Sentences with phrase «addition of a few points»

There will be times when Lady Luck deserts you, and you find yourself holding a ticket that heralds the addition of a few points into your records.

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In addition to the lighting devices that immediately come to mind in the wake of a power outage and the tools highlighted in «Island Without Power,» Arteaga also pointed to glucose monitoring devices for diabetics, hearing aids and blood pressure monitors as a few other critical devices that needed power to function.

A few things: the maturation of starting point guard Brian Shaw, whose strong preseason play has helped ease the strain of his rancorous summer - long contract wrangling with management, and of starting two - guard Reggie Lewis; the addition of rookie point guard Dee Brown, a legitimate burner; and the democratic touch of Ford, who has the respect and attention of Celtics veterans Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish.

In addition to smoke points, there are a few more important terms and tips to know when it comes to cooking oils... So, here's the skinny on oils, what to look for, what to chuck and how to use them, with advice from Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Dana Nahai of NourishED Food & Wellness Education:

A tortoiseshell statement necklace helped swing some style points, as did the addition of a few gold bangles.

The number of additions, changes, and enhancements is staggering, to the point that they have outdone and, in a few cases, overdone themselves.

The $ 50k price point allows buyers to get behind the wheel of an entry - level mid-size model or a very well - equipped compact, and this particular range also includes a few coupes and wagons in addition to the premium sedans that are the standard mark of success in any company's employee parking lot.

According to FICO, the addition of an inquiry to your credit report typically lowers your score by five points or fewer.

Very often car dealers mark up auto loans by few percentage point in addition to the commissions they get from auto lenders, and make you pay extra thousands of dollars in interest, most of which goes straight to their pockets.

Now, I realise that there are probably a few billion Ultimate Rewards (UR) points out in circulation already but the addition of another ten billion is not good news for those of us with large UR balances that we're looking to spend.

So, at the end of all this, you wind up with fewer American Express points, but overall you have a $ 149 statement credit in dollars (in addition to the original charge and credit you received when you booked the room).

There were improvements made though, such as the addition of your AC overheating as well as a new high - speed «over boost» function (not to mention a few extra hard points for even more ordnance and raw firepower).

Innovation is not one of the game's strongest points and while the few new additions are certainly welcome and bring an added spice to overly familiar framework, if the game would have delivered on anything less, at least in regards to its multiplayer and campaign, it would have suffered as a result.

No price has been detailed on Nightmare in North Point as yet, but Square Enix representative have revealed that the new DLC will provide gamers with a few hours of addition gameplay content.

Later, gamers will discover a number of smaller additions - from new character attacks, Mystik Artes, and even a few new skits - Tales» optional dialog sequences which help to flesh out the story or point perplexed players in the proper direction.

Just as I stated a few comments earlier with BaustinB, the WHOLE point of driving hybrid and alternative vehicles is to reduce pollution in addition to less consumption of fuel whether it be petroleum or electricity.

We'll defer to our full review of Jelly Bean for full impressions, as it's far too much to get into here, but there are a few aspects of the latest additions to Android that are worth pointing out.

In addition to the $ 165 million Groupon has taken in the past few months, its parent, The Point, has raised roughly $ 7.3 million from NEA and angel backers over the course of 2007 and 2008.

In addition, a long list of recent jobs is what professionals call the «death by bullets» where too many bullet points on a resume could be a direct correlation to fewer job interviews.

Like the person who hopes to meet someone at work, once you're at the point where you've met nearly everyone, the only opportunities to meet someone depend on a small number of new additions, which are often few and far between.