Sentences with phrase «wage a battle over»

ALBANY - Political candidates waging battles over their personal tax returns isn't just for presidential races.

Rooker predicted that conservative lawmakers will wage a battle over school spending in the months ahead.

The teachers are more interested in focusing on pay and scheduling than waging a battle over expanding membership, Iskric said.

If we look at the recent activities of Google, Skyhook and Apple, it's clear that these companies are waging a battle over the rapidly expanding location - based services (LBS) market.

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This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.

Privacy advocates and some users criticized the move, which came to light on Thursday as Apple Inc. was waging an legal battle over unlocking an iPhone.

«The incremental competition (Comcast wireless) represents will spur additional efforts from major wireless players to compete in video and in - home broadband, setting up a battle in all three major markets that is likely to be waged over the next decade,» Hargreaves writes.

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

But now the accusers are being accused, with a battle being waged over principles of free speech, government overreach and collaboration with activist organizations.

So I laughed out loud when I read a line from a piece published in New York Times about a «quieter battle» being waged within churches over gay marriage and gay ordination.

While theological battles were being waged in Lutheranism, the general unrest over theology was evident in the reception of the two greatest mid-nineteenth century American preachers and theologians.

The battle for historical consciousness in theology has been waged for over 150 years.

Nevertheless, they put into practice the principles over which many reform battles were waged.

Weather you believe or not (I open my eyes every day) so it's not hard to All will stand before the lord on the day of reckoning which man will no doubtedly usher in and those who don't believe or against god will try to wage war on the almighty to no avail, only to be left in ruins... the great Satan (adversary) will be all who oppose god in battle, that serpent of old is still here today, we live in the middle of a brood of vipers and this website is part of the venom aimed at distorting the faithfuls belief as well as a an agonist for those who wish to continue to disbelieve... CNN is anti god To my brothers and sisters who truly live in Christ Peace be with you and never forget your path despite the darkness that is trying to consume you, bring enough oil for your lamps to live in this darkness and bring extra in case of a delay, he will not abandon you... we will not be forgotten Amen To those who don't, I know the myth of Santa and the easterbunny really choked up your insides to find that they were not real, but childhood is over and it was a cruel human joke designed to make it that much harder for you to believe in that which visits you and you can't see, no matter you have life so is it too much to ask for a little belief?

Most famously, Capt. George Streeter waged a decades - long battle in the late 1800s over rights to what later became known as Streeterville — now valuable property on Chicago's Near North Side built out of construction waste dumped on a sandbar in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire.

British surrogate Helen Beasley agreed to carry a pregnancy for an American couple, but later a legal battle would wage over who had the rights to the twins that resulted, CNS News reported.

The company has been waging a regulatory battle in New York at the both the state and city level over the last several years, which has spilled over into political campaigns as well and put the firms at odds with hotel chains and the influential labor group Hotel Trades Council.

Not in California, at least judging from the battle waged over the internet to pass Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned gay marriage in that state: The ProtectMarriage.com coalition used the Web to fuel fundraising, volunteerism, and voter...

The DSCC has been fundraising very aggressively in preparation for the epic battle it will be waging this fall against the outgunned (in cash terms, anyway) SRCC for control of the chamber — a crucial fight, since whoever has power over the next round of redistricting will have he upper hand for at least the next decade.

Sean Ryan and Paul Snyder [email protected] [email protected] The Wisconsin Legislature now is involved in an ongoing battle over whether the state's prevailing wage rules should apply to municipal turnkey projects.

The New York Road Runners club and its insurers have been waging a pitched battle the past four weeks over how much money race organizers will be able to reclaim in the wake of last month's canceled New York City Marathon.

And it's hit a new low over the battle on 421a, with Cuomo taking a pro-union stance and de Blasio arguing that the need for housing trumped the issue of a prevailing wage for workers.

In preparation for a long - awaited Nov. 22 City Council hearing on Living Wage legislation, which has its roots in the battle over the fate of the Kingsbridge Armory, supporters, including several Council members, are stepping up their p.r. campaign.

