Sentences with phrase «better than the disaster»

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«They are a clear leader with disaster response and their strategic planning during such times is better than any retailer globally,» he said.

Or, «We did better than last year,» when last year was a disaster.

But you can do better than that and greatly improve your company's odds of avoiding a data disaster.

Sometimes, efforts to reduce expenses can do more harm than good, and in extreme cases it can lead to disaster.

Most of the disaster - related apps that presented today mentioned the recent events of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma in their pitches, observing that tech should be able to pair victims, resources and rescue workers far better than existing services.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

«The Liberal government has done more harm than good to B.C.'s mining industry, from cuts leading to disasters to failing on the promise to open eight mines and expand nine by 2015,» said Conroy.

Being in the health insurance industry is even better, as it is less prone to catastrophic claims payouts from natural disasters than the property and casualty business.

Better to send your money directly to the US Navy, Coast Guard, Army and AF who are always the first reponders in disasters giving more aid and supplies than all the «non-profits» combined..

He was simply stating that we understand science much better now than we did in the Colonial times, and thus understand the causes behind hurricanes and other natural disasters.

What I care about is who is smarter, has more experience with foreign policy, has done more to avert a financial meltdown that could very well have spelled disaster for the world economy, got rid of Ghadafi and Bin Laden, which is certainly more than Bush did, who has shown restraint in his remarks instead of recklessness.

Try taking a little broader look around at the innocent children and Christians better than you dying of horrible diseases and car accidents and natural disasters etc. and you will see your God is nowhere to be found.

Repressive measures taken by powerful human authorities, however well intentioned, can do no more than delay global disasters, and may instead exacerbate them.

If he is indeed as wealthy as some say, his money could certainly be better used than renting billboards proclaiming an event that will never come to pass unless by some physical disaster.

If I there was the slightest chance that prayer did anything other than make the prayee feel better, I would pray for a superior being who prevented these natural disasters.

We talked with her about kitchen disaster, the trials and tribulations of book publishing and why Florida is becoming more than just citrus and good Cuban food.

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I would top four again, but even if we are not it won't be a disaster... Some fans might even tell you that we have more chance to win the Europa league than the CL (well might be true because we just can not imagine winning the CL or the EPL in the next 5 years at least).

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

I expect this offense to look significantly better than the one - year disaster that was Shannon Dawson.

For instance, if your little one is developmentally incapable of sitting still for more than 20 minutes, you're setting yourself up for disaster if you go to a restaurant and expect him to sit there and be good for an hour.

Namely, that unregulated markets always overshoot (more so in the computerised age than ever before), and that while regulated capitalism is the best system, a free - for - all always leads to anarchy and disaster - and has!

Disaster will inevitably strike, but we need a better message than that: political kudos must be separated from materialism if the government is to make any headway.

Until nearly 9 pm on the night before parliament broke up for Christmas, the prime minister appeared well set to end the year in better shape politically than at any time since the election disaster in June.

Blurring the role between lobbyist and political adviser is a recipe for disaster - as Cuomo should well know better than most.

Sensible New York Republicans can easily see how much better a job Obama is doing for the USA than all the disasters that Bush heaped upon us for eight long years.

I left in July 1994, for no good reason other than I thought the election of Tony Blair would be a disaster (such was my political insight that I thought John Prescott would be a more fitting heir to John Smith's legacy).

Worse, a former state disaster official says the new trucks are no better suited to wade through flood waters than the suburban vehicles the governor often uses.

There are clues that these species may fare better than their stony counterparts after a disaster, but more research needs to be done to understand how storms, warming waters and ocean acidification can alter the composition of reefs and whether these changes are permanent or short - lived, Lasker says.

It's better for survival to be prepared than ignorant of impending disaster.

Women on the Titanic were 50 percent more likely to escape the disaster than men, and children had a 15 percent better chance than adults.

Many scientists and environmentalists warn that the government's present strategy of simply storing the plutonium could do more harm than good because it does nothing to reduce the risk of environmental disaster, and, rather than discourage other countries from developing nuclear weapons, it could provoke them to increase their efforts.

Historical novelist Naomi Mitchison, daughter and sister of the two great Haldane scientists, also sees part of the function of SF as warning: «Who better to bring the disasters which we are making for ourselves forcibly home to voters and opinion - makers than committed SF writers?»

OSLO, Jan 8 (Reuters)- Governments need to plan better for rising migration driven by climate change, experts said on Thursday, citing evidence that extreme weather and natural disasters force far more people from their homes than wars.

Rather than seeing a bad date as a total disaster, we'll see where we perhaps could have gotten more information or used better discretion about who we spend our time with.

Losing your sexual confidence can mean a disaster to the well - being of your internet dating services relationship because she probably will not want to be with a person that rejects the thought that she has had sex more times, than he did, or when she asks him for special favors in bed.

Tall singles know better than anyone, that a romantic trip in a bus or on a plane can turn into a disaster, as they won't know where to place their legs.

I'll never be able to make incredible fried chicken, my house is a disaster more often than not and sometimes I let my emotions get the best of me.

It is the worst possible Christmas movie to date and I'm not even joking, taking LSD while watching Disaster Movie would be better than this, and Disaster Movie led up to its expectations.

Overwought and thinly sketched disaster flick but buoyed by a cast that delivers better than decent performances.

By focusing more on the characters, both good and bad, than on the explosion itself, the film is able to avoid becoming another disaster movie.

The message that getting the valuable video is more important than protecting oneself and others is not a good one to be putting out to audiences, especially in a disaster movie.

Having gone from one of the few actors in Hollywood whose association with a film would guarantee it box office success to being in a string of high - profile disasters, Arnold Schwarzenegger's career (political and thespian) needed a shot in the arm, and what better way than by resurrecting his most popular character for one more outing.

It's fantastic miniature work — the disaster looks almost as good as the earthquake in San Francisco, better even than later entries such as the dam bursting in The Rains Came and the earthquake in Green Dolphin Street.

Yet the film's insistent indictment of Duncan and Simmons, and its qualified accusation of Roberts, lack all conviction, despite the explicitness with which it spells out their personal responsibility for the disaster, because the fire itself is so far more convincing and menacing a villain than the script's paper - doll miscreants and good / bad guys.

If all you honestly want out of it is to watch «stuff blow up good,» you could still do a lot better than San Andreas, a middling and uneven entry in the already overstuffed disaster porn genre.

When: August 8th Why: It's been nearly 20 years since «Twister» was released in theaters and it still looks better than this CG - fueled disaster flick, which doesn't appear to be particularly interested in its human characters at all.

James Franco's new movie The Disaster Artist has gotten much better reviews than the «Citizen Kane of bad movies» that is its subject — but how does it play if you've never seen The Room?

Her words of warning aren't heeded in A Good Day to Die Hard, nor by director John Moore (Max Payne) and writer Skip Woods (The A-Team), for the latest action instalment is indeed a larger disaster than its reviled predecessor.

It certainly lags behind the other strong comedies of the year (It's a Disaster, This is the End, and The World's End), but there are enough good moments to be worth a rental, but not much more than that.