A dense, phantasmagorical throng of passenger pigeons crowd onto a single falling bough, struggling for position even though a vast landscape stretches out beneath them.
There's something frighteningly predictable about the way [those who wield power] operate, eager to impose their authority on others, struggling for position".
It could ignite a struggle for his position within the Taliban.
The struggle for the position of the US secretary of state intensified on Friday with forceful lobbying from one candidate and reported calls from the Trump presidential team for the other to apologise publicly for campaign slights in return for the job.
The struggle for an advantageous position is on, and South Africa look like they're now in position to tire the Australian bowlers, and cash in with a final session of slightly less hazardous run-making.
Such cyclical shifts can also work in reverse, as Jon S. Corzine, a former bond trader who is now a United States senator, discovered when he lost to Mr. Paulson in a power struggle for the top position in 1999.
The idea of the noble struggle for an academic position ignores such confounding variables.
Not all scientists at the conference intend to struggle for an academic position; those interested in alternative career paths met representatives of industry and nonacademic research institutions at a series of workshops.
These were the standings: First: U.S.A. No. 2, 141 victory points Second: Poland, 139 Third: Italy, 128 Fourth Egyptt, 127 Fifth: U.S.A. No. 1, 119 Sixth: Norway, 113 Seventh: Indonesia, 112 Eighth Francee, 110 Ninth Indiaa tied with Brazil, 107 With 8 of the 18 teams scheduled to advance to the playoffs on Monday, there is likely to be a fierce struggle for the last qualifying position.
