Sentences with phrase «spend years battling»

This is where the spouses spend years battling it out, finding ways to undermine one another.

No longer would funding be limited to the most sophisticated and aggressive parents, who are more likely to spend years battling with an intransigent public school bureaucracy.

You can accept it and embrace it or you can spend years battling it, but it's just fact.

The always - topical documentary category is likely to keep its crown as the newsiest bracket at the Oscars by nominating not one, but two features about Syria — festival favorite City of Ghosts, acquired by Amazon in a $ 2 million deal, and Last Men in Aleppo, winner of a Sundance Grand Jury Prize — as well as Icarus, an investigation into Russia's shady doping program (which should get a boost from the news that Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics), and Jane, a lyrical look at pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall, who spent years battling a scientific community that refused to take her seriously.

Chronic ear infections (chronic otitis) are also common, and many a pet owner has spent years battling them for the sake of his or her friend.

Lex Luthor has traveled back through time with news of a dire future: While the heroes and villains spent years battling amongst themselves, Brainiac has been feeding on their powers, building strength to return to Earth and destroy humanity.

The atmosphere was extremely cordial and comfortable; bringing together many professionals whose firms have spent years battling over clientele, matters, and even some who have been on opposite sides during trial.

«Our clients have literally heard horror stories from their friends, colleagues and families who have gone before them who have spent years battling through their divorce process,» explains Baron.

Not exact matches

This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.

Dotcom spent most of the year battling extradition efforts to the United States, where he could serve 20 years in prison for running his Megaupload service, but so far, he's managed to beat — or least stave off — the rap.

They also have recent real - world examples to make their case: Tax cuts in Kansas made by Gov. Sam Brownback failed to deliver the expected boost, forcing the state into years of grueling budget battles and harsh spending cuts to make up the gap.

Breadsticks have become a battle cry for Starboard, which said it has identified myriad examples of wasteful spending that add up to as much as $ 75 million a year.

If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater certainty for investors and workers on where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.

Veteran R.J. Lugo Jr. spent 22 years in the Army, saw four combat tours, and lost dozens of his fellow soldiers in battle or to suicide after they came home.

In recent years, Uber has hired top political operators and ramped up its lobbying spending as it faces regulatory battles around the country.

On hold, if not vanished, are the revived battles of the Civil War of 150 years ago and President Donald Trump's foolhardy insistence that he will shut down the government if Congress does not authorize spending for a wall along the southern border.

This frequently proves to be too much, and many give up, while others spend years wracked with guilt while they privately battle lust and sexual impulses.

I struggled with identity issues in my teenage years and I spent many a season battling who I was.

After spending the first 20 - something years of his life in a constant battle with his weight, and then nearly losing both his legs while on deployment as a US Marine, George has learned the tools to win at life through his own experiences and battles with Anxiety and PTSD.

an inversion of at least 100 millions in 3 WC players so you would not have to spend money in 2 or 3 windows plus the revenue obtain in merchandising not to mention battling for trophies would have made us the team Europe think we are but have not been... lack of ambition has left us in a shambolic position here and in europe so I do welcome a transition to manager and players (happy to wait for few years) but at least change is made.

Like Abou Diaby has spent so many years battling injury at the Emirates, only a club like Arsenal (despite losing some high profile games because players like Diaby were not available) could still stick with such players and do more than necessary to see if they could shake off the ill - luck and achieve their potentials.

For the first time in a long time the boy who had spent 10 years eliminating uncertainty, answering questions and battling feelings of abandonment didn't know how things were going to turn out.

Louis van Gaal's side spent big last summer and could be set to do so again this year, with the Dutchman keen to turn his side into title challengers again after an up - and - down campaign battling it out for a top four spot.

He spent the last year battling back from an Achilles injury as he prepared for this year's training camp.

However, a pair of liberally - spending rivals could upend their bid for the 18 - year - old star in an expensive transfer battle.

Luch - Energiya Vladivostok spent 2006 - 2008 in the Premier League, and battled throughout their three - year stint; the players with fatigue, club officials with running costs and everyone with the travel and weather.

