Sentences with phrase «year battle before»

Our team fought and won an eight - year battle before an international arbitral tribunal to secure compensation for Econet and to protect its rights.

Not exact matches

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.

Silicon Valley was once politically aloof before realizing in recent years that its future profits depended in part on battles here in Washington.

The acquisition was part of the larger change in control trend that has defined Canada's marijuana industry recently, with companies battling to gain market share before marijuana sales become legal later this year.

Mankind only has one more 1000 years to go before the reign of mankind will end and Judgment Day will arrive (Judgment Day will arrive right after the Battle of Armageddon).

«I studied philosophy and law and then practiced law in big international firms in Amsterdam and Brussels for seven years before dramatic circumstances in my life brought me and my wife to consider an invitation from Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and Grand Chancellor of the ITI, to come to Austria to help him with building up and professionalising the ITI, which at that time had existed for only 7 years and which was dealing with serious financial problems and battling for its survival.

It is only in recent years that historians have begun to write social and economic histories; before that histories were primarily records of defeats and victories in battle.

Yet Manasseh has a long and peaceful reign of some fifty - five years, and Josiah is cut down in battle before he was yet forty, despite Huldah's word from the Lord that he would die in peace (2 Kings 22:20; cf. 23:29).

With a stacked legislative agenda to pass before the end of the year, the latest battle in the Senate centers on when members will head home to their districts to celebrate Christmas.

Some years before Harold Lindsell triggered The Battle for the Bible in 1976 (9) by arguing that inerrancy is the hallmark of evangelicalism, the AG published in 1970 an official position paper bearing the title «the Inerrancy of the Scriptures.»

The reaction of the preacher Fr Tetzel, a friar priest of the Dominican Order, to the Theses, which were in his hands before the turn of the year, was to turn the whole thing into a legal dogfight; he took the battle into the enemy's country and denounced the author to Rome.

But within the firm's consumer business in Australia and New Zealand, revenues fell 4 % to $ 2bn year - on - year, while EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) fell 19 % y / y, with Fonterra blaming a «challenging retail environment, and an ongoing pricing battle that has resulted in pressure on major suppliers margins».

After all, before this resurgence, Freedom Foods battled away for the best part of 30 years without significant success, starting out life as a food packager of tetra bricks, before producing the soy brands So Natural and Australia's Own Organic.

The Blue Jackets took advantage of the glove - side demons Grubauer was battling, scoring three unanswered goals that left the 26 - year - old netminder double - clutching even some of the pucks he did catch before Holtby took over to start the third period.

Looking ahead, they will take on the winless Team James in an attempt to get right before they do battle with Rivals Team Lalez in their final Game of the calendar year.

Ronnie Quinn of West Warwick, R.I., son of former Rhode Island Governor Robert E. Quinn, taught his 17 - year - old nephew, Bruce Morin, to play golf, then had to battle for six hours to beat him for the state's amateur title before winning 1 up on the 36th hole.

The West German national team, which has battled England in two of the game's pivotal contests of recent years, turns a rematch before 100,000 at London's Wembley Stadium into something of a Teutonic romp

And O'Neal leads Miami into battle with a gifted young lieutenant, second - year guard Dwyane Wade, the designated franchise player before Shaq's arrival.

The high schools battle each other to attract students and athletes from the Catholic elementary and middle schools for years before any of those kids will have the opportunity to don their colors in the Holy Bowl.

Grace has battled neck and back issues since her college days at Arizona State, where she dominated for two years before moving on to the LPGA in 2000.

And, according to the Daily Mirror, the 30 - year - old — who has spoken before about his battle with depression — says he owes his life to Sam, 24.

While any coach in any sport will tell you that the last wins ultimately come from a team's performance of the field or court, the seeds for those wins are often sown years before by winning recruiting battles to bring the talent necessary to compete for those wins.

Even before Portugal's triumph at last year's Euros, centre back Jose Fonte had had an impressive season with Southampton as the Saints got the license to treat the rest of the league to a treat of attractive football in the top flight league in England and still manage to stay afloat far away from relegation, above the mid table as they battled Everton for the Europa League spot.

If Manchester City have the Premier League title sewn up before Christmas at least Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is keeping Pep Guardiola's men honest when it comes to the battle to be crowned Player of the Year.

In Turkey he didn't have the best of time, battling with injuries and fitness issues before he was eventually released by the team in April last year.

