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"They will wage battles against the Turkish invasion," Xelil said.
The Obama administration has waged long battles against such attacks.
The second saw militant groups fight pitched battles against Israeli troops.
"We've had tremendous battles against him through the years," Belichick said.
She lost two successive husbands in battles against the encroaching coalition.
Both will have to fight possibly bruising battles against their Republican opponents.
Vaping businesses are waging court battles against the restrictions in some states.
Murray Energy has a history of waging legal battles against media organizations.
Um Hanadi claims to have led her men in multiple battles against ISIS.
The country has won battles against air pollution, but not yet the war.
For Trump, life is a series of battles against foes or perceived foes.
Donate to the ACLU to support their court battles against his unconstitutional decisions.
"So far, our forces are still fighting these battles against terrorism," he said.
Both fighters have had to endure differing battles against adversity in that time.
My sense is that most US utilities are fighting rearguard battles against DERs.
But Puente kept its focus on front-line battles against police-ICE collaboration.
He posts to Twitter — incessantly — about politics and his battles against the media.
Organizations like Time's Up are fighting long, hard battles against systemic discrimination in Hollywood.
"The battles against Daesh are over, but the war is not," Mr. Allawi said.
Now the 2003-year-old is waging one of his final battles, against irrelevance.
Dozens of other battles against other proposed pipelines across the country are at various stages.
There have been many times when presidents wound up losing battles against their own party.
He served aboard the USS Coghlan in eight other battles against Japan's forces, CNN reports. 
I had beaten two young men half my age and lost battles against worthy opponents.
The order is just the latest in several legal battles against Trump's ban on trans troops.
Each player teams up with an AI and then battles against their friends and their AIs.
Instead, it plays out through a series of grand battles against giant beasts known as colossi.
The Singhs' lives in Japan have been peppered with legal battles against deportation orders and detention.
Zangi unified different Muslim factions in successful battles against Christian Crusaders near Antioch and seized Damascus.
Because of her thievery, the textbooks say, China lost the naval battles against Japan in 1894.
Other additions include extra time with confidants, battles against past protagonists, and new places to visit.
Two previous homes were destroyed during battles against fighters for Al Qaeda in Iraq, he said.
But the Birch leadership fought its deadliest battles against non-rogue elements of the conservative movement.
Before his tumultuous battles against Fuudo, we first saw America's only Street Fighter hope capture everyone's heart.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The local chamber of commerce is usually a reliable ally in battles against regulation.
Djokovic said battles against Nadal over the years have made the Serb the player he is today.
Another of my petty gripes with Pokémon Go was the way battles against other human players worked.
The demo enabled players to take part in battles against trainers in one of the game's gyms.
His Mehdi Army militia fought violent battles against U.S. troops after Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
The continent is currently waging battles against epidemics of measles and cholera, just to name a few.
"I Am Jane Doe" tells the stories of sex-trafficked teens and their lengthy legal battles against Backpage.
The United States is assisting the Nigerien government in battles against Islamist groups that claim affiliation with ISIS.
The organization, which battles against secrecy in the courts, fought successfully last year to make the documents public.
Kesha just gained another major supporter in her current legal battles against her producer Dr. Luke: Taylor Swift.
This is most recently demonstrated by the fierce urban battles against ISIS in cities across Iraq and Syria.
The Turkish-backed Syrian fighters have made significant gains in battles against Syrian government forces farther east recently.
Soleimani was reported to be on the ground directing battles against ISIS in Iraq, as well as Syria.
So did New York's Empire State Pride Agenda, shocking LGBTQ activists gearing up for additional battles against inequality.
Jeff Merkley and Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing porn star Stormy Daniels in legal battles against President Donald Trump.
Organizations like the National Civic Art Society led battles against more outré expressions of contemporary art on federal property.
The Nusra Front and Islamic State were rivals who fought bloody battles against each other in the Syrian war.
Searching "cancer treatments" on Instagram reveals mostly images and videos of people documenting their battles against cancer with chemo.
They were fighting battles against evil, and against themselves, in ways that paralleled the world I was living in.
Israel, forged in war in 1948, fought and won more battles against Arab states in 1956, 1967 and 1973.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, meanwhile, are engaged in brutal battles against the Iranian-linked Houthi rebels in Yemen.
This drama by the filmmaker Jia Zhangke follows four characters' separate battles against corruption and injustice in contemporary China.
Andrei's battles against the arrogance of power pretty well track the history of Russia over the past three decades.
It's the kind of food Mr. Yazzie battles against, but something a lot of people at the camps crave.
Escobar has been a leader on Democrats' battles against Trump over the administration's treatment of migrants at the border.
None of us in the music business have enough resources to fight the legal battles against these big tech companies.
Thousands of ISIS fighters who were captured during major battles against the terrorist group are being held by the SDF.
Later in the clip, the couple battles against the Woolsey Fire, which caused mass damages in Southern California last year.
He was often distracted in school and still enjoyed the praise lavished upon him for his battles against the Taliban.
But what doesn't vary is Trump's approach to waging what he sees as pitched public battles against his political foes.
While his time in Thailand has been peppered with losses, those losses were via hard fought battles against Thailand's best.
King Kong (1933) exemplified the broader science fiction transition from survivalist battles against megafauna to their confinement for public spectacle.
Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has spent his career waging legal battles against clean air, climate, and water regulations.
I asked whether he thought the donations might be contradictory, since they're actually involved in legal battles against one another.
"As he led the war against takfiris, the battles against takfiris will continue until victory is achieved," Mr. Hassan said.
The frescoes were ostensibly about the tribe's battles against the Chichimecas to the north, but Quiroz saw a different message.
The battles against extremist violence and Ebola will also continue to be major campaigns in Africa in the coming year.
On another, more literal level, it describes Petty's own hard-won battles against music studios for artistic control over his work.
In 2011, he released a graphic novel titled "Holy Terror," in which a superhero named The Fixer battles against Islamic terrorists.
Other programmes, notably the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which battles against corporate graft, can result in prosecutions in criminal courts.
The changes could attract more sellers to letgo, as it battles against these and other rivals, including Facebook's Marketplace and Craigslist.
Though the concept elicited jokes about galactic battles against aliens, lawmakers were eyeing more familiar, terrestrial threats, namely Russia and China.
This armed group acted as shock troops in street battles against leftists that would virtually define Turkish politics during the 1970s.
Anything short of blatant evidence of illegality will simply play into their narrative of the president's battles against his diabolical enemies.
The two groups have waged many battles against insurers over what they see as low physician payments for emergency room visits.
Aboriginal clans fought guerrilla battles against settlers on the southern island of Tasmania with increasing intensity in the early 33th century.
Amazon was responding to Silicon Valley lawyer Gary Reback, who has led high profile antitrust battles against Microsoft, Google and Oracle.
On day one, Google's Pixel had already won one of the biggest battles against the iPhone: that of having a better camera.
