Sentences with phrase «are a major hit as»

The hammock was a major hit as well.

Not exact matches

But for those firms lucky enough to hit upon a major blockbuster — typically defined as any drug with annual sales of more than $ 1 billion — the rewards can be handsome.

But it's gained momentum over the past year as major retail and restaurant chains — ranging from Kmart to Neiman Marcus to Dairy Queen — have been hit by massive security breaches.

She had a major win this year after her Emmy - winning role as Celeste in the HBO show «Big Little Lies,» which was a hit with critics and fans alike.

The racy Grand Theft Auto IV isn't the only major game coming out this spring — Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 was released in February; Sony's Gran Turismo 4 Prologue hit shelves in April; and God of War: Chains of Olympus in March, the same month as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros..

He resisted it because the field hit a major slump in the 1980s as experts moved to more promising areas of research — an AI winter, Schmidt called it.

And despite America's spending habits, the greenback is still seen as a safe haven whenever financial crises — including ones caused by Americans — hit because most major countries want to maintain the value of their national reserves, which include dollar - denominated assets.

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

Major indexes are little changed as banks fall along with interest rates and weak first - quarter results hit several health care companies.

While most of the news coverage goes to data breaches that hit major corporations, small businesses are frequently the target of cyber attacks as well.

The big money in the last major move wasn't really made as gold hit $ 1425 in November or $ 1550 in April, it was made during the summer weakness of July and August when gold traded at less than $ 1200.

As the new waves of regulatory changes keep on hitting the segment, the major cryptocurrencies are mostly lower today.

As of this writing, the major indices are hitting day highs as the US Dollar gave up it's earlier strengtAs of this writing, the major indices are hitting day highs as the US Dollar gave up it's earlier strengtas the US Dollar gave up it's earlier strength.

The cryptocurrency segment is in a short - term correction after a great week that saw several key resistance levels fall, as the major coins kept up the bullish momentum and hit new rally highs after a shallow correction.

I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its like putting a band aid on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper than that to the root cause, I know lots of religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.

It does seem kind of like «hit - and - run» for you to post that you are considering changing on some major issues, but then potentially not give any reasons as to why.

The call for prayer comes as the second major category five storm to hit the Caribbean this month - Hurricane Maria - has battered the island of Dominica and is likely to hit Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands in the next day or so.

Esther has hit on one of the two major issues as I see them; Christianity is not a religion and what the world has had enough of and is now looking elsewhere for answers is the institutional church, not Christianity.

The Philippine rice crop was also hammered by floods as two back — to — back typhoons hit the country's major rice growing region before the crop could be harvested.

«As home base for three of last year's winners, Philly is hitting its stride as a major food destinatioAs home base for three of last year's winners, Philly is hitting its stride as a major food destinatioas a major food destination.

Don't read that as saying the Cardinals should have been hit even harder by Major League Baseball, however.

Plus, as the first major hits achievement, it's a decent way to check in on someone's career trajectory based on when they got there.

In total, the 24 - year - old has hit 49 goals in 99 appearances for Aston Villa, and his prolific form in England has seemingly convinced Houghton that he could cut it at Anfield, as he told talkSPORT: «I've heard Benteke is one of their major priorities in the summer, he is the one they are looking to sign.

The youngster is now a fully fledged England international and is set to make his second major tournament appearance at next year's World Cup in Russia as he hits the tender age of 20.

To Jordan Spieth and a host of other major champions before him (and, no doubt, after him), the lovely Golden Bell — the second hole of the three - hole, hit - and - pray - to - the - golf - gods stretch known as Amen Corner — is one of the most dangerous spots on the course.

The hit was clean, even though McCabe was given a five - minute major and a game, it's just unfortunate that Paille was stumbling forward as he got hit.

In today's expansion - diluted market it is often possible to regard the major league catcher as a sort of convenience, somebody to stop the ball from hitting the umpire when the batter misses it and to get the ball back to the mound.

Coquelin was a key part of this, and though Gabriel didn't play a major part, I'm sure you can agree if Mertz or Kos had been hit with an injury you would have felt a lot more secure having him as back - up instead of Chambers or Monreal??

So as long as Dallas is able to weed out the guys who have no chance at starting right away, it likely wouldn't see a major fall - off in odds of hitting on an OG with acceptable rookie play.

