Sentence examples for fighting for resources from inspiring English sources

At a round-table discussion with labor leaders, farmers and water district representatives who had personal and generational histories of fighting for resources, Obama iacknowledged California's fraught water fights.

Divisions fighting for resources and attention can exacerbate the problem.

He and his co-founders thought they'd be nurtured by the mothership, but instead found themselves fighting for resources.

Do we really want all these geezers fighting for resources, destroying the environment?" "I think society benefits," Guarente said.

When strong regional governments are fighting for resources against national governments, there is a tendency for regions to accumulate large debts, then demand new bailouts at the national level.

The C.I.A. now has a drone base in Saudi Arabia, and both the Pentagon and the spy agency are running parallel drone wars in Yemen, each fighting for resources.

It would mean greater threats of war and international instability because hungry and thirsty people would be fighting for limited resources.

"I'll keep fighting for those resources because our country asks and expects a lot from you," Mr. Obama said, "and we should make sure you've got the resources you need to do the job".

As C.I.A. director since 1997, Mr. Tenet, who is 48, has gained widespread support within the spy agency for rebuilding morale and fighting for more resources after years of post-cold-war budget cutbacks.

But James Tumwine, professor of pediatrics and child health in the School of Medicine, Makerere University, in Kampala, is convinced there is a link with river blindness, and is fighting for more resources to help the affected youngsters.

When I visited Boulder, snow was on the ground, and there was something coiled and defensive about Stern, as if he were used to fighting for scare resources in a harsh environment.