I chipped away at the wall she had put up.
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Utah chipped away at the deficit throughout the second quarter.
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The companies chipped away at Medtronic's dominance over the years.
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In Hungary, an authoritarian leader has chipped away at democracy.
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A strong dollar also chipped away at the company's sales.
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At the same time, Iran chipped away at the JCPOA.
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Wade upheld, but that precedent keeps getting chipped away at.
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Each laugh chipped away at my illness's hold on me.
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Minnesota chipped away at the deficit by getting to the paint.
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He chipped away at parliament's authority and exercised almost unlimited power.
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Widespread corruption and government mismanagement chipped away at the country's resources.
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A recently passed bill, SB-1421, chipped away at this problem.
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Every flippant comment made at school chipped away at my confidence.
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Conservatives also have chipped away at the Obamacare mandate in court.
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Other injuries and underperformance have further chipped away at the team.
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The Silverswords, named after a plant, chipped away at the lead.
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They suavely, and convincingly, chipped away at the black tie wall.
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Russia had already chipped away at embassy programs, anyway, he noted.
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They chipped away at the paint until Monterrosa's name had disappeared.◼
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After other subsequent iOS updates, Apple slowly chipped away at Boxcar's usefulness.
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Declines in U.S. healthcare stocks chipped away at the indexes gains, however.
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Over the course of three months they chipped away at the dirt.
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But little by little, some great inequities were being chipped away at.
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Digital technologies have already chipped away at our ability to remain anonymous.
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Democrats chipped away at Republicans' supermajority in 2018, giving Cooper veto power.
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Under Trump, the administration has slowly chipped away at the refugee cap.
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But, in recent elections, smaller parties have chipped away at their influence.
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They chipped away at Short's resolve with a combination of threats and flattery.
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The Mountain Hawks chipped away at the deficit early in the second half.
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But the prime minister has chipped away at many of the charter's byproducts.
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They also chipped away at concrete columns to reveal the original steel beams.
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Those arguments, and the passage of time, have chipped away at public support.
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Republican lawmakers have chipped away at abortion access in the state for years.
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However, political limbo around E.U. entry has slowly chipped away at the ideological ceasefire.
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Accordingly, they've chipped away at Faretta with decisions like the one in my case.
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They both chipped away at the Reagan consensus even as they lived within it.
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The Wolverines chipped away at reduced their deficit to seven, 39-32, by halftime.
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To our right, a few carvers chipped away at other blocks with small tools.
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Since 1973, lawmakers have chipped away at Roe by introducing hundreds of state-level regulations.
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There were other technical demands that chipped away at the decentralized nature of the internet.
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All of the things we once held sacred are being chipped away at and destroyed.
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After Roe has been duly chipped away at, an outright reversal would look more plausible.
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Netflix and other streaming services have chipped away at viewer interest in cable VOD services.
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Protesters chipped away at the face of the statue, while alumni made their opinions heard.
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But the arrival of President Trump on the political stage has chipped away at that.
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She had saved $23,2000 and chipped away at that to make monthly student debt payments.
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With every violent push, the protesters chipped away at the barriers standing in their way.
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For decades, critical social scientists and humanists have chipped away at the idea of truth.
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Questions, inconsistencies and a lack of evidence chipped away at Mr. Smollett's version of events.
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However, I missed out on feeling like myself, and that chipped away at my self-confidence.
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Since then, the company has chipped away at Intel's dominant position in the server chip market.
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But details soon emerged, one by one, that chipped away at the Garden Bridge's utopian pitch.
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"In recent decades, the courts have chipped away at the nation's age-discrimination laws," said Sen.
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A rare progressive neurological disease chipped away at her memory, cognition, balance, speech and muscle control.
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Democrats slowly chipped away at the Republican advantage, largely thanks to strong turnout from Hispanic voters.
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The iPhone is the company's profit engine, but the strong dollar chipped away at its power.
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And she chipped away at some of Mr. Biden's aura of dominance in the Democratic field.
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Partisanship on the left and right has chipped away at the its legitimacy in the past.
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MBS has chipped away at this too, telling government officials to stop arbitrarily imposing restrictions on women.
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But over time, technology — and our choices about said technology — has slowly chipped away at that certainty.
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In-between my kid's naps this weekend, I chipped away at Minit, one death at a time.
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Chicago chipped away at a game-long deficit, pulling to within 90-85 with 9:02 left.
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The Pelicans chipped away at the lead in the second quarter to get back into the game.
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Gradually, though, the costs of playing the sport at the NBA level chipped away at his happiness.
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The company has chipped away at the problem in recent years, but much remains to be done.
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He argues that Beijing has slowly chipped away at the "high degree of autonomy" it promised Macau.
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Desperately slowly, one tiny step at a time, Ms Harman and her comrades chipped away at this culture.
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Even on the Android side, companies like Huawei have steadily chipped away at Google's once-significant camera advantage.
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The other theme, I'd say, would be Axe and Chuck's empires of dominance being slowly chipped away at.
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First, it has chipped away at Republican congressmen's dogged reluctance to investigate Mr Trump's ties with the Russians.
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Every day, the lewd and threatening comments chipped away at my sense of safety and peace of mind.
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But over the past few decades, behavioural economists like Richard Thaler have progressively chipped away at this notion.
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But behind guard Dexter McClanahan, Nicholls State chipped away at the Illinois lead over the final 21974 minutes.
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Without mentioning the email controversy, Mr. Obama pointed to the political attacks that have chipped away at Mrs.
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Thursday's gains chipped away at the market's massive two-day sell-off to start off the fourth quarter.
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But I've also often wondered if they worked against him, chipped away at some of what made him relatable.
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Trump has exited deals (Paris and TPP); chipped away at them (Iran); and unilaterally signed a lot of EOs.
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The economic swoops and comebacks of the last three decades have chipped away at many measures of well-being.
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But Benjamin Johnson, the executive director of the immigration lawyers association, said the directive chipped away at due process.
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Colorado State (218-244.4) chipped away at the deficit in the second half with its own intense defensive effort.
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Just outside Lubbock, Texas, the structure was built up and torn down many times as Bruno chipped away at it.
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Over the past few years, a string of events has chipped away at our right to keep our location private.
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Driven by Musk's infectious ambition, SpaceX engineers have continuously chipped away at the high cost of launching payloads to space.
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Let's look back and see all the ways big companies chipped away at our privacy bit by bit in 2017.
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The fallout has chipped away at the company's reputation in a community that's been its home for nearly 140 years.
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The spending, combined with his loans, chipped away at that nice paycheck, and he became more beholden to the job.
