Sentences with phrase «barely failing one»

We examine whether barely failing one or more state - mandated high school exit examinations in Massachusetts affects the probability that students enroll in college.

On Nov. 4, the proposal to require labeling of GMO food was rejected by 68 percent of voters in Colorado and just barely failed in Oregon with 50.47 percent of voters against it.

From second - and - 6 at the PSU 17, a false start and a failed swing pass (PSU has covered those very well) created a third - and - long, and a pass from Barrett to Hill just barely failed to connect.

Idling at 670 rpm according to their equipment, CO was at 0.51 % with a maximum allowed of 0.50 %, so it just barely failed there.

A family is murdered, apparently by the father (who, it seems, barely failed to take his own life after killing his wife and young children).

Not exact matches

A respected research firm recently accused Facebook, for example, of «failing marketers» because content posted there reaches barely 6 % of its promised audience (and it's trending downward).

In fact, I only thought I had enough money for three launches, and the first three bloody failed, and we were able to scrape together enough to just barely make it into a fourth launch, and that — thank goodness — that fourth launch succeeded in 2008.

As an investor in start - ups, I have heard the accepted wisdom that out of 10 portfolio companies, only one is likely to be a big success, the rest will either fail or barely return the investment — «only» half of my investments failed.

After barely surviving the financial crisis of 2008 - 09 and failing to find a suitable joint - venture partner, Gusella's number came up this week.

Worse, over the past 12 years, these low numbers have barely budged, meaning that the vast majority of employees worldwide are failing to develop and contribute at work.

His hand trembling, his facial features often frozen, his voice failing, barely able to walk, he became for billions of people the great moral witness of his age.

I barely avoided naming candidates or political parties, but the congregation got the message and laughed good - naturedly at my failed subtlety.

Religion is brilliant at building structures around its insecurities concerning the nature of God and the fear of failing a God barely known beyond denominational doctrine.

John could barely remember the names of the classes he failed and friends he lost.

The injury - prone Frenchman failed a medical with Liverpool earlier in the summer and it is now perhaps clear why after he has barely featured so far in his time at Chelsea.

Another young English talent who has failed to deliver with United, Nick Powell has one goal for the club but has barely been seen since.

Those who have failed to perform over the years and barely add anything to the team should go and let's bring in those who can.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

we can't even get rid of players that have barely mannered to us for several years... which is incredibly annoying considering that our beloved owner would never risk his own financial resources whether he brought in some new blood or offloaded several failed Wenger projects for less than market value... he would simply make a little less and the burden would fall squarely on other sources of income, primarily us... I don't know about you but I would gladly use all the money they have been stockpiling to rid ourselves of those that don't meet acceptable standards and to replace them with a few higher priced gems... I know, I know, Wenger and his minions have been scouring the globe for years now to find anyone that was as good as our current lot to no avail, but I've just got to believe there must be two or three guys somewhere out there that can play this crazy game

Since leaving the Emirates Stadium for the San Siro the World Cup winner has barely has failed to impress, without a goal in eight Serie A appearances, and one has to wonder what the future holds for the Gunners fan favourite.

After a forgettable debut during Torino's 2 - 1 defeat at Atalanta following his deadline - day loan move to Italy, the England international barely had a save to make as both sides failed to claim all three points.

Messi paraded his fourth golden boot award — after being the leading scorer in Europe last season — before kick - off and could barely believe his luck as he failed to add to his 18 goals already this term.

For the third consecutive game, Mauro Icardi struggled to find any pace and failed to score — while barely touching the ball for most of the game.

I want to be able to write some hugely profound piece to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week, that conveys everything that I want the world to know about Baby Loss... but the words have failed me so much that I've barely heard the urge to start writing something just to delete it again.

I feel confident that if Earth Baby didn't fail that year she would have barely survived and hated school forever.

I planned on breastfeeding only but after a scary trip to the ER with my 7 day old newborn who was failing to thrive (very lethargic, didn't want to eat, didn't barely cry), I pumped for the first time and realized I was barely making 1/2 -1 oz from both breasts after 10 minutes of pumping.

They have spent decades ordering poor countries and failed states to sort out their problems with dodgy money, even while taking much of that dodgy money and ploughing it through their banks, their ritzy stores, their estate agents, and their offshore tax havens — with barely any questions asked or eyebrows raised.