This time around the debate has kind of stalled because of the lingering battles against the Islamic State group and the Taliban.
Tuesday's vote is a sign that House Democrats plan to escalate their court battles against the Trump administration and Trump's private businesses.
He said one brother was fighting in battles against the government, but he was not sure of the fate of other siblings.
The outpost, surrounded by desert, was established during the battles against Islamic State militants who used to control eastern Syria bordering Iraq.
He struggled in his battles against Democrats to maintain protections for blacks in the South as the region tumbled out of Reconstruction.
Known as a champion for democracy, Pohiva's political career was marked with constant battles against the monarchy of the South Pacific nation.
There have been reports of al Qaeda militants joining pro-government and tribal fighters in battles against the Houthis in central Yemen.
Early skirmishes between small groups of protesters and security guards with dogs give way to large-scale battles against uniformed police officers.
In her memoir, "The Truths We Hold," she describes her political campaigns as a series of hard-fought battles against tough foes.
To combine the two, my friends and I would sometimes attempt to make our action figures do b-boy battles against each other.
The battles against late capitalism, Neo-Nazis in power, and hazardous misinformation are worthy ones to be fought, but not by looking outwards.
He'll play a big role in winning a few battles against Trump's nominations and policies, and so will Pelosi, to a lesser extent.
Elliott, which is known for battles against corporate boards, responded by saying BEA's "future business and operational initiatives are too little, too late".
Gottlieb is seen as a more pragmatic choice, while Verma could signal that Trump wants to keep up the intense battles against ObamaCare.
The Kurds proved to be a brave and resourceful ally for the U.S. in savage and ultimately successful battles against the ISIS caliphate.
In virtual reality, your battles against waves of bad guys will feel even more tense and adrenaline-inducing, despite the game's cartoony graphics.
It could also mark a turning point in the Midwest, years after Republicans won battles against unions in states like Wisconsin and Indiana.
A particular point of contention is the central role that the Nusra Front has played during the pitched battles against the Syrian military.
Battles against oppression are hardly over, but what used to count as counter-cultural insurgency has become normalized in the centers of cultural production.
Jessica Jones season 22 never found its center, while Daredevil season 222 started strong, then devolved into nonsensical battles against endless streams of ninjas.
Iraq saw some of the bloodiest battles against Islamic State and its government is already conducting trials of thousands of suspected Islamic State insurgents.
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Two First Nations have won the right to take their battles against the federal government and energy companies to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Donald Trump keeps losing the war to lower healthcare costs, this week alone losing three key battles against Big Pharma and other healthcare companies.
After prolonged battles against the group in Iraq and Syria, US troops liberated the ISIS stronghold of Bahgouz, Syria in March of this year.
And across the board, Republican candidates recruited to take on Democratic incumbents in states won in 2016 face tough battles against farther-right foes.
Kurdish leaders believe they have a trump card in the pesh merga fighting force, which has proved indispensable in battles against the Islamic State.
Google says the EU's hardline antitrust punishments threaten internet innovation as it starts the first of three legal battles against $9 billion in EU fines.
U.S. officials don't expect this to be the last battles against ISIS, but they could dramatically weaken the terrorist group's strength in the Middle East.
The protagonist will also be able to enlist a companion from Code Vein's other characters, bringing them into battles against bosses and regular enemies alike.
The former owners of PrivatBank are fighting a series of legal battles against the Ukrainian authorities over the 2016 nationalisation of the country's largest lender.
The son had participated in several battles against the Islamic State and fled Dabiq, his hometown, just before the group took it over in 2014.
And a lot of the conflicts in these movies are kind of personnel and H.R. issues as much as they are battles against cosmic evil.
"Beetle Bailey" used the Army as its setting, but its popularity derived from everyday life and the universal battles against authority figures and mindless bureaucracy.
Even as battles against Islamic State militants raged in northern Iraq and in its second-largest city, Mosul, Baghdad had largely been free of violence.
They all played a fantastic game, they hit a bunch of tough shots with defenders in their faces, won their individual battles against our guys.
At least two Democratic presidential candidates, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, have said they would pursue legal battles against big oil companies under similar arguments.
The court case will ultimately test the sweeping view of presidential immunity that Trump's lawyers have put forward in the White House's battles against Congress.
The former owners of PrivatBank are fighting a series of legal battles against the Ukrainian authorities over the 2016 nationalization of the country's largest lender.
The details of utility battles against rooftop solar are complicated, but the basic shape of the story is pretty simple: Rooftop solar reduces utility revenue.
S. Military officials Friday pointed to a key victory over ISIS in Iraq but acknowledged the bigger battles against the terror group are still to come.
To a group fixated on the "end of days" and apocalyptic battles against "crusader" armies, this is not much more than a bump in the road.
Democrats are expected to dissect Pruitt's opinion on the causes of climate change while Republicans defend Pruitt's legal battles against the agency he's set to lead.
Russian and U.S. battles against Islamic State in Syria have mostly stayed out of each other's way, with the Euphrates often acting as a dividing line.
Europe, in his estimation, was once filled with noble white men fighting swarthy interlopers, from Medieval battles against Saracens to the 1683 Turkish siege of Vienna.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who waged bitter battles against Obama over the past eight years, has warned his fellow Republicans against overreaching following their Nov.
He recovered from his wounds and returned to sea, serving aboard the destroyer USS Coghlan in eight more battles against the Japanese, according to the Navy.
The first season featured a Turkish campaign against Crusaders in Anatolia, the second season battles against the Mongols, the third season war with the Christian Byzantines.
Dish Network has added another lobbying firm as it battles against mergers in the tech space, including the proposed deal between Time Warner Cable and Charter.
Even as the central government continues its tariff battles against the United States, officials have brought forward plans to allow foreign firms to control mainland JVs.
For now, our focus should be on understanding the threats our war fighters face on a daily basis and supporting them in their battles against terrorism.
Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against President Donald Trump, exits federal court in New York on March 27.
The latest funding round will give Ant Financial some clout as it battles against rivals such as JD Finance, Tencent and Baidu, who all offer payments products.
The game puts you on "Tumblecube Island," which you must explore in order to find items, decorate your camp, and — naturally — compete in battles against other players.
And in the past, the fear of that revolt has reined in these politicians and they have lost some of these prior battles against Uber and Lyft.
Trump and Lighthizer, having cut their teeth in the battles against Tokyo, could assume that a similarly aggressive policy will prompt Beijing to bend to their demands.
This week U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said Washington may arm the SDF for future battles against Islamic State while taking back weapons it no longer needs.
He fought under doomed Arab commanders in lost battles against Jewish forces during the struggle for control of Jerusalem as the modern state of Israel was born.
"In recent years the United States has waged proxy battles against Russia in places like Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan, which are far from American shores," Beinart concedes.
He acquitted himself well in battles against the Austrian-Prussian coalition (his name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris) before falling victim to intrigue.