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Activists have already begun campaigning to end the guardianship system, which has been chipped away at slowly over the years.
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Those investigations chipped away at Clinton's credibility and popularity at a time when she was running for the White House.
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"Hello, I Am Fat" chipped away at the notion that you can "help" fat people by mocking and shaming us.
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The last two reconstructive presidencies — FDR and Reagan — chipped away at the foundations of party politics without dislodging core structures.
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But Liang noticed subtler changes in his friend, signs that his time in custody had chipped away at his spirit.
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Many of these democratic planks, like voting rights and equal participation in elections, have been chipped away at for years.
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Texas survived a Mariners lineup that chipped away at the lead all night but never mustered the go-ahead hit.
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In the decades that followed, the GOP chipped away at the Democratic stronghold, winning landslide elections in 1994 and 2008.
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But the affair has chipped away at Abe's support, according to opinion polls, and it looks unlikely to fade away.
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From that point forward, Atlanta's drives ended punt-fumble-punt-punt, while New England repeatedly chipped away at the lead.
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But even that swath of the United States is not immune to the market forces that have chipped away at coal.
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Then, along came the copyright hawks, and Spotify, and the record companies, and other jerks who chipped away at SoundCloud's glory.
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Sixteen other states have passed similar laws as conservatives have chipped away at the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v.
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As casual Friday chipped away at corporate dress codes, women felt empowered to wear their coveted denim pieces straight to work.
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American officials complain that the WTO's appellate body has chipped away at their country's sovereignty and has strayed beyond its remit.
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The authorities have also chipped away at the demographic majority of the Shias, who once made up 60% of the population.
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She never fully took Jimmy's plan seriously, and perhaps that chipped away at Jimmy's confidence in presenting it to the boss.
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But just as impressive is how she determinedly chipped away at her degree, one class at a time, for nine years.
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As they steadily chipped away at the stone surrounding the skeleton, they encountered a surprise in the reptile's stomach: another reptile.
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The tide continued to turn in the third as Nishikori chipped away at the faltering Cilic with a third successive break.
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But Trump axed the individual mandate with the tax bill, and has chipped away at other parts of the law's foundation.
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Brooklyn chipped away at the lead and cut the deficit to 2521-5223 on back-to-back baskets from Trevor Booker.
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Decades of corruption, ranging from low-level bribes to high-level fraudulent activity, have chipped away at public trust of government.
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Then, I saw what needed to be done at the label, and I chipped away at those things little by little.
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Over the course of his eight years in power, Prime Minister Orbán has chipped away at the foundations of Hungarian democracy.
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When Caroline graduated from grad school, she had $60,000 of student debt, and she proudly chipped away at it for years.
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Behind a game-high 24 points from Malachi Flynn, San Diego State chipped away at the deficit over the closing minutes.
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Milwaukee jumped ahead to lead 37-25 after one quarter, but Orlando chipped away at the deficit over the middle quarters.
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This phenomenon, termed an "intensity gap," would make sense if reproductive rights weren't constantly being chipped away at the state level.
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At the same time, National Front candidates have steadily chipped away at the left's power, making significant gains in local elections.
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The authorities have steadily chipped away at those restrictions in recent years, including ending a ban on women driving cars last year.
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At his workshop in Colorado, Magovern chipped away at the stone and discovered between six and eight giant, crushed oblong eggs inside.
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Ginsburg's comments chipped away at that perceived distinction, thus making it more acceptable for political actors to critique judicial actors and actions.
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After the Jazz carved out a 19-13 lead behind back-to-back baskets from Crowder, Portland chipped away at the deficit.
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The AfD's rise has chipped away at support for Germany's established parties and may complicate their efforts to form stable coalition governments.
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But with Monday's decision, the Supreme Court chipped away at the discretion states have to exclude religious entities from certain government programs.
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But Amazon has steadily chipped away at skepticism of its seriousness in video by expanding the amount of content available for streaming.
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Both works portray people who were once in love but whose mutual affection is chipped away at by petty and bitter transgressions.
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As The New York Times has reported, Britain's extended stretch of austerity measures has chipped away at the country's social safety net.
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Walt Disney envisioned his theme parks as not having classes, but Disney [the company] has chipped away at that over the years.
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Lin scored 153 points in the second quarter as the Hornets chipped away at the deficit to trail 51-36 at halftime.
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United Airlines posted higher profits in the first three months of the year, but higher costs chipped away at the airline's bottom line.
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Petty's three-point play gave Alabama the first points of the second half and the Crimson Tide slowly chipped away at the deficit.
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That decline in yields chipped away at the spread between 2-year Treasuries US2YT=RR, which yield 2.282 percent, and longer-term bonds.
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Scientists led by Jun Liu, a paleontologist at the Hefei University of Technology in China, chipped away at the stone encasing the skeleton.
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We're told cops were shown photos of the damaged door, which looked like someone chipped away at it with some sort of instrument.
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" But discrimination and a lack of understanding chipped away at that stature, Peters said, leaving the hijra minority "on the margins of society.
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The moves have concerned worker advocates, who say the changes have chipped away at the earnings gains employees appeared to make last year.
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As injury and age chipped away at the aura of invincibility that Federer and Nadal once enjoyed, Djokovic surged into the top position.
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However, Apple's Greater China revenue dropped 14 percent in the first three months of the year, as cheaper rivals chipped away at sales.
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The Trump administration has chipped away at one Obama-era initiative expanding the FCC's Lifeline program to subsidize broadband for low-income Americans.
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But Stanford (214-210, 210-8) chipped away at the deficit, going on a 19-8 run that lasted more than eight minutes.
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Taiwan only has 17 diplomatic allies left around the world as the Chinese government has slowly chipped away at the island's international relations.
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LSU chipped away at the lead and was back within six after a Brandon Rachal dunk with five minutes left in the half.
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The various subsidies stacked together along with this avoided tax chipped away at the incremental cost of an EV compared to a conventional ICEV.
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However, Joshua never lost his composure, varied his attack, and chipped away at Povetkin's energy reserves by targeting the Russian's body with clever shots.
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Gandini, who began his tree carvings around five years ago, chipped away at his 66th stump in the huge Villa Pamphili park on Friday.
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The Buffaloes gradually chipped away at the deficit and got within seven with 1:35 to go, but by then it was too late.
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Airbus's cheaper A7873 has also chipped away at 2787 sales and low fuel prices have allowed airlines to keep flying older, less efficient planes.
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They have passed laws like so-called "right-to-work" that actively chipped away at workers' ability to unionize and bargain for wage increases.
