Sentences with phrase «big break when»

After trying to crack into the American phone market for years, and finally getting a big break when AT&T agreed to begin carrying its phones, Huawei got some bad news at CES.

Bradford was in his mid-30s when he graduated from the California Institute of the Arts and a few years later got his big break when he was invited to participate in «Freestyle,» a 2001 group show at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Ana Marti, a young journalist sick of detailing debutantes» fashions and high - society scandals, gets her big break when socialite Mariona Sobrerroca is brutally murdered in the exclusive upper part of the city.

Miles acknowledges that capital funds, bricks and mortar funding, can be hard to get, and so it was a big break when they were awarded a significant grant under the Victorian education department's Children's Facilities Capital program, which supports early childhood programs and services.

She got her big break when she was cast as «Collins Tuohy» in the hit film The Blind Side in which she played Sandra Bullock's daughter.

At 36 years old he got his big break when a major show business manager signed him, eventually leading to a significant part in The Witches of Eastwick and finally securing an agent.

Played by Domhnall Gleeson, Jon is the main character of the film, an office drone with dreams of musical stardom who thinks he finally might get his big break when Frank's band loses its keyboard player and has to take him under its wing.

The fledgling studio caught its big break when Nintendo contracted Narihiro to port software developed for the ill - fated Famicom Disk System to ROM cartridges, the company's storage medium of choice for its NES console outside of Japan.

CHEF Writer / Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Amy Sedaris Jon Favreau got his big break when he wrote and starred in 1996's indie hit Swingers.

Robbie got her big break when she starred as Leonardo Dicaprio «s wife in «The Wolf of Wall Street» in 2013.

Murphy finally gets his big break when he is hired by a sultry woman from his past to find her missing son.

Indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith caught a big break when a federal judge shot down a bid by prosecutors to tell jurors at his bribery trial next month how he once offered to sell Albany votes like shares of stock.

He got his big break when joining Ligue 2 side Amiens in 2013 and after a spell in Tunisia joined Maritimo in 2015.

, got his big break when he moved to the Colombian top tier at 20 years old.

The company at first floundered, but in 1998 it caught a big break when it landed a Pentagon research grant.

She had her biggest break when David Lynch cast her in Mulholland Drive.

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When a stock breaks out above that line it tells a technician that you are about to witness a big move higher,» Cramer said.

For evidence of artists who've been able to maintain their credibility while licensing their music for commercials, you might look no further than a certain Canadian songstress who got a «big break» when her song was featured in an iPod commercial in 2007:

But the big break came when the same user posted a letter from his lawyer, his first and last name visible for the whole world to see.

When the news broke late on Wednesday in Moscow, Russian and western media trumpeted it as the energy deal of the year: Glencore (glncy), the world's biggest commodities house, and the Qatar Investment Authority had agreed to buy a 19.5 % stake in Rosneft, Russia's national oil champion, for 10.5 billion euros ($ 11.1 billion).

I got my first big break at Deloitte Consulting when the external consultant I worked with at my first job, with whom I had formed a really good working relationship, called a friend of his there and recommended me.

When people are tackling big goals, they often get the same advice — break that huge, scary objective down into less terrifying baby steps.

The business world learned just how big AWS was in April, when Amazon for the first time broke out its numbers in a quarterly earnings report.

Pro tip: Carry around lots of dollar bills, if paying by cash, to use as «extra» when going to the till so you don't break a big note.

His next big break came, as legend has it, when he spotted a woman at a party wearing a leather dress.

I take a lot of photos with my phone, but I break out the big SLR when I really want some high - quality snaps.

OPINION: Corporate events such as takeovers and break - up proposals do not always have a political edge to them, but when they involve BHP Billiton, once Australia's biggest company, politics are not far away (and neither is Western Australia).

One of the biggest surprises in «Avengers: Age of Ultron» occurs about halfway through the film when our heroes break away from the action for a more light - hearted family - centric scene on a farm.

When we were finally able to design packaging and try to break into the big markets, we demonstrated our original packaging as part of our presentation.

The answer is definitely not the same for everyone, but when you break it down, there really are just a handful of ways to make it big... or so it would seem.

This means it's less likely that itemizing will give you a bigger tax break than the standard deduction when you go to file your tax returns a year from now.

Work doesn't end once we get our big break; some might say that's when the real work starts.

Over time, I found that when I broke down big projects into less formidable pieces and put them on my to - do list, the work actually got done — no exclamation marks required.

The big break happened when Iovine met Steve Jobs in 2004.

Sugar before bed is not only a big no - no in terms of energy and sleeplessness, but it can also mean that the metabolism isn't at its best when it comes to breaking down the fat.

Like many celebrities hoping to break into fashion, Avril Lavigne partnered with a big national retailer when she launched her Abbey Dawn clothing line in 2008.

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I think the motivation to break records was a lot bigger earlier in the day, when I was first starting.

When we begin our journey as entrepreneurs, we always hope for that one big break that will catapult us into the stratosphere and eternal business success.

Its biggest break came in 2003, when Disney signed Canadian effects whiz Steve (Spaz) Williams, to direct its animated feature The Wild.

But Apple should consider fast - tracking this idea, because it could address one of the biggest consumer complaints facing the company right now: an inconsistent and unreliable MacBook keyboard that users say easily breaks when faced with crumbs or other particles.

Optimizely's biggest break came in 2012, when the Obama campaign rehired Siroker, who helped boost the conversion rate for the president's donation page by 50 percent.

That means she works on understanding what happened in the moments after the Big Bang, when the whole universe was hot and physics was bent to the point of breaking.

Some of the best decisions our team at Virgin has made involved exiting markets early, when we could see that our product, service or brand was not making a big enough impression on customers, and would not break through and attract volume sales.

When the world's largest holding company posts its biggest stock decline in almost two decades and predicts no growth for 2018, there will inevitably be questions over whether the holding company model is irreparably broken.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

Governments generally get a much bigger stimulus bang for their buck when they spend directly on projects, such as roads and bridges, rather than giving cheques or tax breaks to individuals, who may choose to bank the money instead of spending it.

«The big break in the case came Wednesday when Pasadena police officers received a tip that the stolen art was held at an automobile stereo shop, Santa Monica police said in a news release.

When you look at the history of this country, and you look at the history of these kinds of hearings... when companies become big and powerful and accumulate a lot of wealth and power, what typically happens from this body is there's an instinct to either regulate or break -When you look at the history of this country, and you look at the history of these kinds of hearings... when companies become big and powerful and accumulate a lot of wealth and power, what typically happens from this body is there's an instinct to either regulate or break -when companies become big and powerful and accumulate a lot of wealth and power, what typically happens from this body is there's an instinct to either regulate or break - up.

And, if you are using big numbers to which some people can not relate (for example, when describing potential income gains), you might test using a more realistic number with which the reader can identify; or break it up into weekly or monthly amounts.