Sentences with phrase «big act of»

You put on this big act of being some profound authority on the subject of real estate and the supreme judge of all realtor's motives.

Head coach Charles van Commenee and head of endurance Ian Stewart were also in the capital to watch the final big act of the marathon selection period unfold.

And so my big act of valor this week will be simple: I'm going to pick up the first magazine I see in the grocery store, point to the cover, and laugh like a maniac, right in front of God and everybody.

Of course, the Oracle doesn't worry himself with the day - to - day management of companies he owns; his biggest act of participation in four decades was in 2006 when he installed longtime Berkshire insurance man Brad Kinstler to run things after Chuck Huggins, who had been with the company 54 years and was CEO for 33 of them, retired.

While you prepare to relax and catch some much - needed Zzz's, your skin is gearing up for its biggest act of the day.

Are you able to point to any possible downside (other than the fact that you will be going to prison once millions of middle - class people learn about the role you have played in supporting the biggest act of financial fraud in U.S. history — that's not a good reason because the reality is that your prison sentence will be a lot shorter if you come clean today than it will be if you do not come clean until after the next price crash)?

The event was monumental because it was the biggest act of public protest against coal plants in the Philippines, which made the growing resistance against fossil fuels reach national consciousness.

Erik explains that appreciation for the big acts of service, which could be easily taken for granted, makes him feel loved, too.

«My wife's recognition of a small gesture, such as bringing her coffee in bed or getting out of bed to help with the baby, is equally as important as her acknowledging the big acts of service.»

Not exact matches

When a guy gives a description of his big job at Hypermegaglobalcorp, all the other guys, and plenty of the women, will act interested and impressed.

There are many reasons that people fail to start something new or act now, but one of the biggest is a desire for credit (or, conversely, to avoid blame).

Helena Morrissey of the London - based Legal and General is making a big push for sustainable investing, saying at a conference Monday that individual investors are becoming increasingly wary of putting their money in the market as they fear companies will act in ways that run counter to the investor's own moral beliefs.

Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. estimates that the U.S. currently faces a shortage of up to 190,000 people with analytical expertise and 1.5 million managers with the skills to understand and act on what big data can reveal.

Advocates for excessive home prices also point out that construction has become a bigger part of the British Columbia economy, equating any effort to deflate Vancouver's housing bubble to act of economic sabotage.

Alice Ting, vice president of brand development, licensing and syndication told Bloomberg the Times expects the meal kit service to be at least as big as the Times» travel unit, where the paper's foreign correspondents act as tour guides in places like Iran and Cuba.

In this week's tip roundup, three super stars share their tips for managing staff: Limor Fried of engineering kit - maker Adafruit; Eric Ripert, head chef at Le Bernardin in New York City; and Jeffrey Hayzlett, author of Think Big Act Bigger.

Feast grew up in the suburbs of New Zealand's capital, Wellington, where it's considered unwise to act like a big hairy deal.

Meanwhile, the head of one of Germany's biggest companies reportedly said in a letter that Schulz was currently acting irresponsibly.

No disrespect intended to Mick, who is a friend of mine, but seeing him onstage certainly shows how big a disconnect there can be between doing what you do best and acting your age.

If the availability of Affordable Care Act options has made it easier for you to hire contractors or full - time employees without buying them health insurance — or if you're using it for your own insurance — the law's repeal might be a big headache.

It's easy to discriminate against the minority cobbler down the street by traveling a few extra blocks to buy from «your own kind»; it's much harder to act out your racist biases when buying shoes at a big department store because, well, you have no idea what colour or sex or sexual orientation of the person who made those shoes is.

Like so many frauds, Sam Israel's big con — a decade - long deception that cost investors millions and ended with the hedge funder on the lam as one of America's Most Wanted — began with a small act of self - delusion.

No, it's not some sort of Mayan end - of - the - world situation, but it is the day on which Wikipedia, Google and a number of other big websites will be protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

He's said he'd take on Wall Street by breaking up the big banks and reinstating the Glass - Steagall Act, the Depression - era law that separated the speculative activities of banks from their consumer depository functions.

Or, maybe worse, they fall prey to acting as a conduit for some type of organized crime ring looking to make big money by selling or manipulating stolen personal data.

Big - business leaders are fed up with the tactics of conservative Republicans, who instigated a partial closure of the Federal government and engaged in brinksmanship over the debt ceiling in a failed effort to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

«One of the biggest mistakes that can occur is picking someone not trustworthy or qualified to act on your behalf,» she said.

One of Obamacare's biggest transparency provisions is the Sunshine Act, which requires medical device and drug makers to disclose how much money they pony up to doctors and teaching hospitals.

Simply put, the Rule of One is this: whenever you find yourself believing or acting as though any «one» thing, person, idea, time, formula, or form of value is all - important, it's the surest sign that you are missing the bigger picture and, along with it, the threat or opportunity at your doorstep.

-- Jeffrey Hayzlett, chairman of C - Suite Network and author of Think Big, Act Bigger

Change Number 6 is that Starting a Company means you no longer Act Like A Big Company Since the turn of the century, there's been a radical shift in how startups thought of themselves.

Specialty pharmacies — pharmacies that act as a separate distribution and billing mechanism for big drug firms — aren't unheard of in the world of big pharma, but Valeant's relationship with Philidor was strangely close.

The tax bill lowers the corporate tax rate from 35 % to 21 %, eliminates the penalty under the Affordable Care Act for failing to have health insurance, a narrower estate tax, and cuts the top effective marginal tax rate for S corporations to a top rate of 29.6 percent, among other measures that gives the biggest breaks to the wealthiest individuals and companies.

The act of realization and putting your stress into the bigger picture of life, as well as remembering how much good you have going on, can help you feel immediately better.

Here are three of the biggest trends they're acting on.

On July 8, the U.S. House of Representatives caved into the lobbying interests of the world's biggest auditing firms and passed the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act.

One of the biggest misconceptions about dental hygienists, adds d'Entremont, is that they are simply there to act as assistants for dentists.

These may seem like arcane governance issues but they can make a big difference in how a board is run — and how well it acts as an effective control of a company's executives: in this case, both the executive chair and the CEO.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could derail the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare, and potentially increase the cost of insurance for millions across the U.S.. It's a big deal, and it has insurance companies, medical providers and everyday workers holding their breath.

Fast - forward to the first half of 2014, and Next Big Sound was following more than 1 million acts and tracking 3.3 billion fan - to - band connections, slicing and dicing the data to help labels determine which social interactions are leading indicators for ticket, merchandise and download sales.

One big thing that excited lots of entrepreneurs and investors about the JOBS Act was the prospect of investor crowdfunding — the idea that small businesses could go online, make their pitches, and receive direct investment from accredited investors around the world, quickly.

Many corporations are embracing the idea of empowering their workers to become «intrepreneurs» — acting like a small business under the umbrella of a bigger business.

«It was strange,» he says, «to see such a big drug organization that didn't have any acts of violence.

The designation subjected non-banks such as AIG to the same types of tighter regulations that had been imposed on the nation's biggest banks by the Dodd - Frank Act.

The only solution is for governments everywhere to spend big time on infrastructure and act «irresponsible» thus driving down the value of their currency, raising inflation, and inspiring the filthy, stinking rich to invest it or lose it.

Here is one of the biggest changes implemented by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Additionally, such big volume acts as a leading indicator that points to the likelihood of further price appreciation.

With some of the high salaries and big bonuses it's hard to believe that they are acting in my interst or even in the interest of the large institutions.

Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines, said, «Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger.

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