Sentences with phrase «years fighting general»
Yet environmental officials and groups that spent years fighting General Electric's efforts to challenge the need to remove the mud were more critical.
https://www.nytimes.com/ Not exact matches
During the Socred government years of 1983 - 84, he was head of the BC Federation of Labour, fighting Bill Bennett's «restraint» budget while B.C. teetered on the edge of a general strike.
@Getreal... Oh I am a strong woman now, after years of fighting my way thru men in the workplace and life in general.
How's this for quick thinking: You're the general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a debt - plagued NHL franchise fighting for its very existence, and your most charismatic asset, the sizzling young talent who's the future of your organization — bruising 6» 4», 218 - pound center Chris Gratton — has just received a five - year, $ 16.5 million free - agent offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers.
So that means the fight for control of the Senate will head into the general election in a presidential election year that traditionally draws out more Democratic voters.
In spite of having been formed just over the past year and a half, they will all fight the May 2015 general election, fielding candidates across the North of England.
This year, in a speech that included applause for Cuomo's criminal justice reform efforts such as strengthening state oversight of jail and his plan to fight the federal government on the tax law, Cuomo sought to give shootouts to individual members of the Legislature and praise Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as well as DiNapoli.
Former U.S. Attorney Preet BhararaPreetinder (Preet) Singh BhararaPreet Bharara weighs in on report of Cohen wiretap Daily Beast to «hit pause» on Joy Reid columns; MSNBC host backs off speaking event Bharara: We owe Mueller «incalculable thanks» MORE said Friday that if a recent report in The New York Times that Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsChris Christie compares Mueller investigation to «Bridgegate» probe Oakland mayor fires back at Trump: «It's my duty to protect my residents» McCabe lawyer fires back at Trump: «You need to stop lying» MORE sought negative press coverage of former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyTrump - Russia probe marks one - year anniversary: This is what it has accomplished Trump: McCabe should be under investigation for ties to Clinton The Memo: Trump team stokes fight over Mueller MORE is true, he must be ousted from the Justice Department.
«Eric is up for re-election next year, and right - wing corporate interests have already pledged to spend millions of dollars to unseat progressive attorneys general like him who are fighting back against Trump's dangerous and radical agenda,» she wrote in the email.
«I applaud Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for the work he has done for many years to fight foreclosure and help people from across the state from losing their homes,» said Dunkirk Mayor A.J. Dolce.
30 - year - old Craig Piper was selected on Monday night to fight Caerphilly at the next general election.
This year, when we fought the general election, Harry - aged 96 - was there, manning the loudhailer on the battle bus in Marlborough.
«I mean, well, there's five years before the general election, I think lots could happen, we are fighting for the Labour party for a Labour prime minister and Jeremy's the Labour party.»
Wilson and Pearce seem headed for an epic primary fight; most Republicans believe Wilson, who has shown an ability to run and win in a swing district for years, is the stronger general - election candidate.
Mr Johnson admitted it would be a «a disappointment» if the Conservatives lose the seat, but insisted the party would «fight again» for the seat at next year's general election.
«Former Deputy Attorney General Ron Gold knows how to fight crime and corruption,» Gold's ballot statement promises voters this year.
Republicans, looking to four more years with a Democratic governor and a General Assembly controlled by Democrats, were left to ponder how that game could have been better fought — and whether it could have resulted in the win that for months seemed within reach.
But on Friday, after polling 4,850 votes to Respect's 660, Hussain vowed to fight Galloway again in next year's general election, if selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists» in the North East to terms of 10 years imprisonment.
The PAC Chairman stated that the collaboration between the Committee and the Auditor - General's Department over the years has helped in the fight against corruption in the country.
Former Vice President Al Gore today lauded what he called «the best, most hopeful step» in years to contain global warming: 16 state prosecutors joining New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's crusade against energy giants that they assert have fraudulently fought caps on greenhouse gas emissions.
Unmanned autonomous vehicles designed to help combat the Zika virus, ethical and safety considerations related to new human gene - editing tools, advances in the fight against cancer and U.S. science policy following the presidential election will be a few of this year's headlines at the world's largest general scientific conference.
The setting of the story is in a Welsh comprehensive school during the long hot summer of 1976, and very keen drama teacher Vivienne (Minnie Driver) fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end of year rock and roll musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest (that David Bowie would be proud of).
Some of the best - received films at earlier festivals will get their North American launches here, including «Life is Beautiful,» Roberto Begnini's Cannes winner about an Italian clown who fights the Nazis with laughter; Rohmer's heartwarming love story «Autumn Tale,» which charmed Telluride audiences; Ken Loach's «My Name Is Joe,» with Cannes best actor winner Peter Mullen as a recovering alcoholic facing tough times; Theo Angelopoulos» «Eternity and a Day,» this year's Cannes winner; «The General» (1999) which won Boorman the best director prize at Cannes, and the Cannes and Telluride favorite «Claire Dolan,» by Lodge Kerrigan, with Emily Watson («Breaking the Waves») as a prostitute who thinks she can detach from her work.
For years, the HFPA fought to position the Globes as a general forecast for the Oscars, with a few more offbeat, and at times genuinely strange, choices thrown in (ahem, «The Tourist»).
So now, here we are, barely ten years into this huge reform, with our little platoon of teachers and administrators and parents fighting feverishly on the front, beginning to make some progress on test scores and feel some confidence about improving our kids» academic opportunities — and I look up from my trench and, instead of seeing the school house door thrown open with garlands of WELCOME signs, I see teachers back to cheering from the windows as the reform generals scurry away, white flags in hand.
Public school teachers have been told for years that they are only respected by the general public because Big Union fights for them and gets them that respect.
In Connecticut, the state Department of Education announced new policies to govern oversight of the state's charter sector.1 In New York, the charter lobby continued a seven - year fight to prevent the state comptroller from auditing charter schools.2 In Pennsylvania, the auditor general called the charter sector «a mess.»
When General Motors, Ford and Chrysler jumped ship on the midsize pickup segment a few short years ago, they left Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma to fight over nearly 300,000 annual sales.
For older groups of kids, like the charter school in Brooklyn Center last year, we talked about pit bulls in general: myths and facts, breed discrimination, responsible ownership and dog fighting.
Granted, there's a world of difference between a couple of adjustments to a couple of properties on a couple of moves in a fighting game over the course of several years — changes that have been demanded by players who are happy with an otherwise satisfactory game — and the broken messes that Bethesda releases, but that's why, while I agree with your general thesis, I can't take an absolutist stance on it.
And while fighting game developers in general may have put more of a focus on mass market accessibility in recent years, there's still a perception among consumers, Boon speculated, that fighting games are too hardcore for the average player.
Money paid by rich countries to fight global warming will have to «be scaled up» from the $ 100bn a year on offer, the UN secretary general Ban Ki - moon said today.
Lauded by Vice President Gore as «the best, most hopeful step in years» in this effort, the AGs United for Clean Power coalition brings together attorneys general from 25 states, territories, cities and counties to explore ways to jointly support the fight against climate change.
By pulling those attorneys general into the fight, Exxon could trigger years of legal wrangling over disclosure of its understanding of climate risks.
Jerry Huang, general counsel for Vizio Inc., said LTL has played an important role over the past seven years helping the company to fight off patent suits.
Why did The Rouse Co. fall so readily into General Growth's hands when Simon Property Group and Westfield had to fight tooth and nail to try to take over Taubman Centers last year?