Sentences with phrase «squabbling while»

«They're kind of like overgrown adolescents who squabble while the whole city suffers,» she said.

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While Amazon squabbles with U.S. aviation bureaucrats, the Swiss postal service is already delivering packages to Alpine villages by UAV.

And so while we can squabble about just what Justin Trudeau should or should not do, our effort is much better spent thinking about the question one level up, as some commentators have already begun doing: Should sitting Members of Parliament like Trudeau accept paid speaking engagements?

Then the disciples squabble over seating arrangements in the kingdom while the Lord sits on death row.

Wenger is doing his usual squabbling over trying to save a few pence over transfers, and letting them slip, while wasting millions through not playing players (Joel Campbell, Lucas Perez), selling players for less than they're worth (Woj, Gibbs — who we rejected 10m for and have now sold for 7m), and not renewing contracts, saying players will honour their last year with no problems, which is clearly not the case, and it is not only stoked up by the players, but agents and press as well.

While these various factions squabble in the aftermath of the Sandusky scandal, it is the victims who are seeking real justice.

this man took away the joy of watching our team play... here we are squabbling for the leftovers while he gets away with murder a 2 year contract and pocketing 16/20 Mill to give us more of the same........

While there are plenty of cute moments, there is also plenty of fighting and squabbling as twins compete for space, playthings, and parental attention.

From the author of Calm Parents, Happy Kids, a practical, highly effective guide to handling squabbles and fights while maintaining the emotional connection that every child needs.

While there are all kinds of side squabbles about timetables and carve outs, the bottom line is this: There are enough votes to pass just about every conceivable compromise in the State Senate, if you include all Democrats and a handful of Republicans.

While there is certainly comedy and entertainment value in some of the petty squabbles, there have also been moments when it has potentially deprived the residents of New York City and New York state needed resources.

He deployed supporters, funds, and other resources throughout the state, combing the grassroots while the APC and the PDP were still squabbling over their primaries.

While acknowledging past squabbles behind closed doors, Mondello and D'Amato told attendees at the fundraiser last month that the party always should present a united front in public.

We will deliver Brexit and more control on immigration - while UKIP continue to squabble on the sidelines.»

At best — and assuming it holds up — the deal settles only the latest turf squabble between feuding politicians: With a $ 10 billion hole to fill in the MTA's $ 26 billion five - year capital plan, Governor Andrew Cuomo committed that the state will contribute $ 8.3 billion while Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to chip in $ 2.5 billion from city coffers.

But where the first film's sex scenes, however tame in the grand scheme of things, were integral to setting the terms and tone of the relationship under scrutiny, by this point they're mostly just (very) attractive digressions, while the once - tremulously mentioned Red Room of Pain has become merely another indulgent facility at Casa Grey, not to mention a handy spare bedroom in the event of a soon - resolved marital squabble.

Based on the best - selling book by the acclaimed children's writer Chris Van Allsburg («The Polar Express,» «Jumanji»), Zathura is a heart - racing sci - fi adventure about two squabbling brothers who are propelled into deepest, darkest space while playing a mysterious game they discovered in the basement of their old house.

The first film Gerwig has solitarily written and directed (this is not, as many have claimed, her inaugural turn behind the camera; she shares a directorial credit with Joe Swanberg on 2008's Nights And Weekends), Lady Bird arranges an even better entrance for its own irresistible heroine: Squabbling with her combative, witheringly disapproving mother (Laurie Metcalf, granted her best role in ages) while driving around to look at colleges, Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) decides she's had just about enough conversation, opens her passenger - side car door, and rolls out.

«I steal from everyone: Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker,» Ben Stiller's frustrated documentarian admits in While We're Young, Baumbach's feature - length riff on how generations of filmmakers squabble amongst themselves.

While the whole internet is squabbling over who will be the next Ant - Man director (now that Edgar Wright has parted ways with Marvel) another piece of news has dropped: Alleged Ant - Man director hopeful Ruben Fleischer may direct an even bigger franchise, Ghostbusters 3.

Indeed, I would have been happy if Abrams had taken away their high - tech toys altogether for a while, a la Iron Man 3, and left them to their playful squabbling.

While not ultimately as fulfilling as the first two installments of FX's loosely connected anthology, the third season stars Ewan McGregor as not one but two different characters (petty, squabbling brothers).

It's humanity under a microscope, with pitch - perfect star Jennifer Lawrence as the earthy figurehead whose only seeming care is to maintain the environment that surrounds her beloved companion (a terrifyingly divine Javier Bardem) while it is under direct assault from a variety of pesky intruders, including a squabbling married couple (Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer), the latter of whom would love to get a bite of their host's inspirational apple.

Note: The film's poster, depicting the center portion of the «bat» symbol while pushing the edges outside the frame, caused a minor squabble when it was realized that many people did not understand it.

And while we wonks will continue to squabble over the minutiae of how these ratings are determined, in every state they are dominated by student achievement.

There was less than a tenth separating the pacesetting # 97 Aston Martin V8 Vantage and the factory # 64 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R of Gavin, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor at the end of the day, while the Porsches and Ferraris were left to squabble over the remaining positions on the timesheets.

While Audi and Mercedes - Benz have been squabbling over the optimum pure - electric range for a plug - in hybrid, BMW has chosen a middle ground, giving the 740e 40 km of emission - free running.

While her boyfriend happily travels through Europe, Robin reluctantly drives across the U.S. with her squabbling cousins and discovers her inner strength.

Premier Kathleen Wynne is demanding that Flaherty compensate Ontario for slashing $ 641 million from its equalization payments, while Quebec's Parti Quebecois government warned against any «ugly surprises» in this year's budget that could provoke new squabbles.

While the government squabbles over the future of healthcare, healthcare company executives can just sit back and smile.

While I'm free from the squabbles of «mine is better than yours», that freedom also allows me to easily see things that are unfair, or flat - out bad for most consumers.

Minor squabbles punctuated the final hour of the sale — a George Condo went back up for an auction after a faulty phone connection, while a Christian Boltanski photo - sculpture would have sold for more if the bidder spoke a millisecond earlier, just before the hammer went down.

And we have almost no idea whether we would be able to stop any acceleration of the rise should we delay another decade or two while we squabble.

Kind of like being at the wheel of the bus in the fog on the winding road while a small group of kids is squabbling louder and louder, fighting over how fast the bus is going.

What does worry me about this case (and particularly about Baroness Hale's remarks) is that in a power squabble between Parl & Govt, the courts are stealing some of the constitutional power from both of them while they are looking the other way — but that has nothing to do with dis / respecting referendum results.

While judges do not generally like to referee petty squabbles, if the matter is important enough, it's time to ask for help (and it may also be time to send an eminently reasonable follow up email so that you have confirmation of your position).

The move came after months of squabbling between the two companies, during which AMC detailed its concerns with the service's long - term implications, while MoviePass rocketed to 1.5 million subscribers.

So, while there may be drama, squabbles, spiffs and even outright fights, remember that you are watching history being made and you're actually a part of it.

I may not need to use my emotional regulation while comfortably sipping chamomile tea on my veranda but I certainly would need it when the little ones are squabbling over the last macaron.

Archenemies Elliman and Corcoran also shared a deeper concern than capital expenses: What if, while New York companies squabbled and kept secrets and handled their own listings, somebody else swooped into the city and took over?

So, while Congress delivers billions in tax benefits to the wealthiest segment in corporate, estate, and other thinly, if at all, veiled bargain tax bonuses, the lower classes are left to squabble over the scraps.