A dear friend recently lost her first - born granddaughter to a 3 -
year fight with cancer.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has handed Robert Jenevein, former judge of Dallas County Court - at - Law No. 3, a partial victory in his seven -
year fight with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
I was in a brutal four
year fight with my debt, but in the end, I was the one standing victorious.
This past winter, Tim Jones had reached the end of his endurance in his 18 -
year fight with the Adirondack Park Agency to be able to use the fishing cabin he built on the Raquette River in Tupper Lake.
And I wish you could have known my friend Evangeline, who earned a master's degree in her 60s and was editing the next volume of a Bible commentary the day she died after a 20 -
year fight with cancer.
Former New Suffolk School teacher Martha Kennelly, who has spent two
years fighting with the district that refused to reinstate her when a special assignment ended, appears to have won her case that would force the district to reinstate her and pay back wages and benefits from June 30, 2015, according to the decision written by State Commissioner of Education Mary Ellen Elia.
Curious about my father's
years fighting with the 1st Calvary in World War II, I'm keen to read stories of others who served in the Pacific Theater.
«I've had clients say things like, «I just spent four
years fighting with my ex, I have this cheque for $ 400,000, and I have no idea what that means in terms of my financial future.
After spending several
years fighting with creditors, you decided to file for bankruptcy.
Not exact matches
Inspiration struck when Turner considered a question from his cousin, whose seven -
year - old son was still
fighting a battle
with leukemia that he'd eventually win.
Stephanie Oh
fought for a few
years in her early 20s to break into the music industry in New York City, but last
year grew disenchanted
with her stagnant career in administration of music - talent management firm.
Procter & Gamble (pg) waged a number of battles last
year with activist investor Nelson Peltz, who succeeded in gaining a board seat after months of
fighting.
While Canadians enjoyed Balsillie's
fight with the NHL these past two
years, there is no doubt that he has the
fight of its life on his hands in the in the near future and must reinvent his company to remain competitive in this market.
Before the 2015 rules were enacted, Netflix (nflx)
fought with cable providers for
years over intentional streaming slowdowns and extra fees for connecting
with its customers.
Two
years ago, only a handful of Buffalo Wild company - owned restaurants, along
with about 70 franchisees, decided to show the Mayweather
fight.
Buffalo Wild Wings's struggles led to a
fight with Marcato Capital that forced longtime Chief Executive Officer Sally Smith to announce that she'll step down by the end of the
year.
The news comes as the IRS is locked in a closely - watched court
fight with anonymous Coinbase users who want to a judge to block a summons the agency served on the company last
year.
Pakistan has
fought for
years with the Pakistani Taliban and homegrown extremists, but at the same time has tolerated the Afghan Taliban and the related Haqqani network.
In the last few
years, the number of clinical trials in this field has exploded, along
with the flurry of money from Big Pharma and investors, stirring optimism in the
fight against cancer.
For starters, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to
fight the federal deficit, expected to reach $ 56 billion by fiscal
year - end,
with «fiscal discipline» instead of tax increases.
«Shoppers tends to be a Top Five company, but last
year was a low point for them
with the
fight for generic drugs,» says Susan Quinn - Mullins, a senior adviser to the Research Institute.
Her rebellious 18 -
year - old sister, Isabelle, falls in love
with a young man who believes France can
fight the Nazis from within.
NEW YORK, April 17 - Billionaire investor William Ackman, who lost a proxy contest at Automatic Data Processing last
year, said on Tuesday that he wants the human - resources technology company to succeed but said he might be back
with a
fight if ADP fails to perform.
We refused to pay off this company for the ideas our employees spent
years innovating and unfortunately we have been left
with no choice but to take this
fight up through the court system.
In
years past, there might be a handful of teams
fighting for last in the NBA and the 25 % shot at the first overall draft pick (and assurance that you'd fall no lower than fourth) that comes
with it.
Affliction never planned to take a jab at the
fight - club crowd until last
year, when it partnered up
with none other than Donald Trump.
And there's a bruising
fight with Congress over spending and the federal deficit on the horizon, just days after Obama and Congress averted the fiscal cliff
with a last - minute deal over the New
Year's holiday.