The Trump administration, for example, has spent the last year waging legal battles against state and local "sanctuary jurisdictions" that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - National environmental groups waging legal battles against energy projects are delaying approval of U.S. natural gas pipelines, a top federal energy regulator said on Thursday.
Both have sought to fire up the fierce nationalism that the prince has encouraged by pouring money into battles against rivals in stadiums or on the internet.
The findings are also a blow to the perception that Colombia turned a corner on its twin battles against drugs and the armed groups that traffic them.
Witch "finders," as they were more neutrally called, thought they were fighting God's battles against satanic foes trying to upend the structures of religion, government and community.
The air support is meant to bolster Afghan forces who are fighting difficult battles against a resurgent Taliban, who have regained control of portions of the country.
They lost thousands of fighters in battles against the Islamic State and sought to establish a form of autonomous rule in the lands captured from the jihadists.
In the immediate future, the U.S.-led coalition and SDF will likely see a few more major battles against ISIS, particularly around Deir Ezzor in the southeast.
His pick to lead the EPA, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, is a climate change skeptic who waged legal battles against the agency in his previous role.
The incoming president has also made it clear that he is no friend of human rights groups and corruption watchdogs that investigate the police's battles against criminal gangs.
The Mormons now take a very dim view of small holdout communities across North America who still engage in multiple marriage, and have fought legal battles against them.
In 1874, he had the temerity to lead a predominantly black force of state militia in pitched gun battles against white supremacists in the streets of New Orleans.
That forced U.S.-backed Kurds fighting ISIS to leave the fighting and help their brethren, pausing the battles against the terrorist group in the Middle Euphrates River Valley.
He said the group is ready for new battles against the Syrian government or other enemies, including the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia which controls much of northern Syria.
While Richards' story reflects the battles against bigotry and misunderstanding still being fought by transgender individuals today, it also sheds a light on how far society has come.
In between visiting all the historic sites, MJ tries to confirm whether her suspicions about Spider-Man's identity are correct, while the superhero himself battles against new foes.
Democrats saw their preferred candidates score big wins in key House districts in Minnesota and Wisconsin on Tuesday, setting up high-stakes general election battles against Republican opponents.
Organizations that use these buzzwords would be wise to study how retail incumbents fared deploying each of these strategies in their battles against Amazon over the past decade.
New York (CNN Business)Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve known for his battles against inflation in the late 1970s and early 21983s, has died.
Homeless cats that are trapped, neutered and re-abandoned face daily battles against parasites, contagious diseases, predators on two legs and four, and more — battles they inevitably lose.
Pohiva's political career was marked by constant battles against the monarchy of Tonga, where he was the longest-serving member of parliament since first being elected in 1987.
Pohivas political career was marked by constant battles against the monarchy of Tonga, where he was the longest-serving member of parliament since first being elected in 1987.
Along with providing funds to keep Mr. Assad afloat, Iran has provided supplies and militia fighters to back up his troops in battles against rebels seeking his ouster.
The Time's Up initiative has grown tremendously since it first kicked off in January to help people stand up for themselves in legal battles against sexual assault and harassment.
Tribal groups have waged legal battles against the pipeline for months, and the project has drawn protests from tribes in North Dakota and anti-pipeline activists around the country.
Judicial Watch fought many legal battles against the Obama administration in an effort to unearth the truth about Benghazi, and was certainly more successful than Congress in doing so.
Chalk up another win for the machines in their battles against humans — this time with six top Chinese poker players being walloped in a five-day Texas Hold'em extravaganza.
Their strategy: Trump is still very popular in West Virginia, and Manchin, who's up for reelection this fall, will have to pick his battles against the GOP very carefully.
The company, which is based in Shenzhen and is the world's largest telecommunications provider, is in the cross hairs of the White House's economic and trade battles against China.
That's especially true of the monthly Community Day events, where players team up to hunt that month's featured Pokémon and fight in 20-player raid battles against powerful bosses.
The extra munitions, and the option to sacrifice a pilotless plane or two, could prove key in intensive air battles against such high-tech foes as Russia or China.
We are in extremely difficult battles against entrenched auto companies that make 100 times more cars than we did last year, so of course this is very hard work.
In the light of this looming public health crisis, the US hierarchy's court battles against no-cost contraceptive coverage in all employee health plans are even harder to understand.
Its donation links all redirect to the American Civil Liberties Union, which is presently embroiled in legal battles against the Trump administration's terrifying overreaches on immigration policy and due process.
Greg Abbott of Texas -- now the state's governor who served as its attorney general during most of Obama's administration -- led many of the GOP's legal battles against Obama's immigration orders.
Shiite militias, which have proved effective in battles against the jihadists, are generally unwelcome in Sunni areas and have been accused by human rights groups of carrying out revenge attacks.
In Ireland, the movement became a patriotic drive: Designers applied traditional Celtic interlaced patterns to their products and also took to the streets in battles against the British for independence.
Having for months led rallies and battles against Maduro's security forces in which scores died, youth demonstrators reluctantly abandoned the streets as the opposition turned its attention to the Oct.
"Kim's grandfather Kim Il Sung was supposedly visited by a white horse during his battles against Japanese occupation and was often pictured riding such a steed," the Washington Post notes.
Forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar prevailed in Benghazi's conflict after protracted urban battles against Islamists and other opponents that left parts of the port city in ruins.
BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY, May 23 (Reuters) - Germany's second largest sugar refiner Nordzucker on Thursday became the latest major European producer to post a loss as the industry battles against low prices.
He says he fought alongside Hapilon in battles against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and that the ideological, ambitious jihadi is one of the "boldest fighters" in ASG.
As Iraq's government battles against terrorists, a few investors aren't entirely deterred from seeing opportunities in the war-weary country, which has yet to ascend to formal emerging market status.
Filmmaker Karen Edwards in an interview that aired Monday on "Rising" said that terror group Boko Haram has used kidnapped girls as human shields in battles against the Nigerian government.
In a key matchup, the Chargers' defensive end tandem of Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram won their battles against Green Bay's standout tackle tandem of David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga.
"Our battles against terrorism in Benghazi and Derna did not stop in the holy month of Ramadan but we increased our determination and strength in this holy month," he said.
The MOC-backed rebels in Daraa have been fighting pitched battles against the regime for the past three years, in a brutal struggle to control access to the Jordanian border.
Look back at all the battles against Team Targaryen in Season 7: Cersei won most of them because she was able to anticipate her enemy's actions, and to surprise them.
It is expecting more fighting in urban areas like the battles against ISIS in Mosul and Raqqa, as well as possible conventional battles in the Baltic states and North Korea.
Washington (CNN)A California local elected official is shaping up to lead the charge as the state wages legal and political battles against the Trump administration: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
And engaging for a game that emphasizes straightforward battles against freaky mutants and heavy metal knights who fight quickly and chaotically and don't leave a lot of room to breathe.
His clients have included American Petroleum Institute, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, the American Chemistry Council and the National Association of Manufacturers, all of which waged litigation battles against Obama's EPA.
