Sentences with phrase «year battle by»

The changes approved by the National Collegiate Athletic Association last month come after a four - year battle by the organization's critics, including school counselors and parents who became frustrated by what they claimed were unfair and arbitrary standards.

The conclusions of the review bring an end to a 17 - year battle by the families of Fl Lt Tapper and Fl Lt Cook to clear the two pilots» names.

Not exact matches

The revelation follows the release in May, following another FoI battle, of the so - called «black spider memos» sent by the Prince to ministers over several years.

This year, the startup measured a few star - studded standouts: an Amazon ad in which Alexa loses her voice and gets replaced by Anthony Hopkins and Cardi B; a joint Mountain Dew - Doritos campaign highlighting a rap battle between Morgan Freeman and Peter Dinklage; and a Tourism Australia spot starring Danny McBride, Hugh Jackman, Margot Robbie, and Russell Crowe.

In addition to the battle for control, which has pitted Dauman against 93 - year - old controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari, the company said that advertising sales have been weak, and they are expected to be down by 4 % for the quarter.

The 69 - year - old railroad veteran stormed into Canadian Pacific in June 2012 after a proxy battle led by activist investor Bill Ackman and has made good on his promise to repair the underperforming company.

Even Atlantic Canada, which has battled declining enrolment in recent years, saw its undergraduate numbers rise by 1.5 %.

This year's winners incorporated the advent of the information age and developed models of how markets can also respond to day - to - day and minute - by - minute information, such as the minutiae involved in the current budget battle and debt - ceiling talks in Congress.

Apple has been casting itself as a protector of user privacy in recent years, particularly earlier this year when it battled the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a high - profile case involving accessing encrypted data stored on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

This year was no exception, as we've seen the Cavaliers bring back most of their title - contender roster, the Spurs shock everyone by landing LaMarcus Aldridge, and the Clippers and Mavericks battle it out for DeAndre Jordan.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission proposed a bigger new multi-year budget on Wednesday that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

A German court has acquitted the former CEO and CFO of sports car maker Porsche of manipulating the company's share price during its takeover battle with Volkswagen 0.09 %, dealing a serious blow to a seven - year battle for compensation by U.S. hedge funds.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission met on Wednesday to agree proposals for a bigger new multi-year budget that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

They also have recent real - world examples to make their case: Tax cuts in Kansas made by Gov. Sam Brownback failed to deliver the expected boost, forcing the state into years of grueling budget battles and harsh spending cuts to make up the gap.

A battle for control of smuggling routes drove killings up for a roughly year - long period between 2014 and 2015, as Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada, Guzman's partner at the top of the cartel, fought with forces led by Damaso Lopez Serrano, the son of Guzman's former right - hand man.

Despite Marsh's sanctimoniousness, Ars Technica points out that earlier this year a Tennessee senator described AT&T as «the most powerful lobbying organization in this state by far» as it battled to stop Google from using utility poles in Nashville.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled a plan earlier this month to raise the gas tax by 25 cents — five cents a year for five years — a move the group acknowledged would be an uphill battle.

Univision Communications Inc. won a court - administered auction for Gawker Media Group, outbidding Ziff Davis for control of the 14 - year - old digital media pioneer that was forced into bankruptcy by a costly legal battle with former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.

If disruption theory is correct, Tesla's future holds either acquisition by a much larger incumbent or a years - long and hard - fought battle for market significance.

Thursday, July 26, 2012 by: Carol MartinThe Broadbent Institute wants to know how Jack Layton's message has inspired Canadians in the year since he lost his battle with cancer.One...

A new book on the Canadian workplace — Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles, edited by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker — provides an engaging and accessible account of various labour battles in the courts over the past 85 years involving human rights, employment fairness and union recognition.

By: Ryan McMaken In a court battle that has apparently been working itself out for 17 years, the Quebec High Court this week affirmed that a law establishing a simple majority as key in triggering secession talks with the Canadian government — known... [Read More]

«As well, the failed attempt at a budget compromise by Congress and the President — the so - called Super Committee «Grand Bargain — was a $ 4 trillion battle plan over 10 years» worth $ 400 billion a year.

Take over from a visionary founder whose play for world domination is only half finished (and who is still a majority owner by votes), fix a broken workplace culture, win an existential race (and legal battle) to develop autonomous vehicles, and find a way to turn a profit in a business that has lost billions of dollars a year.

The dissenters, which also included Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., argued that it was time to move on after a bruising six - year lobbying battle that the Obama administration won by portraying brokers as riven with conflicts that drive up costs for retirement savers.

The document, which was obtained by The Washington Post, underscores the growing chasm between congressional Republican leaders, who have maintained for months that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III should be allowed to proceed, and rank - and - file GOP lawmakers who have repeatedly battled the Justice Department during the past year.

