Sentences with phrase «noble aimed at»

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It was a passive aggressive remark, aimed at Barnes & Noble, a company Bezos was intent on undercutting but probably hasn't thought about it in at least five years.

This is the sign of a noble heart — to aim at high things, measuring one's effort, not by one's own strength, but by the strength of one's nature, and to envisage enterprises beyond the accomplishment even of those equipped with heroic courage.»

The Islamic Circle of North America says its effort is aimed at «educating Americans» on what it says is the noble meaning of Sharia through conferences, billboards, and TV and radio PSAs.

• the fortitude of not going with the crowd; 7 • the fortitude of knowing that caring for the world is a nobler task than that of mastering it; • the fortitude of knowing that a successful woman is not the same as a successful man; • the fortitude of realising that money is less important than character; that you are worth more than your salary is worth; • the fortitude of preparing yourself for a worthwhile commitment and sticking by it (self - worth is empty without self - commitment); • the fortitude of being proud to aim at being a woman of character, and to resist the pathetic envy we are all capable of towards a man or woman with more power but with a weak character.

Some of them have found being a mother pretty funny, like Vicki Iovine, the only new author in the field to sell strongly at Barnes & Noble (though her books are aimed more at mother - care than baby - care).

«The general public is hereby again enjoined to disregard this satanic message in its entirety as it is aimed at causing disaffection among the cohesive troops of the Division and to distract the Nigerian Army in discharging its noble constitutional roles of ensuring peace and security across the nation.

So it's writing in English, it's actually the first popularization of the Copernican theory in English aimed at an educated lay audience, and he's sort of praising, you know, how noble and great the idea is.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a The Paperback of the Common Sense by Thomas Paine at Barnes & Noble.

Despite a lack of noble intentions, at least Disney put some effort into it by tossing in a few side jokes aimed toward adults, and spiffed up the effects to theater - worthy levels we would expect for a major summer release.

The deal is aimed at boosting both Barnes & Noble — which has closed 63 stores in the past year and is spinning off its faltering Nook unit — and the nascent Shopping Express.

Pooling resources against a common enemy, Google and Barnes & Noble are launching a program Thursday aimed at undermining Amazon's book business.

The lighter, slimmer, cheaper new version of Barnes & Noble's e-reader has a black - and - white touch screen and aims squarely at the «grandma» demographic - or at least those craving a simpler e-book reader.

Earlier this year, Barnes & Noble announced that the major consumer base of the Nook Color e-reader tablet was overwhelmingly female readers, so it comes as no surprise that more and more magazine content is aimed at women consumers.

Barnes & Noble invented the low - cost, basic tablet category with the Nook Color, a paired - down Android slate aimed at people who love e-books.

Fire is aimed first at Barnes & Noble and its Nooks, and to a much lesser extent, at every other hardware company that thinks it might succeed in the tablet space.

After all, real heroism is always aimed at the benefit of others and is committed in the name of a noble goal.

Barnes & Noble is clearly taking aim at its competitors and looking to stand out in the e-reader category, following disappointing sales of the first Nook Touch.

At an event that was very clearly aimed directly at the Kindle Fire this week, Barnes & Noble revealed their next - generation NOOK, named the NOOK Tablet and looking just as lovely as the original NOOK ColoAt an event that was very clearly aimed directly at the Kindle Fire this week, Barnes & Noble revealed their next - generation NOOK, named the NOOK Tablet and looking just as lovely as the original NOOK Coloat the Kindle Fire this week, Barnes & Noble revealed their next - generation NOOK, named the NOOK Tablet and looking just as lovely as the original NOOK Color.

We keep seeing attempts to bring back the mass audience to serialized periodical comics, whether it is efforts aimed at what's left of the «actual» newsstand market (7 - 11's have probably replaced the «general store» in most locales), or whether it's pushes to get material into generalist book stores like Barnes & Noble or Hastings, and none of these experiments seem to garner anything but the mildest of responses.

Up to now, Barnes & Noble has aimed the bulk of the Nook Color marketing squarely at women — not a terrible strategy considering that a bunch of research shows that most e-reader owners are women and about a third are over the age of 55.

It has a noble goal, aiming to be a kind of Super Meat Boy for people who don't like Super Meat Boy, namely a deliberately challenging game that aims to reward and encourage improvement rather than sneering derisively at the less skilful.

Even if, at the end, the letter to Cameron from the Energy Bill Revolution campaign parters bears the names of organisations with a genuine desire to help the poor, there is no mistaking the weirdness that belies such a straightforward, noble aim.

They are aiming for the store with books and content at Barnes and Noble.

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UK About Website NewsBiscuit was launched by John O'Farrell in September 2006 with the noble aims of eradicating global poverty, creating a lasting peace in the Middle East and providing a daily dose of humour to bored people at work.