That has changed the demographics of some seats in Labour's red wall, and memories are fading of the great industrial strikes and battles against the Conservative governments of the 1980s.
While more skilled Wagner operatives trained specialized Syrian army and pro-Assad militia units, the so-called cannon fodder filled out the front lines in battles against ISIS and rebel forces.
Battles against sex discrimination were waged, in part, to enable "men and women to depart from conventional norms of masculinity and femininity, then called 'sex roles', without suffering detrimental employment consequences".
One of my favorite annual events is our Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat, a joint service with local mosques and black churches that centers our three communities' shared battles against oppression.
Perry works his way up through the ranks and participates in a number of battles against a variety of alien races, as humanity works to establish a toehold in the galaxy.
In Mosul and previous battles against Islamic State, the military has surrounded the enemy but left an escape route for fighters to reduce civilian casualties and destruction to homes and infrastructure.
Mr. Trump suspended $391 million in American security aid approved by Congress at the same time he pressed Ukraine to help him with his domestic battles against Democrats like Mr. Biden.
During the next year, ISIS helped the rebels in key battles against the Syrian regime, but as the group became stronger its strategic focus shifted to the formation of a caliphate.
Most of the comic/movie centers around Scott's battles against Ramona's exes, which is a metaphor for Scott's own mental battle to get over the fact that Ramona dated other people.
Exxon Mobil has also pulled the Rockefeller philanthropies into its legal battles against the attorneys general investigating it, sending the groups a subpoena demanding documents and communications related to their activism.
The bad news is that the biggest battles against ISIS still lie ahead, not only in Iraq and Syria, but in places like Afghanistan and Libya, where the group has spread.
The endless battles against the right to abortion, the attempt to censor birth control, the demands of men that they can weigh into the decision when a woman has an abortion.
He joined the ACLU in January 2017, as President Donald Trump took office, and has emerged as a leading voice in a series of high-profile legal battles against the administration.
Killer robots and teen soldiers piloting said robots in life or death battles against intergalactic "Angels"—Yup, Netflix is taking us back to twisted Japan, and it's happening in Spring 2019.
With Nintendo failing to undertake development of a new adventure through labyrinthine caverns riddled with secret paths and battles against bloodthirsty space pirates, Metroid devotees were left pining for something new.
We talk about all the show's larger-than-life battles (against both its surreal "angels" and its very real trauma), its messy handling of gender and sexuality, and, of course, its lore.
The half-life of a gaffe: Speaking of Pruitt's comments environmental lawyers tell me activists will likely use them in legal filings in their battles against the rollback of various climate regulations.
On HBO's "Game of Thrones," whether Jon Snow is facing brushes with death in battles against White Walkers or winning the heart of the Dragon Queen, he is doing it in style.
But he lamented that despite successful legal battles against the South African government, he still cannot sell his rhino horn legally, meaning that his farm has lost him huge amounts of money.
While hits like "Little Red Corvette" will be his lasting legacy, his prominent battles against the music and technology establishment also presaged an era when the recording industry ceded power to musicians.
In recent years, I have spent increasing amounts of time waging legal battles against secrecy, seeking to open court files or get documents for our reporters through the Freedom of Information Act.
His battles against white opponents, in the ring and outside of it, gave rise to "The Great White Hope" play and movie and he came to be lionized as a barrier breaker.
KUWAIT — At the close of a donor conference on Wednesday, Iraq secured only a fraction of the funds urgently needed to rebuild towns and cities demolished during battles against the Islamic State.
In one scene, she battles against chef Mila Kolomeitseva — the first female chef in franchise history, who, despite being Le Cordon Bleu-trained, may not be up to date on basic cooking skills.
Previously, the product -- which uses headsets and a lightsaber-approximating wand, powered by a smartphone app -- exclusively featured battles against characters from the series, like "Star Wars" villains Darth Vader and Kylo Ren.
The escalating legal battles against key figures in Trump's orbit have ramped up speculation about the president's political and legal future, with some saying Cohen's guilty plea could serve as grounds for impeachment.
Later Mao turned on his own political elite, and the first wave fell from grace, giving way to new "rebel" Red Guard factions that then waged bloody battles against other Red Guard factions.
Pesh merga fighters have fought alongside Iraqi government units and the mostly Shiite militias known as Hashed al-Shaabi, or popular mobilization forces, in battles against the militants in the past three years.
Mike: In other major battles against Google, Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, just unveiled a new smartphone called "Essential," which, I imagine, he believes will be essential to all of our futures.
Based on Nathaniel Rich's New York Times Magazine article "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare," the film follows Bilott as he battles against DuPont to expose the company's history of harmful pollution.
His answers include: final victory in the battles against polio and Guinea worm; famine precluded in South Sudan; progress on the malaria and H.I.V. vaccines, as well as continued American support for treatments.
They featured grim, sprawling battles against the Locust, a seemingly infinite horde of monsters from the bowels of Sera, a sort of martial rebellion from an over-industrialized planet on the brink of destruction.
Pelosi pointed to a slew of ongoing legal battles against Trump — including to obtain his tax returns and a long-ignored subpoena related to Robert Mueller's probe — that are still moving through the courts.
Tech is known for pushing back against regulatory oversight, from Uber's aggressive battles against taxi regulations to disputes with European Union officials that culminated earlier this year when the new GDPR regulations took effect.
The Iraqi-led coalition forces' advance slowed after Iraqi Security Forces entered Mosul last month, a densely populated urban environment where troops have had to fight street-to-street battles against deeply entrenched militants.
Iraq saw some of the bloodiest battles against Islamic State and its government is already conducting trials of thousands of suspected Islamic State insurgents with many arrested as the group's strongholds crumbled throughout Iraq.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is leaving his post as the agency wages pitched battles against teen smoking and the opioid crisis, and tackles complex new rules to regulate some cannabis products.
These days she wages her battles against the Republican Party not from her lawn — it's in Malibu now — but on her Twitter feed, which she acknowledges is not exactly a model of self-restraint.
Honda makes changes under Ethics probe MORE (D-Calif.), whose district includes Silicon Valley, on Thursday backed Apple as it battles against a court order to unlock one of the San Bernardino shooter's iPhones.
In 2013, in the heat of his legal battles against insider-trading charges involving his hedge fund, Cohen paid $155 million for Picasso's "La Reve" painting, which he purchased from casino magnate Steve Wynn.
And LNG appears to be winning battles against coal elsewhere in Asia, with countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan planning to expand regasification capacity in order to use more of the fuel.
Turkey agreed to suspend its operations for 120 hours to allow Kurdish fighters, who were instrumental in the battles against ISIS, to withdraw from a designated safe zone along the Turkish and Syrian border.
While battles against AI miscreants make up the bulk of the content in The Division, taking on other players in The Dark Zone is really the pinnacle of what the game has to offer.
Though Pintilie shows a lot — bare bodies in stark isolation against austere backgrounds, and in swirling combination during a visit to a sex club — she battles against the voyeuristic, exploitative implications of her progress.
