Sentences with phrase «calling them up short»

Is it only the real estate industry that is constantly being called up short, as a public embarrassment?

And when I explained that I never left the city boundaries to do business I got called up short: «why did you buy gas and claim it as business expense, then, at a station near Yorkdale Shopping Mall?

When I learned he was having reception redirect my calls to him so he could give to his (gossip had it) «girlfriend» and I called him up short on it, and he told me to my face that «you have more than enough business, so I have to take control and pass it around to others in the branch,» I HAD NO CHOICE.

When called up short on that topic, they always have taken their own (excuse the term) CYA approach.

Not exact matches

Home Capital Group has seen some of its riskier lending business drain away to the private, unregulated mortgage lenders — firms like Alpine Credit or the many so - called «mom - and - pop» shops which proliferated as small investors teamed up with brokers to provide short - term, non-amortized loans.

Your copy should include the main benefit of the lead magnet, a call to action to click / sign up for the lead magnet, and a short explanation of the lead magnet.

From the short - lived to the legendary, INSIDER rounded up all of the celebrity couples who called it quits this year.

Many investors who had been betting against Fossil by selling its shares «short» had to buy up Fossil shares to cover their bet in a so - called short squeeze, compounding the impact of the strong results.

Short version, it involves waking up at 5 a.m., lots of exercise, and taking business calls from his bathtub.

For about $ 35, this handy tool comes with a LED bulb for emergency light, a radio that picks up AM, FM and all 7 NOAA Weather Band Radio Alertchannels, and a universal USB for charging a mobile phone so you can make short calls or send text messages.

The committee was set up by the major institutional investors to salvage about $ 32 billion invested in a type of short - term note, commonly called asset - backed commercial paper, that couldn't be redeemed.

«The thesis that shorting the FAANG stocks would act like a turbo - charged portfolio hedge because of their out - sized run - up in the bull market was a good call,» Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3, told Business Insider.

In short, Alibaba is hoping that foreign firms will take up the offer of its expertise in negotiating the local market, both in terms of what it calls «technology compatibility» and Chinese compliance regulations.

At the time several brands were caught up in short - lived protests and calls for a boycott, including Apple.

If a monitor detects increased stress or decreased productivity, it suggests a short break for physical activity or even to just pack up and call it a day.

Martin Lipton, the corporate lawyer best known for helping managers stay in control with so - called poison pills, says dual - class shares ward off «myopic activists» — hedge - fund managers and buyout specialists who aim to drive up share prices in the short term yet harm the company's long - term interests.

While it's still early to make a call, we'll begin testing shorter cadence cycles to reduce the number of calls a rep has to make to a somewhat unreachable audience (much lower connect rates), freeing up time and capacity to spend on higher value metrics.

But their search for funding led them to a debt - free funding option called Rollovers for Business Start - ups (or ROBS for short).

What is the wake - up call of the disturbance caused by reports about George Soros shorting China?

If the price of the stock in question advances too far, the short seller will receive a margin call and be required to put up more money.

OF course, I grew up in a denominational flavor that viewed sharing the gospel as telling people they were wicked sinners going to hell and they better repent now (falling just short of calling people stupid if they don't).

A «friend» who has been one such Calvinist Baptist all her life actually called me and said in a sarcastic voice, «Honey, those words...» In other words, SHE will be in the «haves» section because she has done 50 spiritual push - ups and sit - ups under a steeple, while I'll be in the «have - nots» section, because I have fallen short.

everything in the universe evolves, not only life forms but also memes, Religion is a meme so it also change in conformity to its era or time of its conception as faith.Because in pre scientific times thousands of years ago, the scientific method of approach or philosophy has not existed yet, myth or merely story telling is considered facts, The first religion called animism more than 10,000 years ago believed that spirits or god exists in trees, rivers, mountains, boulders or in any places people at that time considered holy.hundreds of them, then when the Greeks and Romans came, it was reduced to 12, they called it polytheism, when the Jews arrived, it was further reduced to 1, monotheism.its derivatives, Christianity And Islam and later hundreds of denominations that includes Mormonism and Protestants flourished up to today.So in short this religions evolved in accordance to the scientific knowledge of the age or era they existed.If you graph the growth of knowledge, it shows a sharp increase in the last 500 years, forcing the dominant religions at that time to reinterprete their dogmas, today this traditional religions are becoming obsolete and has to evolve to survive.But first they have to unify against atheism.in the dialectical process of change, Theism in one hand and the opposing force atheism in the other, will resolve into a result or synthesis.The process shall be highlighted in the internet in the near future.