-- Year and a half days I spent in Southampton and that's one of the most beautiful period of my life because at the St. Mary's I laid the foundations of my future coaching career, but now I'm on the other side in the great battle for a European place — said Mauricio Pochettino

At the midpoint of the season just 7 points separate 10th from the relegation zone and the title race looks set to be one of the tightest battles in years after a week in which top spot changed hands three times, so many teams could be looking to spend big to achieve their goals.

Mourinho trying to convince his board to spend $ 80m on a 29 year old, as Bale will be in July, with a concerning injury history could be a Manchester United battle lined up for the summer already.

But based on conversations I'd had with a source on the Hill, I noted in my last post on «pizza = vegetable» that the battle was lost but the war was not necessarily over: the agricultural spending bill which gutted the pizza rule will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, i.e, September, 2012, creating an opportunity to revisit the issue.

After spending his first year of life in hospital battling cancer, son # 2 finally came home.

Plus, you can almost guarantee that the newly - minted, take charge House Republicans will be looking for ways to cut spending if the battle drags on into the new year.

It can feel like an uphill battle trying to combat the vast power of the food industry, which spends $ 10 billion per year marketing to children.

The former Spurs captain retired from playing a year ago after spending much of his playing time battling a chronic knee problem.

The business lobby is serious about crushing «the little party that could» (a Newsday headline of a few years ago), spending millions of dollars on television and mail against WFP candidates, and even trying to hire well - known progressive public relations firms to wage a PR battle against them.

After spending more than $ 1.5 million to preserve its market share in New York City, the foam container industry is losing the latest battle in a four - year war over banning the ubiquitous take - out and beverage containers.

HARTFORD — Connecticut's largest business advocacy group, galvanized by the last year's battle over higher taxes, is spending money for the first time in election - year legislative races to try to force state government to change course.

Bill Hammond on this year's education reform battle: «What lawmakers should be focused on is not merely shoveling more cash toward schools, but better spending the billions already in the system.»

Joe Bruno, who resigned in 2008 and spent close to 10 years in an ultimately successful battle against federal corruption charges, was the last upstate majority leader.

A statement on his website revealed that the 62 - year - old, who spent the last decade of his life protesting in Parliament Square, lost his battle with lung cancer early on Saturday morning.

Attorney Peter Henner is taking on the Cuomo administration's plans to spend $ 500 million over the next three years to upgrade Internet broadband capacity in under - served areas across New York — not battling the idea itself, but rather seeking to carve out a role as a watchdog in the complicated, years - long process.

In other words: the prime minister is going to spend the whole of the next two years battling about money and the EU citizen residency issue.

The Trump administration escalated a battle with government ethics groups by declining, even in the face of a federal court order, to release a comprehensive list of individuals visiting with the president at Mar - a-Lago during the two dozen days he spent there this year.

CSNY spent close to $ 10 million to support Cuomo in the budget battle (such as it was) earlier this year, and has pledged to raise and spend about the same in 2012.

New campaign filings also show that in the Republican primary for Smithtown Supervisor, Patrick Vecchio, 87, who is battling for his political life after 40 years in office, has spent $ 56,504 in his race against GOP designee Edward Wehrheim, a town board member, who has spent $ 41,884.

New York (CNN)- New York state legislator Adam Clayton Powell on Monday announced his candidacy in this year's Democratic primary against 20 - term U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, who has spent the past year battling an ethics investigation.

They are the «three men in a room» who battle each other every year over the spending plan - and always manage to deliver it weeks or months after its April 1 due date.

ALBANY — In the early rounds of this year's budget battle, outside groups supporting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fiscal agenda have outspent those questioning his proposal to bridge a $ 10 billion deficit with spending cuts and no new taxes.

«Labour are not a credible party of government nationally, and locally Bermondsey and Southwark voters need an MP again who will concentrate on fighting for the people of our borough all the year round rather than spending huge amounts of time on fighting internal battles in the Labour party,» he said.

In the face of angry advocates battling Cuomo's 7.3 - percent cut in school aid, some lawmakers might rather blame the popular Democrat alone for the historic cuts and set their sights on spending next year, an election year.