Sentences with phrase «dramatic points by»

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«Most retirement savers are accustomed to market volatility, but the swings in the second quarter were especially dramatic, including a 600 - point drop followed by a nearly 800 - point increase,» Doug Fisher, Fidelity's senior vice president for workplace investing, said in a statement.

As lawmakers and the public scrutinize dramatic price increases for other old drugs — most recently with the Mylan - owned EpiPen, which saw its cost go up by 500 % in the past nine years — the next flash point may be insulin, a drug both ubiquitous and complicated.

The IMF analysis states that «the dramatic deterioration in [Greece's] debt sustainability points to the need for debt relief on a scale that would need to go well beyond what has been under consideration to date — and what has been proposed by the ESM [the European stability mechanism ie by eurozone member states]».

By refinancing your existing student loans you may see a dramatic reduction in your interest rate — even a few points.

Argentina's central bank has hiked its interest rates by 300 basis points for a second time in less than a week, in its latest attempt to halt the peso's dramatic slide against the US dollar.

The main points here are that QE has encouraged the dramatic overvaluation of virtually every class of investments; that these elevated valuations don't represent «wealth» (which is embodied in the future stream of deliverable cash flows, not in the current price); that extreme valuations promise dismal future outcomes for investors over a 10 - 12 year horizon; and that until a clear improvement in market internals conveys a resumption of speculative risk - seeking by investors, the current combination of extreme valuations and increasing risk - aversion, coming off of an extended top formation after persistent «overvalued, overbought, overbullish» extremes, represents the singularly most negative return / risk classification we identify.

At certain points in the tune, they begin to play, completing their piece with a few dramatic strikes, after which the chant settles back into a gentler, more solemn tone, unaccompanied by the instruments» metallic voices.

The dramatic emergence of African - American, feminist, womanist, North American Hispanic, Third World and Two - Thirds World, laity, Native American, Asian and Asian - American points of view is a fact of life in much of the field of systematics, minimal but growing among systematics teachers, significantly present in required readings and supplemental bibliography, and proffered by guest lecturers.

It very well might have been the case that Vickers» instrument would have cracked by the third act, but that was Wagner's point, a point that Vickers certainly understood (while many musicians do not)» and one he would have managed with great dramatic skill.

That declaration — published simultaneously by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the local Schwäbischen Tagblatt — was a dramatic reversal of an earlier public stand taken on December 8, when the full professors of the faculty unanimously expressed their support of Küng and pointed out the dangers for freedom of theological research and teaching intrinsic in the German bishops» position (ibid., pp. 100 - 101).

Moreover, the joint legal action filed against the mandate by Wheaton College and The Catholic University of America demonstrates that the differences between the two groups on this point are less dramatic than Tooley admits.

Penn State had gone through a pretty dramatic month; on Halloween, the No. 1 Nittany Lions were upset, 17 - 14, by unranked Miami, then returned home and lost by 15 points to No. 6 Alabama.

The Brazilian made his debut with Sauber back in 2002 and had a long spell with Ferrari where he achieved 11 race victories, also coming desperately close to the world championship in the dramatic 2008 season finale, where Massa missed out on the title by a single point.

Vettel's 19 race run of points started during the included the dramatic 2010 season finale victory in Abu Dhabi and was followed by a 2011 season of dominance for Red Bull.

And despite the sportsbooks adjusting their lines in a dramatic way to give home dog USF an additional 2.5 points, more than eight out of ten spread bets remain committed to the 23rd ranked Mountaineers winning by at least two points on the road.

The 1967/8 season was again to be a dramatic one as Stags finished in the bottom four of Division III but were spared relegation as Peterborough United had sufficient points deducted by the Football League to ensure that they finished bottom.

In a dramatic change of fortunes, they avoided relegation by just one point, a mere two years after lifting the title.

People point to the worrying figures about the numbers of journalists that have been laid off (with net newsroom employment down by more than 10,000 since 2007), the difficulties facing city and state newspapers, and to the dramatic decline of ad revenues.

And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can point to several police reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.

The dramatic 25 point average increase in the SNP vote in Scotland is accompanied by a big average drop of 18 points for Labour.

«Our work provides the first real - world experimental evidence that these natural enemies of plants can play a dramatic role in lowering ecosystems» tipping point by killing drought - weakened vegetation and preventing plants from recovering,» said Brian R. Silliman, Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

As we have previously mentioned, economists with less flair for dramatic examples have long made a similar point by comparing academe to so - called «tournament» labor markets like professional sports and rock music.

The youngest of them made the most dramatic gains: On average, these first - graders increased their IQ scores by more than 27 points.

But more importantly this old study (by mitochondrial membrande phospholipid fatty acids composition remodeling towards a low perodizable index PI and double bond unsaturation index DBI by genetically reduced desaturase (essentially switching perodizable polyunsaturates with monounsaturates / saturates, rendering membranes lipid peroxidation resistant / blocking hydroperoxide formation by DHA n - 3 and lowering mitochondrial DNA lesions formation by membrane lipid peroxidation chain propagation), It's true though that these effects are due to transcriptional lipid genes regulation (so the genes are the reason of this dramatic effect and this is also a gene therapy, that hit the key points) this old study showed

Of course, this video is overly - dramatic, but it demonstrates the point that even those of us who don't use k - cups are affected by the plastics being put into the environment.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 5, 2016)-- The legendary Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania won the Arnold Strongman Classic for the eighth time when he came from behind in the final event to beat Brian Shaw of Lupton, Colo., by one point and win the 2016 Arnold Strongman Classic in dramatic fashion.

