Sentences with phrase «as much a history»

The Quran actually doesn't (and if you knew as much history as a 3rd grader, you'd know it couldn't) mention Americans.

Baseball has twice as much history.

The Madrid derby perhaps doesn't have as much history as El Clasico, but with Atletico Madrid the reigning La Liga champions their clash with city rivals Real Madrid certainly has more of a competitive edge than it has in the past.

But it is packed with as much history as almost any other in Chicago.

With a city rich in as much history as Oxford, you'll never be short of things to see and do.

This focus shortchanges the younger characters a bit (though, to be fair, they don't have as much history to reveal).

Race to the Moon is as much a history of space exploration as it is that of the flight of Apollo 11.

The drive through sicily inundated attentive Ferrari owners with almost as much history as the company whose vehicles they drive.

A reputable adoption shelter or rescue will give you as much history on their dogs as they can.

You wouldn't pick up as much history if you just wandered around the palace on your own...

This is as much a history lesson as it is entertainment, lest we forget the roots of great gaming.

The resulting book is as much a history of American culture as of American art.

STUART COMER THIRD FLOOR How to define «American» in a survey of contemporary American art, especially one with as much history behind it as the Whitney Biennial, is a question that has often challenged, even vexed, curators.

«With its historic foundry ruins and stunning Foundry Cove, few places in the Hudson Valley contain as much history and natural beauty as West Point Foundry Preserve.

We also retain child custody evaluators to interview everyone involved with the family to obtain as much history as we can and we call those experts to testify at trial.

I too try and incorporate as much history in my everyday living.

Not exact matches

For much of its 40 - year history, the medium has been ruled by huge console makers and mega-publishers, such as Microsoft, Sony, Electronic Arts and Activision.

Another layer to this story is the fact no other country in the history of the modern world has accumulated as much debt as fast as China.

While the company amassed an army of fanboy followers over much of its history as the underdog in the epic struggle against the «evil empire» (Microsoft), it's perhaps understandable that haters are now popping out of the woodwork.

Before figuring out how to price your sale and design its terms, you need to learn as much as you can about the country's payment norms, creditor protection laws (if any), and your customer's credit history.

«There are few places in the world with as much significant history as Jerusalem, and having the chance to show the ancient city through its food was an honor.»

If history is our guide, he'll likely kick off his talk with how well Apple has done at getting its customers to run the latest versions of iOS and OS X, how many apps are available in the company's App Store, uptick in Apple TV usage, and perhaps most importantly to developers, how much the iPhone maker has doled out to the software makers as part of their revenue - sharing agreement.

«That much may indeed be true, but it was one of many of the tall tales that further evolved into a truism of sorts, that was basically «accepted» as such by historians, press and mafia history aficionados,» Cipollini said.

Our cultural attitudes are unconsciously shaped by our collective history as much as they are consciously shaped by our current context.

Vendors want to profit from this partnership as much as you do and a good pitching strategy may put you on more favorable terms with the vendor even if you have no history together.

Aquantive didn't bring in as much online ad revenue as Microsoft envisioned, prompting the software maker to absorb a $ 6.2 billion charge last year that resulted in its first quarterly loss in its 26 - year history as a public company.

But there is just as much information that does not have to be disclosed — and that means that people with checkered histories can continue to thrive in the industry.

An analysis of the five deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history reveals that shares of those three companies traded down from the day of the incident to one week later, but not by as much as they are reacting now to the high school shooting in Florida.

Described by conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer as, perhaps, «the most annotated suicide note in history,» for its thoroughness and 37 footnotes, it pretty much guarantees a debate over two visions for the role of government in America.

For black men, though, the challenges of the corporate life are daunting at least in part because they are sometimes hard to pin down — influenced as much by age - old prejudice as by cultural preconceptions, the subtleties of psychology, and the weight of human history (more on that soon).

That means a great deal of turnover among the cast of characters inhabiting the great estates that frame this history, but their pathologies and indulgences have so much in common, they may as well be related.

Buffett made the point that for much of America's history, women did not have the same opportunities for work as men, which limited the nation from achieving its full potential.

