Sentences with phrase «difficult years since»

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Since taking Coach's reins in 2014, the 50 - year - old executive has done what few retail CEOs have been able to do: tapped into his company's successful past to help it compete in a difficult present.

Leaders of global firms operating in China say doing business there has become far more difficult in the five years since Xi became president.

Chief executive officer Chris Fowler, who has been with the company for 25 years and at the helm since 2013, says he frequently tells his staff to focus on what they can change during difficult conditions.

Says Zaino, «It's very difficult to ignore what the cryptocurrency has done in the past year, especially since October.

Since that's a pretty tough thing to do (Intel just announced that it will spend two and half years getting to the next smallest generation of chips instead of two), I asked Crooke if that meant that manufacturing these chips was difficult.

Since most exchanges offer rebates (over $ 2.5 billion last year) for displayed liquidity and IEX will still be charging a fee (even after the discount) to add displayed liquidity, it might still be difficult for IEX to win over this order flow.

We are the people that are creating opportunities and jobs for others particularly in a difficult economic recession being the worst since I graduated from university 24 years ago.

Of the small businesses that do form, their share of scale - ups (ability to grow and employ 50 + people by their 10th year of operation) has dropped from 2 % to 1.6 % since 1987, indicating that the businesses which do form have an increasingly difficult time growing and creating jobs.

Diageo went through a difficult couple of years where EPS decreased since 2013.

That said doesn't mean she doesn't have a case but she will have to prove that she is not what Rush said she was which will be difficult since she is 30 years old and uses contraception.

Many of the wounds have since been healed, but Rev Malcolm Duncan, the chair of Spring Harvest's planning group, says that this year's Spring Harvest theme is about more than making superficial statements: «Unity can be robust, it can involve difficult conversations and direct confrontations.

Coconut was generally a very exotic flavor to us back then, since the Soviet flavor lexicon most definitely did not involve anything coconuty (another fun fact about growing up in the Soviet Union: I tasted my first banana when I was 16 years old because they were so difficult to get a hold of).

Ideally, olive oil should be purchased within two years of the harvest date (difficult to know since most olive oils don't include the harvest date on the label).

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

The Saints have been finding it more difficult to score in the Premier League since striker Graziano Pelle has dropped out of form, and manager Ronald Koeman may see the 26 - year - old as a more clinical solution in attack.

Having acted as back - up to Kyle Walker since his move to White Hart Lane from Burnley, the 26 - year - old could welcome the opportunity of regular first - team football at Goodison Park but faces a difficult decision in leaving Mauricio Pochettino's side.

It's been difficult for the 24 - year - old since arriving at Anfield in 2016, as he's managed only 28 games in just over 18 months as he has been in and out of the side along with Simon Mignolet.

Even though 2005 was a difficult year for dogs, Betting Against the Public in the NFL still shows a 53.6 % winning percentage (compared to 48.3 % for all dogs), since inception three years ago.

With a ton of options from which to choose, figuring out which NFL playoff game actually is the definitive worst is a difficult task, especially since this year's Bills - Jags game enthusiastically stormed into the conversation.

While it was extremely difficult not to similarly list Lewis for this season since he's been Player of the Year in the Trinity League (probably the best top - to - bottom league in the state) for three straight years in addition to being the 2016 State Junior of the Year, the precedent that favors Danner is local consensus.

But Anoeta is a difficult venue for Atlético Madrid to play in — they lost 2 - 0 there last year and have just one win there since 2014.

An impressive debut against Arsenal over a year ago followed by a more difficult game at home to Leicester and he has only started one Premier League game since.

The negotiation should not be difficult, since the high wage of the player can be divided in the different years and the price requested by Citizens can be too pretentious, due to his expiring contract.

They do develop, but over such a long career, nearly 37 years since it began in 1976, it is very difficult to pinpoint changes.

That made things difficult for us, since we prepare food for our 1 - year old.

When your baby is 2 years old, it means that you must have introduced him to solid foods since it will be difficult for them to live on breast milk alone for two years.