But my point was that many people claim it's a similar dramatic reduction in calories, * and nothing else * (no different metabolic effect) that's behind low - carb dieters» success, even though the evidence for calorie - cutting is poor, as evidenced by this study, and also the high rebound rate for conventional calorie - cutting low - fat oriented diets like Weight Watchers.

When the dance is finally beat, Robert Baker... or Alabama, there's something endearing enough about the pretty points in cinematography and score work, touching occasions in entertainingly well - paced direction, interesting spots in a colorful story, and across - the - board decent performances - especially the one by Evan Rachel Wood - for the final product to border on decent, ultimately falling under the overwhelming weight of the glaring tonal and narrative incoherencies, flat humor, dramatic contrivances, problematic themes, even more problematic leads, ridiculous story and onslaught of clichés which render Andrew Fleming's «Barefoot» an occasionally charming, but mostly mediocrely misguided romantic dramedy.

Yes, the»90s of it all becomes a bit much at times, but by the time Pat hits a low point and heads to a disco night at a dive bar to dance with a stranger, it's clear Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm know what they're doing with nostalgia as a dramatic device.

At points, the manner in which Cox delivers his character's mental disintegration is very moving, at others it's clearly a narrative tool, by which revelations can later be used to extra dramatic effect, and sometimes mere exposition.

That approach includes focusing the spotlight on Evans» character (who leads a rebellion aboard a futuristic train that houses much of humanity in the film's wintery dystopian setting), in order to better utilize his star power as a selling point - in addition to emphasizing the movie's action beats, as accompanied by the expected dramatic musical cues in the post-Inception age of trailers.

I'll start by pointing out that Southpaw has plenty of non-boxing scenes that are overly dramatic and too sensational at times to be believable.

You'll get caught up in laughing at the put - upon stork being bitten, bashed, and spiked by his well - meaning friend's creations, but when the dramatic tipping point comes, with its gale - force emotional kicker, you'll realise that Partly Cloudy was actually talking about something much more, all along.

What is the point of Eva's storyline when there is no dramatic payoff by the conclusion of the thread?

By that point you're well - primed for such silliness, as many of the film's key dramatic moments wouldn't feel particularly out of place on a horror - themed edition of The Thick Of It.

In a dramatic change of opinion over the past year, support for charter schools has declined by 12 percentage points, from 51 % last year to only 39 % this year (36 % opposed).

This last year, Denver made a dramatic jump in achievement with a 4.7 percentage point improvement in elementary literacy as measured by CMAS from 2016 to 2017 (and up 7.7 points since 2015), one of largest one - year improvements in the last decade.

In this Issue Brief, prepared by Public Impact for The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement at Learning Point Associates, we offer seven steps for district leaders to support the dramatic change required to turn around chronic low performance.

In every respect, the Sahara is a far more liveable proposition for those weekend warriors who don't care about the dramatic posturing of the Rubicon — because, let's be honest, even if a few owners take the Rubi off road at some point, few are likely to fully tap the extra potential offered by its beefed - up underpinnings.

A precisely observed, superbly crafted novel, The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver charts the dramatic changes in the lives of three generations of one remarkable family, and the summer place that both shelters and isolates them.

With the storm as its dramatic, heartbreaking focal point, The Children's Blizzard captures this pivotal moment in American history by tracing the stories of five families who were forever changed that day.

As pointed out earlier, there is never a point where you see a sudden dramatic change by waiting one additional month.

Apart from the operation of the earnings test, discussed next, there isn't any point where you'll see a sudden dramatic change by waiting one more month.

Being off on a company's growth rate by 1 or 2 percentage points can cause a dramatic shift in the long - term value of a business.

Ko Surin also gets points for its more helpful national park staff, but the Similans boast a more dramatic landscape defined by enormous coastal boulders that look like play toys of the gods.

The seamount, known as Twin, is perforated by a pair of large lava tubes that lead divers through the reef wall to a dramatic exit point at a depth of 110 feet.

Recently redesigned by Robert Trent Jones protégé Roger Rulewich, Tucker's Point Golf Club features dramatic elevation changes, sweeping ocean vistas and some of the most picturesque holes in Bermuda.

It starts when you cross the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito and Marin County, where you'll encounter the coastal hills and redwoods of Muir Woods National Monument, followed by the dramatic sea cliffs and remote beaches of Point Reyes National Seashore.

Encompassed by dramatic cliffs Tolcarne beach is slightly more exposed to the open ocean and marks the half way point to where the beaches further along the Newquay bay coastline become more exposed and draw in more swell.

Along with our amnesiac heroes, we've got a ridiculous story that goes from goofy to dramatic at about the midway point, grinding aplenty, mostly straightforward dungeons populated by random encounters, boss fights that can take a ridiculously long time to muscle through, and more.