Sentences with phrase «dramatic periods of»

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Management believes these measures offer the ability to make period - to - period comparisons that are not impacted by certain items that can cause dramatic changes in reported operating results, to perform trend analysis, to better identify operating trends that may otherwise be masked or distorted by these types of items and to provide additional transparency of certain items.

«There have been transitions before where the department headed off in new directions, but there is traditionally a period of new people coming in and studying and learning about issues before taking bold and dramatic new policy directions,» said William Yeomans, who spent nearly 30 years at the department.

Rogers followed with 9.6 percent and only 437 complaints, which is a dramatic 65 percent decrease in the number of complaints over the same period last year.

From wondering in 2012 whether the federal estate and GST thresholds would drop to $ 1 million or be compromised at something higher (the compromise was $ 3.5 million) to now be at $ 11.2 million per individual is dramatic change in a relatively short period of time.

I mean, I think my thought process around this is a little bit that you need to have a long period of dissatisfaction over whatever set of circumstances it is before you actually see a really dramatic reaction to it.

The change is less dramatic for what the Commerce Department calls «intellectual property,» but still the statistics show an increase, a 4.6 percent annualized rate of increase this year so far from 4.2 percent a year during that earlier five - year period.

It's still very much an uphill battle, but even the minuscule time period of the last 100 years has seen dramatic changes in society's acceptance of more «modest» antisocial behaviors (racism, bigotry, bullying etc.) What is now coined «Political Correctness» is really just the fine - tuning of previously - accepted social norms.

Early in its history (10 - 36 to 10 - 32 seconds), the universe underwent a period of short, but dramatic, hyper - inflationary expansion.

For an example of dramatic morphological change in a relatively short period, consider the Pod Mrcaru lizards.

The French dramatic theorist Antonin Artaud, in speaking about the French classical theater, which had become formal and aloof from the issues of human hope, wrote, «In the anguished, catastrophic period in which we live, we feel an urgent need for a theater in which events do not exceed, where resonance is deep within us, dominating the instability of the times.»

The most dramatic transformation of world view that ever took place has taken place in this period, in your lifetime and mine.

They do, however, represent a dramatic social change in a brief period of time.

The latter theory suggests that biological forms are surprisingly stable over long periods of time, and mutate suddenly and quite rapidly in response to equally sudden and dramatic environmental changes.

But he is keen to emphasize that Luther was just one, if the first, of the agents of the dramatic upheavals of the period, and in the long term, by no means the most important.

If society can be war and decease free for a reasonable period of time, then you'll see the changes more dramatic.

One of many analogies between postmodernity and dying antiquity — in which the church lived for her most creative period — is that the late antique world also insisted on being a meaningless chaos, and that the church had to save her converts by offering herself as the narratable world within which life could be lived with dramatic coherence.

«When prices drop, which can happen over a period of three months, it is not so dramatic for us,» Bernard says.

Well, maybe, because although this overly - dramatic footage is of a 1960 F1 Scarab being thrown around Riverside seems period correct, we're not 100 % what year it's actually from.

What made the whole wait more emotional — and unusual — is that Egypt have been a continental powerhouse in that time period, winning the Africa Cup of Nations on four different occasions, yet somehow coming up short in World Qualifying, often falling at the last hurdle, often in dramatic circumstances.

Communities around the world are taking the lead of Finland, where the Baby Box has been issued to all families on the birth of a baby for over 75 years, a practice that led to a dramatic decrease in infant mortality, and is now embedded in a societal support for parents and children that extends well beyond the newborn period.

TED hose are for post surgery recovery and lengthy periods of immobilization where dramatic assistance with blood circulation is required.

A nation losing its world industries and a third of manufacturing in such a short dramatic period smashed Scottish Toryism as a leading political force.

The dramatic reduction in donors coincided with the development of disclosure rules for lobbyists from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which ultimately backed a relatively narrow look - back period.

The tally was the highest reported out of Libya for a one - week period since a dramatic fall in numbers in mid-July.

Japan faced this after a period of very high growth whereas «we've had a long, long history going back to the industrial revolution of pretty slow growth... [so] the experience of change is less dramatic.»