Patron, facing an onslaught of competition from celebrity - endorsed tequilas, is
fighting back this summer
with a line of pricey drinks as part of the largest product launch in the company's 25 -
year history.
Looking back on the last few
years, I found myself constantly
fighting with other contributors and market participants about the direction of the stock market.
In the first -
year, MBA candidates must read, absorb and debate some 270 case studies in 10 courses, often
fighting for «air time»
with equally clever students just as eager as they are to score points
with professors.
Animal rights activists have
fought foie gras production for
years, because the luxury food requires producers to force - feed ducks
with a pipe so they eat enough to enlarge the liver.
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.
Fox's decision to finally move forward
with the film followed a
years - long process in which Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had to
fight through various obstacles (including the box office failure of another Reynolds superhero movie, 2011's Green Lantern) to get the movie made.
Despite having to
fight city by city to get stores built, Adam & Eve has opened 53 units in 24 states,
with up to 400 more coming in the next 10
years.
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf compared the dispute
with Apple over potentially billions of dollars in royalties on mobile chipsets to earlier
fights Qualcomm has had over the
years with other tech companies that were settled out of court.
Many early entrants fizzled in recent
years, as big retailers such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Saks
fought back
with their own flash sales.
With the ousting of former potty - mouthed CEO Carol Bartz, the long - in - the - tooth Internet corporation looked like it had a
fighting chance at relevance earlier this
year when it hired former PayPal president Scott Thompson to take the reins.
«After
years of
fighting through bankruptcy court, the Jenkins ended up
with just 30 cents on the dollar.
Launched three
years ago to
fight off the threat of deflation, the ECB's 2.55 trillion euro ($ 3.14 trillion) bond purchase programme has kept borrowing costs low to induce spending and investment, all
with the ultimate aim of generating inflation.
A 30 -
year veteran in finance, McCarthy decided to stay and joked
with coworkers that «you don't walk out on friends in the middle of a knife
fight.»
With ISIS continuing to
fight, Russia and China throwing their weight around, and budget shortfalls becoming bigger and bigger problems, the Department of Defense will definitely need strong leadership in the form of a commander - in - chief and his political appointees in the months immediately following the inauguration next
year.
Wayne is a proven senior executive and lawyer
with over 25
years business experience, most recently as Executive Vice-President of Kingsdale Shareholder Service, a company involved in providing strategic consulting and other services to companies involved in takeover bids and proxy
fights.
Although such a move would incur taxes, it would be swifter and more certain than pursuing an Alibaba spinoff that could lead to
years of
fighting with the I.R.S.
That's adding to pressure on Munoz, who has been under fire this
year for
fighting a fare war
with discounters, bobbling the rollout of a new no - frills product and mishandling the furor when a passenger was dragged off a plane in April.
Years of frustration and mounting discontent from Yindjibarndi people about the current applicants and YAC and the endless division and
fighting within the community provided respected Yindjibarndi Elders Rodney Adams, Sylvia Allan, Maudie Jerrold, Francis Phillips, Allery Sandy, Ken Sandy and Diana Smith
with the motivation and the courage to give all Yindjibarndi people a voice and an opportunity to vote on 23 June.
The decades - long conflict that is currently raging over short - termism and activist hedge funds strikes me as analogous to the Thirty
Years» War of the 17th Century, albeit
fought with statistics («empirical evidence»), op - eds and journal articles rather than cannon, pike and sword.
There are many
years left before deficit problems and euro market problems are solved, so making money from a downward market will be more and more common than going long, instead of
fight it, swim
with it.
Within just three
years of its launch, Amazon's India arm — Amazon.in — has become a top player in the Indian e-commerce space,
fighting neck - to - neck
with the homegrown Flipkart, which began operations in 2008.
Also last
year, Coury took the lead in a bitter takeover
fight with Ireland - based Perrigo Co., a manufacturer of over-the-counter medicines, and
fought off a takeover attempt from Israel - based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd..
I had to
fight my immediate prejudice and remind myself of something I've talked
with others about for
years — the increasing size of books, both fiction and non-fiction, to justify the inflated pricing from publishers.