Sentences with phrase «more signs of the times»

Unlike major corporations like Walmart / Sams's Club, Carrier, AT&T, and Comcast, Amazon's layoffs were very specific in nature and could be more a sign of the times than... [Read more...]

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Zymeworks» recent winning streak is a sign — perhaps the most emblematic yet — of a revival in the Canadian biotech sector, this time promising more sustainable growth than in the past.

That was more than three times the total of 2013 — a good sign.

The Times saw its digital subscriptions boosted by 41,000 within one week of election day and added more than 276,000 new sign - ups to its paywall plan in Q4 2016 — that's more additions than in the whole of 2013 and 2014 combined.

Analysts are noting, though, that while product delays are having a degree of impact on Bombardier's balance sheets, the decision to cut jobs is more about financial foresight than a sign of dire times ahead.

But when approached by a New York Times reporter, despite the copious signs of console game success all around him, Boatman seemed to be more interested in a whole different type of game: the simple, cheap apps that millions of people around the world were starting to download to their smartphones and iPads.

But Joy Chik, 40, one of the execs in the room, says it's a sign that the company is spending a lot more time trying to use data rather than seniority or force of personality to make decisions about product fixes or features.

Each time, he took much more care before signing a lease: «If I find a vacant space I like, I spend a couple of days in the neighborhood, talking to proprietors of nearby businesses.

There were signs that Yelp users were using and depending on the site more than they had in the past: Yelp users wrote 31 % more reviews than they did during the same period in 2015, pushing the total number of Yelp reviews above 100 million for the first time, the company said.

Although Facebook's website remains one of the Internet's top destinations, there have been early signs that the social network is losing some of its pizazz, particularly among younger Web surfers who are starting to spend more time on other fraternizing hubs such as Tumblr, Pinterest and Instagram, a photo - sharing site that Facebook bought for $ 521 million last summer.

While the timing of the announcement may have been a coincidence — Caterpillar had opened the Muncie facility before Daniels signed the bill into law — expect more U.S. states to adopt right - to - work legislation as a way of attracting jobs.

After 30 days, they found the minimal homepage yielded more than 10 times the number of sign - ups than the other ones website.

So far though (as noted above) there seems to be little sign of improvement, and although the stock is now near all - time lows I won't add to the position unless the current CEO (who has had more than enough time to fix things) is replaced.

These major hacks alongside the WannaCry and NotPetya cyberattacks which occurred in 2017 are not only larger scale and more complex than previous attacks, but they are a sign of the times.

Unless the entrepreneur has a business idea on the order of «Son of Google,» most professional investors, including both VCs and serious angel investors, will not sign an NDA because they know that there is a strong likelihood that they will have seen the idea before and will likely see it many more times in the future.

«This was a breach of trust, and I'm sorry we didn't do more at the time,» the statement signed by Zuckerberg read.

At the same time, signs of emerging inflation pressures may elevate concern among investors that policy makers will have reason to raise interest rates more aggressively than anticipated.

For the first time in more than a year, the pace of hiring slowed down, even though business revenues still showed signs of growth.

Even at remote companies, women are fewer than 20 percent of CEOs, but that's almost four times more than in traditional companies, and that is a good sign that remote businesses and flexible work policies can be one key component to creating a more balanced, equitable workplace for all.

However, the Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card, whose sign - up bonus ratio works out to just 12.5 points per dollar, allows you to earn more bonus points in total, albeit at the cost of a spending requirement 8 times greater than the other two cards.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

One regrets that in the interview Percy did not underline more firmly the relation of this fascination with the unreal as if real, this malaise of the modern mind, by turning to that other hero, who once for all rescued sign in relation to place, the Christ on the altar, in Whom the Word is a presence orienting time and place, the abiding Signpost in the desert.

The following stories are, for those who «read the signs of the times», indicators that the witness of the Church, less and less welcome in the secular culture that surrounds us, has never been more important or necessary.

Regarding the «end of days» part of his interview, isn't it more likely that people are behaving as their biased and fearful psyches tell them to, seeing demons and signs at times that humans have designated significant, rather than demons presenting themselves to humans on arbitrary dates?

The church officers were not learned or prophetic enough to read these signs of the times and had no imaginative sense or desire to be generous and eager patrons of a more purposeful (and costly) establishment.

«Throughout history we have seen the «pangs» (signs) become more frequent and intense, culminating in the day we live in now where the pangs are so frequent and intense that we must be right at the time of «delivery,» when Jesus is to return.»

Apparently he had decided that he could not do better for the time being than second the efforts of the Baptist and carry forward the work of preparation, waiting for a sign that it was the will of God for him to take a more decisive initiative.

