Sentences with phrase «wrest control back»

At first glance, observers could be forgiven for assuming the current contest at Cypress follows something of an established path: Dissatisfied with the company's cultural shift in his absence, a spurned founder / CEO attempts to wrest control back from the board responsible for his ouster, presumably in service of reinstating the tone and tenor of the prior regime.

Not exact matches

Keen also finds inspiration in the United States, talking to «hacktivist» coders in Oakland and recounting the visionary ideas of John Borthwick, who founded the startup incubator Betaworks, and who offers an action plan to wrest back control of our digital lives.
Meanwhile, the Oilers visit the Ducks at home hoping to wrest control of their series back from Anaheim.
With Marseille wresting back control of the match, they then collapsed once more.
Solid as ever in front of the back - line, Matic helped calm things down during the Bournemouth onslaught, slowing the tempo of the game to wrest control of the proceedings.
Although that's not to say they don't still have their work cut out for them as they prepare for a re-match in hopes of wresting control of the chamber back from the GOP in 2012.
Democrats hope to wrest back control of the redistricting process from Republicans ahead of 2020 census
«We have to wrest the nation back and control it as citizens of this country and that is the challenge I want to put to you.
Later in the fall, the Rainbow Rebel coalition, which Diaz backed, wrested control of the Bronx Democratic party from Joel's father, Assemblyman Jose Rivera, changing the power dynamics in the borough.
Despite the two wins for the northeast Queens Democrats and the party's other senators in the borough, it appeared the Republicans may have wrested control of the state Senate chamber back from Democrats.
He backed democratic candidates in an unsuccessful attempt to wrest control away from the GOP.
He backed Democratic candidates in an unsuccessful attempt to wrest control away from the GOP.
Ironically, he is now working feverishly to collect enough petition signatures to get himself back onto the committee along with a bevy of his loyalists who aim to wrest control from its current leadership under Reda.
Sambra is part of a growing movement to wrest back control over our digital lives by breaking the monopolies of the server farms and the people who own them.
When women evolved concealed ovulation, men most likely developed semen full of hormones to wrest back control of paternity.
A few years later powerful bureaucrats wrested back control of many of these assets.
And with good reason (see «Defying dementia: How we can wrest back control «-RRB-.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 19, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (PG - 13 for intense violence, frightening images and brief sensuality) First half of the final installment of J.K. Rowling's series has Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) joining forces to wrest control of Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic back from evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and his minions.
Set in the fictional location of Hope County, Montana, USA, the plot follows an unknown sherrif's deputy as they attempt to wrest control of the region back from the dangerous cult that has taken over this section of rural America.
Still, despite being so close to victory, the wrongly - convicted Kable is fixated on wrested back control of his own mind in order to vindicate his name, settle a score with Castle and ultimately reunite with his wife Angie (Amber Valletta) and their young daughter Delia (Brighid Fleming).
The first player can also wrest control of Cappy back from the second player whenever he wants.
But backed by teachers» unions and some dissatisfied parents, and promoted through a series of house parties, four candidates are now trying to wrest control of the board away from reformers.
Both the Republican Senate and House versions attempt to wrest control of education from the Federal government back to the states, where they feel it rightly belongs.
The speculation is that Google wants to wrest back control of the Android tablet scene and give consumers more bang for their buck.
On Mike Shatzkin's blog, he speculated that the publishers» decision to delay the e-book versions of some major upcoming titles isn't «a battle to rescue hardcover books from price perception issues caused by inexpensive ebooks» so much as it is about «wresting control of their ebook destinies back from Amazon.»
Of course, we must acknowledge the gap between a company's share price and its intrinsic value can sometimes be a long & difficult journey... But in terms of a key event / catalyst, this Sunday Times story (from March) is critical: «Tom Roche, the largest shareholder in NTR, has wrested back control of his 38 % stake in the investment firm after a receiver was appointed to the company that holds the stock... It is understood Roche had been seeking a substantial discount on the borrowings guaranteed by shares in NTR... Roche, who is the chairman of NTR, won a last - minute reprieve by writing a cheque for the full amount of the loans last Monday».
Its capital Skopje presented a city full of traditional pride, ravaged and rebuilt under an oppressive regime only to be restructured by the people when control was wrested back once again.
Who can step in and wrest control of the city back for its people, its community?
And when you do wrest back control of the game, your combat scores suffer.
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