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They have chipped away at our institutions with an eye on consolidating and entrenching their power, regardless of the will of the American people.
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He took out a pocket knife, chipped away at the paint on the frame, and examined the screws that were embedded in the metal.
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But the Raptors dug deep, chipped away at that lead and then went on the 12-0 run with the game on the line.
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While reading their assigned article, students should keep track of ways a leader and his ruling party chipped away at democratic institutions and values.
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At one of the only remaining original spurs of the old town, residents had been moved out and earthmovers chipped away at historic houses.
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Still, arguing that Guantánamo was too expensive and fueled anti-Americanism, Mr. Obama chipped away at its population; 41 remained when he left office.
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Dallas held a 34-18 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Orlando chipped away at the deficit in the middle periods.
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For months she chipped away at the shells and barnacles crusted onto its surface, storing it in a lunch box cooler filled with water.
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But the Coyotes hung in and gradually chipped away at the deficit, trailing 49-45 on a Tyler Peterson with 8:42 to play.
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The Thunder steadily chipped away at Chicago's lead, tying the game on Danilo Gallinari's 3-pointer with a little more than five minutes remaining.
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A ruling by the conservative-majority Supreme Court upholding the Alabama measure could have chipped away at the Roe decision, which legalized abortion nationwide.
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I chipped away at it, and the rest of the dishes, before admitting defeat, barely a dent in the food to show for my efforts.
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Scientists estimated an origin around 3,900 years ago in Central America, but emerging lines of evidence in recent years have chipped away at this interpretation.
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But each day, rumors chipped away at my certainty, even as party officials on television assured us that the "fire" in Chernobyl was under control.
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Many activists are calling for an end to the guardianship system, which has been chipped away at slowly over the years but remains in force.
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HSBC dropped 4 percent after the bank reported a disappointing annual profit as higher costs and a stocks rout chipped away at its trading businesses.
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Morant chipped away at Brooklyn's late eight-point lead, converting a driving layup, a pair of free throws and a short jumper on consecutive possessions.
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Donald Trump's victory in U.S. presidential elections and Britain's vote to leave the European Union have further chipped away at their faith in opinion polls.
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Boston chipped away at the lead, cutting it to 2139-2134 on a 210-point play from Thomas with 23 seconds remaining in the half.
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Wyoming chipped away at the deficit with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Josh Allen to Tanner Gentry at the end of the first half.
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The Volcker Rule, which was part of the Dodd-Frank regulatory legislation, is being chipped away at by Republicans, which doesn't sit well with him.
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Several people said that weariness from weekly protests — and a growing reluctance to attend potentially violent demonstrations — had chipped away at the number of protesters.
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If you listen to [Netanyahu and his allies], they seem to believe they had successfully chipped away at the international consensus that settlements are illegal.
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The A.N.C. has especially chipped away at agencies and posts that hold the powerful accountable, like the national police, prosecutors and the public protector's office.
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Behind Beal's season-high tally, Washington chipped away at the gap over the course of the late second quarter and into the third and fourth.
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My husband and I kept our children inside, away from the smoke, while the guilt and fear chipped away at my love for the city.
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Three corruption investigations and the Israeli attorney general's announced intention to charge Netanyahu with fraud and bribery have also chipped away at his seeming invincibility.
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Over the years, bill after bill has chipped away at the changes we made, and people today once again see unfairness everywhere in the code.
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The chaos surrounding the Trump administration has chipped away at the president's leverage, he said, making it harder for Republicans to woo red-state Democrats.
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The Giants chipped away at the deficit with single runs in the second and third, scoring on sacrifice flies by Brandon Crawford and Kevin Pillar.
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Yes, the Trump administration has chipped away at the ACA, but a lot of that was baked into the system a year ago, when premiums skyrocketed.
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It took more than a decade of dogged and sometimes defiant persistence as Klapper and her colleagues chipped away at layers upon layers of narco bosses.
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The weak data has also chipped away at one of the last supports for the pound: the possibility of a Bank of England interest rate hike.
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Apple once led the pack with its intelligent assistant Siri, but in just a few years, Amazon, Microsoft and Google have chipped away at its lead.
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Oregon State chipped away at the deficit, getting as close as 64-58 on a pair of free throws by Eubanks with 8:06 to go.
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The King of Pop was financially and physically drained in 2009 – just four years after a high-profile molestation trial chipped away at his musical legacy.
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Among those in the red was HSBC, which reported a disappointing annual profit as higher costs and a stocks rout chipped away at its trading businesses.
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This is the question we spend our lives answering and on the song 'i,' I chipped away at it the best way I know how: sound.
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Apple's revenue from the Greater China region fell 14.1 percent to $10.73 billion in the quarter, as cheaper rivals in the region chipped away at sales.
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Under President Donald Trump, the administration has slowly chipped away at the refugee cap, which dictates how many refugees may be admitted to the United States.
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Mrs Pelosi, who was a highly regarded Speaker between 2007 and 2011, making her the first woman to hold the job, chipped away at the first group.
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They methodically increased the lead to 22 on Harris' 253-pointer with 2107:33 left in the third quarter, but New Orleans chipped away at the deficit.
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Over the course of Trump's presidency, the administration has chipped away at the refugee ceiling -- the number of refugees who may be admitted to the United States.
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Or has being a husband and father chipped away at a little bit of that "America's boyfriend" image burned in our hearts from the boy band era?
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The Mavericks' shooting cooled in the third as the Blazers chipped away at the deficit, riding the hot play of Hood and McCollum before Lillard took over.
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She worked in Ohio; Michigan; Richmond, Va.; and Chicago before settling in New York City, as she chipped away at her debt from her trip to America.
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Also, aggressive discounting to attract customers in the U.S. market, where demand has shifted to larger SUVs from sedans, drove up expenses and chipped away at earnings.
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The Trump administration has chipped away at the post-crisis regulatory system, moves that could expose financial system vulnerabilities if the economic threat from the virus intensifies.
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Steinhauer concludes that they have already "chipped away" at the goal of advancing legislation that assists those they represent, as well as mitigating harm their communities face.
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Monday's news will pile pressure on Walmart and Target, which in recent years have chipped away at Amazon's lead with their own offers of free two-day shipping.
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Already, Ofo and arch rival Mobike have chipped away at Didi's share of short journeys and struck deals with local governments with the aim of solving congestion problems.
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"It is incredibly painful," Clyburn told me when I asked about how it felt to see all this progress chipped away at in the span of a year.