I am a MFM and I must say that I am realizing everyday that the obstetric community, inspite of the lowest maternal and infant mortality rates in years, is losing the battle against untrained practitioners who are making a business and a mockery out of many susceptible clueless first time moms... unfortunately a lot of babies will have to suffer / die before things turn around.

I almost always get my 4 - year - old's approval before buying so she'll wear the stuff without a battle.

Two days before the closely - fought party leadership battle ends with the successor to Sir Menzies Campbell being announced, Mr Cameron pointed towards cooperation on the sustainable communities bill last year as evidence of the two parties working towards shared aims.

Embryonic leaders should note that Tony Blair was an MP for thirteen years, engaged in big internal battles, before becoming leader.

A federal appeals court ruled for the first time that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53 - year - old law.

The oral arguments were the final step before the state Supreme Court rules in a years - long litigious battle over the district lines.

Several NY 19 candidates said that their fundraising totals in a race that began a year before most primary battles start shaping up reflected an energized party base and a vulnerable incumbent.

Perhaps the political opposition wasn't aware of the opportunity, or wasn't in the mood to fight battles, or doesn't have the energy to direct slings and arrows a year before the next town election.

New York City waits Meanwhile a number of issues important to New York City will be before the Legislature this year - rent laws and mayoral control of schools are each set to expire and while most legislators say they expect to renew both, major battles will be fought over the details of each.

Former AG Oliver Koppell, who represented the Bronx for decades, first in the state Assembly and later in the City Council before losing an uphill battle for state Senator Jeffrey Klein's seat last year, has put his Bronx home on the market for $ 2.5 million.

-- CHALLENGING THE I.D.C.: Before Teachout took center stage, the biggest expected battle on primary night was a series of challenges to senators from the I.D.C., a five - member group that broke with their partymates to ally with Republicans in 2012, thereby denying Democrats control of the state's upper chamber over the last two years.

This follows four years of legal battle where state prosecutors and defense lawyers have been putting forward evidence before the court to advance...

City Hall officials compared the fight with Uber to de Blasio's battle with the charter school lobby last year that caused a dip in his approval ratings before they rebounded.

ALBANY — Education commissioner MaryEllen Elia already has begun a battle to stop the rapidly growing opt - out movement before next year's state tests, reaching out to department attorneys and meeting with superintendents, she told POLITICO New York.

Less than eight weeks before the March 15 Greenport election, there's a battle brewing among four candidates seeking two trustee seats, but as of this week, no one has stepped up to challenge Mayor David Nyce, who is seeking a second four - year term.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei and Republican John Katko spent the past week in a fierce, behind - the - scenes battle for donations to fuel their campaigns before the year's first quarter ended at midnight.

This scene, painted a few years before the publication of On the Origin of Species, was initially received as the aftermath of a battle between two heroic combatants (contrasted by the cowardly fox).

They faced many battles with bureaucracy, and two years elapsed before they had permission to return — and they were allowed to catch only four individuals.

Isotope analysis of bone and tooth material from King Richard III has revealed previously unknown details of his early life and the change in his diet when he became King two years and two months before he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth.

The woman behind the name: Just before Susan G. Komen lost her three - year battle with breast cancer, her sister Nancy G. Brinker promised to do everything she could to end the disease forever.

Jesse lives a sober life, having overcome her battle with alcoholism over three years ago, and worked in recovery before realizing that she preferred helping others in their pursuit of fitness and overall wellbeing.

I had never cooked before in my life, I was overcoming a 12 - year battle with bulimia and I had around 100 pounds to lose.

Hadid, who is the mother of supermodels Gigi and Bella, battled flu - like symptoms and brain fog for at least a year before her 2012 diagnosis.

Peruvian tribes have used maca root for thousands of years, boiling and taking the root ceremoniously before ancient battles.

I am determined to make it spring outside... I am over the slushy sidewalks, constant fear of snow screwing up my commute and the fact that it makes me sleepier than usual (case in point I am practically falling asleep while writing this... in case you didn't know, I write my posts the night before they are published... 9/10 times I am wrapped in a towel with wet hair laying on my bed having the constant battle in my head of whether to write the post or pass out... clearly we see what won... writing the post haha) I LOVE color year round, so it's no surprise that for one of the freezing days at NYFW I decided to wear shades of white, blue and black (all I am missing is gold and it could potentially be #The Dress... seriously didn't understand that whole craze for all of 24 hours haha) Anyways... Back to what I am wearing and how it can transition perfectly into the spring.