«The extended period of activity can lead to complacency, where nothing dramatic is happening and stakeholders around a volcano lose sight of the real danger.

If the hippocampus shrinks after the trauma, especially if it does so as a function of the ongoing post-trauma period, the extent of atrophy should be more dramatic in survivors of older disasters than of recent ones.

With the marine fossils grouped by age, the collection shows a dramatic 65 - 70 % reduction in the number of species living in the Antarctic 66 million years ago — coinciding exactly with the time when the dinosaurs and many other groups of organisms worldwide became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

This represents a period of dramatic innovation in terms of subsistence, cultural and technological practices among the humans of the age.

Reviewing the data, researchers noticed a dramatic decrease in larvae and sediments in March and April that corresponded to a period of unusually strong currents.

Published literature shows dramatic shifts in species» ranges as glaciers retreated, but little evidence of mass extinctions during that period (1).

Aging nets may also be the reason that Rwanda, another front - runner in terms of bed net coverage, saw an upswing late in 2008 and 2009, after a period of dramatic success.

Lane agrees that there might have been a short - term period of severe cooling, but because more dramatic dips have occurred without affecting humans, the shift was unexceptional.

This dramatic adolescent makeover represents a window of opportunity known as a sensitive period, allowing the brain to be selectively shaped by the outside...

These side by side microscopic images reveal the dramatic effect that a novel mechanotherapy has on muscle regeneration over a period of two weeks: no treatment is pictured (left) in contrast to direct mechanical stimulation of the muscle (right).

Klaus Schwab, founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum, has called our era the «Fourth Industrial Revolution,» a period in which advances in the life sciences, communication, and transportation are happening rapidly thanks to the dramatic growth of computing power and connectivity.

I have witnessed dramatic reversal of chronic and inflammatory illnesses in a very short period of time by utilizing this simple approach.

This dramatic increase and the resulting dependencies, not only for chronic pain, but any kind of pain; a headache, period, aching back, triggered an opioid epidemic that is having lasting and serious consequences.

The typical scenario described was an initial energy and health boost (likely due to the detoxification effects), but over a period of months or even years, a dramatic health reversal or crisis occurred such as hospitalization due to tissue pain or organ malfunction from oxalate crystals.

If this effect were to persist over the long term, it could have a dramatic influence on body weight over a period of several years.

«Instead of losing 100,000 end of period subscribers each year, suffering EBITDA losses of 50 % every single year, our EBITDA for 2014 will literally be dramatic and the cash in the bank increasing substantially each month.

Even though it's riding the path already paved by the similar period drama, «Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,» the two - hour premiere of «Christy» stands solidly on its own, representing exactly what we could use more of: hearty, dramatic television.

But despite danger on every corner in Italy, there is a tinge of rose - colored sentiment that blurs the events yet lends to the making of an affecting dramatic period piece.

The period of the creation of the atomic bomb seems like one ripe for dramatic storytelling, but a bit too much of this show comes off as overly scripted, more manipulative than character - driven.

«Don't Be Afraid of Blackwood's Mansion» turns our thoughts to production design on the period house, from dramatic intent to the construction of sets in Australia.

Though this is exactly the type of project that Carell has been actively seeking lately (one that allows him to flex both his comedic and dramatic muscles), it's surprising to see someone like Knightley stray so far from her comfort zone of bleak dramas and stuffy period pieces.

Simple dramatizations and on - the - nose dialogue undercut the production's impressive period authenticity and the plentiful dramatic power of the actual events.

But again, it's the promise of Murray going period, with a tone that will likely strike a balance between the dramatic and comedic that has us curious, and grateful he's doing stuff like this and not ghostbusting.

Not fearless enough to nose the camera in the dramatic mire, like a soldier to the cause in a personal guerrilla war, Diego Luna «s film beckons a paint - by - numbers summary of the man's greatest achievements, the spark notes of a six - plus year period that glosses all with thin coats, rarely taking the opportunity to remain in the moment and settle in with the hard - won emotional beats of the characters.

The Dolby 5.1 soundtrack isn't as dynamic as on a real war action flick, but aurally it still resembles one of those, with apt period tunes, ample gunfire, and the occasional dramatic score cue.