Sentences with phrase «war over»

Was this merely a war over words?

I figured I'd better make copies available to everyone who wanted them, lest I start a civil war over there.

It describes key events of the 1970s (the U.S. regulatory war over airbags, occupant protection outside the United states, the advent of automatic seat belts); discusses what happened in the 1980s (the need for both seat belts and airbags, the continuation of the air bag war, U.S. seat belt use laws, how the marketplace took over) and presents concerns during the 1990s (airbag - induced deaths, and the convergence of the safety world).

The war over the self - driving car chip got a little personal last week at the Los Angeles auto show, where Intel CEO Brian Krzanich started naming names and calling out the competition.

They were automakers» big battleships in the war over who could be the most excessive.

Britain and Germany were locked in a cold war over who could build the biggest ship with the biggest guns.

If you're looking to add to your collection while at Pebble Beach, and it's rarity and concours - judge appeal you're after, consider participating in a bidding war over one of these exceptional vintage Ferraris:

Overview: Special issue: Waging war over public education and youth services.

The Legislature has been in a tug of war over how the administration adjusts the aid formula under the School Funding Reform Act, as permitted under the law.

As these two groups make war over everything from the growth of charters to the role of test scores in teacher evaluations, critical issues for children go unattended.

Shirley Weber is a frontline soldier in California's war over public education — and often surrounded by those on the other side.

Michael Gove and David Laws today published a joint Op - Ed in the Times, stating: «We are not at war over free school lunches.»

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

teachers» strike in Chicago is being viewed by many as an early skirmish in a coming war over the crisis in public education — stagnant or declining graduation rates, substandard educations, dilapidated schools, angry teachers, underserved students.

In the last few months the UK's two main political parties have entered into an apparent bidding war over which of them can elevate the teaching of character highest on their educational agendas before...

Back and forth we go in America's exhausting tug - of - war over schools — local versus federal control, union versus management, us versus them.

This tug - of - war over opposing political agendas is leaving behind teachers, students, and their families as collateral damage.

Long - awaited legislation that would rewrite the state's charter school law, including a new proposal for easing the tug - of - war over local say in the application process, was introduced yesterday by state Assemblyman Troy Singleton.

Kelsey's retreat calls into question the future of the voucher legislation in Tennessee, home to a perennial tug - of - war over whether to allow parents to use public money to pay for private school tuition.

With Reform Fervor in the Air, Local School Board Elections See Record Outside Spending This year, huge amounts of money and passion are flowing down the ballot into the school board elections — part of an all - out war over public school reform.

Bottom line: The war over charter schools is being waged on many fronts, so beware teachers unions bearing «gifts,» especially in an election year.

Read the full story, «Inside Mississippi's Confusing, Controversial and Deceptive Ballot War Over School Funding.»

Movie producers won't get into a bidding war over the Grant Elementary story — after all, there was no magical silver bullet that changed the school's fortunes.

Some believe this is provision reflects shots fired in a culture war over the role and privilege of colleges.

We're at war over how to pay for our schools and even what a «public» school should be.

Philadelphia and its teachers are at war over health - insurance costs.

So certainly, we can respond to the frum tax with a district - by - district war over school spending and curricular values — and perhaps we should.

A half century later, the cold war over, the AP program is still with us, still growing (see Figure 1).

What about the tug of war over priorities, competing moralities?»

But the contests on May 1 and 2 are taking place at a time of renewed interest in the role that the councils play in the city's long - standing tug of war over control of its schools.

Although the kids were liberal with their hugs, many resented the fact that, in their view, their teacher had chosen the war over them.

Despite federal officials» emphasis on state and local reforms, the program at the heart of the Administration's education agenda has become a battleground in the war over the federal role in education.

Alexander Russo saw it as evidence that «the Democratic party has decided against an all - out civil war over school reform.»

The bitter tug - of - war over Denver's performance - pay plan has ended with the teachers» union and the school district reaching a compromise agreement that includes a 3 percent pay raise for all teachers and higher starting salaries.

Even though Powell Jobs stands squarely on the reform side of education's long - running civil war over how to make things work better for American students, the XQ effort seemed to represent a refreshing change of direction.

He brings this controversial theory to life against the backdrop of the dramatic war over the succession to the throne that pitted the 2nd Earl of Essex against Queen Elizabeth and the powerful Cecil family.

In this latest clip above, details about a war over the OASIS's future is revealed, as shown in sequences with fights occurring in both the virtual and physical worlds.

Leo's right - hand man, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), is also seeing Verna on the sly, and when he's found out is obliged to switch sides, going to work for the Italian mob amidst a dramatically escalating gang war over liquor distribution.

There are a half dozen excellent cringe - inducing scenes in Ruben Östlund's art world satire The Square, from the foul - mouthed interruption of an artist's talk to a round of tug - of - war over a used condom.

The film tells the story of young refugees from Sudan caught in the middle of a civil war over religion and resources in the late 1980s.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box office tracker comScore, said: «Marvel methodically created the perfect blueprint for the success of Avengers: Infinity War over the past year by delivering four great films in a row in the run up to this monumental weekend.

Doug and Richard like each other, but that doesn't stop them from engaging in a tug - of - war over who will get the promotion.

David Cross (as Jacqueline's new fiancée) and Josh Charles (as his brother) get plenty of material about their internecine war over the future of the offensively monikered football team, but their machinations are too complex to be very funny.

Was it worth starting a war over?

TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.

The movie's background is of five American tribe's war over a meteoric named «vibranium».

Gareth played and completed God of War over the weekend, saying «It has a few small issues but is otherwise pretty fantastic».

As obsessives know, the film begins with a legendary three - minute tracking shot, which launched the war over the multiple cuts of Evil.

Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron play two sisters who go to war over the throne in a new TV spot for The Huntsman: Winter's War.

Sony continued to disappoint with another Spider - man and, oh you know, almost sending us to war over The Interview.