Sentences with phrase «to face off»

Tensions were high Wednesday at New York University's Stern School of Business, as a group of academics, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs faced off during a panel discussion on the future of higher education.

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On stage in Detroit, real estate mogul Donald Trump faced off against his three remaining Republican challengers in the presidential race: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida; Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas; and John Kasich, the governor of Ohio.

THE founders of Kinetic IT had little time to learn the ropes when they entered the information technology market almost 15 years ago, immediately facing off against industry heavyweights CSC, IBM and

Roughly nine months after Fox News» Megyn Kelly first clashed with Donald Trump, the network anchor faced off once again with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Tuesday evening on a prime - time special on FOX.

The two social networks will have dueling online streams of the broadcast, marking the first time the tech companies face off over live coverage of a major news event.

A beaten - down technology stock faces off against shares of the world's largest company in tonight's Fast Money Madness challenge.

But in Florida, the third most expensive race that cycle after Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Rubio, who faced off against Patrick Murphy, had spent over $ 21 million, and Murphy had spent over $ 19 million.

Gillespie faces off with the Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ralph Northam, Virginia's lieutenant governor, in the Tuesday election, which is billed as the premier race of 2017.

Qualcomm and Apple are facing off in federal court over Qualcomm's licensing for modem chips, which provide mobile data connectivity to devices like the iPhone.

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

The winners will then face off in the $ 250,000 championship in June at the NBA Finals.

The premise is simple: Founders Peter Shukoff (NicePeter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLloyd) pick two figures from history or pop culture and imagine what it would be like if they faced off in a rap battle.

The ITC's decision came as the two companies faced off in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington.

Danny Hewitt, 31, Liberty's co-founder and «vice president of guerilla marketing,» auditioned several companies to join his street corner campaign, going so far as to have an AArrow spinner face off with one of his human statues outside a Liberty Tax office.

For generations, Ronald McDonald faced off against a freckled girl with pigtails and a manic - looking king.

The biggest event in college hoops is here: March Madness reaches its apotheosis this weekend when the Final Four face off in Phoenix.

When the two quarterbacks face off on Sunday, they may have a laugh at the respective paths that got them to the brink of a Super Bowl.

Macy's and other department stores, such as JCPenney, are facing off against Amazon — and coming up short, with hundreds of closures in recent years.

With 20 feet of grassland between them, the banker and the three - ton pachyderm faced off.

This Sunday on NBC, the Philadelphia Eagles will face off against the New England Patriots.

The bowl operates similarly to other fantasy football platforms: Users will select a team of nine players — who score points based on their real - life, in - game performances — and face off against teams assembled by other contestants across the country.

The New England Patriots are facing off the Philadelphia Eagles at the 2018 Super Bowl on Sunday, marking the Boston team's eighth trip to the NFL championship since quarterback Tom Brady joined the team.

Earlier, about 100 conservative South Korean lawmakers and activists staged a sit - in near the border with North Korea, facing off against about 2,500 South Korean police to protest against the arrival of a northern delegation led by an official accused of being behind a deadly 2010 attack on a South Korean warship.

«I had nightmares where they would somehow get ahold of me and grab my hair and slam my face off a steel door.»

Loyola - Chicago, an 11 seed, and the University of Michigan, a three seed, will face off in a Cinderella match - up for the ages.

Here are five methods for facing off against your rivals and coming out on top.

Facing off against Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom in the first inning on Monday night, Harper broke his bat on a pitch that he somehow was still able to hit out of the park.

The two sides were set to face off in court on Tuesday, but late on Monday a federal judge in Riverside, California, agreed to the government's request to postpone the hearing after U.S. prosecutors said that a «third party» had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone.

Once again, 15 finalists will face off.

As a result, Mackey now finds himself facing off against his own customers for the second time in less than a year.

The study was designed so that each participant won two out of the four contests, but half the group faced off against the same opponent each time and won or lost by a narrow margin; these slight victories and losses to the same opponent encouraged feelings of rivalry among participants, who subsequently reported higher scores on the Machiavellianism scale.

Edison is the behind exit polling for all U.S. presidential elections including the most recent Donald Trump - Hillary Clinton face off.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced off with a room full of senators on Tuesday in what many believed would be a tough grilling about privacy in the wake of news that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had obtained data about 87 million Facebook users.

His consistency, accuracy, and ability are unmatched, and unless he's facing off against Scherzer or Chris Sale, chances are you don't have to watch the game to know the result.

Scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 26th, it has brought one of the best in boxing out of retirement, to face off against one of the best active fighters in the UFC.

Plus, in addition to these serious personal - development and business - boosting reasons for facing off against the likes of Everest, there's also one more important reason entrepreneurs often take up mountaineering, according to Ballinger.

At the same time, Canadian Tire has also had to face off with U.S. competitors such as Walmart and Lowe's, which recently merged with home renovation retailer Rona.

In its evaluation of the data, CrowdPAC seems clear that it believes Silicon Valley wants the White House to remain Democratic — especially if Clinton is facing off with Trump, its least - attractive candidate.

Despite facing off against those bigger competitors, Roku has been steadily winning the battle for your living room.

The next presidential primary debate will take place on Oct. 28, when CNBC hosts the Republican candidates, while the Democrats won't face off again until Nov. 14, on CBS.

On February 7, the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers will face off at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

While Airbnb doesn't have to contend with thorny censorship issues, it does have to face off against domestic rivals, an established group that includes powerhouses Tujia and Xiaozhu.com.

Comedian Chelsea Handler and conservative commentator Tomi Lahren faced off over the Affordable Care Act Saturday, just two days after Senate Republicans failed to repeal the heath care law, also known as Obamacare.

Expect Sanders to employ similar words against GOP candidate Donald Trump if the two end up facing off in general election.

But Workplace also faces off against established email and collaboration software giants like Microsoft (msft) and Google (goog).

Baker even seems to have two different haircuts that face off on opposite sides of her head, unified only partially by a dose of red dye.

On Sunday, two Adidas - wearing squads faced off in the World Cup final while their Nike - wearing brethren had been relegated to the third place game.

Toronto police officers take up positions as they face off with protesters during a protest at the corner of Queen Street and Spadina Avenue on June 27, 2010 in Toronto, Canada (Photo: Jemal Countess / Getty)

Most fail to recognize the advantages an underdog brand has when it faces off against a competitor who has strength, size, and wealth.