Cue fast driving, fights, gunplay, sex in public … basically the plot wish-list a hyperactive 15-year-old boy with attention issues might come up with.
He allied himself closely with cigarette makers fighting restaurant smoking bans, spoke out against lowering blood-alcohol limits as a way to prevent drunken driving, fought an increase in the minimum wage and opposed a patients' bill of rights — all in keeping with the interests of the industry he represented.
"Both leaders have been invited to the summit because they are driving the fight against corruption in their countries.
And, while we always like traffic-driving fights at TechCrunch, I give Maples class points for not taking pot shots at competitors, saying "I try really hard not to comment on how other people do their job".
The European Union, by seeking to enforce competition and other rules, has been driving Italy to fight for its place in the wider market, but this is a two-way process: it also opens up Italy's markets to outsiders.
In the Times today, Damien Cave has an analysis of what's really driving the escalating fight between Sharpe James and the administration of Jon S. Corzine over the proposed expenditure of $80 million on redevelopment projects.
The UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs) will come into effect on 1 January next year, with the aim of driving the global fight against extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.
Military planners said the immediate goals would be to break the Iraqi Army's will to fight, driving large number of troops to surrender or defect -- and offering them guarded sanctuary if they do -- while cutting off the leadership in Baghdad in hopes of causing a rapid collapse of the government of President Saddam Hussein.
I imagined trekking through and playing in it, having a snowball fight, driving up the street for a chai latte at my local coffee shop.
The comedian, 39, who has had multiple run-ins with authorities over the past few months -- including a parking violation, driving infraction, bar fight, hotel disturbance and gun violation -- was arrested yesterday morning (Dec. 28) on suspicion of felony child endangerment at his home in Los Angeles, Calif.
