Sentences with phrase «by me years ago»

«We were given assurances by them years ago that they deleted the data,» she said of Cambridge Analytica on «PBS NewsHour.»

As a consequence he would not be able to explain how a man could ever be guilty for something done by him years ago, how there could be an ethics of obligation, political action, artistic production, or an historical process» (RW 331).

And one gathers that it is for this reason that Weiss holds that Whitehead's theory can not show that a person may be «guilty for something done by him years ago.»

I had driven it by myself years ago, my senior year of high school to be exact, and it was almost clear as day.

I read Boys Life by him years ago and loved it.)

The bench that sits below the big window was made by me years ago and still works in all the places we've lived.

Not exact matches

Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

A year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as such).

Our guinea pig, Bonobos, is an apparel company founded a year ago by Brian Spaly and Andy Dunn, both Stanford M.B.A.'s.

While it's a rudimentary game, don't forget that it was created by a preteen nearly 33 years ago.

Warren Buffett «s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (brk - a) has become Bank of America Corp's (bac) largest shareholder by exercising its right to acquire 700 million shares at a steep discount, more than tripling an investment it made six years ago.

Included in our original business plan years ago was that everything had to be completed by the end of each day.

While the move will surely appease many angry customers, it does mark an about - face from a pledge two years ago by General Mills to remove artificial colors and flavors from its cereals.

Hulu — which is owned jointly by CBS rivals Walt Disney, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, and Time Warner — made a similar move less than a year ago, when the service offered subscribers the option of paying a few dollars more per month for an ad - free experience.

For the quarter ended July 20, Dick's adjusted earnings were 96 cents a share, up from 82 cents a year ago, but less than the $ 1.00 expected by Wall Street and even its own forecast of $ 1.02 a share to $ 1.07 a share.

Once years ago while attending a conference in Las Vegas put on by a startup I was working with at the time, I ran into one of the speakers for the day, long - time Vegas resident and Zappos founder Tony Hsieh.

The Taiwanese company, with revenues of more than $ 8 billion, was founded by the Wharton grad's father almost 50 years ago and now claims to be the world's largest manufacturer of athletic and casual footwear.

That figure is expected to grow by $ 31 billion by 2015 - 16, handing the Progressive Conservatives ammunition in their assault on the Liberals, who've doubled the province's debt since they took office nine years ago.

Apple declared a few years ago that «services,» by which it means subscriptions and online apps, would become a growth driver.

This year, though, Brin kicked off the Founders Letter with a quote taken from the very beginning of «A Tale of Two Cities,» a book written over 150 years ago by Charles Dickens — a historical fiction about the French Revolution.

Stevia was approved by the Food and Drug Administration nearly six years ago, and since it comes from the leaves of a plant and has no calories, it has led the charge in the search for more natural alternatives to sugar.

CBS says it is looking into recent allegations made by actress Ariane Bellamar that actor Jeremy Piven, who stars in its new drama series Wisdom of the Crowd, sexually assaulted her on the set of the HBO series Entourage several years ago.

Online sales rose 14.1 percent from the year - ago quarter, boosted by sales for Presidents Day and Martin Luther King, Jr Day,...

Menear, who took the reins three years ago, has had the enviable though difficult task of building on his predecessor Frank Blake's remarkable run by finding new avenues of growth and preventing the company from falling into complacency.

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

He says he recently attended one of the largest industry trade shows, Mipcom, and ended up talking to the same people he'd last encountered six years ago, most of whom were still thinking in terms of selling programs region by region to established channels as opposed to «worldwide deals for rights to be exploited via the Internet anywhere.»

A year or so ago I heard a presentation by someone who worked in compliance at a global company that had, some years ago, been embroiled in a bribery scandal.

World War I, which ended 99 years ago on Saturday, took the lives of about 40 million people and is considered by many to be the first total, industrial war.

It boosted service revenues by 8.3 per cent from a year ago.

Since opening its doors 50 years ago, the Sunset Marquis has grown to include 52 detached, Mediterranean - influenced villas, two bars, two heated outdoor pools and even an underground recording studio, all interconnected by winding brick pathways that guide guests through the property's labyrinth of tropical gardens.

Six years ago, Nintendo's Wii was in a position that every hardware company dreamed of — a game system that not only captured the imagination of the core player but also was widely and warmly embraced by the mass audience.

The drop isn't devastating, but it is significant: while fitness tracker sales slumped 7 % in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same timeframe one year ago, smartwatches boomed by 25 %, the vast majority of which were Apple Watches.

Two years ago, she and her partner went shopping for a motorcycle but came back with a Can - Am Spyder, the muscled - up motor - trike invented by BRP Inc., based in Valcourt, Que.

Ten years ago, we whenever would have thought we would be sitting where we're sitting today, in terms of the way technology and data has disrupted the industry, and things like: by next year 20 % of brands will abandon their digital apps.

We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S..

Vicis was founded four years ago by neurosurgeon Sam Browd, engineering professor Per Reinhall, and Dave Marver, former CEO of the Cardiac Science Corporation.

On the other hand, increasing the minimum to that amount two years ago might have cost the economy about 500,000 jobs, or 0.3 percent of the workforce, by 2016, the CBO found.

The consensus from psychologists is that the test — invented more than 50 years ago by mother - daughter duo Katharine Briggs and Isabel Myers — is too rigid and fails to provide context or leave room for people to change.

Five years ago, it's safe to say, Canadian Tire's marketing teams would have been utterly flummoxed by Facebook's intel.

That compares with a loss of $ 16 billion, or $ 13.41 per share, a year ago when the company was hurt by heavy write - downs on its cable, publishing and AOL assets.

A group of not for profits that joined forces 18 months ago with a mission to end homelessness will today publicly launch its 10 - year plan on Adelaide Terrace, followed by a music event through the streets of the CBD.

Twenty years ago, Canadian goods accounted for 2 % of Asian imports, but by 2013 Canada's share had been cut in half, even with its surge in natural resources exports to Asia.

The Apple co-founder, before his passing, derided the sort of smaller tablets being pumped out by competitors two years ago as inferior and undesirable.

About four years ago, Lionsgate announced it was planning to remake «American Psycho,» the Wall Street serial killer psychological thriller that boasted a star - making turn by Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman.

In an interview with Russia Today Friday, Tsarnaeva said that she had been contacted by the FBI about her eldest son several years ago, and that the agency had believed him to be a «serious leader» with ties to Islamic extremists.

Sales people, managers, programmers, and people all over the world are practicing the Pomodoro Technique, the time management method developed by Francisco Cirillo many years ago.

Released about a year ago but virtually unknown compared with Google's much more visible search tools, the Wonder Wheel can be accessed by doing a search and then selecting «Wonder Wheel» under the filter options on the lefthand navigation.

By way of context, I should explain that we started Kobeyaki four years ago with the goal of making it a national chain.

Whether finding a great co-founder, who has complementary skill sets (in my case, an old friend I met at theater camp over 20 years ago), or picking your executive team exclusively composed of «A» players (who you can alternately delegate to — or be inspired by), you need a bunch of great teammates to be successful when creating a new business.»

For example, the paper's authors explain, investors who bought Pfizer five years ago have seen their shares appreciate by 80 percent, while investors who bought 25 years ago have seen their shares grow by six times (adjusted for splits).