While the volumes of marketing research can point to the brands that are held in high regard in a given state — and why — much can be determined about a state's preference from something as simple as its Google search history.

In this respect its history in Britain is as much the story of political expediency as one of economic principles in the abstract.

Thus, they can not rely as much on the value of the housing collateral in securing their mortgage loans, and consequently now put more weight on the credit histories of the borrowers.

But as Temin and Vines show, history is much more usefully seen as the evolution of often complex institutions — financial, political, legal, cultural, and so on — through which economic behavior is mediated and which affect the ways in which recurring patterns of finance, commerce and trade unfold, and that without an understanding of history we lose so much complexity in our models that we often end up making very obvious mistakes.

No single factor affects your credit scores as much as your history of on - time payments.

If you built up a bad credit history in the past for example, but you know hold down a very well paying job then the lender may choose to not place as much importance on the credit score itself.

As much as the two consider themselves disrupters of competitors like Luxottica (Warby Parker's $ 10.5 billion rival, which owns everything from LensCrafters to Ray - Ban), they're students of retail history and find inspiration in such leaders as hospitality guru Danny Meyer, Apple Store legend Ron Johnson, and Mickey Drexler, the merchandising titan famous for reviving Gap in the 1990s and J.Crew in the 2000As much as the two consider themselves disrupters of competitors like Luxottica (Warby Parker's $ 10.5 billion rival, which owns everything from LensCrafters to Ray - Ban), they're students of retail history and find inspiration in such leaders as hospitality guru Danny Meyer, Apple Store legend Ron Johnson, and Mickey Drexler, the merchandising titan famous for reviving Gap in the 1990s and J.Crew in the 2000as the two consider themselves disrupters of competitors like Luxottica (Warby Parker's $ 10.5 billion rival, which owns everything from LensCrafters to Ray - Ban), they're students of retail history and find inspiration in such leaders as hospitality guru Danny Meyer, Apple Store legend Ron Johnson, and Mickey Drexler, the merchandising titan famous for reviving Gap in the 1990s and J.Crew in the 2000as hospitality guru Danny Meyer, Apple Store legend Ron Johnson, and Mickey Drexler, the merchandising titan famous for reviving Gap in the 1990s and J.Crew in the 2000s.

Do they not understand that for future prospective returns to normalize even moderately over the completion of the current market cycle (as they have done over the completion of every market cycle in history), much of those past realized returns must be wiped out?

When it comes to mortgage approval, much depends on the borrower's total debt load at the time of application, as well as the payment history.

I've spent much of my time looking through history to read up on how the failure to wipe out the debt overhead led to the collapse of Rome's imperial republic, and to the Ottoman Empire as what was known as «the spoiling of Egypt» and «the ruin of Persia» toward the end of the 19th century.

Technical indicators are great, but they don't tell the whole story — Again, know the history, financials, and as much information as you can about your stocks.

Performance aside, the intangible brand merits that Swiss banks typically sell their clients on — stability, robustness, history, exclusivity, impeccable service — are much the same as many luxury houses, says Jon Cox, Kepler Chevreux's head of European consumer equities.

For example, a first - time home buyer may not be able to show the same stable work history that a more experienced buyer can show; and a first - time home buyer not have as much money saved.

History may justify twice as much.

Cyber Monday alone might generate as much as $ 6.6 billion, 16.5 percent more than last year, making it the largest online sales day in history.

If we draw Social Security benefits at FRA on the former spouse's earnings and postpone taking Social Security benefits based on our earnings history, we can take advantage of that 8 % per year benefit payout increase effectively increasing our lifetime payout by as much as $ 100,000 to $ 200,000!

As you can see, your payment history and how much you owe are vastly more important than the other factors, so focus on those as you're working to build your crediAs you can see, your payment history and how much you owe are vastly more important than the other factors, so focus on those as you're working to build your credias you're working to build your credit.

Start as you would wish to go on, maintain your new card in good order, and you'll build yourself an excellent credit history that will mean that after six months or a year you should be able to open a credit card with a much lower interest rate and fewer fees.