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The Democrat represents nearby Flint, Michigan — a Democratic stronghold that Trump chipped away at in 2016, winning 42.59% of the vote versus Mitt Romney's 35.24% in Genesee County.
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South Carolina made just two of its first 19 shots in the second half and went scoreless for nearly five minutes as Georgia chipped away at the deficit.
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The women's rights movement changed gender norms; anti-racism and civil rights movements chipped away at old racial hierarchies; gay rights have led to a redefinition of marriage.
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Since being elected Cook County State's Attorney in 2016, Foxx has chipped away at the traditional "law and order" system that progressives find excessive, expensive and unnecessarily punitive.
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It was the sixth straight month of price gains and a decisive end to a two-year price slump that had chipped away at consumer wealth and confidence.
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The case is familiar to those who've been listening to American Public Media's podcast "In the Dark," which chipped away at key elements of the prosecution's case. 6.
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Monday's news will pile pressure on Walmart and Target Corp , which in recent years have chipped away at Amazon's lead with their own offers of free two-day shipping.
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The Wildcats steadily chipped away at the deficit in the second half and tied the score at 52 on an inside bucket from Olah with five minutes to play.
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Since taking power in late 2016, the PSD has chipped away at the independence of the judiciary, prompting criticism from the EU and the largest street protests in decades.
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Even as states have chipped away at abortion access over the past several years — through strict requirements on clinics, providers, and women seeking abortions — the issue rarely feels urgent.
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Wade was decided, abortion opponents started passing new restrictions on the procedure — many of which were upheld in later court cases that chipped away at some of Roe's protections.
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Bowling Green chipped away at the deficit and pulled within seven before Mays' three-point play with five seconds left sent LSU into halftime with a 46-36 lead.
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However, budget cuts and other reforms have chipped away at special education programs for gifted children in some parts of the country, making them far from a sure thing.
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It is a move that has given Trump more of a voice, and more of a public persona, and chipped away at the mystery of who she really is.
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"With each trade, they chipped away at the savings of thousands of retirees whose pensions they were charged with safeguarding," Boston U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said in a statement.
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As the day wore on, and the Europeans chipped away at their deficit, the level of frustration, and a few blood alcohol levels, rose discernibly in the gargantuan galleries.
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Since 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court has slowly chipped away at harsh, mandatory sentences for kids, ruling in 2012 that it's unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life without parole.
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Divers finally had a breakthrough, literally, when they chipped away at rocks and enlarged a passageway that had been too small to pass through while wearing an air tank.
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Since the late 1990s, conservative activists — often with the help of conservative presidents — have steadily chipped away at sex education by funding and mandating abstinence-only policies in schools.
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The Wizards chipped away at the lead and when Ish Smith made a 3-pointer with 4.4 seconds left to complete the first-half scoring, Toronto led 103-51.
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The Cornhuskers led by eight points, 64-163, with 2:15 remaining, but the Tigers chipped away at that lead and pulled to 66-64 with 57 seconds left.
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It also was the season-long focus of a podcast that chipped away at key elements of the prosecution's arguments and was cited by Mr. Flowers's lawyers in court.
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"For me, living in constant fear of Rob's anger and being subjected to his degrading tirades for years chipped away at my independence and sense of self-worth," she wrote.
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The aide said Booker is running on the idea that America needs to restore justice and fairness in a time when the Trump administration has chipped away at it. Sen.
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While his administration has chipped away at regulations, the coal sector remains in the doldrums, under pressure from cheaper and cleaner natural gas, more than a year into Trump's presidency.
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Since taking office, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has chipped away at negotiations with teachers and other unions, but the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association contract was still a major sticking point.
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The Court has further chipped away at federal and state campaign finance laws in areas such as overall contribution limits and effective public financing in elections with big-money candidates.
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This has slowly chipped away at our markets and created growing unease across the countryside, especially as farmers are facing their bankers, seeking loans to put in next year's crop.
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In recent weeks, as France debated the burkini, Turkey again chipped away at old taboos, allowing female police officers, for the first time, to wear head scarves on the job.
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The advocates blame decades of inadequate funding for in-home and community-based services across the country -- a lack of funding that has chipped away at the mental health system.
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As he chipped away at the coalface, a sense of frustration grew as he saw other Australian baseball players who he grew up with making it in the United States.
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Soon, you've got silver and gold blocks to contend with—the former eventually break once you've chipped away at their shiny exterior for long enough, but the golds are indestructible.
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When that does not happen, they warn, countries risk following in the footsteps of Venezuela, Hungary, Turkey and other nations where elected leaders have chipped away at democracy from within.
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But the financial sector chipped away at the bill's "Volcker rule"—which set limits on the proprietary trading that had generated the huge losses—and at the regulations for derivatives.
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But the Yankees chipped away at Houston starter Zack Greinke, who has lost two consecutive starts in the postseason and has given up five home runs in the two games.
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Most of my acne scarring resides in the center of my face, resembling oversized pores, and although I'm passionate about skin positivity, these scars have chipped away at my confidence.
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They spent much of Trump's first year in power trying to do so, and although they have chipped away at major pillars of Obamacare, the law remains on the books.
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But since emerging from the ruins of the Soviet Union as an independent country in 1991, Kazakhstan has steadily chipped away at the legacy of Moscow's political and cultural hegemony.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday chipped away at a $20 million judgment The Chamberlain Group Inc won in a patent case against a rival maker of electronic garage door openers.
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After defeating ISIS in Raqqa, the SDF advanced south to Deir al-Zour, where the SDF chipped away at ISIS territory, finally taking the very last ISIS holdout in March 21.
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Versions of the Senate bill have chipped away at those protections, but moderates have made it clear that they are opposed to changes that go as far as the House's did.
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Among the stocks in the red and pulling indexes down was HSBC, which reported a disappointing annual profit as higher costs and a stocks rout chipped away at its trading businesses.
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Like Harris, Klobuchar was among the most effective cross-examiners that Barr faced on Wednesday, setting up a crisp chain of questions that chipped away at the reliability of his analysis.
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"We knew it was in there somewhere, so we were careful as we chipped away at something like 40 tons of concrete until we got to the very bottom," Trout said.
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That was the fourth straight month of gains and a boon for the economy after a two-year downturn chipped away at household wealth and confidence, undermining consumption and business earnings.
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Sun Diamond Growers of California chipped away at the government's ability to prosecute officials for taking what are known as gratuities — or minor gifts given to them by businesses or allies.
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The combination of mid-single-digit health-care inflation and the proliferation of high-deductible plans has increased consumer direct health-care costs and further chipped away at our discretionary dollars.
