Sentences with phrase «struggled against them in»

The sin that is most difficult to forgive in others is always the one we struggle against in our own lives.

Apart from the envisagement of the forms, creativity is «chaos, burning fire,» the divine - demonic power that the prophets of Israel struggled against in declaring Yahweh to be a God of justice.

Le Prof's prayers were answered when we were given yet another home game against Lower League opposition in Hull City, the team we struggled against in the Final a couple of years ago.

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Hungary was one of the first European countries to turn against foreign ownership of utilities back in 2013 but there are growing signs that borders are springing up again in an industry that has struggled to make international deals pay off.

«Merkel is struggling to keep the various factions, not only in her government, but also in Europe in line, warning against careless talk in such a feral environment warning of the serious consequences that an «uncontrolled insolvency» would bring,» said Michael Hewson, markets analyst at CMC Markets.

While the company amassed an army of fanboy followers over much of its history as the underdog in the epic struggle against the «evil empire» (Microsoft), it's perhaps understandable that haters are now popping out of the woodwork.

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

Its investment unit has struggled over the last couple of years against increased market competition, in both trading and deal advising.

When he joined the company in 2004 it was still struggling against competitor XM, but with his help it dominated the rush for subscribers and wound up absorbing XM in 2008.

While the sale was a struggle — Skype's founders launched a legal battle against eBay that put the deal in peril — the real work for the new owners is just beginning.

While the world has made incalculable gains in the struggle against mosquito - borne diseases, new challenges — like resistance to artemisinin treatments for malaria — are now threatening to turn back the clock.

As eBay's marketplace struggled to compete against e-commerce giant Amazon, PayPal's digital wallet grew at a faster clip, and even eclipsed eBay in revenue in 2015.

For example, I was recently working with an executive recruiter who did 90 % of his business in a single industry, where despite some success he was struggling to get a foothold against larger competitors.

Friday marks World AIDS Day, an occasion for recognizing the myriad struggles, successes, and work left undone — societal, political, and medical alike — in the battle against HIV infection and the immune system - compromising disease it causes, AIDS.

Algeria said on Sunday it expected heavy hostage casualties after its troops ended a desert siege, but Western governments warned against criticizing tactics used by their vital ally in the struggle with Islamists across the Sahara.

The Harvard law professor, who is locked in a tight race against Republican Scott Brown, has lost ground in recent weeks as she struggles to shake off stories about whether she used her unconfirmed Native American heritage to bolster her academic career.

Since claims of sexual harassment in the workplace ignited the #MeToo movement last year, companies have been struggling to handle accusations against star employees.

Comparable sales in Barnes & Noble's retail business, which exclude its struggling Nook digital business, rose 1.3 % in its third fiscal quarter, the company reported on Thursday, as physical books continued to hold their own against e-books at the company and industrywide.

Deutsche Bank's investment unit, in particular, has struggled over the last couple of years against increased market competition, in both trading and deal advising.

2018 will be a defining year for Mexico, a country plagued by corruption, violence in its struggle against gangs and drug cartels, and slow economic growth.

VANCOUVER — Shareholders of Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq: LULU) have re-elected two directors that the company's founder and largest shareholder Chip Wilson voted against in an apparent boardroom backlash, the latest controversy to come to light at the struggling yoga wear retailer.

Even the most cynical will struggle to argue against Rythm's scientific overview in a recent white paper.

You can borrow money against your retirement account under some circumstances, but financial advisers say such borrowers often struggle to get back up to speed on their retirement savings — in other words, their past over-saving leads to future under - saving.

Actually, we have found that companies from emerging markets achieve superior revenue growth pretty much everywhere, leaving established multinationals struggling to both capture emerging - market growth and defend against new competitors in traditional markets.

After struggling to compete against larger chipmakers like Qualcomm in smartphones and tablets, Nvidia is now increasing its focus on using its Tegra mobile chips in cars and is already supplying companies including Audi, BMW and Tesla.

This anxiety, Zhang says, stems from the Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976), when friends and family members were pitted against one another and millions of Chinese were killed in political struggles.