The quote: An unnamed GOP operative told Politico there is "massive turmoil over there right now..." What it means: Heritage, via its political arm, has leaned into primary battles against moderate Republicans under DeMint's leadership.
There's also the story of trans teenager Georgie Stone and her battles against bullying and legal barriers to transitioning, plus ABC's Monique Schafter and SBS' Patrick Abboud for their body of work on LGBTQ issues.
These royal guard units quickly begin retaking territory you've seized, and unless you can win a couple battles against them and loot their gear, you probably won't have anywhere near the firepower to stop them.
President Bashar Assad&aposs forces continue to press their battles against rebels and Islamic State group insurgents in pockets around northwest and south Syria while refusing a U.N.-mediated political settlement to end the war.
Nusra is also part of an alliance of Islamist brigades known as Jaish al Fateh, which is leading battles against Syrian government forces and its Russian- and Iranian-backed allies in the southern Aleppo countryside.
But the fight against the Islamic State has given them new legitimacy and political power, even though human rights groups have accused them of revenge attacks against Sunnis during previous battles against the terrorist group.
But the United States and its partners still face significant battles against the terrorist group, its affiliates and other networks that are less formally aligned with it elsewhere, in Afghanistan, West Africa and the Philippines.
Huawei is coming off of what was already a tough 2019, during which time the Trump administration waged legal battles against the company and cracked down on its ability to operate in the United States.
In Brahne's chamber, the look of which is burned into my memory down to the exact location of the secret switch in the wall, you fight the second of your losing battles against General Beatrix.
On his weapons, he wrote the names of centuries-old military leaders who led battles against largely nonwhite forces, along with the names of men who recently carried out mass shootings of Jews and Muslims.
Although the criminal case against Mr. Epstein ended with his death, the legal battles against his estate — assets estimated at more than $213 million — are expected to go on for months as his accusers seek justice.
The coffins of Shia fighters killed in battles against the Sunni jihadists are loaded onto cars and taxis and driven in procession to be buried in Najaf, another holy city in the south about 160km away.
But we suspect the "Star Wars" faithful were just as excited to see Stormtroopers, AT-AT walkers and the character of Mon Mothma, a Rebel leader who often figures prominently in battles against the Death Star.
Polling shows that Mr. Trump's support in Utah is very low for a Republican presidential candidate, and it has particularly suffered amid his battles against Mr. Romney, a Mormon who was the Republican nominee in 2012.
"Drug companies that fought unsuccessfully multiple legal battles against the longest-lived biotech patents – effectively 29 years — will no longer face the Cabilly bottleneck," said Konstantin Linnik, a partner at Boston law firm Nutter McClennen & Fish.
And, most important, through Anna and her battles against a variety of obstacles to enter the nascent and risk-laden world of commercial diving, we experience the rapidly evolving role of young women in American society.
Friday's strike in Baghdad also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi militia leader who was one of Iran's top lieutenants in Iraq and a veteran of battles against the United States and the Islamic State.
Friday's strike in Baghdad also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi militia leader who was one of Iran's top lieutenants in Iraq and a veteran of battles against the United States and the Islamic State.
" But Oracle executive vice president Ken Glueck, whose company has waged numerous legal battles against Google, expressed doubts that this latest shuffling of the decks will make much difference — despite acknowledging that "Mark is the best.
In deference to the founder's wishes, monks use it to pray by name for the souls of fallen Russian soldiers, whether they died in 18th-century battles against the Swedes or in the current conflict in Syria.
Outside Washington, Democratic state attorneys general are increasingly coordinating their legal battles against the Trump administration -- with figures like California Attorney General Xavier Beccera and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman expected to play increasingly prominent roles.
Iranian media have often carried video and pictures of Soleimani, who commands the Quds Force, the branch of the Guards responsible for operations outside Iran, at frontline positions in battles against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
The commission's claim has echoes of antitrust battles against Microsoft, which was found guilty on both sides of the Atlantic of trying to extend a monopoly in one area, the operating system for desktop computers, into others.
When asked what motivated them to dive into one of the fiercest battles against the terror group to date, the women said they did it both for the Kurdish cause and to liberate the women of Raqqa.
It's allowed users to turn off throttling in older phones and introduced battery service warnings, but December's outrage shows this isn't enough, and the company's battles against the "right to repair" movement are the opposite of helpful.
Thiem, whose court coverage and heavy topspin shots are well suited to slower courts, has often lost his battles against Nadal, whose style of play Thiem has liberally learned from — or plagiarized, depending on whom you support.
The big picture: The Massachusetts AG recently filed a similar lawsuit and at least Democratic presidential candidates, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, have said they would pursue legal battles against big oil companies related to climate change.
Berta Cáceres, co-founder of COPINH, which has long-championed indigenous rights and grassroots battles against mining and logging, was shot dead in her sleep on March 3, less than a year after receiving the Goldman Environmental Prize.
Thailand, coming off a record 13-0 loss to defending champions United States in their Group F opener, conceded twice in the opening 20 minutes as they struggled to win aerial battles against a much taller Swedish team.
This film introduces Duplo blocks, larger building blocks designed for younger children, into the mix as Finn, the human boy from the first movie, battles against his little sister, Bianca, who keeps stealing pieces from his Lego sets.
If a player wins enough battles against a gym's leader(s), they take control of it (or join it if their team already has control of it) and select a Pokémon to defend the gym against other players.
Infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was banned from most online platforms, including Twitter, after CNN pointed out that Jones' videos and posts flew directly in the face of tech companies' rules and statements about their battles against misinformation.
He said "organized groups paid by certain parties" had attacked police buildings and checkpoints, seeking to "obtain weapons and transfer their battles against the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces into the capital and the big cities".
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing although Islamic State has carried out similar actions as it battles against a government offensive on its former stronghold in Mosul, 200 km (125 miles) north of Tikrit.
"It's sad to know that we still have to fight those battles against discrimination and bullying within our own walls, and even sadder to know that this situation is making great talent leave," one employee wrote in a comment.
So, effectively, he missed the economic crisis, the rise of the Tea Party, the battles against Obamacare, the various showdowns on the debt ceiling and government funding, and the rebellion of the GOP base against its elites' immigration reformism.
In these battles against these enormous creatures, you'll team up with other players over the internet to take down your foe, capturing it as a result and adding its standard form and its Dynamax / Gigantamax forms to your roster.
" Indeed, in a veiled comment on the way that Mr Trump has wooed white men and downplayed past battles against racial and gender discrimination, Mr Obama adds that for lots of Americans, those past glories "never existed at all.
Though al Qaeda claimed one of the dead, Abdulraoof al-Dhahab, as one of their "martyrs", some officials on the government side denied that and said he was an important partner with local tribes in battles against the Houthis.
"The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive," Trump said in Warsaw, Poland, citing his host nation's long battles against tyranny as an example of the tenacity needed to preserve Western values.