Since purchasing a kid tablet for my son's 8th birthday last year, I've had a difficult time with him being interested in anything but playing.

The following 25 names have shot into the spotlight since the year 2000, and it isn't difficult to understand why.

Hopefully, mom's not the reason for the kid's difficult teen years to begin with, but she seems to have handled it all with grace, since the two are still on speaking terms.

Approximately 35 % of Canadians in low - income households and 14 % in middle - income households experience some form of food insecurity.1 Since poor and malnourished women find it difficult to achieve adequate nutrition, their health is compromised during their reproductive years.

I think it's going to be a very tough, difficult budget year the governor has ever had since he's been governor.»

The issue has been difficult to pass through the GOP - led Senate in the years since Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed changes based on a juvenile justice report he received.

It's going to be a difficult task for whoever the GOP settles on, particularly since it's a presidential election year that will pull those once - every - four - years voters to the polls in this Democrat - dominated state.

«Probably the most difficult budget year the governor has had since he's been governor.»

Prof Appleby warned: «While waiting times remain low in historical terms, the rise against key target measures since this time last year shows how difficult it will be for the NHS to meet the prime minister's pledge to keep waiting times low as the spending squeeze begins to bite.»

Even that's becoming more difficult: Cuomo openly complained about his negotiating partners when the state budget was adopted later this year than any time since he took office.

«With all the votes accounted for I have, with your support and faith, come out ahead.Thank you for your vote and belief in me; it has been the most difficult and most humbling experience of my life... As I've said since the first day of my campaign, I will be leaving my 25 - year career at Cobleskill Stone to be your full - time assemblyman.»

Miliband has faced a difficult period since May's local and European elections, in which Labour failed to make the breakthroughs expected of an opposition party a year before a general election.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - During the 20 years Democrat Sheldon Silver was Assembly speaker, it was difficult for a Republican lawmaker to make a dent in his or her bill wish list, but Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is finding that since Silver's reign ended last year, the new leadership is less partisan and interested in getting things done.

Both NYSUT and CSEA declined to endorse Cuomo in 2010 (PEF did, but later came to regret it during last year's difficult contract negotiations, according to Brynien), and Donohue has since said his union is open to backing someone other than Cuomo — assuming that's even a realistic option — when he seeks re-election in 2014.

The report said the claims of agency savings would be difficult to achieve, given that government departments have held overall spending growth to 1.3 percent since the cap was begun seven years ago — including rising contractual costs for unionized workers» salaries and health insurance.

«We're invisible here,» he said, pointing to the construction zone outside his door, which he said has driven sales down by more than 35 percent since last year, making it difficult to stay open.

«The glut of graduate students» — and postdocs — «enticed by the growing support a few years ago have since found it difficult to get their own work funded... and the sudden deceleration in funding has left many researchers feeling slighted even though their funding grew by leaps and bounds in the past decade,» he writes.

Zoos and conservationists worldwide marked 2008 as the «Year of the Frog» in hopes of raising both awareness and funding, which has proved difficult to come by since the project was first proposed in 2006.

Since people often find it difficult to determine the relevance of relative risks, Mons and her colleagues also used an alternative method to assess the results of their meta - analysis: They calculated the number of years by which smoking accelerates death from heart disease.

In an email, the University of Washington's Eric Steig, a leading Antarctic ice researcher, said the second scenario «is a very plausible explanation, but would be difficult to prove conclusively (since this happened 8,000 years ago!)»

It has been difficult to prove the practice of animal husbandry, since in the acidic Finnish soil, unburnt bone is preserved only for about a thousand years.

And, since the budget caps on discretionary spending «aren't going anywhere,» it will be difficult for Congress to repeat last year's increases for science research and development, Hourihan said.

Since undocumented immigrants are difficult to track, officials have a hard time measuring and treating infected individuals, especially for diseases like Chagas that can remain dormant for years.

Astronomers have been studying Supernova 1987A since it was first discovered over 30 years ago, but have found it difficult to analyse the supernova's innermost core.