Sentences with phrase «early levels which»

In fact, I think existing Metal Gear fans will be the hardest for The Phantom Pain to win over: the structure is just so different, and a few boring early levels which are functionally tutorials initially made me feel like they'd accidentally purged all the fun elements out of Metal Gear.

Not exact matches

The S&P 500 again holds its 200 - day moving average (currently 2,613), which was a critical support level in February and early April.

Learn to be a better conversationalist early, for instance, and you might meet and charm just the right person to land the entry - level job of your dreams, which could lead to a another great career break, and so on...

Ahern breaks down the challenge of scaling into three stages based on funding levels — Early (during which a company raises, seed, Series A and B funding), Growth (Series C and D), and Later (Series E to IPO).

You could say that 2018 is still a young year and it's way too early to judge things, which is true, but the level of volatility in both stocks and bonds during February is making this year feel like we've lived through two full years already, and I think what the markets are signaling is more likely to be a sea change than a blip.

The CIA, meanwhile, waited until after the election to put forward an independent assessment of Russian meddling, the content of which was leaked to the press earlier this month via high - level officials briefed on the intelligence.

Beginning in mid-2006, Goldman recognized that Fremont, a «key originator, was experiencing an increasing level of early payment defaults («EPDs»)(i.e., loans for which the borrowers had failed to make one or more of their first payments).

Elsewhere, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which has been particularly hard hit, is trading at less than 12x earnings and barely 1.25 x book, a level last seen during the lows in early 2009.

If the economy were to grow at the pace I discussed earlier, this would likely translate into sufficient job gains to continue to remove any remaining slack in the labor market — which, by my assessment, is already operating quite close to a level that is consistent with what is achievable on a sustainable basis.

The yield of 10 - year Treasury notes, which tend to rise on signs of inflation, also jumped to its highest level since early 2014.

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

The early and high levels of «buy - in'to crypto in Korea is perhaps attributable to the advanced social and technological development of mobile payments as well as the government's attitude towards cryptocurrency, which has been relatively supportive of it.

The US oil - rig count plateaued near the highest level in three years and showed signs of declining in late March (to 797), though it still stood 50 rigs above the year - end 2017 total.2 This contributed to expectations for a further increase in American crude production, which has topped 10 mb / d each week since early February, when WTI prices began to recede from their intra-quarterly high of US$ 66.14 a barrel.3 The amount of crude in US storage occasionally exceeded weekly estimates given the higher domestic output and fluctuating net import figures, reigniting fears that US production may thwart OPEC's efforts to clear global oversupply.

Second, not only did the tax bill happen earlier than we thought, the cuts are bigger as well, which could take us higher than current levels, particularly if the euphoria stage persists.»

Chief executive Steve Easterbrook said at a conference Wednesday morning that as the company makes organizational changes — which were the focus of the new CEO's comments about the turnaround earlier this month — «At a more fundamental level we are recommitting to hotter, tastier food across the menu.»

Nationally, the index (which showed 15 years of house price increases up to its peak early in 2006) is now back to the levels of summer 2003.

Second, the tax cut bill didn't just happen earlier than we thought, but the cuts are bigger too which can get us higher than current levels, particularly if the euphoria stage persists,» Wilson said.

However, the ratio of gold standing for delivery — the process by which a futures contract can be settled for physical gold rather than cash — rose exponentially into early December and has since fallen significantly but remains at historically high levels: The standard COMEX response would be that the overwhelming majority of futures contracts are simply rolled over at expiration into a future month or settled in cash.

At the very least, they might have noticed that Mr. Trump isn't showing the same level of concern for hurricane damage in their island as he did for earlier damage to Texas and Florida, both of which he had visited by this point.

Consumer demand is being underpinned by strong labour market conditions; the unemployment rate is currently 3.8 per cent, which is its lowest level since the early 1980s.

In addition, a widely used measure of future inflation based on US Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities, which had mirrored the slump in the price of oil and had fallen to its lowest level since the global financial crisis by early February, rebounded in line with the pickup in oil prices.

But in early March figures revealed that a resurgence in production in US shale fields had increased US crude inventories to record levels, which pushed a leading benchmark for oil prices below US$ 50 per barrel for the first time this year.

One can look at the Investors Intelligence bullish sentiment figure, which has eased back to 43 % from over 50 % in early April, but ignore that bearish sentiment is down to 20.4 %, less than half of the bullish sentiment figure, and the lowest level since just before the 2011 market rout.

