Sentences with phrase «about hitting the mark»

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Sirius stock is enjoying its best run in more than a decade: It's up about about 45 % from its low of a year ago, and on Thursday it briefly hit $ 5.00 for the first time since 2006 before settling just under that mark.

Always think about what you're trying to accomplish with emails, and don't just hit «Send» to mark it off the list.

Over the last two months, everyone from IMF head Christine Lagarde and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney have warned that a vote to leave would hit financial markets, while President Barack Obama and others, supported by a stream of studies from think - tanks banks and universities, have warned about the long - term damage to the U.K.'s economy.

We can talk about all the bad players (lenders, politicians, greedy investors, etc...) that contributed to this period in history, but personal responsibility would more accurately hit the mark.

Moreover, revenue should hit the $ 153 billion mark in 2015, which should translate into earnings of about $ 1.75 a share.

In spite of lingering concerns about Greece's fate, the European economy would appear to have hit a sweet spot marked by steadily improving growth and inflation figures, along with declining unemployment.

Jordan Belfort, «the wolf of wall street», too, isn't so sure about crypto - investments, stating most cryptocurrencies will eventually hit the $ 0 mark.

Indeed, Mr. Agrawal, who actively solicits feedback about improving CDL, hardly seems satisfied; he rejected out of hand recent suggestions CDL throw a party to celebrate its alumni hitting the $ 1 - billion value creation mark in value.

I wrote about this earlier, but the always provocative and readable Mark Steyn does it better, hitting some important nails squarely on their heads.

Sure, posts about John Piper and Mark Driscoll always get a lot of hits — I'm guessing that's true for most bloggers — but to say writing controversial posts is all it takes to garner a following is simply not true.

Our recent discussions around here about the» Stepping on Jesus» exercise in some college classrooms reminded me of an occasion when the power of a symbol hit me hard and left a mark.

And going by the S&P + probabilities, Maryland has about a 35 percent chance of hitting that 4 - 0 mark.

we wouldnt have to worry about a box to box scoring if we had another world class attacker with 20 goals in them... i like the ox but i do nt believe he will hit that kind of mark... reus maybe but on all accounts the argentinian kid from palermo is probably worth the risk... but what is for sure is that wenger ai nt go to fill that position on the cheap so if he tries we will miss out again!!!

At about the one - hour mark, Hector Bellerin lost control of a ball from Özil and hit a loose pass, but the ball found its way to Jack Wilshere, who rocketed a shot above Courtois and into the top corner.

I'm working on it; it's hard not to compare my kids to other kids I know, I'm even worried about my 2 month old hitting her marks when really I should just enjoy her.

Once your baby hits the 6 - month mark, it's likely that you've had time to think about the type of baby food you want to feed them.

Zoe Grace For majority of my pregnancy, my main concern was about keeping baby girl inside of me until it was safe for her to come out; once I hit the full - term mark I suddenly felt like she would be safer outside of me, where I could see her and hold her.

KRISTINA CHAMBERLAIN: Well sometimes moms will deal with it more in the first couple of months just while their bodies and babies and still you know figuring out what's the supply and demand is, so, a lot of times after the baby's hit you know the 2 or 3 months mark that starts to get better just because again moms and babies bodies are you know dancing together a little bit better they're getting more in to rhythm, so sometimes that the time and then in itself will kind of resolve it as baby gets bigger and kind of figures that out but if after the 2 months mark it's still an issue when it's making nursing hard for mom and baby I would say then start doing some of the things that we talked about to be a little bit more assertively treating it

Stevie hit all readiness signs about a week before she turned 6 months, so I decided to offer her solids when she hit her 6 month mark.

Tyckled Tales is just about to hit its one month mark (crazy how time flies!)

Robin Kaplan: And the other thing that's really common with babies who, I am sure we will be talking about this next month actually, its very common when babies hit that kind of four month mark they become very distractible at that breast like their sitting there and they are calm and all of suddenthey're like ohh, it's shinny and they flip in there and sometimes with your nipple in their mouth they are ground.

The latest version had a three - tiered phase - in, with New York City hitting the mark first in three years, Long Island and Westchester County after six and upstate after about eight years, according to rank - and - file legislators.

When Marist last asked about Governor Paterson's approval rating in its September 24th survey, the governor hit an all - time low with 17 % giving the governor high marks.

