Sentences with phrase «about periods in»

In reading about that period in Goldstein's book, however, I began to feel a bit like a GI grunt who had landed on Normandy or frozen his toes in the Battle of the Bulge but only later learned what was really going on.

When we want to teach preschool science we need to remember what Charlotte Mason had to say about this period in a child's life.

About two years ago, when I began reading draft chapters of Facing History's new publication on the Reconstruction era in American history, I got to thinking back to how I learned about this period in high school in 1959 and in college, and also how I taught it to my students while teaching high school several years later in 1965.

The most incredible thing to me was keeping in mind a 21st century white man could write so poignantly about this period in history, told totally from black slaves» perspective.

Katie Roiphe writes with regret about the period in her life when even close friends seemed expendable compared to men and sex.

A video Q&A in which Roger Rosenblatt discusses his memoir Making Toast, about the period in his life when he and his wife moved in to their son - in - law's house to help care for their three small grandchildren after the sudden and unexpected death of their daughter:

I wasn't sure whether I was going to like a book that talked about this period in Korean history.

What do you think you gain from reading a novel about a period in history, as opposed to a nonfiction historical account?

Beyond that, this book gives a vivid and informative portrayal about that period in our history.

US History Review: Loaded with facts you need to know about any period in US history.

I wrote about that period in my first post of this series 100 Percent Invested in Stocks.

As Kirk Varnedoe, former Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA once said about this period in art history, never before has there been another time that so fundamentally changed the way we create, experience and see art.

The book also dispels some entrenched assumptions about this period in postwar U.S. art.

Can you tell us more about that period in your work and how you navigated with such confidence between the two styles?

So, what was so special about this period in Conceptual Art?

I was reminded of Dave Hickey's amusing remark about a period in New York in the early 1970s when «everybody was painting those 8 × 12 - foot abstract squeegee paintings.»

Indeed, when historians write about this period in history, they may well distinguish between before peak oil (BPO) and after peak oil (APO).

Blake's famous poem about that period in European history serves as a foil to the charge that we cobblers must give up our shops and join the ranks of shoe - assemblers:

Not exact matches

In the midst of this period, Turnbull heard about Toronto Index Participation Shares, the first exchange - traded fund (ETF) to come to market.

The only people starting companies in that kind of bust period are really serious about it.

It's no coincidence that during that same period, Google gained about $ 40 billion in ad revenue, thanks to the development of «programmatic» ad markets, where ads are bought and sold by algorithms.

A rival cryptocurrency to Bitcoin, Ethereum rose as high as about $ 425 Thursday, a gain of more than 16 % in a 24 - hour period.

131 IPOS have raised $ 22 billion, which amounts to nearly a third fewer filings compared to the same time period in 2014, and about equivalent to activity in 2013 for the same time period.

In some cases, family firms should be thinking about «intergenerational partnerships,» which see parents and adult children sharing managerial authority for an extended period — perhaps as long as 10 or 15 years.

The company's major release in the period, Pete's Dragon, has grossed about $ 141 million worldwide so far, according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo.

I am pleased to announce that our Board of Directors declared a 7 % increase in our quarterly cash dividend to $ 0.77 per share, marking 14 consecutive years of dividend increases with a compound annual growth rate of about 10 % over that period.

Once you think about that question, it's good to look back at the journey that has led us here in the last year, and what a «bot» has meant in that period.

Nissan sold about 9,000 Leaf cars in the first six months of the year, whereas Tesla sold more than 20,000 vehicles during the same time period.

By featuring products I can spread the word about more businesses, in a shorter period of time.

As I've been mentoring and training some young adults lately at a college, suddenly I've seen conflicts up close and personal, a reminder of the time I worked in the corporate world for about a ten year period.

I am voluntarily providing this statement, submitting documents, and sitting for interviews in order to shed light on issues that have been raised about my role in the Trump for President Campaign and during the transition period.

But whereas Yglesias praises Bernanke on a fairly narrow point — the fact that Bernanke promised to keep rates low even after the economy improved — what we liked about the speech was the sheer volume of myths and misconceptions that he debunked or clarified in a short period of time.

«Many comments reflected the negative impact of the Asian holiday period, concerns about tariffs and difficulties in moving containers from ports to using locations,» Timothy Fiore, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, said in the press release for the survey.

IHS believes GM could add about $ 439 million in profit over the same three - year time period, while Gartner thinks auto makers will be earning up to 10 per cent of their revenue from connected services by 2020.

Netgear's (ntgr) stock has done fine, but trailed the S&P 500 index for most of the past five years until a big rally the past few months, largely over excitement about how well Arlo cameras sold in the holiday shopping period.

Uber could change everything about how we get around, but it's currently dealing with the dangerous period between its founding and its Facebook - like arrival in the public markets.

In other words, over a 27 - year period the assumptions will have been about $ 43 trillion off, if Ernie is right.

Likewise, he has made about 2.5 % since mid-September, whereas the U.S. index lost more than 7 % in the period.

It realized a 26 percent decrease in burglaries in the period of about a year after this data was refined for the department's specific purposes, the Annenberg Media Center reported in 2012.

«It grew from 19 stores and about $ 600 million in sales to $ 6 billion in sales and 179 stores over a 15 - year period.

In January and February, the U.S. trade deficit with those three large economic systems, accounting for about 40 percent of world's demand and output, was running at an annual rate of $ 612.3 billion, a 3 percent increase from the same period of 2017.

In the same period, the S&P 500 posted about 8.1 % annualized returns.

The line that sticks with me, and it's interesting to hear Jim speak about it so matter of factly, is this period of strategic confusion that they were in.

The residents of the wooded manors in Canada's richest neighbourhood are as likely to be found abroad as at home: about a third have made a trip to Europe in the last three years, with a little more than that taking a Caribbean sojourn in the same period.

However, if rates are about to head higher for an extended period of time, investors may want to consider shortening up the maturities in their bond portfolios.

For example, if you don't want them to work for a competitor for a year, you need to be willing to pay them a severance that lasts that same period (we'll talk more about severance in a minute).

Cohen is also at the center of a huge debate unfolding right now about raising the minimum wage, and the low pay of service workers in the restaurant industry, where employment has increased 72 percent since 1992, compared to job growth of 22 percent in higher - paying private sector employment over the same time period.

And with all of her impressive accomplishments, everyone wants to know everything about her, including not only how she got into «Wonder Woman» shape, but what she does to stay in shape, period.

IATA, which represents about 250 airlines, said in an annual safety report that there were 12 fatal accidents in 2014 with 641 fatalities, versus 19 fatal accidents and 517 fatalities per year in the five - year period between 2009 and 2013.

The bank also announced plans in March to cut over 5 % of its fixed - income division mid-March, though the bank is known to cut about 5 % of its lowest performing workforce during the period to make way for new hires.