Sentences with phrase «decades ago»

And that's the promise that brought me and my husband here so many decades ago.

In fact, whenever we had a spare moment I would break out MWG and look over pages of proofs, some of which John himself had proven decades ago.

«The transition from Honduras was very scary,» says Polanco, who was just 12 years old when she arrived in the U.S. almost three decades ago.

Year it began franchising: 1982 Number of franchises: 546 Startup costs: $ 225,000 to $ 358,000 Overall 2012 Franchise 500 rank: 79 Hungry Howie's got its start nearly four decades ago in a converted hamburger shop in Taylor, Mich..

Decades ago people worked 9 - to - 5 jobs that imposed structure on their lives.

A Japanese government source told Reuters in mid-March that Japan was considering seeking a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim to discuss Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago.

Decades ago, Congress made a terrible mistake by listening to Trump as he described the «catastrophe» of 1986.

He chided companies that moved their manufacturing plants abroad and promised to bring back industries that died out decades ago.

Several decades ago, advances like one - stop grocery stores and household refrigerators all but eliminated this daily delivery service for bottles of milk.

The gang was formed decades ago in Los Angeles and has spread.

Decades ago, those statements would've been big news: a 200 point move when the index was at 1,000 would be 20 per cent.

Smith started Vice as a print magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes in Montreal more than two decades ago; with Smith at the helm as CEO, it's now a multi-platform content mill with a reported audience of between 250 million and 300 million people a month, many of them members of Generation Y. Smith made his money by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million partnership.

Decades ago during the industrial revolution, leaders of companies settled on a management style that involved relating to their employees that I call, «Park your brain at the door.»

One of Trump's real - estate advisers in the early 2000s, the Russia - born businessman Felix Sater, was accused nearly two decades ago of being a co-conspirator in a $ 40 million fraud and money laundering scheme involving four Mafia families.

The basic understanding for how to be successful in life a few decades ago simply no longer applies.

Countless stories shared on World AIDS Day by survivors and patient family members describe Americans who, ignored by the political class and facing a dearth of treatment options, simply accepted HIV and AIDS as a death sentence just three decades ago.

Yet if a same - sex couple had lived together for 18 years before being allowed to legally marry in 2015 and decides to divorce today, whether that union began two years or two decades ago is not legally clear.

Recent polls suggested roughly 60 % support for the ballot to legalize recreational cannabis in California, which legalized medical marijuana two decades ago and already sees an estimated $ 2.7 billion from legal medical pot sales.

Western Australia's inaugural Telstra Business Woman of the Year says professional women still face many of the same barriers today as they did two decades ago.

But for the most part, solar panels are just as big and ugly as they were when they hit the market more than four decades ago.

Decades ago, most of the predictions were that we would have home helpers who cooked our food, mowed our lawns, and educated our children.

Advice from Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, who hired the visionary tech entrepreneur nearly four decades ago.

«Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect... What can you do?»

It was perfected decades ago, and even though we've added a whole host of technologies to it since — anti-lock brakes, navigation systems, lane sensors and so on — it's managed to retain that invisible simplicity.

«The U.K.'s airspace was designed decades ago and doesn't allow us to take advantage of the technology on board modern aircraft that would raise capacity, and also reduce emissions and noise for communities on the ground.»

Nearly two decades ago Masiyiwa fought and won a key court battle to open Zimbabwe's telecom industry to private investment.

With 21 different dining options, the food court, like those in most other large malls, resembles an international food bazaar, a huge change from what peckish shoppers would have found a few decades ago.

After becoming her city's first female firefighter more than two decades ago, Shelli Varela reflected on her accomplishment and realized the key had been one simple word: «Yes.»

To be sure, most of the big point moves are in recent years for an obvious reason: The Dow is much bigger than it was decades ago.

Had we turned away refugees a few decades ago, Priscilla's family wouldn't be here today.

Viacom announced new rebranding efforts on Thursday morning that will see the struggling company focus its efforts on six flagship brands — which include Paramount, the studio acquired more than two decades ago by media mogul Sumner Redstone, whose family owns the controlling stake in Viacom and CBS.

«Decades ago, your car keys were the ticket to convenience at the drive - thru,» Taco Bell president Brian Niccol said in a statement.

And Torstar is controlled by a trust comprising five families, who made a court commitment decades ago to promote social justice, a promise that analysts have long insisted eats away at margins.

«Four decades ago, I took an oath as a newly commissioned officer.

A longtime Conservative, Steiner entertained the author more than two decades ago when Archer was deputy chairman of the U.K. Conservative Party.

That's up from 30 % two decades ago.

Yet, the team behind Whole Foods knew decades ago something new was on the horizon.They knew that customers were craving a healthy and, ultimately, ethical alternative to fast - and - mass production.They wanted a single destination for shopping a curated selection of healthy products that taste delicious.

Nearly two decades ago, PayPal transformed the world of e-commerce by offering to mask a user's credit card information for online transactions.

Alabama spent an estimated $ 250 million to woo Daimler AG's Mercedes - Benz to put an autoplant in Tuscaloosa two decades ago.

Charles Bronfman continues to dissipate his wealth in a manner consistent with the philanthropic approach he adopted decades ago.

More than two decades ago, Ross Drever took over the world's first Gloria Jean's Coffees franchise.

In the past half - decade, the company that started making tractors for Italian farmers more than 55 years ago has unveiled the $ 242,300 Huracán — known for its smoother, sleeker (more affordable) demeanor behind the wheel — and the $ 200,000 Urus, its first SUV since the LM002 went out of production decades ago.

The book was written more than two decades ago when Nepo went through cancer treatment.

Manufacturing Ste - Julie, QC Visit website» Founded more than three decades ago, Novatech Group produces front doors and patio doors, retractable screens and other door

«This system was designed decades ago,» Gates continued, «and it doesn't reflect what educators have learned about helping students and teachers do their best work,» namely, that students learn far more effectively when their instruction is tailored to their specific needs.

Since its beginnings more than two decades ago, it's only grown in prestige and popularity.

Decades ago, Pepsi was the first Western branded consumer product made there.

Pessina met his «life partner» and fellow executive Ornella Barra when he acquired her company decades ago.

The differences we uncovered between the»80s revolutionaries and today's company builders were as startling to our minds as a first taste of Ben & Jerry's «Orgasmic Flavors» of ice cream was to our palates more than two decades ago.

It's probably a good thing that Werklund has had plenty to keep him busy, as Tervita, the oilfield services company he co-founded nearly four decades ago, and whose board he currently chairs, has faced some turbulence in recent years.