On the latter front, these visionary leaders, and their allies in civil society, have been fighting uphill battles against highly entrenched, well-financed, and often corrupt forces without the requisite support that is needed to advance positive social change.
Eleven years after independence, Haiti's first president, Alexandre Petion, would shelter and then supply Simon Bolivar with material support and troops to bounce back in his battles against Spanish royalists and liberate Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama.
In recent years, to counterbalance the Ambedkar celebrations, the upper castes, especially the Rajputs, began celebrating Rana Pratap, a medieval Hindu Rajput king, who fought several battles against the Mughal Empire, as an ideal Rajput and Hindu nationalistic icon.
Why it matters: "West Virginia's journey provides a case study in how legal battles against drug companies can fail to balance the scales, leaving behind more conflict than resolution in communities still reeling from the crisis," the Post writes.
Those within the Beltway expect a rejuvenated White House to take its battles against economic rivals like China to institutions like the World Trade Organization, the Switzerland-based forum established in 1995 that helps regulate international trade, Willems said.
Today, Mr. Yen's company, Woodworth Wooden Industries, operates a factory in Cu Chi, on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, a district best known for the elaborate tunnels used by Vietcong guerrillas in their battles against American forces.
He ignored the resignation demand, saying the vote was necessary to win political support in Hungary's battles against the EU. "We need a common basis... to challenge Brussels in conflicts that will indeed have grave legal ramifications," he said.
The truce has further flipped the dynamic of last May: instead of retreating from Palmyra to fight elsewhere, the regime was able to focus its efforts in the city while battles against more moderate opposition quieted in other regions.
LONDON/NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Hedge fund firm Caxton plans to cut the fees it charges investors, as the industry battles against lower returns in the wake of the financial crisis, a letter to investors seen by Reuters showed.
Latin America's left still harbours a deep disgust for that US school that trained many Latin American officers in their abuse-filled battles against guerrillas during the Cold War, and has since been renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
BUENOS AIRES, May 14 (Reuters) - Argentina's biggest labor union on Tuesday called for a 24-hour national strike to protest the government's austerity policies, heaping pressure on President Mauricio Macri as he battles against a biting recession and jittery markets.
In addition to the multiple legal battles against the ban, Blume and IRAP hope the video and Layla's story will encourage viewers to share their voices, and speak out against discrimination of refugees and Muslims in the U.S. and abroad.
But the ruling could have huge repercussions in other countries — particularly the Commonwealth, an association of countries made up mostly of former territories of the British Empire — where LGBT activists are fighting similar legal battles against colonial-era penal codes.
We ask that all of our loyal clients who are all fighting their own battles against invisible disabilities know that we continue to work with them and support their efforts in training and improving the performance of their support dogs.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. general has asked for permission to resurrect an effort to train Syrian opposition fighters for battles against Islamic State militants, but on a smaller scale than a previous program that failed and was scrapped last year.
How can she be the woman-let-me-roar candidate with decades of policy expertise behind her and, at the same time, be the damsel in distress who needs the moderators to fight her battles against her incompetent, inexperienced opponent?
Thiel is a billionaire venture capitalist, Facebook board member, and co-founder of PayPal, but he's become most famous in recent months as the man responsible for bringing down Gawker, having quietly funded wrestler Hulk Hogan's legal battles against the site.
China will seek solid progress in the battles against major risks of poverty and pollution in the next year, Xinhua said, citing a document released after a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
Rebels have waged their own battles against the Islamic State north of Aleppo, taking advantage of the respite from government attacks to battle the extremists, but a town they seized near the Turkish border was retaken by the Islamic State.
Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton may be facing uphill battles against their rivals in Wisconsin's primary election on Tuesday, but the contest later this month in New York, where they both have roots, should prove to be friendlier turf.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Monday that the group would return its focus to fighting on behalf of Palestinians, saying it had prevailed in other regional battles against Syrian insurgents and the Islamic State.
The operators of the small chain, José and Andrés Vázquez, agreed to pay $243 million to 210 employees to settle a federal lawsuit over stolen wages, a significant victory in the battles against wage theft in the city's low-paying industries.
But even as the faltering battles against AIDS, tuberculosis and other diseases hang in the balance, advocates for the poor, health experts and government officials admit that they have no idea what direction the incoming Trump administration is going to take.
It requires size, complicated footwork, a high degree of intelligence and, usually, the acquired wisdom — gained over years of high school and college competition — needed to win the battles against defensive players who come charging across the line of scrimmage.
It requires size, complicated footwork, a high degree of intelligence and, usually, the acquired wisdom — gained over years of high school and college competition — needed to win the battles against defensive players who come charging across the line of scrimmage.
Venezuela has not reached the point of war, and strategic bombers will not help deal with demonstrators, Russian commentators have noted, stressing that the Kremlin will not deploy soldiers to fight street battles against opposition protesters in Caracas or other cities.
As well as making sure days too many don't pass—the book instructs you to keep a log—you must face up to huge sea battles against both other ships and monsters from beneath the waves, and some land-based group skirmishes, too.
Islamic State (IS) has lost this year about a half of the territory it conquered in 2014 and 2015 in Iraq in battles against government and Kurdish forces backed by a U.S.-led coalition as well as Shi'ite militias supported by Iran.
Here's how it will (maybe) go down: Sansa will agree to marry the slimey Petyr Baelish aka Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) so that she can then kill him and acquire his army for her upcoming battles against the White Walkers and the Lannisters.
Alongside the ongoing battles against inequality in the workplace that #MeToo has given extra momentum to — ones that could change who gets to tell stories in the first place — there are also battles to be fought about how these stories are framed.
Meanwhile, Jones remains embroiled in legal battles against the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, who claim that he and InfoWars staff defamed them, as well as other individuals with similar claims against the site.[Vice]
He describes being engaged in a list of battles against instances of racism and corruption within the judicial and legal systems -- only to be vilified via hate mail and death threats for his part in attempting to convict an African American hero.
Elliott, known for battles against corporate boards, said on Monday that these share placements have "resulted in the entrenchment of management control over BEA at the expense of minority shareholders, whose shareholdings have unjustifiably been diluted to a significant extent over several years".
While the Iranians are assisting the Iraqi government and the Assad regime in their battles against ISIS, the Saudis have maintained that the sectarianism of the Iraqi government and Assad's brutality in Syria have given birth to ISIS and helped it flourish, respectively.
For the left, there's a lot to learn from the successful battles against going backward on health care—lessons about how Trump-era politics can be used to push "socialist" policies that move Democrats, and the American public, forward in unexpected ways.
The country is coping with an ever-bubbling threat of violent sectarianism between the Shiite and Sunni populations, as well as endemic government corruption and overwhelming economic despair, especially among millions of citizens left homeless after the battles against the Islamic State.
These groups fought alongside the SDF, as witnessed by VICE News in the battles against ISIS across eastern Syria, and are now fighting against their former FSA allies on the frontlines of Manbij, at the western edge of the SDF's zone of control.
