Sentences with phrase «despite lackluster»

Abandon tradition and embrace reality Despite the lackluster economy and fairly gloomy outlook, property still offers great opportunity for the astute investor.

«Despite the lackluster economy, I landed a job in the hidden job market within 30 days applying Mary Elizabeth's job search techniques and having her craft my resume.

Despite a lackluster year for the category in general, Google hasn't given up on smartwatches yet.

Despite some lackluster installation instructions and a convoluted process to get things up and running, I found it to be one of the most gorgeous, easy - to - use and light - weight pieces of software out there.

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Despite the lackluster success of Microsoft's Skype app, Slack has become the de facto king of online workplace collaboration platforms.

Despite lackluster interest in smartwatches, Tim Cook says the Apple Watch had its best week of sales ever.

But despite a lackluster success rate of about 48 %, startups still managed to raise $ 5.6 billion USD in 2017, according to Business Insider.

Despite some lackluster instructions (pro tip: Do not disassemble the lock mechanism), installing the Friday is fairly simple, and hardware is included to ensure that the lock works with most existing deadbolts and doors.

Despite the lackluster outcome at Copenhagen, Nasheed says it was a meaningful step forward.

Despite a lackluster - to say the least - reception and being embroiled in a bitter lawsuit with Epic over the handling of the Unreal Engine 3, Silicon Knights still hopes to complete the Too Human trilogy, although they admit not much more can be said on the matter.

There's no denying that 2017 has been a great year for video games, with no shortage of success for Microsoft, including the release of the Xbox One X. Despite a lackluster lineup of games when the powerful console launched in October, next year is set to deliver some heavy hitting titles.

For a while it looked as if EarthBound was going to avoid this fate as, despite its lackluster sales for the Super Nintendo in 1995, a sequel was shortly in development for Nintendo's new 3D system, the Nintendo 64.

And saying capcom isn't running themselves into the ground is like saying you don't need oxygen... a straight lie Capcom continues to release monster hunter on nintendo consoles despite lackluster sales in comparison to the psp versions, or making a ps4 / xbone version instead releasing it on wii u, where it just isn't the same.

Despite a lackluster lead, the story is entertaining and adds some fun twists to worn out medieval cliches.

Battlefield 4: When I first began playing Battlefield 4 on the Xbox 360 it was in strong contention for being one of my favorite games of the year, despite its lackluster campaign.

In it's defense, despite its lackluster ingredients, Royal Canin Pug Food does contain a high protein content, fish oils and probiotics for digestive health, in addition to a whole range of natural additives, extracts and essential trace elements.

I've been away for the past couple of months, but even if I hadn't been there wasn't much to write about; the equity markets have continued their slow climb despite lackluster US economic growth.

Despite this lackluster performance, investors could change their outlook for cyclical stocks.

In the US, the Fed accomplished this goal as equities levitated despite lackluster economic and corporate earnings growth.

Mark Wiedman, Global Head of iShares at BlackRock, says: «Despite lackluster equity markets in 2015, the global ETF industry set a new growth record of USD347 billion.

Despite the lackluster performance of Chinese bonds in 2017, the market value tracked by the S&P China Bond Index continued to expand and reached CNY 56.9 trillion (USD 9 trillion) as of Feb. 26, 2018.

Despite the lackluster reception of the Nook Touch, the Nook Color and the Nook Tablet have been doing very well.

Despite the lackluster sales of its e-reader, Sahin still feels that digital is the future and that «you can not swim against the tide».

Despite a lackluster performance in grade school, Kurzweil, since 2002, has been writing children's books.

It is on sale right now with a recent price reduction from $ 400.00 to $ 200.00 OpenPeak OpenTablet7 — Despite a lackluster keyboard and a UI that's still in development, the OpenTablet 7 at least looks like a winner.

Despite the lackluster performance, it does handle well.

Despite the lackluster acceleration, steering is solid and on center with plenty of feedback that made it fun to take through twisting roads outside Philadelphia.

For example, last year, Congress passed the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» on a strong bipartisan vote despite the lackluster outcomes of most of the nation's charter schools.

Charter expansion, questionable teacher «licensing» and state - imposed receivers are still being pushed despite lackluster, if not failing, results.

Last year, Congress passed the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» on a strong bipartisan vote despite the lackluster outcomes of most of the nation's charter schools.

The new boards could emphasize other elements over quality, such as parental support for the school despite lackluster academics.

Well, for example, when Catalyst asked how Chicago Public Schools justifies $ 76 million in increased funding to charter schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high - quality schools, but expand the number of choices.»

Of course the main concern for most fans of the original film is whether direct Timur Bekmambetov will be able to deliver a quality film despite his lackluster track record.

Despite the lackluster condition of the script, the cast of Because of Winn - Dixie does try their best.

I was a huge fan of the original trilogy despite the lackluster way in which it ended and I'm willing to bet that Mass Effect Andromeda will achieve the same high caliber of excellent which BioWare held the original trilogy to.

Miramax's DVD does right by the film, presenting it well and with a generous amount of interesting supplements despite its lackluster theatrical earnings.

Despite a lackluster combat system, the game offers plenty of exciting moments with its brilliantly designed inter-connected world of Talos 1 that is a joy to explore.

There's no denying that 2017 has been a great year for video games, with no shortage of success for Microsoft, including the release of the Xbox One X. Despite a lackluster lineup of games when the powerful console launched in October, next year is set to deliver some heavy hitting titles.

Despite the lackluster plotting and direction, Sarandon manages to deliver a fine performance, and the supporting cast do admirably with what little they have to work with.

On the other hand, despite the lackluster control system, there's something in the aesthetics and in the way design and gameplay relate to each other that drags the player along the way.

He has stopped short of calling for a cap on earnings — he will earn at least $ 700,000 from authoring a memoir, despite its lackluster sales — but said the model of the U.S. Congress, where legislators can not earn outside income of more than 15 percent of their salary, is the «best compromise model.»

Despite a lackluster primary field, he asked the New York City Campaign Finance Board for an extra couple million to spend in the Democratic primary under the matching funds program.

Despite the lackluster total, Allon said he was pleased with the influence he has begun to have over the debate over issues, as well as his growing social media following, which now includes close to 2,000 Twitter followers.

After a dismal first half last year, Man United actually came on strong despite a lackluster style and pace but I think they're being overvalued this year.

One thing i know for sure in term of Arsenal season is that we shall finish strongly (and with trophy) despite our lackluster performance with exemption of some players like chambers, Alexis, etc.

But despite the lackluster non-Sudfeld results over the last couple of years, I really struggle to doubt Wilson when it comes to QB play.

In the US, the Fed accomplished this goal as equities levitated despite lackluster economic and corporate earnings growth.

Despite the lackluster performance of Chinese bonds in 2017, the market value tracked by the S&P China Bond Index continued to expand and reached CNY 56.9 trillion (USD 9 trillion) as of Feb. 26, 2018.

Despite a lackluster Super Bowl ad, Diet Coke's new campaign and brand overhaul was good enough to power the struggling soda to its first quarterly sales gain in North America in nearly eight years.