Sentences with phrase «as tight a ship»

As tight a ship as Buffalo seems to be running these days, we generally hear wind of FA talks and visits.

Not exact matches

«The best way to deliver on trust and to show that companies should trust you -LSB-...] is to become a public company,» he added, pointing out that people know that public companies are usually run as «tighter ships» than private ones.

McAvoy also noted that as an independent media company, The Onion has been «forced to run a tight financial ship,» which has made it difficult for the company to experiment with or invest in new things.

They have access to both surging light - tight oil production, which will be in demand as low - sulfur requirements tighten in shipping at the end of the decade, as well as captive (and cheaper) Canadian heavy barrels.

The veterans define terms for recruits, the Wisconsin grads on the staff — offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph, defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, tight ends coach Mickey Turner, strength coach Ross Kolodziej, etc. — serve as proof of concept, and the ship keeps sailing.

Though, somewhat ironically, Newcastle will need to keep it tight at the back as well if they're to leave Wearside with all the spoils, as three of their four victories on the road have come without shipping a single goal.

«It's a little tight here,» said Larry Alvarez, shipping manager, as he tried to sweep the shipping room floor without brushing the shoes of a dozen other busy workers.

Just as those who give to charity want to see as much as possible of their money go to the intended beneficiaries rather than chief executives» salaries, and investors in companies want to see overhead and administration costs kept down, elected politicians want to show voters that they are running a tight ship.

Andrew Cuomo's transition team provides a glimpse of the kind of tight ship he's likely to run as governor.

Worse for Liu is that pleading ignorance becomes more damaging as the investigation works its way up the campaign's organizational chart, especially since his job is monitoring the city's money — why didn't Liu know what was going on, or run a tighter ship?

Hybrid Tug Tugboats may look like something out of another era, but they play an essential role in ocean shipping as they push, pull, and prod large vessels into (and back out of) the tight quarters of a port.

From there, the film alternates between exposition and gradually building suspense as Balagueró ratchets up from one to two to a whole mess of zombies prowling the ship's tight, winding corridors.

Both series offer pilots that are tight and often funny — «Up All Night» is the one I'd save first if we were all together on a sinking ship, as if that could happen, but «Free Agents» has its moments and fine performances — and also make one wonder about the long run.

It will ship by December 19, which means it could be a tight fit if you're hoping to give it as a Christmas present.

As she aged, her reaction to some things between our own dogs seemed to occasionally be timed wrong or perhaps her responses were slowed due to her age — but she kept trying to run a tight ship so we did occasionally intervene when it was clear that it annoyed or confused the other dogs potentially causing a problem.

The keyboard is an acceptable method of piloting your ship, but really a joystick or controller is the best option for making those tight turns as a mouse struggles as the mouse struggles to keep up with the action.

Each battle is constructed from a scenario (such as planetary assault, which requires you to rush your ships to certain locations against tight time limits while the enemy tries to waylay you, or assassination, where the enemy tries to kill your flagship and you have to hold out until you can warp out from the battle), and both sides get to construct their forces up to a set point value.

The game sports a really cool pixelated art style that gives it a character all its own while offering tight gameplay and a lot of player choice in how certain elements in the game look such as the design of the ship.

It's just strange to me as normally it is Sony that has a leaking ship heading into E3, Microsoft is often more tight lipped about everything.

However with a shipping container as its core, with its 14guage cor - ten (corrosion resistant, high tensile strength) steel, this structure is guaranteed to be wind and water tight on sight.

To build affordable housing profitably, you need to run a tight ship in the office as well as the field.

Although repurposing used shipping containers has not yet taken off in the United States as quickly as sustainable developers have hoped, another venture has announced it will use this business model to tackle the tightest property markets in New...

As a leader at your organization, you like to think that you run a pretty tight ship.