Sentences with phrase «top in this power struggle»

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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.

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But Patrick's on - track struggles in recent years have caused her star power to diminish, impacting her ability to attract the necessary sponsorship to remain associated with top - tier teams.

He is defiant, and he says no, and in a power struggle, he often comes out on top.

The head of a NYC Council watchdog committee has accused City Hall's top lawyer of carrying out a political vendetta against the city's investigations commissioner on behalf of de Blasio, marking a sharp escalation in a three - sided power struggle among different arms of city government.

This exercise is very beneficial for those looking to add explosive power in the shoulders or those who are struggling to lock out at the top of the military press motion.

Honorable Mentions: As usual, some good films have to fall just outside the top 10 list including: Tommy Lee Jones «feature - length directorial debut, «The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»

McBride and Walton Goggins star as the school administrators, who are in an epic power struggle, vying for the top spot: to be school principal.

, Mario Van Peebles» re-creation of father Melvin's struggle to make the 1970s black - power flick Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song; Kinsey, a film biography of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, with Liam Neeson in the title role; and Primer, a twisting techno - thriller that won the top dramatic honor at last winter's Sundance Film Festival.

Tug of War The comments also reveal a power struggle over who in the states should control their Race to the Top applications and reform plans.

They would do well to pick up Raymond Arsenault's Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (a Dropout Nation Top Eight book in 2011) as well as read Aram Goudsouzian's Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear, to start expanding their thinking.

The power struggle that rages on at the top of a key consumer protection agency, underscores US President Donald Trump's efforts to rein in financial regulation.