Sentences with word «downed»

Russia and Syria claimed their missile defenses had downed 71 of the 105 missiles from the US and allies, a bold claim considering they're only known to have fired 40 interceptors.

In 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which was beginning to crack down on unregistered firms that were trading cryptocurrency derivatives, determined that cryptos were commodities and thus within its regulatory jurisdiction.

But they were persistent and resolved to get that price increase, and eventually my client wore them down.»

«Fortnite,» in this argument, is the watered - down, «for babies» version of «PUBG.»

In light of the stock market's recent decline, investors seem increasingly to be giving the tech sector the cold shoulder, with stunning drops in value of once high - flying stocks, among them the micro-blogging site Twitter, whose stock is down more than 50 percent compared to September of 2014.

As wearable computers like smartwatches, fitness trackers and bracelets like the Nymi get ever closer to us physically, they're starting to break down the barrier between biological beings and the networked digital world.

There is speculation that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may step down in June.

The infographic below, from FinancesOnline.com, breaks down the complicated global relationship between Apple, its suppliers and manufacturers and the people whose livelihood depends on the iPhone's success.

Even though the planners had, in effect, spent more time thinking about their task, with no progress made on the task itself, as Baumeister and Tierney explain, «their minds had apparently been cleared by the act of writing down a plan.»

Try to get fees down to 1.5 % a year, she says, and do not pay a commission on fixed income.

What are the traits that enable those individuals to continue down the path of entrepreneurship?

Aisling Byrne, a projects coordinator with the NGO Conflicts Forum, believes that what we see reported in the Western media is not the full story, merely «a deliberate and calculated campaign to bring down the Assad government so as to replace it with a regime «more compatible» with US interests in the region».

They will either quiet down or redirect the conversation in a productive direction.

Keep your head down, keep your eyes on the prize, keep moving forward and all the rest of this stuff will take care of itself if and when it matters at all.

If the stock breaks down and falls below the support zone, a new bearish trend may be beginning and the support zone becomes resistance.

RIM expects to ship 12 million smartphones at most this quarter, down from 14.1 million in the last one.

Debt levels for the average Canadian household are moving down (perhaps we've been taking those warnings from the Bank of Canada to heart), and as a result there's been «modest» growth in consumer spending, said Ferley.

If the markets go down, you'll be positioned to take advantage.

If you're in good shape, you may need to sprint up and down.

Golloher also says that New York - based Fox Radio anchor Dave Anthony routinely spoke down to her and treated her as a «vapid, unintelligent female reporter,» according to the complaint

Who wasn't on the edge of the seat as the FBI asked the world for leads, revealed pictures of two young men who couldn't quite be pegged as foreign - born or American, identified the suspects and gunned one down, only to leave one on the loose, and an entire city in lockdown?

And so — you get knocked down a notch or two, and you have to reevaluate, «What did I need to do better?»

Cruz favors a 10 percent flat tax for individual filers, and he'd slash corporate taxes to a rate of 16 percent, down from the current top rate of 35 percent.

And that's because Otis's invention didn't just whisk people and freight up and down floors with unprecedented speed, it recast the landscape of civilization: It did nothing less than reinvent the city.

He pins the battered husk down with his foot and prods its innards with a crowbar.

He started working at the iconic retail behemoth in 1969, holding positions from senior vice president to general counsel to chairman, a role he stepped down from in June after 23 years on the job.

As our thoughts turn to nailing down plans for the year ahead, it's a good time to start thinking about these new rules of engagement.

Have you ever been driving along a fairly empty highway only to suddenly find yourself having to slow down for no apparent reason?

I remember the first mastermind I ever attended; halfway through I nearly broke down in tears.

It is scaling down its holdings in Brazil as it takes a new tack in India, attempting to gain a majority position in the online retailer Flipkart.

The question really comes down to how much attention should be given to new technologies when a candidate is running for a political office as important as POTUS.

The electronics overheated and shut down.

I'm just going to sit down.»»

Despite all of the problems the PlayBook caused, RIM can't ditch it, even after the company took a US$ 485 - million pre-tax charge in the last quarter to write down the value of its inventory.

You have the border of it, and with each little piece and discovery you put down, the pieces fit together.

«I felt like I was letting clients down,» he says.

Tina Turner walked down the aisle in 2013 after being with her now husband for 27 years.

If I'm lucky, I get two hours with my kids, so my wife and I decided we would both put our phones down from when we walk in the door until the kids are asleep.

Buckle down and learn to read corporate balance sheets.

Canada's political class has doubled down on preserving middle - class house prices at any cost, but it's stranding a generation in the process

Now, eight years into an economic expansion, Home Depot is looking to make similar moves in anticipation of an eventual slowdown sometime down the line.

The Swedes spent the meeting breaks on the first day staring down at the freeway in evident fascination.

Executives are more likely to have admins (often referred to as gatekeepers) that invariably will ask a question that sends shivers down many sellers» spines: Who is this, and what is it regarding?

He recalled that another student in his class shattered the record, in part by racing down the slide for life head - first, instead of the slower, safer method that everyone else used.

Follow these tips and you will be headed down the path from hobbyist to tycoon.

The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council is to fight a directive from the state government ordering it to shut down its waste treatment operations at Canning Vale.

Coworking spaces offer an environment that allows you to put your head down and focus on building without the stress of long - term commercial office rent,» says Shannon Wu, founder of Mr.Progress.

If you are always writing down the ideas, some of them will turn out good.»

«The stock will go down, the complaints about anti-trust will go up and this whole idea that Apple is this benevolent owner of this wonderful playground we all play in will start to fade.»

Sandberg writes down various, daily to - do lists in a spiral - bound notebook.