Sentences with phrase «driven by the promise»

Financial stiff Nick (Bateman) works hard to please his demanding, demeaning boss Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), driven by the promise of imminent promotion.

The contraction of offerings in these price ranges, of course, will be driven by the promise of direct 70 % royalties.

Driven by the promise of easy money and the dual stressors of a demotion (disguised as a promotion) and impending fatherhood, he agrees to join his ex-Army buddy Jason on a secretive government mining operation in the fictional Southeast Asian country of Quanlom, where civil war rages.

I think consumer demand has been driven by the promise of convenience and personalization.

Not exact matches

Adds Henry: «Across the more than 3,500 clients who hire us (and our renewal rates are typically 95 % and higher), we deliver the savings we promise by providing solutions that drive out pharmacy waste, control costs, and improve patient outcomes.»

After several meetings, the young McDermott persuaded his interviewer Emerson Fullwood (now retired) to give him the job on the spot, telling him he'd promised his father he'd come home that night with his employee badge in his pocket, a confidence driven by the desire to work.

Now there are signs that the company is emerging from its funk with a shift driven by a $ 10 billion cost - cutting plan and a promise to create, in McDonald's words, a «culture of productivity.»

Musk has promised a car that can drive itself across the United States by the end of this year, and said that Tesla will be profitable in the third and fourth quarters.

Three tactics proved especially promising: 1) moving away from «direct» sales and toward integrated campaigns that drove purchases in retail stores; 2) using DRTV as an inexpensive testing vehicle, rather than an all - or - nothing launch pad; and 3) maximizing margins by relentlessly optimizing costs and sales prices.

By that afternoon, however, the promising leads had collapsed, and officials confronted a risky decision: proceed without the help of the public to avoid tipping off the suspects or publicize images of them and risk driving them deeper into hiding or worse.

In a resignation letter, published Friday night by The Federalist and confirmed by POLITICO, Gorka cited «forces» that do not support President Donald Trump's «MAGA promise» as those that drove him out of the White House.

Much is being written about the push to develop self - driving automobiles, with tech companies and automakers alike pumping human and financial capital into the quest while promising such transportation robots by 2021.

These concerns are repeatedly driven apart by those determined to turn a theologically promising dialectic into a politicized ecclesiastical struggle.

Driving down that road I've always been curious about has nothing to do with biblical womanhood, but it promises better material than if I just passed by again... so I take it.

He concludes by describing the personally comforting, otherworldly salvific «promise from Jesus to soothe our sorrows, heal our hearts, and drive away our fears,» for whosoever believeth «will be part of something far more powerful, enduring, and good than all the forces here on earth.

The sector has a promising future, driven largely by millennials (16 - 24 year olds), it reveals.

One thing I can promise is that all the spots I've chosen — from a Southern gem in Charleston, SC, to a surprising indie hit in Robbinsdale, MN — are driven by passionate people who care deeply about the food they're cooking.

After driving part time for the past two years, Martin was lured out of semiretirement by owner Rick Hendrick, who promised Martin the best equipment money can buy.

And the last two promised to be the quickest of all: the Parnelli - Cosworth driven by Foyt, a veteran of 23 Indy 500s, and a Penske with Mears, who was co-Rookie of the Year in 1978.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has promised to break out his veto pen on lines drawn by a lawmaker - driven commission, a move that adds further uncertainty to the process.

«Labour's promise to reinstate student grants and EMA support would be a positive step in reversing the lack of investment in young people which has been driven by current Government policy.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point — Updates on United Water's proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw were discussed at the Stony Point Town Board's most recent meeting on March 19, with Supervisor Geoffrey Finn promising a drive for answers on issues surrounding the plant.

Ministers have promised to «drive forward» claims processing after many flood victims claimed they had not been visited by assessors.

According to King, Donovan starts out conversations by promising that he'll never embarrass the party — a reference to previous Republican occupants of the seat including Grimm, who pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud in January, and Vito Fossella, who was discovered to have a second family in Virginia after he was arrested for driving under the influence.

Gordon Brown promised yesterday to launch a drive to train thousands of unemployed workers for jobs currently being filled by immigrants flocking to Britain.

But as autumn approaches, Mayor Bill de Blasio is wrestling with the kind of New York dilemma that has all the trappings of a particularly fevered Tom Wolfe vignette: the mayor promised to ban the elegant horse - drawn carriages — reviled by animal rights groups because they claim the practice of driving a horse through city streets is inhumane — on «day one» of his administration.

The results indicate that the direct - drive approach used by LLE, home to the most prolific laser in the world (in terms of number of experiments, publications, and diversity of users) is a promising path to fusion and a viable alternative over other methods, including that used at NIF.

