Sentences with phrase «by studying for»

He still made good use of the year by studying for his coaching exams and working with the youth sides to gain extra experience on the coaching side.

The Morning Sale was marked by Roy Lichtenstein's Brushstroke, which went for $ 591,000, followed by Study for Homage to the Square: Decided by Josef Albers at $ 555,000.

Vuillard's focus on decorative schemes for luxurious dwellings is here represented by the Study for La Place Vintimille of 1909 - 1910 (but try to see the more extensive display at the Norton Simon Museum through 2/15/2016).

Chagoya will be represented by «Double Agent,» one of his large charcoal drawings from 1989, Saul by a study for his 1992 portrait of Jeffrey Dahmer, and DeForest by a large - scale canvas from 1978.

Not exact matches

The study was funded by EnCana, the drilling company whose wells the EPA had initially blamed for the contamination.Though the role of fracking remains contested, the advising scientists recommend that the EPA should qualify its conclusions about the risks posed by acknowledging gaps in the existing data and concerning cases like Pavillion.

He cited a recent potential cure for Type 1 diabetes developed by studying pancreases from body donors.

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).

For instance, studying the cooking and wardrobe habits of Indian mothers - in - law and daughters - in - law helped Lindstrom and his team make recommendations for how to design the packaging of a breakfast cereal and understanding the isolation of rural and suburban North Carolinians trapped in a car - centric culture sparked his recommendation that a local grocery store chain should double down on its feeling of community by emphasizing its homey roast chicken offeriFor instance, studying the cooking and wardrobe habits of Indian mothers - in - law and daughters - in - law helped Lindstrom and his team make recommendations for how to design the packaging of a breakfast cereal and understanding the isolation of rural and suburban North Carolinians trapped in a car - centric culture sparked his recommendation that a local grocery store chain should double down on its feeling of community by emphasizing its homey roast chicken offerifor how to design the packaging of a breakfast cereal and understanding the isolation of rural and suburban North Carolinians trapped in a car - centric culture sparked his recommendation that a local grocery store chain should double down on its feeling of community by emphasizing its homey roast chicken offering.

A 2006 study by the Society for Human Resource Management found that «as many as 40 % of workers have had an office romance.

In 2004, a psychology study by researchers at the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina found that for every inch you stand above the national average, you could earn an additional $ 789 (unadjusted) per year.

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that Valeant Pharmaceuticals» infamous price hikes for a pair of heart drugs called nitroprusside and isoproterenol — whose prices were increased by 310 % and 720 %, respectively — had significant downstream effects on patient care.

A study by Forbes Insights and Turn revealed that more than 70 percent of marketing executives expect to rely more and more on data for decision - making within the next three years.

This is further complicated by the fact that Graham is close friends with secretary of defense Robert McNamara, who is the one who commissioned the Pentagon Papers as, he said, a record for future administrations to study.

Today, so - called Amazonians occupy more office space in Seattle than the next 40 largest employers in the city combined, according to a study by real - estate data firm CoStar for the Seattle Times last year.

According to a study by George Washington University and Zignal Labs, Sanders is the only candidate whose «echo» across the Internet has actually increased since his initial announcement of his bid for the presidency.

Commentary by George A. Lopez, the Hesburgh Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs.

According to an independent study done by nonprofit researchers SRI International, students who used Dreambox for four months improved their test scores by about 5 percent.

The study, by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, revealed that the smallest companies accounted for 30 percent of the fraud cases it studied, compared to just 20 percent for organizations with more than 10,000 employees.

Lighthizer asked at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

These numbers were determined by the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS), conducted by the advocacy groups the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality, and reported in the UCLA study.

Here's what Ross's Commerce study says: the researchers, Anne Flatness and Chris Rasmussen, used a fairly new database compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to see who was getting the most out of NAFTA.

