Sentences with phrase «close observers»

(MCT)-- With the new year upon us, I turned to two close observers on opposite sides of the business travel industry to predict what road warriors will see in 2012.

The sale should not come as a surprise to close observers of the space, as Metaio's name has also come up recently as a possible acquisition for Google, which is currently holding its I / O developer conference in San Francisco.

With Legal Week having spoken to dozens of close observers of the firm's collapse, it became apparent that some have conveniently forgotten what Halliwells achieved during its striking ascent.

Among close observers of the negotiations and the science informing these talks, there is widespread agreement that there is little hope of keeping warming to tolerable levels unless high - emitting nations base their emissions reductions promises on what equity would require of them.

Close observers of Rinehart will know that her debunked views on climate science are not new.

Get the straight scoop from authors and publishing professionals who have done it over and over again, and who are close observers of the changing publishing and self - publishing scene.

Close observers will note a dearth of Porsche or BMW crash tests undertaken locally, for example; a virtue of ANCAP's budget and the popularity of a new vehicle, say stakeholders.

That's the view of several charter advocates and close observers of the district, as well as one of the victorious candidates in last week's runoff election, the most expensive school board race in U.S. history.

But to read local media reports and talk to close observers in the state's largest city, there's really only one plan: a proposal that would wrest direct control of all 34 Kansas City Schools from the district and hand over management to charter operators and nonprofits.

None of this should be news to close observers of trends in education advocacy, but it might be useful to have some evidence that documents the shifting focus of ed reform efforts.

But as close observers noticed, many of the same issues raised in the second lawsuit had already been litigated in the first one.

About this, close observers, both critics and supporters of student retention, seem to agree.

Close observers of Marvel lore will already know where every one of these coloured rocks is to be tracked down — one's embedded in the forehead of Vision (Paul Bettany), another around the neck of Doctor Strange, and so on.

«The testimony really got across how much worse the reality (of surviving on minimum wage) is to how many close observers like myself thought it to be.»

There is, according to these well - sourced close observers, no apparent heir to the throne, an Assembly majority leader notwithstanding.

Cuomo has retaliated in kind, and, as New York Daily News suggested, «Close observers of both men wonder if Cuomo will not rest until he has buried de Blasio politically.»

But many close observers of the Communist movement, including FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, have concluded that it can be understood only as a faith that demands the total allegiance of its adherents.

What many close observers suspected about the Stormy Daniels payment has proved true, despite the Trump team's best efforts to cover it up: President Trump was behind it, even if he didn't necessarily know about it.

Close observers of North American politics will hear an echo of the president of the United States in O'Leary's GDP targeting.

Close observers will spot other changes, too, as moves initiated years ago bear fruit.

But the elder Rosenthal is more than just a figurehead: He remains an active participant in all facets of Raleigh's business and is a close observer of the technologies and trends that could shape the organization's future, name - checking everything from Instagram to Elon Musk's proposed Hyperloop high - speed transportation system.

The closest observers of trade politics and policy were mostly unmoved by Trump's negotiating list, however normal people might be surprised to learn that Canada's bankers have as much reason to fret as loggers and dairy farmers.

A close observer of mid-Manhattan's changing commercial geography, he saw «a new society» rising on Park and Fifth Avenues after the completion of Grand Central Terminal, «a society made up of women who willing to pay well for things a cut or town above the ordinary,» as a 1938 Fortune article observed.

If you are a close observer of happenings in the gutter cleaning line of business, you would have noticed that the industry was hit hard by the recession.

But ever since he fell in love with Brooks, this trained ethnographer has been a close observer of Mormons.

A close observer claimed that he made the nine - mile trip to the ball park in 18 minutes flat.

As one close observer puts it: «He was very, very effective in Opposition — a good attack dog who put out press releases attacking Labour all the time.

He's been a close observer of New York state politics for decades.

As a close observer of Japanese nuclear policy decisions from both inside and outside of the government, I know that change in this sector does not happen quickly.

But one close observer of drug discovery is predicting a «coming boom in brain medicines.»

As a close observer of human behavior, you may have witnessed people who want to change, but struggle to get there.

Author of the Breakup Doctor series from Henery Press, and close observer of relationships in the wild.

He is a close observer of Canadian film, and was a jury member of TIFF's Canada's Top Ten panel in 2012.

«They send it in knowing there may be revisions required,» said Howard O'Cull, director of the West Virginia School Board Association, a close observer of state education policy.

He has also been a close observer of the outsized personalities who dominate politics, and who are mirrored in the book's ruthless, arrogant, promiscuous and often funny characters.

Turner's work also reflects her work as an environmentalist and close observer of flora and fauna in their natural habitat.

Her greatest critic, or, to put it better, her closest observer, is Rochelle Feinstein herself.

A close observer of the human condition, Sandler fashions art statements that are both thought provoking and visually rewarding.

However, Stephen Harper, as any close observer of political discourse in Canada can attest, has given such new and diminished meaning to «obvious» that this might be a time for it to fall into greatly reduced usage.

But in my 23 years in the industry and as a close observer of trends in hiring and job search, I have seen too many people go to one of these providers with high hopes only to experience disappointment.

However, as the parent is most often the closest observer of the child, they are best placed to report on the child's immediate environment and behaviour67 and, at 2 years, parent report is the most feasible and powerful way to pick up any early signals that families and children are responding to the intervention.

He will have been a close observer of the well - known health service deficits borne by rural people, including the relatively poor access to health professionals, particularly those in more specialised disciplines.

Alexis de Tocqueville, a close observer of American society and character in the 19th century, wrote, «There is certainly no country in the world where the tie of marriage is more respected than in America or where conjugal happiness is more highly or worthily appreciated.»

The process of electricity deregulation has managed to confuse all but the closest observers.

Not exact matches

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

While some observers take issue with the suggestion that the city is in some way «closed for business,» others wonder if Ford's penny - pinching, tax - cutting agenda goes much beyond the platitudes that helped vault him into the city's top office.

• Eurozone: «A close look at the trajectories of individual countries in the eurozone suggests the region looks set for another relatively constructive year after surprising observers to the upside in 2017.»

Many industry observers were surprised that Google did not immediately sell the hardware division after the deal closed, choosing instead to operate Motorola a separate company.

Shervin Pishevar, one of Kalanick's closest allies and a former board observer at the company, previously had promised a lawsuit for tens of billions of dollars should the proposal on voting changes be approved.

You ignore scientific concepts like cause and effect, and you don't realize that a closed system can be defined however the observer wants, so you throw out technological phrases to try to ignore the implications of thermodynamics by saying the laws of physics are not set in stone.