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The filibuster has been chipped away at in recent years, with the party in control of the Senate deploying what lawmakers call "the nuclear option" to unilaterally change the chamber's rules.
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Republican-controlled legislatures have chipped away at abortion rights, turning the tide in a broad swath of the country's middle and the South: Six states are down to one abortion clinic.
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Startups like Harry's and Dollar Shave Club — which was acquired last year by Unilever for $1 billion— have steadily chipped away at that dominance with similar razor cartridges at a lower price.
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Barbs from President Donald Trump have chipped away at the prestige of work that some consider already tarnished by leaks and the belief that "enhanced interrogations" is another way of saying torture.
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In June, a report from New Food Economy surfaced the domain-buying issue, a move that effectively inflated its own bottom line and chipped away at potential profit margins of local businesses.
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This year, Frieze Masters has chipped away at PAD's fine arts lineup; the Richard Green and Mazzoleni galleries, both first-time exhibitors at the pavilion fair in 270, defected to Frieze Masters.
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Many of the GOP proposals to repeal Obamacare last year would have chipped away at or eliminated the law's ironclad defense of those with pre-existing conditions in hopes of reducing premiums.
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But the tides began to turn in the second half of the decade as a flood of scandals chipped away at the idea that tech companies — and tech founders — are inherently good.
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Congress did pass legislation last month that chipped away at the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which for decades has guarded internet-based companies from liability for what users post on their platforms.
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But press reports, and now this latest indictment, have chipped away at that explanation to the point where her clandestine link to a Russian government official has resulted in a criminal charge.
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These browsers were faster and more advanced than Internet Explorer and they slowly chipped away at Microsoft's browser market share, prompting Microsoft to essentially kill IE in 2015 and replace it with Edge.
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Over the next year and a half, negotiators chipped away at Chinese recalcitrance towards policy change to their drug market, and their belief that fentanyl enforcement was only a political whim of Trump's.
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Congress has chipped away at the cases subject to mandatory review by the Supreme Court, but it has kept it for redistricting cases where an election looms and time is of the essence.
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While there is legislation in place protecting older workers — the Age Discrimination in Employment Act — a series of Supreme Court rulings since the law's enactment in 1967 has chipped away at those rights.
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It has chipped away at a number of environmental regulations and Zinke himself has overseen aspects of that process, with the Interior Department working to advance Trump's goal of boosting domestic energy production.
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The difference Wednesday was the Warriors chipped away at the Cavaliers' lead and tied the score 26-26 on a pull-up jumper by Durant with 32.6 seconds left in the opening quarter.
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"Even if you don't clear it at the end of that zero percent, if you've made a good effort, you'll have chipped away at a significant portion of that debt," says NextAdvisor's Baird.
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Trump, since taking office in January, has systematically chipped away at numerous decisions made under Obama, including moves to undermine the former president's sweeping health care law and his nuclear deal with Iran.
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Since taking office in 2016, the Social Democrats have chipped away at the independence of the judiciary, also triggering sharp criticism from the European Union and the country's largest street protests in decades.
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But paying his legal teams, led by Blair Berk in Hollywood and Benjamin Brafman in Manhattan, and his ongoing divorce, have chipped away at that fortune, said several people close to Mr. Weinstein.
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Yet again and again she has chipped away at the practice, previously considered a real tool of soft power, a way to subtly support local industry or suggest outreach to a host country.
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In recent weeks, Mr. Ramaphosa chipped away at Mr. Zuma's support with an undeniable argument: The prospects of the party and its members would be better in a government led by Mr. Ramaphosa.
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But the Republicans pressing the Iowa legislation are making a decisive turn away from the smaller, more incremental measures of the past that have, in their view, merely chipped away at abortion rights.
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Trump hasn't shied away from blasting decisions Obama made during his tenure, and has steadily chipped away at key pieces of Obama's legacy like the Paris climate accord and the Affordable Care Act.
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Mr. Pai has already chipped away at more than a dozen regulations, including aspects of net neutrality and the program, known as Lifeline, that provides subsidies for broadband users in low-income households.
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But the bills that Congress came up with in 2017 in the Republicans' failed attempt to repeal and replace the law would have also chipped away at the protections for those with preexisting conditions.
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As Game of Thrones chipped away at Jaime's familial responsibilities and relationship with Cersei, a real human being emerged — and he even made an actual friend through his road trip with Brienne of Tarth.
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Several rulings since then have further chipped away at worker rights; according to the Economic Policy Institute, the share of workers subject to mandatory arbitration provisions has more than doubled since the early aughts.
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"There was a time Seventh Generation owned this market, and little by little, competitors chipped away at it," said Joel Makower, chairman of GreenBiz, a media company that tracks corporate sustainability and green marketing.
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Last week, bigger telecoms player Bharti Airtel posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as the drop in interconnection fees, which are set to be abolished entirely from 2020, chipped away at its earnings.
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Abortion care is a normal and at times necessary medical procedure, but anti-choice activists have strategically chipped away at abortion rights and access for decades, with the hopes of overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Banks that were on the brink of failure ten years ago are now boasting record profits and have steadily chipped away at the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law signed by Obama in 2010.
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What binds them, I think, is how each one chipped away at a coat of armor I'd been using my whole life to avoid emotional release, a way of preventing myself from being vulnerable.
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More openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people were elected Tuesday night than in any previous election, signaling a shift in cultural attitudes even as the Trump administration has chipped away at L.G.B.T. rights.
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Policy shift While Netanyahu and Trump chip away at long-established norms about not playing in other countries' politics, they've also chipped away at decades of US policy supporting a negotiated, two-state solution.
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Besides the disagreement between France and Germany, it is also the nature of negotiations between the eurozone countries that grand ideas get chipped away at until a compromise is reached that satisfies all parties.
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Their votes have become even more critical in the Senate after the special election in Alabama this month sent a Democrat to the upper chamber and chipped away at the GOP's slim majority there.
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The tech behemoth has already chipped away at Walgreen's, who is facing difficulties in the front of the store and the pharmacy, and CVS, which is nursing its health care strategy with Aetna, Cramer said.
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Qualcomm claimed that Apple stole "vast swaths" of its "confidential information and trade secrets," and it's chipped away at Apple with small but meaningful court victories, leading to partial iPhone bans in Germany and China.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Thousands of Romanians protested across the country on Sunday after the government passed an emergency decree that critics said chipped away at prosecutors' independence in one of the European Union's most corrupt states.
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These Supreme Court decisions over the years have chipped away at key safeguards, including the Voting Rights Act and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, both put in place to protect the integrity of our elections.
