Since ascending to the presidency, every encounter for Trump seems to be a one-shot battle.
Later, Ms. Tibbs said, he added another reason: she was fragile from cancer and he didn't want her to go through a long-shot battle for the bill.
Our hero is the boyish-looking environmental lawyer Joe Lovett, who loves his orchard and his kids and seems to age on the pages as he fights one long-shot battle after another in an attempt to get the government to simply enforce the law.
"It always is. Loyola 16-0-3 16-0-3 16-0-3 second-ranked team in CIF Southern Section Division I, earned its fourth consecutive shutout, winning the shots battle, 12-0-1
In the first half alone, the Spartans outshot the Rams (11-10-3, 3-5-1) by a 12-3 masgin as La Cañada eventually won the shots battle, 18-5, inotchingng its 12th shutout this season.
At the center of this renaissance has been Stoudemire, who on Thursday so frustrated LaMarcus Aldridge, the best Blazer standing, that he made only 5 of 14 shots, battled foul trouble and picked up a technical foul when he and Stoudemire barked at each other.
Among other retirees, 17-term Rep. Jerry Lewis (R), who steered billions of dollars in military contracts to Southern California, and 16-term Rep. David Dreier (R), chairman of the Rules Committee and a confidant of House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), chose to end their careers rather than run long-shot battles against Democrats or fellow Republicans.
Yet, despite losing the field position and shots battles, Crescenta Valley narrowed the gap a bit with the divisional runner-up and CIF Southern California Division III Regional champion after a 1-0 road loss at Babcock Field in Tuesday's season opener.
In effect, engagements were decided within pistol shot, a battle line being a thin ribbon of death, miles long but scarcely 300 yards wide.