The deal still needs the formal approval of all 12 parishes, which Mr. Carmouche said he expects before the end of the year, but the tentative settlement marks the latest turn in litigation battles against the oil and gas industry in Louisiana.
On Sunday, Alba reported a 45.4 percent drop in second-quarter net profit to 16.28 million dinars ($43.16 million), the fourth successive quarter in which the company has posted a significant profit drop or loss as it battles against slumping global aluminum prices.
Amazon was responding to the view of Gary Reback, the renowned Silicon Valley lawyer who led high profile antitrust battles against Microsoft, Google and Oracle, that the company is expanding its platform in a way that locks in customers to its platform.
In the wake of the election, Priorities USA, the largest Democratic super PAC, announced a new focus on voter protections, bringing onto the group's board Marc Elias, the Democratic lawyer who leads most of the party's legal battles against restrictive voting laws.
In the video, "Heirloom," two women reflect on their lives and the line that has still remained with me is, "My own memories replaced by the memories of others," which reads as a poetic line that battles against the anxiety of remembering.
Djokovic clinched the Madrid Open without dropping a set and then won a pair of epic battles against Argentines Juan Martin Del Potro and Diego Schwartzman in Rome before succumbing to the imperious Nadal 212-0 4-6 6-1 in Sunday's final.
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According to the film's synopsis, The Predator takes place in present day, a few years after the events of Predator 2 but before the dumb shit that happens in Predators, meaning that humanity has fought and won a couple battles against the aliens already.
"The Marine Corps has a deep operational history in Afghanistan, particularly Helmand Province," Turner said, with Beydler noting that Marines first deployed to the province in 2001 and later fought battles against insurgents in Sangin and Marjah, where Marines took some of their heaviest casualties.
What could easily have been a parade of battles against Superman's space-faring rogues' gallery is instead an exploration of the society that birthed him — and like any good science fiction, it's an excuse to look at real-world problems through a different lens.
Jackson was always a fan of the idea of "Indian removal" and fought brutal battles against the Native Americans as an Army general, presiding over all kinds of war-related atrocities against Natives (whom, to be fair, also committed their own war-related atrocities).
Shinji is catapulted not only into perilous battles against a diverse array of giant, unknowable monstrosities, but also into the role of a hero, a soldier, a savior, an adult, a man—one he never wanted or asked for, and has trouble fitting into.
And the crown prince has named as a top adviser to the royal court a contemporary, Saud al-Qahtani, head of the state-run Center for Studies and Information Affairs, who wages social media battles against regional rivals and defends Saudi Arabia against online attacks.
They talked about his new book, "Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts," and about Mr. McCraw's life on the job, including what it's been like to fight legal battles against President Trump and Harvey Weinstein.
Many Iraqis are unemployed, and despite the government's increased oil revenues and the end of major battles against the Islamic State, not enough money is being put into jobs programs or improving services to make people feel a significant difference in their daily lives.
Gary Reback, the veteran Silicon Valley lawyer who fought big antitrust battles against Microsoft, Google and Oracle says the FTC has reached out to Amazon&aposs cloud rivals in what could be the start of an antitrust probe of the tech giant&aposs cloud business.
The shameful bias of Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who deforms the Democratic debates by scheduling them to reach the lowest possible audience, drives home the perception of Clinton as the insider establishment candidate as Sanders battles against a system that is fixed.
NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against U.S. President Donald Trump, has been charged with extorting more than $20 million from Nike, according to a criminal complaint filed by federal authorities in New York.
After that meeting, he called on Iraq to halt the work of the Tehran-backed paramilitary units, which have operated alongside government troops in battles against Islamic State and, since last week, in a lightning advance that seized the oil city of Kirkuk from Kurdish security forces.
Mr. Bannon will leave the Trump campaign having blended its brand of populism with Breitbart's, while stirring up millions of voters who might not have visited the website before — giving him an outlet that could become even more powerful in his battles against the Republican Party.
Many of the novel's characters are fighting battles against their own minds, using food or certain drugs — cocaine, marijuana, pills, meth — as medicine, getting high to calm the suffering in their brains, the abstract anxieties that they've named the Thought, or the glitch, or the Nervousness.
Led by Edward Blum, a conservative activist who waged previous battles against affirmative action, the students accused the college of violating federal civil rights law by holding Asian-Americans, who as a group get better test scores and grades than other races, to a higher standard.
" His neighbors nickname him Unlucky and have no interest in marrying his probably cursed daughter; she, in turn, blames her father for her spinster status and takes great pride in the "Asante soldiers' valiant battles against the British, their strength, their hope for a free kingdom.
Little meaningful reconstruction has taken place in cities decimated by battles against the jihadists between 2014 and 2017, and Iraq is in the throes of a new political crisis which has prevented it forming a government that can tackle widespread corruption and lack of jobs and services.
Despite the rivalry, many fans see similarities between the two sides, especially their respective plummets down the football league: "The fortunes of both clubs have taken a similar path, in terms of their battles against asset-hungry directors who saw [financial] opportunities," suggests Wrexham supporter Paul.
But the main attraction is Rupert Everett, who plays Holmes as a man forever poised at the top of a downward spiral, a sleuthing rockstar who knows he's losing his battles against addiction and depression but is forever hopeful that he can keep it together for one last adventure.
" The fight points to a pervasive narrative that Uber—the most politically-visible player in the on-demand economy—perpetuates in its many battles against local authorities: that it represents and protects a political constituency of local consumers and workers seeking to "save Uber" from "anti-ridesharing interests.
Related: Boko Haram Suspected of Deadly Triple Suicide Bombing on Island in Lake Chad The government has ramped up its restrictions on popular protest and free speech in recent months as the country battles against regional militant group Boko Haram, along with countries like Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon.
At the concert hall, Mr. Trump stood in front of a large American flag and soaked up the adoration of a crowd of largely evangelical supporters who roared their approval of his promise to defend religious liberty, fight entrenched interests, win battles against terrorists and say "Merry Christmas" again.
Mr. Pence also made no distinction between the Kurds in Syria who fought long, grueling battles against the Islamic State over the past two years, and those he was visiting in Iraqi Kurdistan, who also played a role but were not involved in the same level of combat.
For instance, there's no mention of the extent to which conservative lawyers already won a series of battles against the harder sort of secularism — even liberal jurisprudence today is less strictly secularist than in the '70s — and it didn't matter much to the cultural erosion of their faith.
Triggering the second part of article 7 – the so-called "nuclear option" – could lead to Poland losing its voting rights inside the EU. But Article 7.2 requires a unanimous vote inside the European Council, and Hungary's government, which is fighting its own battles against Brussels, has vowed to exercise its veto.
From his days as a dissident Republican congressman challenging President George W. Bush to his battles against his own party while governor of Indiana, Mike Pence has often relied on strong support from powerful allies: the conservative philanthropists David H. and Charles G. Koch and the vast political network they oversee.
