastern Republicans fuming while the remainder of the GOP fulminated against the threat of a growing national debt and the inclusion of spending they deemed wasteful.

Prior to joining Investopedia, Kristina was the Corporate Divisional Controller for Intuit, Canada as well as the Divisional Controller and Ethics Officer for Spar Aerospace.

Citigroup and BofA are, for all intents and purposes, wards of the state while the media and Washington spar over whether they will be formally owned by the government.

I have trained for 8 years, doing both sparring and grappling.

In Why We're Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be), Kevin DeYoung, the senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, and Ted Kluck, a sportswriter who has written for ESPN, are quick to admit that they «don't think of our emergent sparring partners as «the bad guys.

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They have been talking about it for hours, rehearsing the possibilities, arguing about the details, sparring with one another about the theological nuances of an empty tomb.

Major food companies Birds Eye, Coca - Cola, Lidl, Spar and Pepsi have responded to the claims, denying accusations of creating inferior products for the Eastern European market.

Canada's Saputo is set to line up against old sparring partner Murray Goulburn and other milk processors, as an auction for Victorian milk processor United Dairy Power gets under way.

See also John Durie, «ACCC upgrades Qube bid review» (The Australian Business Review, 16 November 2015) and Jenny Wiggins, «Asciano, Qube, spar over due diligence for $ 9bn takeover proposal» (SMH, 16 November 2015).

No just a fan of the style an success an i find that a bit inspiring but cant say im in love funny question though phil any news of your aunties getting bollocks yet for good luck ahead of the cup final (no offense hope you remember lol) if we all ageed on everything the world wouldnt be and we wouldnt get to enjoy comment sparring but i think ozil messed this one up go gunners

I think you could get a better manager for less but who, with any professional pride would step into our set up and not demand a serious budget each year or a sparring partner (DOF) to see we get the right players or put up with an owner for whom winning is irrelevant?

He borrowed hockey - goalie - type headgear from Mancini for the remainder of his sparring.

Taekwondo sparring will be available, but only for advanced Taekwondo students Campers will also have after - program activities, such as: drawing, crafts, reading, hula hoop, jump rope, homework, watching Martial Arts videos.

Sparring with Lee Carr, who is in what is known as the fighter's natural position,» Ali appears both open for a punch and in poor shape to deliver one because his hands are held low.

But just for fun: ever spar a round where the other guy is controlling the action, throwing more, landing a bit, and every once in a while you get in a nice shot, and you're not getting hurt and neither is he?

Sparring is ok and all, but it «s still vastly different from actually fighting a guy in the octagon who wants to take yor head off for real.

With no qualifiers to play, hosts Russia have been desperately looking for sparring partners to prepare for the 2018 World Cup — even playing a friendly against club side Dynamo Moscow in September 2017.

The 24 - year - old has already set her sights on Tokyo 2020 and an Olympic medal but to get ready for the move up in weight class, revealed she has been sparring her male teammates on the England squad — including bronze medallist Luke McCormack — to prepare for bigger opponents.

And the verbal sparring that passes for normal discourse among many men can be hurtful to the father - son relationship when one party or the other takes a remark to heart.

C'm on guys — take a lesson from talk radio, whose hosts have sparred with guests for decades (talk about social media!).

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has been sparring with Cuomo for CSNE bragging rights, was seated front and center with his former top aide, Dean Fuleihan, who now works for Kaloyeros.

Government prosecutors and attorneys for a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo are sparring over access to evidence in the corruption trial of Joe Percoco.

Nixon is best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes, a lawyer in HBO's «Sex & the City,» but has also been involved in New York politics in recent years, calling for more funding of public education and stumping for Cuomo's frequent public sparring partner, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

She sparred with Trump on Twitter: He called her a «lightweight» who would «do anything» for campaign cash.

As Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continued to spar over who should pay for the MTA's $ 836 million short term subway relief plan, Cuomo told business leaders in midtown Manhattan he plans to launch «subway partnership program.»

In April 2o16, the mayor announced that Department of Social Services Commissioner Steve Banks, who has frequently sparred with Cuomo's office over homelessness issues, would be in charge of all city services for the homeless.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that his Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks — who has sparred repeatedly with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office over homeless issues — will handle all city services for the homeless from now on.

As for Romney, this sparring will serve him well for the general election should he become the Republican nominee.»