Sentences with phrase «decades before gaining»

By the early 1960s, Mr. Kelly's career was firmly if quietly established, although it would be decades before he gained the high profile enjoyed by some of his contemporaries.

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For investors who got in before the 2014 gains, Ackman «s record remains strong with his flagship Pershing Square International fund still earning an average 12 % a year over the last decade.

-- Ed Thorp In the decade after Ed thorp launched Princeton Newport Partners, the fund gained 409 %, annualizing at 17.7 % before fees and 14.1 % after.

Over past decades, investor - owned banks have put their own gain before the well - being of the people and businesses they serve and the cities in which they operate.

(Source) The slight uptick in men's wages just before the recession was the first noticeable increase in decades, and much of those gains were lost in the recession.

But what's strangely forgotten is that last decade's housing bubble was just an attempt to make up for the gains that had been lost in the decade before that.

And while more mothers were breastfeeding back then than a couple decades before, lactation consulting was still gaining a foothold in medical practice.

A question I raised before is what to make of the contention that increased benefits and tax credits in the past decade have successfully raised many people from just beneath the poverty line (60 % of median income) to just above it; However, these gains are said to disguise real and more entrenched increases in poverty - if the poverty line were 40 % of median income rather than 60 %, three quarters of a million more people would now be in poverty than in 1997 -LRB-?)

«Over the last decade, we've transformed the landscape in city schools, giving parents more high - performing options than ever before and delivering historic gains for our students,» said DOE spokesman Devon Puglia.

Zwally's study team claimed that if mass losses in West Antarctica continued to increase, it would only be a few decades before they overtook the gains in the east.

But rebuilding the region itself will not gain momentum before the next decade.

Before assuming her present position in 2003, Ms. McKinstry gained more than a decade of experience at Wolters Kluwer and its operating companies in North America.

The belief that teacher - candidates need to demonstrate they can help their future students learn before they enter classrooms as full - fledged educators has gained strength over the past decade, especially among states.

He counts how often NAEP gains were greater in the decade before the act's adoption than in the decade after for different grades, subjects, and subgroups.

As a result of this daily focus on reading nonfiction and writing in response to argumentative, informative and narrative prompts, we have witnessed greater gains in our students» writing, analytical thinking skills and confidence than we have ever experienced before in over two decades of combined teaching.

Before founding Third Point, Daniel worked in the securities industry for over a decade, gaining dedicated experience in equities, distressed debt, high - yield bond sales, risk arbitrage and private investments.

Before you decry AMG's recent decision to downsize engines and introduce turbocharging to chase power gains, remember that a similar strategy was also implemented a decade ago with the C32 AMG.

Born in Colchester in 1974, Mark gained his PhD at the University of Essex where he lectured in history before spending nearly a decade teaching in Shanghai, latterly at one of China's most prestigious colleges, Fudan... (more)

Born in Colchester in 1974, Mark gained his PhD at the University of Essex where he lectured in history before spending nearly a decade teaching in Shanghai, latterly at one of China's most prestigious colleges, Fudan University.

-- Ed Thorp In the decade after Ed thorp launched Princeton Newport Partners, the fund gained 409 %, annualizing at 17.7 % before fees and 14.1 % after.

The broadening of the conversation on forests beyond carbon has been absolutely necessary since «there are no carbon gains from REDD + until X is solved» — where X represents all the thorny issues that prevent a particular country from administering a credible REDD program, such as disputes over tenure, uncertain governance and technical capacity, and competition between food and forest.In essence, REDD + has been asked to sort out all issues of sustainable development and equity that have plagued the forestry sector for decades, before it can begin its job of reducing emissions.

This time period is too short to signify a change in the warming trend, as climate trends are measured over periods of decades, not years.12, 29,30,31,32 Such decade - long slowdowns or even reversals in trend have occurred before in the global instrumental record (for example, 1900 - 1910 and 1940 - 1950; see Figure 2.2), including three decade - long periods since 1970, each followed by a sharp temperature rise.33 Nonetheless, satellite and ocean observations indicate that the Earth - atmosphere climate system has continued to gain heat energy.34

The technology will need to clearly demonstrate advantages and gain a proven track record before this happens, and that could potentially take decades.

A decade before collaborative law proceedings were statutorily introduced in North Carolina, mediation as an alternative to court was struggling to gain acceptance.