How about «Reckless Hits the Mark» headlining a picture of Cameron with a target photoshopped onto his forehead.

People's ratings of their own contentment rose until they were bringing in about $ 75,000 a year but further increases in income did not increase happiness, and people aren't as excited about raises after they've hit the 75K mark either.

Cook also suggests thinking about drawing your chin in towards you — especially when you hit that 60 - second mark.

I think Mark really hit the nail on the head, in that people are really concerned about this problem, maybe more so than many others might think.

My blog is about feeding a gluten free, dairy free teen and making all his old favorites in a new way — Pancakes are a the top of his list, but none have really hit the mark, so can't wait to try these!

I started looking for victims to give them to, when I hit the 2C mark at the end of about 1 1/2 weeks.

For about 5 years now, Jambu & Co. has had several of their styles that have hit the bar and made that mark.

About Site - Mark Cawley is a hit U.S. songwriter and musician who coaches other writers and artists to reach their creative and professional goals.

I take about five days out of the month (sometimes even more lol) to hit up the stores for new items and shop the mark downs.

The funny thing about resolutions to me, is that, no matter how much you feel like you've accomplished in a particular year, it's easy to still feel like you didn't quite hit the mark.

talking about products that haven't been hitting the mark for me, but there are products I haven't reviewed yet (or might not get to) that I am in...

Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara hit the one - year mark on Saturday, and commemorated the milestone in adorable Instagram posts to each other It was all about the glamour at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, as a who's who in sport came together to celebrate the biggest and brightest

Where the mild - mannered Asquith was content to discuss, persuade, and ultimately defer to his actors in most matters of performance, and build his work around them, Crabtree also left most of the acting to take care of itself, permitting the performers to make the decisions about how to play a scene or read a line, just so long as it made sense and they hit their marks.

Throughout the film there are several cinematic camera tricks, which hit the mark about half the time (and are annoying the other half), and overall the performances of the cast are good, though I thought that the cheerleader's portrayal was a bit uneven, perhaps due to the script that had her alternatevely playing hot and cold.

John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon hit the road to see what Americans think about how President Trump is handling the situation.

In the original Super Troopers, about 50 % of jokes hit the mark.

After his superior action - drama hit Heat, writer - director - producer Michael Mann came back with 1999's The Insider, a movie about serious issues that scores high marks in every regard — quality, entertainment value, awards and just plain good filmmaking.

The filmmakers have described «Band of Robbers» as fan fiction, and that feels about right: They don't quite hit the mark, but it's fun to watch them trying.

Neither Miller nor director Matthew Vaughn cares about their public opinion and actor Mark Strong, who has his own children, had to object to Vaughn's decision to include even more violence including Hit - Girl, however, Strong's wishes were granted and Vaughn luckily canned the idea.

Much like many of its predecessors, its themes about family are obviously stated but here, those lines hit harder considering that this film marks the final onscreen appearance of Paul Walker, who tragically died during production.

Much like many of its predecessors, its themes about family are obviously stated but here, those lines hit harder considering that this film marks the final onscreen appearance of Paul...

The joke that hit hardest was one about Mark Wahlberg: «Thank you to the producers for paying Niecy and I the same amount of money and Mark Wahlberg a million dollars,» Munn said, a nod to his pay controversy for «All the Money in the World» reshoots.

The thunder buddies are back, but unfortunately, lightning doesn't strike twice for Seth MacFarlane and Mark Wahlberg in Ted 2, the lazy sequel to the 2012 hit about a man - child and his foul - mouthed little teddy bear who came to life one day.

The notes that Rees whispers in her actors» ears are less likely to be about word - perfect line delivery and more likely about hitting the needed mark.

Mark Ruffalo plays a washed up record exec who has just about hit rock bottom — that is, until he chances upon a freshly dumped musician (Keira Knightley) who's also feeling adrift.

Director Gracey, choreographer Ashley Wallen, songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (of «La - La Land») and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey («Atonement,» «The Avengers») think about each number as a self - contained short film, with its own «story» and little marks that the major characters have to hit in order to progress.

Simultaneously stupefyingly dull and attempting to be far too clever, I made it to the midway mark before deciding that the lesson the film was rather brilliantly and ironically teaching me about life being too short to spend it doing things you don't want to do meant that I could hit the off button and put myself out of my misery.