The chancellor reminded his audience that the Liberals of the 19th century failed to support Conservative attempts to protect chimney sweeps — a barely concealed reference to Mr Cable's description of right - wing Tories as «descendants of those who sent children up chimneys».

I believe you are banking on the last 8 years to see you through to infinity, and you fail to see that you barely squeaked one through less than 100 days after President Obama was elected.

Liberal Democrats barely uttered a word about the failed electoral reform referendum.

But 2015, when mayoral control was extended for just a single year and rent laws were barely strengthened, proved Mr. de Blasio's more honeyed approach to handling Mr. Cuomo failed.

The source predicted that Levy would fail to get enough votes at the GOP nominating convention to get on the primary ballot, and that the tough - talking and still - barely known Paladino would defeat Lazio in the September primary.

«The mayor's unfortunate proposal for the new 421 - a tax subsidy, which was made even worse by Albany, will cost the City far more than the old program while barely increasing the requirement to build affordable apartments, and failing to offer basic protections for many tenants.

That might account for the fact that the Spring Conference swallowed, with barely a murmur, the idea of giving the private sector a defined role in healthcare, where the NHS fails to deliver on time.

Barely able to choke out hello and goodbye, they fail the exam and disappear.

There's barely any new content to sift through in this third chapter, and most of it fails to impress.

You'd think by that I would mean that the movie tries to be funny and fails, but no what I mean is that there are barely even any attempts at comedy in this garbage fire of a movie.

What should have caused quite a splash ends up barely making a ripple in yet another American remake that fails to translate.

Barely 18 months later, and the franchise now seems like the sole ray of light on the Young Adult horizon, as adaptation after adaptation has subsequently tried and failed to spin its on - the - page popularity into a film franchise (a look at our 2012 rundown of the YA hopefuls is retrospectively sobering).

With this failed grounding, while this film isn't as structurally malfunctioned as previous Stoller joints (or even Goldberg & Rogen ones), it can be sluggish for a movie that barely runs over 90 minutes.

«Fruitvale Station» attempts to humanize Grant beyond being a statistic, another innocent young black man killed by an armed white man with no one held accountable, and by doing so, creates something entirely different: this is a remarkable story about an unremarkable man, a gentle spirit barely getting by, failing to support his young child but touching those around him with a sweet smile and a fraternal spirit.

Here's where it fails: there's a scene where Peter, in the midst of his mourning, is discovered in his destroyed apartment listening to Sinead O'Connor singing «Nothing Compares 2 U,» which is not funny; as the scene progresses, in the background we (barely) hear the tinny strains of The Smiths» «Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now,» which is frankly hilarious.

Bridesmaids stars Kristen Wiig (Whip It) as Annie, a single, thirtysomething woman with a failed business and bankruptcy behind her, a sales job that barely pays the rent of the apartment she shares with a creepy brother and sister (Matt Lucas and Rebel Wilson) and a going - nowhere relationship with an egomaniac (Jon Hamm, Mad Men).

She's got a drinking problem, a failed marriage, an unfulfilling career as a ghostwriter, and a tendency to greet every person she meets on a trip back to her hometown with barely concealed contempt.

Don't worry if you blink and fail to notice them, because the directors barely do.

Decades later, Lake is barely coming to terms with his memory loss when a young operative, Milton Schultz (Anton Yelchin), informs him that the terrorist responsible for Lake's failed mission and torture may still be alive and organizing to strike again.

Last weekend's box office was lower than expected with Kingsman: The Golden Circle failing to hit $ 40 million, The LEGO Ninjago Movie barely earning $ 20 million, and Friend Request recording the worst wide opening of all - time with a mere $ 2 million across 2,500 screens.

In particular, independent research — once viewed as controversial but now increasingly acknowledged by elected and appointed officials in the highest levels of government — has revealed a state of affairs in which three in ten students fail to finish high school with a diploma and in which barely half of historically disadvantaged minority students graduate.

JC: Currently, NCLB's escalating sanctions apply identically to schools that have failed massively and to schools that barely miss.

The mayor became much more openly critical of the schools for failing to make ongoing progress and started announcing his own initiatives and events, including a citywide reading summit to which Vallas was barely invited.