Sentences with phrase «by the line about»

As a member of the prime demographic, I'm not offended by the lines about slings hurting or being in fashion.

I was especially inspired by the line about not taking away your daughter's experiences because they were hers to have.

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Kim apparently tried to downplay the underlying tension between the two by joking about how many years it took for him to visit South Korea despite the very thin demarcation line between them.

Still, there's an ironic punch line to the case: Because the stolen Bitcoins were sold right away, allegedly by Vinnik and long before Mt. Gox disclosed the hack, victims lost much more, in dollar value, than the hackers ever made — which, according to Chainalysis, was only about $ 20 million.

Our Fortune colleague Beth Kowitt writes about the latest product launch from Lola, the organic tampon startup co-founded by Jordana Kier and Alex Friedman: a line of «natural» latex condoms, lubricant, and cleansing wipes.

Obama gave The Atlantic several reasons for not enforcing the red line — uneasiness about a strike against Syria not being sanctioned by Congress, a lack of support from the international community and the American people, the possibility that the intelligence on the chemical - weapons attack wasn't 100 % solid — but did not mention the Iran deal among them.

They do this by offering quick service, and by presenting insurance companies as more worried about their own bottom lines than the well - being of clients.

Think about the subject line, think about how to formally acknowledge the person, break the copy into paragraphs, avoid shouting by using capitals, make sure that your email is clear especially with what steps need to be taken from here for the customer if they would like to proceed.

When diving into your data, think about how to drive top - line revenue growth by using data to find new customers and partners and deliver real - time value to them in unique and unexpected ways.

As of December, the line is overbooked by 72 %, which means those on the receiving end can only expect about 30 % of their requested volumes for the month.

Afterwards, invite the interviewer into conversation by saying something along the lines of, «I'd love to hear about the kind of public speaking this job involves.»

I followed that one by writing two haiku in a row with a line about what they mean.

But over the years, employers have reached differing conclusions about how the Act's language should be interpreted — specifically the line that says employers must treat pregnant women the same as «other persons not so affected [by pregnancy] but similar in their ability or inability to work.»

Though investors and analysts sometimes question fast - casual chains about the cost sacrifices they may be making by holding a firm line on their menus, Shaich isn't dissuaded.

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

«It is not acceptable to do things that are designed to increase either individual or firm bottom lines by deceiving customers or passing along charges that are either invisible or they don't know about.»

This can be achieved by asking the right qualification questions about your customer, which should ideally go beyond the traditional BANT (budget, authority, needs, time line) concerns.

Though my guards bustled me about rapidly to keep me from becoming a sitting target for kidnappers, they did take me for an hour's walk on the Lido, one of the most beautiful strands of fine - grained, wave - washed white sand I've ever seen, lined by formerly luxurious villas, not one of which had retained four intact walls or glass in their windows.

Honda established a division late last year to develop electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its long - held goal for lower - emission gasoline hybrids, plug - in hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to account for two - thirds of its line - up by 2030, from about 5 percent now.

We've been approached many times by different people, and everybody's been very nice, but the underlying tone is pretty much «Sign on the dotted line and you'll be rich,» which is not really what I'm all about.

The bottom line is that Apple's ambitions in the content industries seem to be hampered in part by a lack of a consistent vision about what the company wants to do and why, combined with a culture clash between existing movie studios and TV networks about who is the most important player in the relationship, and who gets to control the terms.

Once you're married, you'll want to revisit the financial goals you talked about, make them more specific and detailed by writing them down, and establish a finish line.

For example, last year, Patagonia, the $ 575 million outdoor apparel and gear maker based in Ventura, California, released Defined by the Line, an eight - minute documentary about climber Josh Ewing, who left his corporate gig to protect public lands in southeastern Utah.

TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX: L) plans to unveil about 700 Joe Fresh stores in the U.S. next year as Canada's largest grocery chain works to ramp up sales of its hip fashion line to help bolster earnings that dropped by 19 per cent in its most recent quarter.

Jones emphasized the inexactness of the numbers by the way he listed them on the bottom line of each page, using the word say, as in «Let's say it's about somewhere in the range of...»

