Sentences with phrase «despite years of opportunities»

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Despite the opportunity, not a lot of money has flowed into emerging market or international bond funds this year.

Despite pushback from her peers in Silicon Valley, Randi jumped at the opportunity, and after 10 years of setting her dream aside, Randi finally ended up on stage — and found a way to balance being a tech entrepreneur with her love of the arts.

Despite impressing on almost every opportunity, it appears the Old Lady's midfield is too strong for the player to break into and the club are said to be willing to listen to offers in the range of $ 20 million for the 23 - year - old, a price range that is right down Wenger's alley.

George Graham came to my mind yesterday.I don't think of the THIEVING B • • • ARD too often because I despise him for what he did.Stole money.Got found out.Gave it back.Got sacked.It seemed he was beginning to lose his way a bit and it was not to be too long before before he either walked or he was pushed.But the memory of him coming to us as a manager (from his first job at Millwall) when the majority of fans wanted Venebles (despite his obvious Spud past) was of a keen enthusiastic young manager who wanted the opportunity to manage this club.What happened over the following years would have earned him his own Bronze Statue if he had not got caught with his hands in the clubs till.But what an impact he made.

The 18 year Nelson was promoted to the first team this season, but has only made 5 starts in the Europa League and League Cup early rounds but despite impressing everyone he has hardly been given his fair share of opportunities.

The Barcelona B star has often been described as the future of football for the Catalan club, and despite the recent three - year extension of his deal and the increase in his buyout clause to a hefty $ 75 million there has been little in the way of opportunity in the first team this season for him.

Wish I would have thought of doing the research or had come across this blog, had you written it in 2013 when a family court judge saw no value to my being a stay at home mom full time for 9 years and awarded ne no spousal support and a pitiful amount for child support despite my having zero income and no career to go back to once my ex left, suddenly.This is a fantastic template to argue in court for stay at home moms seeking support everywhere that sacrificed their education, career and opportunities and stayed home with the kids.May pop some people's perspective back where it should be!

Despite being nominally given the opportunity to choose, the way the Maduro government has set up the electoral process, committed fraud, repressed the opposition and systematically undermined the process of free and fair elections over the past years, all but guarantees authoritarian durability.

The Obamas ended up with a pure - bred dog, despite the president's preference for a mutt, largely because of 10 - year - old Malia's allergies - Portuguese water dogs don't shed - and because of opportunity.

So, despite the fact that I would personally kill for the opportunity to squeeze my ample behind into a cozzie and then slather myself with Piz Buin, this year we settled for the slightly less tropical surroundings of Snowdonia.

He trades the camera to Sean Porter, who did an otherwise great job with this year's Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, but it lacks the contrasts and focus to make it as effective despite the abundance of opportunities.

Despite the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program's five - year record of success in helping children from low - income D.C. families attend the best schools they have ever known, President Obama, Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D - Ill.)

I realize that much has changed in the last few years — widespread economic hardship, cuts in state aid by both Democratic and Republican state governments, much slower than anticipated growth in property values,, the opportunity to cut staff compensation under the threat of union busting, dramatic cuts to the revenue limit base — but despite all of these changes, if you go back to the principles and the details of Partnership Plan used to sell the 2008 Operating Referendum (which passed overwhelmingly) I think you can find plenty of justification for increasing property taxes in order to achieve the mission of the district.

Despite the unique challenges of the most recent market cycle, I do expect that we will observe frequent opportunities to accept market risk in the coming years, even in an environment where valuations gradually work lower from a secular perspective.

Despite this, discount opportunities are worth discussing with your insurance company as they could save you hundreds of dollars per year on property insurance.

the European periphery is a bubble («The Euro crisis is not over... the European economies are not going to change for the better for years to come despite all the cheating and breaking of laws»), Value investors need to venture to Russia («when you look at today's opportunity set, you're left with a set of assets where nothing looks attractive from a valuation point of view») or buy gold mining stocks -LRB-» The down cycle could be much bigger than anybody believes if the market realizes that all the actions taken in recent years do not work.»)

Despite having had ample opportunity over the years, it seems to me that Nintendo have never been able to take full advantage of the potential for their consoles and handhelds to be coupled.

All four artists were born within six years of each other (1928 - 1933) and their practices offer an opportunity to compare the strong aesthetic influences, interests and objectives their generation shared, despite developing on either side of the Atlantic.

Despite my myriad commitments — which included teaching a graduate seminar this fall; curating a show of a Santa Fe artist Allan Graham at Gallery Diet in Miami last month; preparing to celebrate the Miami Rail's one year anniversary, assisting our friends in the Twin Cities with launching the Third Rail this upcoming November; and actualizing all the usual Brooklyn Rail responsibilities — I accepted their invitation, largely because I feel it is an important opportunity for all of us to pay homage to artists whose works were damaged by Sandy.

The standard economic solution proposed by policy - makers is to import more job and income opportunities, but despite the heroic mining efforts over fifty years, 50 % of Crows are unemployed and poverty remains high.

Despite the big swing this year in overall ice state, the lack of extreme conditions during the Arctic summer offers a good opportunity to evaluate the performance of prediction models.

Besides the hard data, our experienced recruitment consultants suggest that despite what may appear to be candidate hesitancy to apply early on in the year, employers are taking advantage of the new - year opportunity — often hiring for new roles and replacements for employees who left before Christmas.

The job search may be full of ups and downs, but despite the peaks and troughs in our data, there are opportunities available throughout the year and employers who are eagerly awaiting applicants.

Despite the uncertainty, the opportunity costs and the commitment to the public sector for a large chunk of your prime working years, the PSLF could be the one thing that makes that costly 3 - year trip to law school actually worth it.

Despite muted activity in pockets of the legal market and the Canadian economy facing tough headwinds, Ontario's top regional law firms say they've had a solid couple of years thanks to emerging opportunities and their unrelenting focus on efficiency.

Despite increasing momentum towards the end of the second year, the author (who has a family and young children) opted to accept a job opportunity in a practice area that he enjoyed which would offer more financial security.

Yet despite the incredible opportunities for professional growth, by my fifth year, I was growing restless and found myself wondering, if Wang had presented me with such a rich palette of experiences, what might another company have to offer?

So, despite a slow start to the year, property sales ought to remain healthy, providing plenty of opportunity for lenders.