Medix specializes in comprehensive health care solutions to aid in the struggle against obesity.

Working in bitcoin is an endless struggle against cynicism, negativity, regret.

Trump signed an executive order to investigate the trade policies around steel and aluminum in April 2017, a directive that sparked an internal struggle within the Trump administration, pitting free trade advocates, like chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, against trade hawks like White House adviser Peter Navarro.

For instance, the criminal case against former minister of economic development Aleksey Ulyukayev — initiated in 2016 by Igor Sechin, head of the state - owned oil company Rosneft — was evidently part of Sechin's struggle against Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev's government over power and resources.

T), in a decision that pit considerations of competition against regional lenders» struggle to survive.

Ms. Caro Diaz is part of the Organizing and Capacity Building Team at the Center for Popular Democracy and provides support to social movements in Puerto Rico struggling against the debt and austerity measures proposed by a Fiscal Control Board.

During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in leadership positions in the ANC, struggling against apartheid.

The chain has been struggling against falling comparable store sales in the U.S., which still accounts for 40 % of the company's operating income.

The part I struggle with is that ultimately the mortgage constitutes leverage whose value works for me if the market appreciates (woohoo the money I didn't pay the mortgage off with appreciates in the market), and against me if the market declines (aww shucks — the money I didn't pay the mortage off with is worth less now cause the market is down).

Through the following op - ed in Thursdayâ $ ™ s Toronto Star, the United Steelworkersâ $ ™ Canadian Director makes the case for a carbon tariff. It is now widely accepted that the struggle against global warming will involve placing a price on carbon emissions.

But how can a man learn, in the struggle against his vices, an amount that is enough, if the time which he gives to learning is only the amount left over from his vices?

High prices, plus the added pressure of the necessary emissions standards, mean Canadian manufacturers are struggling to remain competitive against companies in China where such standards don't exist.

«After eight years of struggling to outperform the S&P 500, Mike Willis has decided to use the benchmark against itself by equal - weighting all 500 stocks in the index.»

First, the cost of China's fragmented decision - making process, with ministries competing against one another and generating gridlock and large political factions engaged in constant struggle, has been mounting.

Against the backdrop of safe - haven demand for the yen, Japanese stocks and exchange - traded funds are struggling this year, but the scenario could improve in the fourth quarter.

This realization makes them partners in the common struggle against click fraud.

While Facebook is still struggling with the debacle, the development in a major lawsuit filed against it in 2015 has only increased the problems for the Mark Zuckerberg.

And before you rebuttal about how Jews had better technology because of their alliance with the U.S. remember how we struggled just to fight against Iraq in the middle east.

Kierkegaard shares with Kant the assumption that being moral inevitably involves a struggle to thwart the impulses of human nature, which by definition must tug the agent in the direction of aesthetic indulgence — and where does ethics derive the authority to make me go against my feelings?

Such accounts of the previous generation's struggle to defend and advance authentic religious faith against the scientism, atheism, materialism, hedonism, and despair of the surrounding culture can do much to prepare and strengthen us for our struggles against similar forces in our time.

I cartoon and comment on this issue often because it is a hot and current issue for me personally, having gays as friends and in our church who honestly struggle against overwhelming opposition, both latent and obvious, in society and the church.

Here is where people like myself generally part ways with most people in circles you may associate in: People like me struggle with sin, succeeding against it, at least in some measure for spaces in time, then failing again and ultimately casting ourselves upon God's grace, which is really good — reassuring, restorative, revitalizing.

Like these evangelicals, who point to genuine hardships suffered by Palestinians under occupation, those church activists cited often genuine injustices by the U.S. and its allies in their struggle against the Soviet Bloc.

Pier Giorgio Frassati) sold to the more pliant Giovanni Agnelli) the ability of America's papers to scream doubt in their headlines and offer critical analysis on their op - ed pages» and the government's tolerance of same» were a reassuring balm to Antonina; if there was a depression, and everyone was struggling, at least she could trust the government, because the constitutionally protected press existed as a «fourth estate»» a citizens» check and balance against governmental excess.