For those of you too swamped to watch the whole thing right now, the money line from Sun is this: «I happen to be in a world that's run by men, and yet Poshmark is all about women.

«This movie provides some of the best lines that salespeople joke about, yet live by,» says Meloff.

By the flip of a coin, some participants read that Barbara began engaging in small nasty behaviors, such as gossiping about others or cutting in line.

In that case, the academics could be making the all - too - common mistake of «proving» an adage by using the same evidence that was used to bring about that line of thinking.

Robert Saik founded the company in 1987 with a $ 35,000 line of credit and a fax machine, frustrated by how farmers were making decisions about what to plant, how to fertilize or treat it, and when or where to sell it.

Then, when you receive a business loan or line of credit — sometimes called trade credit — information about your payment history is compiled by one or more business credit reporting agencies, including Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, Equifax and FICO and turned into a business credit score.

The median estimate of 40 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg before the devaluation was 6.20, in line with the rate maintained by the People's Bank of China for about four months before this week.

As result, their «election promises» total about $ 12.5 billion by 2019 - 20, roughly in line to that proposed by the other parties.

Having led Routehappy's seed round in 2012, we are excited about this individual deal, but we're also thrilled about the continued trend of aggressive, future - thinking acquisitions by old - line companies.

In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.

The second piece of information a credit report provides is about credit inquiries by creditors, whether soft (when you get pre-approved for a line of credit) or hard (when you apply for a line of credit and the creditor pulls your credit report).

We use meetings like this to make an informed decision about those whom we should or shouldn't engage with, in line with the guidance laid out by Section 9 of the UK Bribery Act 2010.

What about the kid who lined up at noon lunch break to get tickets to the Leafs, only to be beat by a bunch of thugs who lined up at 9 am, who later flips them to some investment banker?

The FDA's action cuts off a vital supply line for the company, given that the plant reportedly makes about 70 % of the ingredients that Ranbaxy uses to make its U.S. drugs, including the generic version of Lipitor taken by millions of Americans.

But as that line closes, about 100 jobs will be saved temporarily by the creation of a new night shift making high - efficiency furnaces.

Bottom line: Google builds an insecure messaging system controlled by carriers who are in bed with governments everywhere at exactly the time when world publics are more worried about data collection and theft than ever.

If there's a bright spot for the province, however, it's that the ongoing disruption of Alberta oil sands production — estimated by the Conference Board of Canada to be about 1.2 million barrels a day, comprising nearly $ 1 billion in economic activity — has contributed to a rally in global oil prices that could give producers, and therefore the Alberta economy, a badly - needed lift once production is finally back on - line (assuming, of course, the fires are eventually extinguished and oil sands operations escape serious damage).

The $ 1.8 trillion in liquid assets — the line item most people are referring to when they talk about «corporate cash» — accounted for 5.4 % of all assets held by nonfinancial corporations in the second quarter, down from 6 % in 2009 and pretty much flat for the past two years.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The prices of imported goods and services, recorded «at the docks», have moved broadly in line with the rise in the exchange rate (with a slight lag), falling by about 6 per cent (excluding petroleum) between the December quarter 1998 and the September quarter 1999.

About 50 people were lined up on Beverly Boulevard outside the Beverly Center by 6 a.m..

Excluding the impact of the one - time factors affecting 2009 - 10, corporate income tax revenues are forecast to increase by about 17 % which is in line with the growth in corporate profits witnessed in the first three quarters of 2010.

But while autonomous or semiautonomous driving technology could help reduce collisions in general, questions about how and when to draw the line between manual and autonomous mode have yet to be fully resolved by engineers and researchers.

While you're waiting for cash to come in from collections, speak to your financial institution about a short - term loan or line of credit secured by your receivables or other collateral.

The first of the following two charts shows that the ratio of the SPDR S&P Homebuilder ETF (XHB, $ 35.60) to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY, $ 217.09) remains about one - fifth below its early 2013 highs, despite the fact that the average 30 - year fixed mortgage rate has fallen back to the 3.4 % area — about where it was in early 2013 (as shown by the blue line in the second chart that follows).