IS DODGERS ROOKIE MATT KEMP THE NEXT JEFF FRANCOEUR?Kemp, who hit seven home runs in his first 45 major league at bats, is doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last yearIS DODGERS ROOKIE MATT KEMP THE NEXT JEFF FRANCOEUR?Kemp, who hit seven home runs in his first 45 major league at bats, is doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last yearis doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last year).

He was drafted as a 17 - year - old, and he didn't stop hitting until he was 40, reaching the majors when he was 21, and methodically swatting his way to 500 homers.

I believe Ohtani can make the necessary adjustments to hit major league pitching, but it's going to be very difficult as a part - time hitter.

We were all expecting Wenger to want to go out with a bang and go big in the transfer markets of late, in a bid to win one or both of the major trophies before he retired, but what with the old boy being stubborn and delusional in his ways, he has yet again proven that he is slow to react to the obvious and With reality hitting him in the face (hard) with a big wet fish, it now seems as though Wenger will be overhauling his team during this summers transfer window.

Last year Mike Kelly hit three homers for the Reds in the first week of the exhibition season, prompting Ray Knight to anoint him as the Opening Day centerfielder, even though Kelly was a career.220 hitter with only 214 major league at bats.

For example, some pundits reckon that a major way for Arsenal to hit a top four position is for Wenger to keep players such as Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil on post.

The event was captured in an award winning documentary in 1970, the movie Woodstock, a soundtrack album, and Joni Mitchell's song which commemorated the event, and became a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, as well as the chart - topper for Matthews Southern Comfort.

Manchester United (2.90 SkyBet) won both league encounters last season courtesy of late strikes from Michael Owen and Paul Scholes, but the pendulum has swung in City's favour after the United camp was hit with a virus which has left several of the first - team as major doubts for Wednesday's epic encounter.

The campaign gets its name from the asterisk that originally found its way into sports in 1961 - when Major League Baseball commissioner Ford Frick decided that the new single - season home run record set by the Yankee's Roger Maris of 61 homers would be accompanied by an asterisk to denote the fact that it was set over a 162 - game season eight games longer than the 1927 season in which Babe Ruth had hit 60 homers - but which has been given a whole new meaning in the 2000's as denoting records tainted by an athlete's suspected steroid use.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

If your child hits his head as a result of a major collision or a fall from any serious distance — he rolls off the changing table or falls down the stairs, for example, it's best to err on the side of caution and get help.

There is even a Treaty article explaining that the Commission should provide assistance, or in urgent cases allowing protectionism, where a non-euro EU member state is hitting major balance of payment problems — as Greece leaving the euro in crisis surely would.

The campaign was so strapped for cash that aides described the $ 40,000 spent in the primary as a major hit.

As a Nor - easter hits New York state, tractor - trailers have been banned from five major state highways.

More resources are being sent to Broome County as the Southern Tier begins to clean up following a major winter storm that hit the region Tuesday.

Along the way, Senate tradition took a major hit as all 52 Republicans voted to invoke the so - called nuclear option, which makes it easier for Supreme Court nominees to be confirmed.

So far as the English Local Elections go - it's a major extension of control of English Local Government for the Conservative Party, but following on from results in 2003 that were still before Labour were hit by a backlash over the War in Iraq - if the Conservatives had failed to advance from 35 % in 2003 and Labour had held it's vote of 30 % then it would have been remarkable, it's still slightly up on 2006 for the Conservatives and Labour have only recovered marginally so far - it's a sign of continued revival of the Conservative Party, but also of a Labour revival, disappointing news for the Liberal Democrats who lost support even compared with last year where elections were fought, heavy losses of support nationally compared to 2003.

However, there are many ways to manipulate your routine and training intensity for the purpose of overcoming lower pecs shallowness and adding more volume to your chest such as using dropsets, rest - pause sets and negative reps. And if you want a well - developed chest, hitting both the lower part of the pectoralis major and the pectoralis minor is a must.

I have had major traumas and wounds that will not heal now from also being hit by a van as a pedestrian and being allergic to hardware in ankle placed in after I broke it.

It also turns out that incline pressing is a great exercise to hit your pec major (your main chest muscle) as well.

This is a circuit style class created to build functional strength, explosive power, and increase your stamina as you rotate from station to station hitting every major muscle group on your body over a 45 - minute class.