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Utah chipped away at the lead quickly in the second, and the teams went back and forth until the Jazz finished the half on a 5-0 run and led 50-33 at the break.
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At a mountain cabin in the woods in Murphy, North Carolina, the air grew cold as the moon slowly chipped away at the sun before blocking it completely, leaving only a surrounding halo of light.
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Even vehicle-related deaths have declined dramatically, as improving car-safety technology, stricter enforcement of seatbelt laws, and a nationwide crackdown on driving under the influence have chipped away at this stubbornly high fatality rate.
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The swift, global spread of the coronavirus has chipped away at one of the cornerstones of the financial system: the vast market for bonds, where companies and governments go to borrow money to fund operations.
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Atlanta chipped away at a double-digit deficit before forging a tie at 102 after Collins sank a 3-pointer and a jumper on consecutive possessions and Bembry made a jumper and subsequent foul shot.
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Looming corruption charges - he has denied any wrongdoing - have also chipped away at Netanyahu's seeming invincibility, 10 years into consecutive terms as prime minister marked by a sharp focus on security that resonated with voters.
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Even as Bloomberg's proposal puts him well within the mainstream of a Democratic Party that has fiercely defended the regulatory framework enacted by former President Obama and which has been chipped away at by Republicans.
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For more than a year, courts close to Mr. Maduro have chipped away at the powers of opposition lawmakers there, overturning laws like a measure to release political prisoners and stripping it of budgetary oversight.
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MBS has chipped away at the wilaya (guardianship) system, which puts women under the thumb of male relatives, and curbed the religious police, who used to hound young Saudis for such offences as wearing nail polish.
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The dollar's losses on Thursday chipped away at its gains since May 18, when minutes from the Fed's April policy meeting signalled the central bank had edged closer to a rate increase in the near term.
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Photographs of the mural – which showed one of the EU's golden stars being chipped away at – appeared on Banksy's own website and verified Instagram account on Sunday, indicating that the street artist was behind the artwork.
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He presided over the largest rollback of federal land protections in US history, started the process of opening nearly all US coastal waters to drilling, and chipped away at environmental regulations like the Endangered Species Act.
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It's time for policymakers to stand up for working people, restoring the rights that have been chipped away at for the past four decades and instituting new ones to adapt to the changing nature of work.
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The vote marks a challenge to China and would require annual reviews of Hong Kong's special status under U.S. law to assess the extent to which China has chipped away at the city's autonomy (Bloomberg News).
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In jeopardy for them and that it would be removed or it's been sort of chipped away at on certain topics, but now brought more broadly, you think there could be... Well, they just love 248.
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While McFarlane Toys hasn't chipped away at the oligopoly of the toy industry the way Image did with comics, it has moved more than 100 million blood-drenched, weapon-wielding figures since it hit the scene.
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"It was really important for us to show all the ways that this right that women have taken for granted for so long has been chipped away at and the consequences of that long opposition," says Fisher.
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Chinese banks, among the world's biggest by market value, also face rising volumes of sour debt, forcing a quicker pace of write-offs - even as a series of rate cuts has chipped away at their interest income.
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Any deal would be the latest tie-up in Switzerland's fragmented private banking industry, under pressure after global prosecutors chipped away at Swiss bank secrecy rules that enabled the wealthy to keep cash hidden from the taxman.
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Britain's Mark Cavendish, culpable for the crash, chipped away at Viviani's lead in the standings, as did charging 123 champion Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark, but Viviani showed admirable composure in the heat of an attritional battle.
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With the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) having chipped away at support for Merkel's conservatives by attacking her open-door refugee policy, alarm is growing over the influence of bots and fake news on potential voters.
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She was a passionate advocate for the environment and for peace, a woman whose own struggle with mental illness chipped away at deep stigma, and a star whose most famous role tells us much about feminist progress.
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The controversy over a sweetheart land deal at the school has chipped away at Abe's support and sent Japanese shares briefly lower on Thursday, and any questions over the donation could cast further doubt over the deal.
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The process alienated committee chairmen, whose work took a back seat to the efforts of the elusive chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, and it chipped away at their authority.
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Since entering office in 2010, Mr. Orban has gradually chipped away at the country's democratic framework, reducing judicial independence, taking control of most state and private media and reshaping the electoral system to favor his party, Fidesz.
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These restrictions have chipped away at abortion access for years — for example, a Texas law regulating the state's abortion clinics forced 21 of the state's 40 abortion clinics to close in just three years, the Texas Tribune reported.
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The Padres chipped away at the deficit, with Tatis blasting a two-run homer, his third, off Bumgarner in the fifth, and Myers a solo shot, his third, to make it a 5-3 game in the sixth.
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Higher R&D spending, increased material costs and a weaker automotive market chipped away at ZF's operating profit in 2018, with a fall of 9 percent to 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion) on sales of 36.9 billion euros.
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Taking up several rooms of this sprawling hilltop museum, "Twilight Over Berlin" chronicles how Nazism chipped away at the creativity and reputation of dozens of artists who hit career highs in the waning years of the Weimar Republic.
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Over the years the groups have chipped away at the nation's pro-immigrant consensus, lobbying on Capitol Hill for greater enforcement at the southwestern border, a reduction in legal immigration and sanctions against employers who hire unauthorized immigrants.
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Her older son was disciplined about working and graduated with less than $25,000 in loans, but her younger son racked up so much debt he had to live at home after graduation while he aggressively chipped away at it.
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But even as the military campaign chipped away at the Islamic State's caliphate, the group was branching out, founding and supporting new franchises and cultivating relationships in Afghanistan, Libya, the Philippines, the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, Nigeria and elsewhere.
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Democrats see healthcare as central to their efforts to win back the White House and build on gains in congressional races in 2020 after Republican President Donald Trump chipped away at Democratic predecessor Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act.
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In the meantime, new regulations — issued pursuant to the president's Inauguration Day executive order — have chipped away at the A.C.A., leading to a drop in enrollments through the exchanges from 12.7 million in 2016 to 11.4 million this year.
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Mr. Brat is hardly alone among Tea Party-aligned Republicans who are now in highly competitive races in Texas, California, Iowa, Pennsylvania, New York and other states where the swelling suburbs have chipped away at the rural Republican strongholds.
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Feinblatt said Everytown took a cue from the architects of the marriage-equality movement, which chipped away at state restrictions on same-sex marriage until scoring a historic victory in 1981 when the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide.
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Gradually the Democratic leadership chipped away at the Stupak coalition of pro-life Democrats, culminating in Bart agreeing to vote for the bill in exchange for an executive order that primarily just restated the accounting gimmicks in the bill.