An update to the classic vampire tale (the title is a play on "Nosferatu"), the series follows a supernaturally gifted young heroine from a broken New England home and her battles against the villain Charlie Manx, who carries children off in a demonic Rolls-Royce to a terrifying place called Christmasland.
The carnage in Tayaran Square punctured a growing sense of hope and pride that had permeated Baghdad after Iraq's security forces, bolstered by large numbers of volunteers and fresh recruits, successfully fought grueling battles against the insurgent group that had held one-third of Iraqi territory and terrorized millions of citizens.
All these infrastructure investments, the rear-guard battles against Trump and Koch, and most of all the increasingly detailed sharing of knowledge and replicable best practices — all of it is like a winding spring that is going to shoot the EV market into rapid motion over the next few years.
Nobody has any illusions that, on their own, Western air strikes can do more than contain IS. But Ms Grazzini says putting large foreign forces on the ground would be "unwise and risky", and efforts to pick militias deemed worthy partners might just mean strengthening them in their battles against other local groups.
The protests helped prod Trump to walk back part of his travel ban, inspired Democrats to wage long and vocal confirmation battles against Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions, and even forced Trump to cancel a trip to a Harley-Davidson plant in Milwaukee after demonstrators threatened to greet him at the factory.
Here, by the way, is a list of common misconceptions about what constitutes a G.M.O. Major food manufacturers have fought long and expensive battles against G.M.O. labels, worried that they would deter customers — and give an advantage to organic food makers, who lobbied to advance labeling legislation and ballot measures in several states.
"Under the Suu Kyi government, the military has actually expanded its battles against many ethnic minority insurgent groups, and peace deals that would affect ethnic minority areas in the north and northeast have gained little traction," Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, said in a recent note.
Islamic State is fighting separate battles against various sides in Syria's multi-sided conflict: the SDF, backed by U.S. air power; the Syrian army and its allies, supported by Russian air power in Deir al-Zor and areas further west; and Syrian rebels backed by Turkey in areas of Aleppo province northwest of Raqqa.
Rent isn't just any musical; the modern-era retelling of La Boheme, with its "bohemians" defined by battles against death, drug addiction, poverty and rent-gouging, and artistic obsolescence, is the voice of a generation decimated by AIDS, of a New York City living under the shadow of the virus in the '80s and '90s.
For these regulations, which include the Clean Power Plan that requires states to cut carbon output, along with vehicle emissions standards, Pruitt will have just a handful of options, none of them easy, and nearly all of them triggering drawn out legal battles against well-funded environmental groups and attorneys general from Democratic Party-controlled states.
Within a few weeks of becoming attorney general, Sessions would engage in a strategic undermining of civil rights laws and enforcement, including backing away from the enforcement of consent decrees as a verifiable means to reign in police brutality and reneging on its previous support in key legal battles against racially-targeted voter suppression in Texas.
One practical goal of the plan is to equip the Syrian Kurds after their spearheading of several fiercely fought battles against the Islamic State in the past several months, starting near Syria's border with Iraq to, most recently, the strategically important city of Manbij, where the terrorist group had established processing centers for hundreds of newly arrived recruits.
WM: I was talking to a number of people who found those images confusing because they couldn't tell who was which, and that was really fascinating to me, because in the history of battles against white supremacy in this country, it's been black people confronting white people or white state controlled or government controlled apparatus turned against black people.
Brett H. McGurk, President Obama's envoy to the international coalition fighting the Islamic State, noted at a recent White House briefing that previous battles against the terror group, as in Falluja, in Iraq, or Ramadi or Kobani, in Syria, took months, and said that eventually the Islamic State would exhaust its supply of munitions and fighters.
Lenovo and Disney have partnered for a new in-home augmented reality experience — Star Wars: Jedi Challenges — which allows fans to channel their inner Jedi through a series of immersive games and activities, from the aforementioned game of holochess to thrilling lightsaber battles against some of most legendary villains of the dark side, including Kylo Ren, Darth Vader and Darth Maul.
While Didi has been fighting proxy battles against Uber around the world through its investments in multiple international competitors like Ola in India; Careem in the Middle East; Taxify in Europe and Africa; and via its acquisition of Brazil's 99, this will be the first time Didi will be actively battling the U.S.-based ride-hail player outside of China.
During the campaign, too many resources were focused on Hillary Clinton's [email shenanigans/charity rap battles against Lena Dunham/allegiance to drone warfare] and not enough on Donald Trump's [business failures/clear disdain for two of his children/promise to microwave the polar ice caps so that he can build a floating golf course co-financed by Bashar al-Assad].
House Democrats on Wednesday moved to strengthen their hand in legal battles against President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE by passing a measure that endorses the chamber's subpoenas relating to the president, his administration and his businesses.
" He reminded the audience of his battles against "amnesty" and globalism; of how, despite having supported the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he agrees with Trump that foreign entanglements must be more carefully scrutinized; and of his prowess as a culture warrior: "Y'all know one of the biggest things in America today is whether or not that people actually believe there is a truth and a right and wrong.
At the same time, legislators set aside extra money for Attorney General Xavier BecerraXavier BecerraCalifornia leads states in lawsuit over Trump public charge rule Overnight Energy: Trump sparks new fight over endangered species protections | States sue over repeal of Obama power plant rules | Interior changes rules for ethics watchdogs California counties file first lawsuit over Trump 'public charge' rule MORE (D), who has hired new lawyers for his legal battles against the Trump administration.
Avenatti, who is representing adult-film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE, has become a recognizable face among Democrats, and has floated his own hopes of challenging Trump in 2020.
California Attorney General Xavier BecerraXavier BecerraCalifornia leads states in lawsuit over Trump public charge rule Overnight Energy: Trump sparks new fight over endangered species protections | States sue over repeal of Obama power plant rules | Interior changes rules for ethics watchdogs California counties file first lawsuit over Trump 'public charge' rule MORE (D), who has speerheaded a number of court battles against the Trump administration's environmental regulation rollbacks, called the new rule a refusal to manage carbon pollution.
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing adult-film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $4.85 million in a dispute with a former colleague.
In Egypt, too, the real story of unrest lay not in Hosni Mubarak's presidential palace but in the mundane spaces where norms were shifting: in the tuk-tuks, previously confined to the informal settlements on the margins of the capital, which now honked their way defiantly into the city center; in the schoolchildren re-enacting battles against the security forces on their playground; in the low-level insurgencies waged in family dining rooms, college lecture halls and factory floors across the country.
The military spending bill instructs the Defense Department to study and report the "lessons learned" of the battles against the armed group calling itself "Islamic State" in Raqqa and Mosul, which killed thousands of civilians; study how the U.S. investigates and responds to civilian casualties, and the resources needed to improve that; creates a fund for payments to victims and survivors; and mandates interagency cooperation in receiving and responding to complaints of civilian harm brought by people directly affected on the ground.

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