But it also has something to do with a ministerial battle over who would control the funds.
And the reason we won that battle - and that was a very tough battle - I believe had a lot to do with new media.
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' A chapter later, 'There could be a time where if pushed hard enough, we'll have to do something and there will be a battle.
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What this lookalike of a Star Wars battle station has to do with Tokyo's past is a mystery.
If the show has the budget, they might do some re-enactments of a battle scene.
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It used to be that to trade, you had to call a broker or show up on a trading floor and do battle.
So I understand how -- I do this every day -- I understand how someone can do a static analysis, order of battle, numbers of weapons and things like that.
And despite the mind-boggling technology now involved in high-frequency trading, where algorithms do battle in slivers of a second, the stock world is taking on shades of a street fair in Mexico City.
The story concerns the title warrior, who arrives in Denmark in the year 507 to do battle with Grendel, a giant, pustulant, suppurating demon that terrifies the Danish court whenever they're in their mead cups, which is often.
With the strong support of his board and an another supposedly positive earnings call coming later today, it's hard to call Steve's position as "shaky" at the company, but with whispers of infighting, a symbolic battle with Apple over market capitalization, and a do-or-die mobile launch coming up, it's clear that he's under a lot of pressure to deliver.
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The daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of a warrior going out to do battle.
And in light of that, it was going to be a protracted battle and they would have a stronger position next year than they do currently.
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Making this distinction explicit will do a lot to help Scottish Labour in its election battle against the nationalists.
If our business fails to do this, we will always be fighting a losing battle as we run from stick to stick trying to spin the plates before they fall.
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But if they do, that may just be the start of a protracted battle between companies and councillors about who should be in charge of the bus network.
Microsoft, if it gets its operating system right, could also capture a portion of the business tablet market and to do battle, once again, with RIM.
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Add it all up, and a Yankee team that many predicted would do season-long battle for the Wild Card wound up taking its division handily with 97 wins.
The Cold War world witnessed a battle between positive and negative reporting that did not do much good to journalism.
For the few patients that do sue, they have to prepare for a long, expensive legal battle that has an unsure outcome.
Do gamers really want to be bothered during a "Unit 13" gun battle by a call from a friend?
Excessive detail is a natural result of the battle between company managers, who do what they want, and politicians, who sometimes want them to do something else.
It remains to be seen as superstar lawyers do battle, whether the world of guns will be opened - a door closed to the rest of us because it costs so much to buy a gun, its ammunition and to join the shooting ranges the law requires of South African gun owners.
You pick a side, pro-energy or anti-energy, and do battle in the real world against the other side by linking energy hot spots to one another, creating protected zones on the map.
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In fact, the boutique's home, the former location of the Terra Museum of American Art, is scheduled to be replaced by a residential building next year, leaving Moto precious little time to do battle with the more-permanent Nokia facility across the street.
It is understandable, I suppose, in the heat of a primary battle that you would make fantastical promises about what you might do in policy.
The Swoosh showed an ad for its JUST DO IT Russia campaign in 2007, featuring Maria Vinogradova and Anastsiya Soboleva in a dance battle, and it displayed its affection for female breakdancing just months before.
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Why is it that the more Hillary loses, the better I like her? (Yes, I know she won last night but that's already being dismissed.) She's glowing with the inner fire of the warrior in a battle she can't win without a miracle why do I identify with that so much?
That readiness to do battle on the basis of markets, not ideology, should make Mr McCarthy a useful successor to Sir Howard.
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Looks like Earth is under a full-blown attack this time around, and Thor will have to do battle in multiple realms to stop the villains this time around.
You can do a lot in training but it's not until you get in the heat of battle that you really find out about how to play with the guys around you.
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