Sentences with phrase «target every year barely»

The Planet Box isn't cheap, but then I considered the fact that despite my best cleaning efforts, those soft - sided lunch boxes we buy at Target every year barely make it to June (and in fact I feel like donning a Hazmat suit when I finally dispose of them), so when you combine its longevity with the fact that you won't need to buy baggies or foil, the Planet Box may well pay for itself.

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Despite indicators showing that the economy can in no way be growing at an annual rate of 7 % (for example, in the first seven months of this year, power consumption grew barely 1 % while rail freight fell 10 %), Chinese officials continue to insist, with a straight face, that growth is meeting the 7 % target.

Robert Kozinets, who spent years teaching in the U.S. before joining the Shulich school, can barely contain his glee at the thought of having a Target near his home again.

The Hamas rockets are useless — even before the Iron Dome, the rockets barely hit targets inside Israel and killed fewer than 20 people over the span of about 8 years.

More than a third of the state's money is spent on Medicaid, making it a necessary and obvious target for cuts, and yet each year the same ritual plays out: The governor proposes cuts to health care; the state's hospital lobby and the union representing health - care workers spend millions of dollars in maudlin TV ads decrying the cuts — on top of the millions they contribute to elected officials; the governor's poll numbers decline, and he agrees to an expensive truce that barely makes a dent in rising Medicaid costs.

That the cast is played by actual teenagers (centered on the dramatically challenged Justice) and some barely in their twenties instead of older actors who only pass as teens to those years removed from high school underscores the film's target and its limited appeal for adult audiences, who can easily enjoy films like Mean Girls and Superbad.

In a bid to defuse political objections from poor countries, their study also proposes a way of adjusting the formula for emission targets so developing world nations aren't penalized for allowing fossil fuel consumption by the 2 billion people who barely generate any emissions — or roughly under 1 ton of CO2 per year.

Can barely lift your head off your desk after the soul - destroying race to the finish line to meet your year - end billing target?