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Her decision comes after significant losses by the CDU and its coalition partners during recent state elections in Bavaria and Hesse, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and liberal Greens have chipped away at the coalition's ruling majority.
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The entire history of his family, the world itself, the solar system and galaxy, swirled around him now in weird silence, and he felt blood dribble down inside his body and the clock, the clock, chipped away at his existence.
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Since taking power in late 2016, the PSD has chipped away at the independence of the judiciary, prompting criticism from the EU. Voters punished the PSD in a May 26 European Parliament election, which the party lost to centrist groupings.
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Over the past month, the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have chipped away at ISIS' control around Mosul, the largest city it controls and the place where ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared the "caliphate" two years ago.
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Despite the 90-day expiration date on the travel ban, its path has been littered with a series of false starts and stops for the last eight months as federal courts have chipped away at its original intent and scope.
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It was in this manner — percussively, repeatedly — that he helped bolster the case for an invasion of Iraq and chipped away at Republican support for a bipartisan 2007 path-to-citizenship bill that later perished in the United States Senate.
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In his front yard in Poland, Jaroslaw Kurski flies the European Union flag, blue with a circle of yellow stars, and he carries one during street protests against a nationalist government that has chipped away at his country's young democracy.
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These overhauls have reversed or chipped away at years of French social and economic policy, making the labor market more flexible, lightening the fiscal burden on the rich, ending the protected status of railway workers, and making universities mildly selective.
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These tensions — coming at a time when the nation is once again battling over the effectiveness of school integration — are the latest development in a series of changes that, in recent decades, have steadily chipped away at Louisville's original integration plan.
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Billing itself as a modern, progressive league of the future, MLS has slowly chipped away at the stereotypical notion of the stodgy pro sports boardroom in its first 25 years, recently adding its first female majority-owned team to its ranks.
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Analysts worry that India's attempt at marrying a pluralist society with a secularist system of governance will continue to be chipped away at as the ideas proposed by Hindu nationalists gain mainstream credence and support from citizens and public institutions.
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As Seton Hall chipped away at a 9-point deficit, the fans grew more raucous, reaching a deafening level when Angel Delgado (19 points and 16 rebounds) gave the Pirates a 42-543 lead with 12 minutes 15 seconds left.
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To varying degrees, there's been some sympathy in some of the opinions that have been handed down by courts on this matter, so I think that is one thing that may be chipped away at over time through the legal process.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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They celebrated the passage of a revised version of the No Child Left Behind education law that chipped away at reviled, high-stakes standardized school testing, a long-term infrastructure bill and legislation granting Mr. Obama enhanced power to negotiate major trade agreements.
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Instead of building on this island of success in the sea of red ink in other government programs, Congress has chipped away at the unique features that have produced its success—a judicious use of regulation, genuine market competition, transparency and consumer choice.
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But the specter of McDonnell is here nonetheless: The case was tried in the shadow of a Supreme Court that repeatedly chipped away at criminal bribery laws, and seems overly concerned about protecting lawmakers, especially when engaged in activities that have become routine.
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The estate tax (the "death tax" label is dishonest) — which is a clear solution to a widening wealth gap, based on centuries of evidence and decades of policy work, gets chipped away at constantly, without enough defenders rising up to support it.
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Placing lawmakers on this scale helps us better organize the groups that have chipped away at Speaker Paul Ryan's majority — and it shows why it's been so difficult for Ryan to find strategic ways to appease certain factions to pass this bill.
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Swiss banks have paid billions of dollars in fines in recent years as global prosecutors, led by the United States, chipped away at the secrecy rules that for decades enabled the world's wealthy to keep their cash in Switzerland, out of sight of the taxman.
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Newly appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai has already chipped away at net neutrality, slowed a program that assists low-income households with broadband access, and hurt efforts to reform exorbitant calling fees for inmates — and that's just his first two weeks on the job.
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Even before the latest twist in her legal woes, a lackluster performance in television debates, a campaign that has been more focused on her main rivals and a misstep over France's role in World War Two had all chipped away at her poll ratings.
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In recent years, Swiss banks have paid billions of dollars in fines as global prosecutors, led by the United States, chipped away at the secrecy that for decades enabled the world's wealthy to keep their cash in Switzerland, out of sight of the tax man.
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U.S. tariffs on foreign steel, aluminum and more than $360 billion of Chinese goods have chipped away at profits for companies that depend on imported goods and parts, slowed business investment and weighed on households, particularly those on the lower end of the income scale.
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While Representative Nancy Pelosi of California has relentlessly — and successfully — chipped away at the Democratic insurgency demanding a change in leadership, the caucus vote this week will provide the first official glimpse of how strong her position is in her quest to regain the speakership.
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Background: Pressure in Hong Kong has been building for some time, as China has slowly but steadily chipped away at its special status, calling into question Beijing's commitment to the "one country, two systems" formula that constituted the foundation of the territory's 1997 handover.
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At the same time, reality TV shows featuring North Korean women — called "defector beauties" — telling all about their lives back home or participating in "The Bachelor"-type searches for love have chipped away at the sense of the North as a land of innocents.
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Mr. Trump's demand for an investigation into the F.B.I.'s scrutiny of his campaign "is the culmination of a lot of moments in which he has chipped away at prosecutorial independence, but this is a direct assault," a professor at New York Law School said.
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Berkshire Hathaway recently made investment headlines with its agreement to purchase the power-transmission company Oncor for $9 billion in cash, a would-be coup for the legendary billionaire, as it would have chipped away at Berkshire's bloated cash balance (of nearly $100 billion).
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In recent years, a handful of fat people have slowly but surely chipped away at the stone walls faced by fat people who want to be seen, who want to ascend to the heights normally reserved for those who have earned visibility through thinness.
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They're citing a new poll from NPR and PBS News that suggests the dramatic confirmation process for Kavanaugh — who has been publicly accused of sexual assault and misconduct by at least three women — has chipped away at the enthusiasm gap between Republican and Democratic voters.
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Chlorofluorocarbons, which were once the preferred propellants for putting the 'spray' in 'hairspray,' chipped away at the ozone layer for decades before someone noticed and put an end to it; huffing remains a common (not to mention deadly) concern; and unemptied cans are still considered hazardous waste.
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Since taking power in 2010, he has steadily chipped away at Hungary's checks and balances, stacking the Constitutional Court with loyalists, reshaping the electoral system to favor his party and placing dozens of watchdog institutions — including the judiciary and prosecution service — under the leadership of his allies.