That makes things complicated for the Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a big fight over control of the chamber next year — a battle that will be waged with all legislators representing newly - drawn districts.

When Trump needs a lawyer to wage his thorniest battles, from defamation claims to fights over deals - gone - south, he has often leaned on New York litigator Marc Kasowitz, who said he expects to continue representing the president - elect when he takes the White House.

Instead, Cuomo framed the debate over the tax abatement, which is expected to pick up when state lawmakers return to Albany next month after an extended break, as a union battle for them to fight over the prevailing wage.

An East Rochester attorney waging a years - long battle over New York's hydraulic fracturing ban is taking a new approach, filing a lawsuit last week attempting to force the state to compensate him for the oil - and - gas rights on his land.

The appointment of Betty Rosa as the new Regents chancellor in New York signals a big victory for the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, in the battle over the direction of education in New York — a battle waged with millions of dollars in campaign spending and brute political tactics from both sides over much of the past decade.

As loyal followers of state government know, an important battle was waged last month over whether sweet corn or the onion should be the official vegetable (sweet corn won).

Boakai has waged a bitter legal battle over problems with queue control and voter identification in the October 10 first round, and said he would accept the result provided the National Elections Commission (NEC) met «all of the standards».

A battle over the one - percent extension was waged between assemblyman Cahill and Hein in 2013, with Cahill insisting that as a condition of his support for state passage, the county assume the cost of safety - net expenses and election over a three - year phase - in.

A battle over the 1 percent surtax was waged between Cahill and Hein in 2013, with Cahill insisting that as a condition of his support for state passage, the county assume the cost of Safety Net welfare expenses and elections over a three - year phase - in.

In a New York Post op - ed over the weekend, Benjamin argues that the fight for marriage equality for gay residents of the Empire State should not be compared to the civil rights battles waged by African Americans: «The same - sex - marriage movement is not nobly about obtaining a long - denied civil right.

An intense internal battle is being waged over how to respond to terrorism without compromising fundamental principles of justice and civil liberties.

The ruling affirms a state court decision and probably ends a seven - year court battle over whether the three - year wage freeze violated the unions» constitutional rights.

Congressional Democrats and Republicans have waged repeated battles over funding for earth science research at NASA, with Democrats wanting more and Republicans less.

In waging a nasty public battle over CRISPR, the protagonists have given science a black eye for the reason Swanson suggested on that long - ago night in Marin County: money and glory.

Though this round of naming seems to have gone off without a hitch, other dramatic battles over element names have been waged in the past, from the hundred - year - long battle over the element now called niobium to the Transfermium Wars of the 1960s.

The Garden (Unrated) Oscar - nominated documentary about the ugly legal battle being waged over a 14 - acre plot in a South Central L.A. ghetto sold by the City to a real estate developer over the objections of the hundreds of local residents who had turned the blighted piece of property into a productive farmland.

His books include Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle Over School Choice.

The opening of school has intensified battles being waged in a handful of communities around the country over the rights of aids victims in the classroom.

But parents should know a third: He's waging a Democrat vs. Democrat battle over education issues that could spill into the 2016 Democratic presidential primary and into your community.

Beneath the mudslinging and big money that dominated this week's school board elections, a serious battle is being waged over competing visions of local education: one sees progress and the need for stability; another sees failure and prescribes radical change.

School and union leaders in the nation's largest school districts who are waging epic battles over teacher evaluation, compensation and the future of the teaching profession could learn a lesson from their colleagues in Newark, New Jersey.

Since the bill returns power to states, advocates plan on waging state - by - state battles over education policy that were previously fought in Washington.

The battle for the GT1 drivers championship is still being waged, with Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen holding a 23 - point lead over Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta with 55 points available in the final two races.

Last year HarperCollins and Amazon waged a quiet battle over new contract terms on the main Amazon.com website.

The battle is being waged largely over physical books.

As Penny looks on, Maymo licks, rolls over, and pounces on the fruit, waging the cutest battle ever against pineapple.

The game will be in beta form, however, but it will offer a solid chunk of content with over 100 maps to wage battle on and a good number of quests to undertake.