If it really has been «done to death,» then I can think of numerous topics that have been done many times more than this topic (at least where I'm at and interact): faith, hope, love, prayer, fellowship, giving, good works, christian unity, salvation, grace, faith healing, being culturally relevant, the gospel, the resurrection, religion vs. relationship, tithing, worship, reverence, christian music, legalism, old vs. new covenant, Paul's conversion, miracles, gifts of the spirit, sign gifts, tongues, nativity, the disciples, crucifixion, materialism, mysticism, new age, atheism, i could probably list about 50 more if I thought about it.

Usually, this phase is marked by extended gaps between text messages, a whole lot of «Oh, lol» responses to pretty much anything you say and the most telling sign of all, the avoidance of saying any more than they absolutely have to because having one - on - one time means you may have to have that conversation you're both avoiding.

As the revelation still delayed, the believers were driven to conclude that they had been mistaken in thinking that the Lord would return immediately, but a more attentive study of His teaching, and observation of the signs of the times, they thought, would enable them to divine the time of His coming, as well as the reason for its delay.

Anne Graham Lotz has made a passionate speech about her father's death being a sign of the end times — and she is not the only person to have... More

Up until that time, objects had impressed me as signs of something more, and they pointed dimly toward God.

CNN: Survey: One in three Americans see extreme weather as a sign of biblical end times More than a third of Americans see recent extreme weather as a sign that the world is in biblical «end times,» according to a survey released Thursday.

Another sign of The Donald's popularity: He drew five times more admiration than Billy Graham on Gallup's latest list of the Most Admired Men in America.

I was kidding, but he liked the idea, so when he came home from work he maintained a cheerful silence (communicating via sign language that he wanted a glass of wine, whereupon his silence grew even more cheerful) and spent some time sketching out a little liturgy involving the reading of the Gospel story, the handing - over of a baby doll, the writing of a note, and the loosing of his tongue to proclaim the Benedictus.

For now there is no more prominent and significant sign of our religious times than the «rediscovery» of the Bible.

History's eventual verdict was that what he really saw that day was something more modest: merely a sign of the times strutting past.

Yet another sign of the flourishing of AATS - member graduate professional schools in the United States was the astonishing — from the vantage of the 1990s — statistic that despite the intervening economic depression they averaged three times as much endowment per student ($ 6,103) as all privately controlled academic institutions ($ 2,040), and more than ten times as much as publicly controlled institutions ($ 455).13

Much like happens in many churches when times change and in response many churches will double down versus reading the signs of the times and responding in a more positive manner.

AS IN THE BEGINNING man created god in his own image, and as a sign of the times, woman were treated no more important than his property, camels, sheep, goats and donkeys.

Gregory Zilboorg, a convert himself and a skilled psychoanalyst, warned Merton in the 1950s that his desire to leave the Trappist communal silence for the even more withdrawn life of a hermit was schizophrenic: «You want a hermitage in Times Square with a large sign over it saying «Hermit.

It is possible, therefore, that some of the paid - time religious broadcasters may show signs of becoming more «established,» consolidating basic identities and service functions in order to maintain their audiences similar to an extended congregation, withdrawing their programs from areas that are no longer profitable, and developing as extended independent church organizations in line with their particular theological emphases.

The lesson is: no one knows the life time of anyone — The mothers who are delivering a healthy child should be appreciative to The One who took care of the baby when the baby was inside of the mother's womb and mother has no access to the baby — This is a sign for mankind that what The Creator can do and its not in any human's hand... all a human can do is to treat as best as they have the capability — and many more

the end times apo stacy is just one more sign of the end... read the little letters of Ju de or 2 Peter which speak of these days we live in...

Therefore he insists that men must recognize the signs of the times; that is why in all his promises and commands he can appear before men with a claim that is more than human, that he can ride into Jerusalem as king of peace, and take charge in the Temple as Lord.

As a matter of fact, I always liked training; as a girl I used to dance for more than 10 years, I used to roller - skate throughout Junior - High, and there was even a time I signed up to the local gym and did some jogging.

For full - time professionals, our lives are more fast - paced than ever, and we show no signs of slowing down.

The Coca - Cola Co's downward trajectory In yet one more sign that The Coca - Cola Co is losing its lustre, the soft drinks maker has, for the first time, fallen out of the top ten of a «world's... read more

With the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Mustafi, Bellerin, Holding and Chambers still on their summer holidays it puts even more onus on the new signings getting settled in good time.

If Onyekuru goes and starts smashing in goals and becomes the new Mbappe / Lukaku / Dyballa etc and AW comes out this time next year and adds dude to the illustrious list of «nearly signed» superstars, then everyone would be going mad and calling for his head lol I'm hopeful for this signing, but preferably along with a more experienced / proven attacker coming in too