«This is par for the course for Dish, which has deliberately derailed 10 renewal negotiations since last year by engaging in unproductive discussions and contentious public battles.»

By JEFFREY BELL AND RICH DANKER There is thought to be a pitched battle raging within the White House over President Obama's pick to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke when his term expires early next year.

He went on to make his mark in Silicon Valley by answering a call six years ago from former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, who recognized he'd have regulatory battles to wage and enlisted Tusk as Uber's first outside consultant to aid in navigating them.

The US is stepping back from the Middle East, leaving the region to be engulfed by a Sunni - Shia conflict that resembles Europe's Thirty Years War, when Lutherans and Catholics battled for supremacy.

In Australia, the decision by Northern Territory government to end a two - year moratorium and allow the resumption of fracking for natural gas will do little to immediately solve the country's energy woes, but will likely sharpen political battle lines.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

In 15 years of dangerous missions — from midnight raids on al - Qaida safe houses in Iraq to battling Somali pirates from the deck of a heaving Navy ship on the high seas — there had never been one so shadowed by dread.

One year after stepping into that studio — nearly eight years after putting Jars of Clay in the can — we found ourselves sitting in another coffee shop in another town a little tired and profoundly impacted by this most recent battle victory: self - producing our fourth record.

God created Adam from a handful of dirt and his spouse from a rib; Talking snakes; trees that bear fruit, that imparts knowledge and eternal life; a global flood, that required a pair of each organism on earth, be stuffed onto a boat; people who lived hundreds of years; a man who was swallowed by a fish, only to be spit up 3 days later, unhurt; a tower god was afraid might reach heaven; a woman who is turned into a pillar of salt; talking donkeys; unicorns; satyrs; a leviathan god creates and then does battle with; a zombie messiah, who was actually god incarnate; zombie Saints who left their graves and wandered about the town; belief in a circular, flat earth.

Our first instinct in the legal battles spawned by the progressive excesses of the last few years is to reach for the free exercise clause, which after all exists to protect religious people's ability to live out their faiths in practice.

Ultimately, Katey lost her battle with MS.. One year later, Michael Morris changed his name by deed poll and became Dr Micha Jazz.

This is very far from being a new analysis: Family and Youth Concern, still battling away, was doing pioneering work over 30 years ago (for which its founder, Valerie Riches, was deservedly made a papal dame), pointing out how disastrous for society the undermining of the traditional family based on marriage - not least by successive governments - really was.

Since his first arrest, Byle has been plagued by problems with Turkish authorities, including a five - year court battle for residency that ended, seemingly, in January 2015, when a court ruled that the government had not shown significant evidence that he was «a threat to national security and public morals» or that he had ever even committed a crime.

It's like saying «Prove there is not a planet 100,000,000 light years away that is populated by pink unicorns, and they are in a constant life and death battle with orange dinosaurs.»

The result — a tale of a young teenage boy who believes his epic sci - fi novel has been stolen for use by one of his writer heroes, and the battle that ensues between them — is a movie that this time might be too strange for a mainstream audience, but based on the Hesses» track record, could very well gain a cult following for years.

But it is beyond my understanding why people will allow other people [pastors / churches] to dominate their lives so long after the battle has been fought, even battles from many years gone by.

He will also get ready for battle by assembling his troops... which makes no damn sense because as soon as he gathered his troops, god rains down fire on him and cast him into the lake of fire and brimstone forever... so what's the purpose of releasing him for a thousand years and gathering up troops to fight a battle that will never happen??? Beats me!!

All the more misplaced... are the efforts by some supposedly Jewish organizations to arouse, through their battles against Christmas symbols in public places, the ill will and resentment of Christians» at the very time when the Christian religion, more than at other times of the year, inspires its followers with irenic and philanthropic sentiments.»

I wrote a letter which I read to her and confessed that I felt inadequate as a man, that I felt feminine inside, that I knew this was wrong, that I should have told her but feared she would reject me if I had, that I wanted to be the best husband I could be for her and the best dad I could be for our two sons (our third came two years later), and that I needed her to stand by me to fight this battle.

Within four years of Alexander VI's passing his adventurous career was ended by death in battle.

Consider also the first person to die by assisted suicide under the Oregon law, a woman who had been battling breast cancer for twenty - two years.

The Caliph Ali tried to crush the Kharijites by force and actually slaughtered thousands of them in battle, but at too great cost, for in the year 40 (A.D. 66o) he was assassinated by a Kharijite.

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 mosque — subject of a two - year battle marked by legal wrangling, vandalism and anti-Muslim sentiment — still needs to pass inspection and get its occupancy permit, mosque officials said.