Sentences with phrase «time battles for»

If you live with your significant other, I am sure you can relate to night time battles for the covers.

Not exact matches

But first movers can command the higher margins associated with new, novel, and often scarce products (for a period of time) and this lets you build up cash reserves for the future price battles to come.

And FC Barcelona fights not only to win league titles — it has won Spain's La Liga two dozen times and many European championships — but also to maintain its unique culture within Spain's semiautonomous region of Catalonia, which has battled for its separate rights from Madrid for more than a century.

Over time, the pipeline took on symbolic value of epic proportions, elevated by environmentalist and energy advocates alike into a proxy battle for climate change.

Even for four - time U.S. Olympic star Lindsey Vonn, making a living from downhill skiing has been an uphill battle.

The final negotiating session, which was scheduled for 3.30 p.m. Paris time, began four hours late because a few delegates were battling over whether commitments would include the word «should» or «shall.»

The vote followed a long day of drama and discord on Capitol Hill that highlighted fraying Democratic unity and featured an uneasy alliance between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, enemies in past budget battles but on the same side this time in pushing for passage.

When you are gone for months at a time, the psychological battle becomes a big endeavor.

It is an exceptionally crowded market place, and you are battling for someone's time.

«For the first time in recent memory, VW is properly equipped to do battle in the most competitive segment of US auto market.

The discount retailer, locked in a fierce battle with Amazon.com (amzn) to shorten the time it takes to get customers» packages to their homes, last week acquired Parcel for an undisclosed amount «smaller than previous acquisitions» Walmart has made this year (which include Bonobos, Moosejaw, and Modcloth), the company said in a blog.

Jobs has been battling illness for some time so the news isn't that unexpected, but just like the company he built, the man himself seemed somewhat unstoppable, so it's shocking nonetheless.

The Spotify - NMPA deal counts as a win for a music industry that has constantly battled with streaming platforms, where as much as 25 % of activities on these services could be unlicensed, the Times reported.

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But when her 2014 cash crisis hit, Carson, who stands just 5 foot 3 inches, was literally ready for battle, thanks to a lesson she learned from her time competing in kung fu.

But German deputy foreign minister Michael Link hinted Paris could be fighting a losing battle this time, saying Berlin would continue to press for deeper overall cuts as part of a «modern budget» that prioritises economic growth and competitiveness.

We've battled for a long time at Wind, with the regulators and with the marketplace.

In the winner - take - all battle today for attention, where the truly big stories and viral time wasters crowd out everything else, your announcement is pretty far down the list.

Finally, non-executive chairman was our tightest race, with Jim Skinner, Jim Sinegal, and Sam Palmisano in a battle for first the entire time.

Aaron Black calls it «hand - to - hand combat»: the time - consuming, painful battle to convert a Tower of Babel of information into life - saving guidance for doctors and researchers.

Gawker has engaged bankers «for quite some time» as a contingency plan for the legal battle, and had reportedly been exploring a sale.

So in other words, if clear hierarchies keep teams from wasting time negotiating roles and battling for turf than they can actually help them get more done more quickly.

Finding a time that works for everyone can be a losing battle of long email strings and accidental double - bookings.

Though 2017 was the year of big - time contests like Trian versus P&G, get ready for more contentious and expensive battles for control of Corporate America, argues Columbia Business School's Wei Jiang.

«People are going, «It's time for me not to fight this battle,»» he said.

There were moments I lacked electricity for weeks, low - strength internet data and other difficulties I had to battle with during those times, coupled with some business mistakes and losing a lot of money too along the way.

The previous month Layton had announced that he was battling cancer for a second time, his ravaged face and desiccated voice shocking the country.

As the last witness for the defense in the Justice Department's legal battle against AT&T's $ 85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner, Mr. Stephenson portrayed the 140 - year - old phone giant as being in an existential crisis and in need of the deal with Time Warner to compete against tech companies.

Congress gave final approval to a giant $ 1.3 trillion spending bill that ends the budget battles for now, but only after late scuffles and conservatives objected to big outlays on Democratic priorities at a time when Republicans control the House, Senate and White House.

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The dissenters, which also included Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., argued that it was time to move on after a bruising six - year lobbying battle that the Obama administration won by portraying brokers as riven with conflicts that drive up costs for retirement savers.

Over in the news business, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson declared that, for his company and its competitors, «the battle will be won on the smartphone.»

In addition to reinventing himself multiple times, from the long - forgotten battles with the FCC in the 90s to giving Charlie Rose a run for his money over the past decade as «greatest interviewer alive,» Howard's savviest role is behind the scenes as a platform rainmaker.

ROZZANO, Italy (Reuters)- Telecom Italia's (TIM) top two investors will face off for the first time on Friday as they put their battle over board seats at the Italian phone group to a shareholder vote.

«Increase SERP Rankings with Links» becomes «Increase Engagement Of Your Industry's Expert Publishers» The battle for increased SERPs rankings won't go away any time soon.

Earlier figures covering January marked an important milestone in the region's battle against deflation, showing all of the monetary bloc's individual member states had recorded price rises for the first time since February 2013.

The soft trading update comes at a sensitive time for Godfreys, which is in a complex situation, because John Johnston's financing arm, 1918 Finance Pty Ltd, is the major lender to the battling vacuum cleaner retailer.

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It was time for the FED Chairman to make his legislated appearance to Congress and Mr. Bernanke rightly refrained from being dragged into the battle over the budget.

The battle has been waging, as Tech Times reported, for a number of weeks, with rumors abounding over where the factory will be located.

(Can't expect decent people to fight next to coloreds, can't trust colored men in a battle, don't use the army for liberal politics, the soldiers are against it, the civilians don't know what they're doing, there's a war on and this isn't the right time, etc.) It was wrong then and it is wrong now.

The term «humanist» was a bad word at that time among evangelicals, and the antagonism would soon intensify with the appearance, in 1980, of Tim LaHaye's bestseller, The Battle for the Mind, which called for an all - out evangelical campaign against «secular humanism.»

The nine - time Grammy - winner, best known for hit tracks Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman, died on Tuesday morning in Nashville, following a six - year battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Jackson has heard bullets fly through her front door; lost sleep due to the noisy drug - dealing going on nearby; shared her small apartment for months at a time with children taken from crack - addicted mothers; calmed hysterical young women beaten by their drunk boyfriends; wept at the funerals of young boys; and battled obstinate government bureaucracies to get a swingset for the rusty and littered «playground» at the center of the Smith Homes.

Perhaps I am allowing my mind get away from me and that I have watched the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, or Dune, or other sci - fi movies too many times but I wonder if there is real battle going on for «Middle Earth».

A new reading scheme has been launched for boys (Times, January 7th 2009) with books emphasising action, adventure, and a team of young people battling against danger.

Because Christmas is a time of compulsory happiness, its a tough season for those battling depression, says Hannah Cooper More

«I studied philosophy and law and then practiced law in big international firms in Amsterdam and Brussels for seven years before dramatic circumstances in my life brought me and my wife to consider an invitation from Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and Grand Chancellor of the ITI, to come to Austria to help him with building up and professionalising the ITI, which at that time had existed for only 7 years and which was dealing with serious financial problems and battling for its survival.

A legal battle for our times.

The Sayyids ruled for a time after the Tughluqs, only to be supplanted by the Lodhis, an Afghan tribe which exercised authority until they were ousted by the Mughal invader, Babar, who defeated the last of the Lodhis at the famous battle of Panipat in 933 (A.D. 1526).