Along with the Fishing Prayer, another thing I learned about at the Fishing Training Conference was the importance of writing up a document called the «Strategic Help In Training People to Love Angling Now» (SHITPLAN for short).

sorry got a little off track we as believers are screwwing up big time we are using His word, Big and HUGE uncool thing, we are still normal, we all fall short of the glory of God, So because of this deception or lack of the proper teaching of the way of the cross we have a huge on set of actual so called Christians that cant even get along, and tell me this dosent exist in the muslim home or what ever cult mindset you are following and that includes the Christian church if they are more consirned with getting you in and keeping you there then setting you FREE!

And the way that Danny sized that up and called it out was nothing short of ballsy.

Robert McAfee Brown, a mainline Presbyterian theologian, relates how he was brought up short by a Latin American colleague who asked him at a conference, «Why is it... that when you talk about our position you call it «Latin American Theology» but when you talk about your position you simply call it «theology?»

Can't say I ever want either party to have clear sailing but short of taking a wake - up call the GOP seems to want to beat that dead horse.

To be sure, there were many admirable statements confessing how far short the churches have fallen from measuring up to the Christian ideal and calling for equal treatment of all races in policies having to do with immigration, citizenship and economic opportunity.

If you haven't already noticed, or haven't yet had the chance to take a little peak, my husband and I have added a new, food - related short film series called «Food Meditation», which we plan on bringing to you once a month in hopes of offering up a peaceful little space to quiet your mind, reflect and relax.

Anyway, when I finally got around to putting it on the menu a few weeks ago, as I was throwing it together — after a very long day of teaching that followed a very short night of sleep — I realized that it called for a few things I didn't have on hand; moreover, no way was I ponying up for pine nuts at the end of the month.

So, I often end up with what I call «Short Bread.»

Actually, if you had the time, you could start up a potluck group and call it the Antitvdinner Potluck Group (APG for short) or something else more interesting.

Claire Saffitz calls up baking legend Dorie Greenspan to chat about butter, the subject of her latest Short Stack cookbook.

I finally ended up locating some short ribs with the help of a phone call from one butcher to another, and I ended up buying out their entire stock (which was not very much... like 16 short ribs).

I started calling it the Banana Chocolate Improv cake, because I ended up falling short of ingredients and had to improvise with chocolate candy bars and Splenda packets from Dunkin Donuts (only a couple of them).

I mean, what are they waiting for him to prove before calling him up, that he can get hot at AAA for a short spell?

For Team Watts, I'd be lying if I said I did nt feel bad for these guys... It was a questionable call at the end that could have been called on either team and they came up with the short end of the stick..

I would also stop well short of calling it a great pitched game... but it was certainly effective, and I think to chalk it up as mostly luck and bad performance by the Nats is selling Bettis short a little bit.

Even though they mentioned that they don't like calling out refs, they believed that the ball was dropped when it came to calling the game fairly, even if it wasn't the Seahawks that ended up getting the short end of the stick.

This would get a little tricky, considering that teams like to have options in the event of a vacancy at the major league level, but start with the prospects in short - season ball and Class - A, the ones who aren't likely at all to get called up, even when the rosters expand.

Still, the two - way contract might deflate the call - up market anyway, since fewer desirable players are even available for 10 - day contracts and short - term, instantaneous acquisitions.

Of course, Massa had one of the shortest retirements in F1 history when he exited the sport at the end of last year, only to he called up to replace Mercedes - bound Valtteri Bottas for 2017.

At such short notice Dale Coyne Racing called up Australian driver James Davison was called up to replace him at for the Indy 500 and performed well, running at the front for a while and even leading briefly before crashing out 17 laps from the end.

I hope we keep wenger give the man a long term contract you must want some unloyal cheapskate whos been fired at 5 clubs and successful at 1 or 2 for a few years when the club spent big cause they got a new manager and after a couple years got fired beacause those spendy players got old and that manager did nothing we have the most loyal consistent winning manager in europe and if the linesman did nt make incorrect call we woould of been 1 - 0 up and mkhitaryan played poor balls in the rain which we always play bad in amd are you suffering short term memory loss we beat tottenham 2 - 0 at home so we still won the derby on aggregate this season again thanks to mr.wenger i mean where to people come out woth these low iq thoughts and mostly you have to fire three new managers before you get a couple good seasons then start the circus again people should be embarrassed wenger to stay

The staff had time to expand its third - down options to include second - down calls — in a third - and - long situation, Cincinnati could run a short - yardage pass or draw to set up fourth - and - 3.

Andy Reid called a timeout as Titans kicker Ryan Succop was kicking, and his attempt came up short.

i am finally giving up watching football thanks to that piece of $ hit called w@nker... but i promise that someday i will travel to emirates and personally present the team 11 pairs of balls to stuff into their shorts before every game...

It's added that Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez is also keen should his side secure promotion back up to the Premier League, and so it seems as though Shaw won't be short of options if he does indeed decide to call time on his spell at Old Trafford.

His recent call up to the German youth set up will no doubt make the job of convincing him to switch allegiance to Nigeria difficult as most players who have represented Germany at U21 level end up in the senior team within a short period of time.