Mithramycin is a large, 1000 - Da molecule that also holds promise as a potential drug for aggressive forms of prostate cancer, which is driven by a similar oncogenic transcription factor, TMPRSS2 - ERG.

WASHINGTON — Led by Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, President Donald Trump's nominee for NASA chief came under a steady attack by Democrats on Wednesday, even as he promised to run the space agency on a consensus agenda driven by science.

Here, he and screenwriters Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson - Kromolowski adapt Friedrich Dürrenmatt's sinewy page - turner about a police officer driven to madness by his promise to bring down a child killer.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Steven Knight (EASTERN PROMISES, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS) and driven by an unforgettable performance by Tom Hardy, LOCKE is a thrillingly unique cinematic experience of a man fighting to salvage all that is important to him

Bad history lesson given by cliche driven fan boy I thought Abe wanted to repatriate the slaves... Only trick missed by Stevie was the halo burning bright above DDL head... Munich showed promise c + must try harder

Like most of the director's work, it's a road movie: Fooled by one of those «you may have already won» mail scams, elderly drunk Woody (Dern) badgers his youngest son, David (Forte), into driving him from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska, to collect the million dollars he's been promised.

The first all - English language film released by promising new distributor Broad Green Pictures, Learning to Drive was something of a minor hit in theaters late last summer, grossing $ 3.5 million from a max theater count of just 339 on decent but not exceptional reviews nearly a year after its 2014 Toronto International Film Festival premiere.

A promising counter-movement focusing on writing structure and mechanics seems to be gaining momentum, driven in equal measure by the Common Core and a 2012 article in the Atlantic highlighting the success some schools have had with a back - to - basics approach, especially with low - income students and English language learners.

The promise and potential of standards - and accountability - driven reform is that, by setting clear and rigorous expectations for what students should know and be able to do, teachers can better prepare students for the more advanced work that they will be asked to do in later grades, in college, and beyond.

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

In fewer than five years, OUSD has moved from a district with a few outlier schools with promising practices driven by site level leadership to a school system with a district - wide approach to reducing chronic absence.

Their explosive growth has been driven by corporations courting small, rural elementary districts with promises of additional revenue with little to no impact to the school district.

Cuomo formed the education reform commission last year as the engine to drive his promise to shake up the state's school system, which, in his 2012 State of the State address, he painted as excessively expensive, under - performing, and driven by interest groups.

In this all - too - familiar cycle, initial enthusiasm gives way to confusion about the fundamental concepts driving the initiative, followed by inevitable implementation problems, the conclusion that the reform has failed to bring about the desired results, abandonment of the reform, and the launch of a new search for the next promising initiative.

Ford is already promising that the upcoming SUV will be a rugged, off - road ready truck, something that would be driven home by the possession of solid axles.

The Q50's drive - by - wire steering promises to adapt to the different priorities of comfort, speed, and safety with one electronic package, but so far it's not ready for prime time.

One of the most extraordinary and beautiful cars ever to reach production, the world's first hypercar (hitting close to 220mph while the McLaren F1 was still climbing off the drawing board) was vilified at its birth in 1992, by those who'd put down a deposit on its original # 361,000 price (which would rise to over # 400,000 by launch), for not having the 500bhp V12 engine, four - wheel drive and scissor doors promised in the concept and, at nearly 7ft wide, being too big for British roads.

While it's hard to say exactly how the Patriot — let alone one driven primarily by electricity — fits into Jeep's off - road mantra, there is some promise in this concept vehicle: as it shares its platform with the Caliber, this shows Chrysler could feasibly develop an ER - EV compact car for the Dodge brand.

The battery - life meter dipped more quickly than we expected, predicting a total range of only about 100 kilometers (60 - ish miles) by the end, versus the promised 150 kilometers, but that reflects several short and aggressive journalist - helmed test drives in cold weather, the last factor being particularly important, since this car lacks the sort of liquid heating elements found in the Volt.

Volvo tells us the T8s we drove are still not quite production - ready and promises all will be well by the time they reach dealers in the fall.

A car defined by its origami - meets - Lockheed styling and extraordinary V12 engine, the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster promises a thrilling driving experience and unrivalled visual presence.

Nissan promises that the Leaf can be used as a normal car that can be driven by a regular person without making many compromises or big lifestyle changes.

Set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, the new C - Class Coupe is longer (by 95 millimetres) and wider (by 40 mm), with a bounty of technologies such as Mercedes - Benz's semi-autonomous Intelligent Drive package, to ensure that drivers have plenty of toys to play with — including digital TV / radio reception, a seven - inch infotainment display and an optional Burmester sound system that promises to be «on a par with a concert hall».