The striking example I focused on then was the cancer drug Avastin, developed by Genentech (now Roche)-- which, at the time, had been studied in at least 400 completed human clinical trials for various cancers.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

British Columbia's new government sent its campaign promise for C$ 15 by 2021 to a committee for study.

(Today Blackboard is used by 42.2 % of U.S. institutions with more than 2,000 students, according to one independent study, compared to 11.4 % for Brightspace.)

Cases of tick - and mosquito - borne diseases more than triple since 2004, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This is a guest post by Daniel Davies, a sociology expert who prepares case studies of human behavior for a number of magazines.

Studies commissioned by his group project that over the next decade, PBMs will save employers, consumers, and the government more than $ 2 trillion, and have already helped reduce by a third the projected cost of the Medicare Part D program, a largely privatized drug benefit for seniors.

A collection of new studies presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference suggest that a Mediterranean diet — one that's rich in lean proteins like fish and chicken, filled with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, and (moderate amounts of) red wine — may carry yet another benefit: reducing the risk for dementia and Alzheimer's by more than a third.

You will be shocked to learn that a study commissioned by Internet radio service Pandora found that annoying users with increased amounts of advertising will push some to pay for an ad - free subscription, but not enough to make up for the majority who get annoyed and just tune out.

«In this masterful study of urban warfare, DiMarco explains what it takes to seize and hold a city literally block by block and provides lessons for today's tacticians that they neglect at their own peril.»

There's even a small study coauthored by Holmes and published in an online journal that compares Theranos test results with traditional tests favorably, though it looks only at results for one characteristic of blood among six people.

Internal studies by a group of analysts within Shell known as the «scenarios» team had concluded that global demand for oil might peak in as little as a decade — essentially tomorrow in an industry that plans in quarter - century increments.

A similar strategy for tackling the urge to slack is to practice «productive procrastination,» a term used by Piers Steel, a professor at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business who studies procrastination.

The proof is in the metrics: According to a study by Workboard, 69 percent of high - performing companies surveyed rated companywide communication of business goals as their leading tool for stacking a team of top performers.

But BresoDX, a self - administered home test for sleep apnea, developed by Toronto - based company Bresotec, is likely to complete the study portion of the process in early 2016.

According to a recent study conducted by staffing agency Robert Half International, 74 percent of companies surveyed choose not to alter their annual dress code for the hotter months.

A study conducted this year for UPS by Internet - research firm comScore showed 63 percent of customers research return policies before they buy.

Confirmation of this state of affairs was recently provided by a research study, Value for Money from Health Insurance Systems in Canada and the OECD (2012 edition), from Vancouver - based think tank the Fraser Institute.

Take, for example, the recently published report entitled «Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes,» by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — which the Academies helpfully point out is a «congressionally mandated» study.

According to a recent article by Stanford's Emma Seppälä for the Greater Good Science Center, «one of the most extensive studies on charisma found that charisma is not so much a gift as a learnable skill.»

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

«Millennials want to leave their mark on the world by working for organizations that benefit society, encourage innovation, and provide them with the opportunity to expand their skills,» the Deloitte study noted.

Two Swiss economists who studied the effect of commuting on happiness found that such factors could not make up for the misery created by a long commute.

Deutsche Bank is no longer one of the world's top 15 private banks after a difficult year for the German lender, a study by Scorpio Partnership showed Monday.

According to a fascinating recent Nature article by Tom Clynes, science has been hard at work trying to figure out the answer to that question for more than four decades with the the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth.

A study by Millan's team found that 76 % of owners who played audiobooks for their dogs reported that they were calmer and more relaxed after a four - week period.

Even the glitteriest of gold - standard clinical trials, for instance, are often undone by a leaden follow - up study that has the nerve to arrive at a different result.

For the United States, results were the same: The same study found that web sales here in 2015 grew by 14.6 percent.

According to a recent study from Kaiser, to make up for the loss of CSR payments, insurers would have to jack up the price of premiums by an average of 19 % more than the current projected increase for 2018.