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A day after the prosecution's key witness in the Harvey Weinstein trial dissolved into tears on the stand, defense lawyers on Tuesday again chipped away at her allegation that he raped her — portraying her as an opportunist who had a long romantic relationship with the movie mogul.
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The reasons why individual judges have moved on from their posts on the bench vary, but in interviews with judges who left in recent months, one theme ties them all together: frustration over a mounting number of policy changes that, they argue, chipped away at their authority.
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Though the courts have chipped away at the N.C.A.A.'s powers, they have largely refrained from upending the amateurism model that was put in place long before lucrative television contracts, shoe company deals and sponsorships agreements for football and men's basketball built college sports into a billion-dollar empire.
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Yet time and again, the country's courts — packed by leftist loyalists of Mr. Maduro only days before they handed over power — have fiercely chipped away at the new legislature's efforts, leaving some here wondering whether Venezuela's lawmakers who are pushing for change have any real power at all.
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But Seattle, thanks to a nearly flawless day from Russell Wilson, chipped away at that lead, and in the fourth quarter, Winston paid for his good fortune in the first half by having the ball jarred free from his hand on a sack, resulting in a vital turnover.
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"By diverting more than 35 percent of the annual corn harvest to fuel additive, the RFS has raised the cost of livestock production, increased food price volatility and insecurity, decreased fuel efficiency, damaged small-engine equipment, hurt the environment and chipped away at household budgets," the letter said.
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Background: Critics say that by appointing Hindu nationalists, scrapping the statehood of what had been India's only Muslim-majority state, Jammu and Kashmir, and passing a citizenship law seen as widely discriminatory against Muslims, Mr. Modi and his allies have slowly chipped away at the country's secular priorities.
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"People are complaining, but I have yet to figure out a better way to do it," a black moderator whose user name is Nasjere told a reporter as he chipped away at a backlog of thousands of forearm photographs one recent afternoon, using various methods to root out fakers.
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Instead of encouraging Trump to fire Mueller or pressing for the Russia investigations to end in the next few weeks, Senate Republicans have chipped away at Mueller's credibility, which might soften the political blow if he issues a damning report on the activities of Trump's campaign and inner circle.
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Mr. Erdogan has already chipped away at Turkey's democratic institutions, purging the courts and civil service of suspected opponents, bringing the media to heel, and leaving in place a state of emergency after a failed coup in 443 that has added a new level of precariousness to the campaign.
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On Monday, Amazon said it would offer free shipping with no purchase minimum for the first time this holiday season, heating up the competition with Walmart Inc and Target, which in recent years have chipped away at Amazon's lead with their own offers of free two-day shipping.
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In the decades since Roe, states have also passed laws that have chipped away at abortion access in the US.Many restrictions have made women's' ability to get an abortion increasingly dependent on where they live or whether they have the means to travel hundreds of miles to the nearest location.
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Related: Foreign fighters in Syria turn their weapons on Turkey Where ISIS went For much of 2017, the Syrian Democratic Forces (of which the YPG is the leading element) and the Syrian regime chipped away at ISIS' territorial holdings in northern Syria, culminating in the fall of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor.
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Since being appointed by President Trump in January to lead the commission, Mr. Pai has abolished a plan to open the cable box market, suspended several participants from a program for low-income broadband subsidies, and chipped away at net neutrality, which guarantees consumers equal access to all internet content.
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Some of the scandals that have hit big programs as well as all the bad press directed at the N.C.A.A. for exploiting college football and basketball players — reaping millions from broadcast fees while the athletes are paid only in easily revoked scholarships — have chipped away at the myth of innocent collegiate competition.
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Especially people who call themselves Punslayin' Tiger Woods: Her confidence soon waned as the game progressed and New England chipped away at the lead, while fans checked in to see if she was getting nervous: And then the Pats actually did it, and pulled off the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history.
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Republicans in Congress were unable to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump administration has chipped away at the law by expanding insurance options that do not comply with the health-care law's rules, cutting funding for outreach to help people sign up for coverage, and shortening the sign-up period (The Hill).
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As the popularity of living alone or with roommates has slowly chipped away at the percentage of people living with a spouse or lover, the demographic shift is largely the result of a "dramatic" decrease in the number of people who choose to "settle down" before they turn 35—not our failure to assimilate into adulthood.
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"I became overwhelmed by so many of the world's problems and my own that it made me want to lay down on the ground in the fetal position, but instead of doing that and waving the white flag, I chipped away at one thing at a time and I realized that things were slowly shifting," the singer explains.
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Before the announcement, the Washington Post's Paul Waldman outlined how dark things could get: That might sound alarmist, but even before Kennedy's retirement, the Supreme Court had gutted regulations intended to fight political corruption, stripped away key components of the Voting Rights Act, chipped away at unions, and came close to striking down the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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After years of staying quiet as Hindu lynch mobs killed Muslims with impunity and Mr. Modi's government chipped away at their political power, India's Muslim population awoke in December and poured into the streets, along with many other Indians, to protest the new immigration law, which favors migrants belonging to every major religion in South Asia — except for Muslims.
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As David Sweat and Richard Matt chipped away at the wall of their tunnel located between two cell blocks of Clinton Correctional Facility last spring, the pair were reminded of the critically acclaimed 53 film, which tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a man wrongly convicted of murder who spends 20 years tunneling his way out of prison using only a rock hammer.
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The House bill Republicans introduced last year to replace the ACA would have chipped away at protections for those with pre-existing conditions, though: While it required that people with pre-existing conditions be offered insurance, it didn't control how much insurers could charge people who disclosed conditions.. According to a separate Fox News poll, which surveyed 1,007 registered voters Oct.
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African-Americans had long protested these statues, from young black schoolgirls, who chipped away at the proslavery John C. Calhoun's statue in Charleston so that it had to be put on an 80-foot pedestal, to the 15-year NAACP boycott of South Carolina for flying the Confederate battle flag on state grounds that ended in 2015, after the flag came down.
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Over the last two years, Federal District Court judges in the state have chipped away at Mr. Obama's legacy by striking down or suspending no fewer than five regulations, executive orders or actions, and guidelines, including an action that would have allowed illegal immigrants who are parents of United States citizens to remain in the country, and guidance that would have expanded restroom access for transgender students.
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A world with highly favorable treatment of pass-through income could create a dynamic where the traditional definition of a job is chipped away at the high end, with the best-compensated executives seeking to redefine their work relationship as a contract between a company and an S corporation or L.L.C. For every child who grows up dreaming of having a limited liability company of his or her own, President Trump's tax plan promises a dazzling future.
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