Earlier this year the company reported that patients who took PRX - 002 saw their alpha synuclein levels drop by as much as 96 %, which is a massive improvement that performed significantly better than a placebo.

The weakness appears to be due to the continued rise in U.S. treasuries yields, which crossed the 3 percent level earlier today.

Shake Shack said that sales for the quarter climbed 31 % from year - earlier figures, capping a year in which 2017 revenue was higher by nearly 34 % from 2016 levels.

Since leaving office, Mr. Martin and the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, co-chaired a high level panel responsible for submitting a report on a new strategic vision for the African Development Bank, following upon an earlier United Nations panel report on private sector investment in the Third World of which he co-chaired with former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo.

The writer who goes under this name has left us some of the most magnificent poetry in the Bible — poetry which is largely free from the archaic obscurity of some of the earlier prophets, and can be enjoyed for the power and range of its imagery and its richly embroidered language, as well as for the sublimity of its thought, which touches, probably, the highest level reached anywhere in the Old Testament.

Its distinction from Mark's theology is not its origin, but its point of departure — perhaps from an earlier level than Mark's — and its transcendental or metaphysical development, which in the end left that of Mark far behind, though chronologically Mark is some years later than Paul.

In the early 2000s, IVCF's then - national director of Asian American Ministries, Paul Tokunaga, had been reading Jim Collins's best - selling Good to Great, which describes the «Level 5 Leader» as an ideal archetype in «great» companies.

On the level of male - female relations, the mythic account of the fall in fact describes the patriarchal society of the early people who created this Genesis myth, which in its turn confirmed the social structure of male dominance and female subjection.

And in exploring the wide implications of it all, he noted «the risk of an alliance between democracy and ethical relativism, which would remove any sure moral reference point from political and social life, and on a deeper level make the acknowledgement of truth impossible» (VS 101) and warned us, as he had done in an earlier encyclical, that «As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism».

Today I understand that I am in fact battling in my mind to move beyond that first level of forgiveness [which I described earlier as one where you do not wish the other party harm or seek revenge].

On the high school and college level, however, the Christian institutions had to compete with the large networks of Hindu and Sikh institutions which, paradoxically, were begun earlier in this century in response to the Christian institutions, the conversion appeal of which seemed to challenge the Indian religions.

This chapter reviews the three levels on which alcoholic sickness can be prevented by the counselor and religious community: At the grass roots, through the influencing of symptom selection, and through early detection and treatment.

CC: It depends on whether you are trying to get space by implementing this scheme at a microscopic physical level, which was what I was trying to do, or implement this on Whitehead's earlier scheme at the level of perceptions.

This occurs in a process in which there is «an unfolding spiral development whereby later phases recapitulate earlier ones on a higher level» (LG 76).

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Even in those early days of Israelite tradition, the level to which human love could ascend was being recognized, and already it was being linked with the love of God.

The board of Treasury and its advisers were still locked in high - level meetings on Sunday night as they approached a final decision, which may be announced to the Australian Securities Exchange as early as Monday.

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest levels, this club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

Stewart had not planned to return to the war until early December, but two weeks ago he received an urgent call at his home in Cyprus telling him the hospital at Jajce had been virtually leveled by shelling and asking him to return to the front, which he is now preparing to do.

Gazzaniga was responsible for keeping the Saints on level terms in the early stages, firstly when a Bolasie cross which was taken goalwards by the strong wind was tipped over his own crossbar.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

De Gea has clearly worked on his presence in the box and handling skills, his one true weakness earlier on, so they match the levels of his reflexes and shot stopping ability, to which he is probably one of the bst around at.

Sweden defender Alexander Milosevic was shown a red card for the challenge which led to Italy's spot - kick, but his team - mates fought back to level early in the second half when ex-Manchester City striker John Guidetti guided in from inside a packed penalty area.

The Chelsea loanee gave Fenerbahce a route back into the game by scoring an own goal which saw his team early two goal lead cut by one in the 31st minutes, before Fenerbahce leveled scores to 2 - 2 eight minutes later.

There have been four matches played since that defeat with United winning three and drawing the last meeting, earlier this season at Goodison Park with Marouane Fellaini giving away a penalty late on which levelled the score for the home side.

If the PL reverts to the indigenous and the exclusive English or the UK citizens only, in managerial management and players recruiting level it was initially in the early days of the playing of the English football at division 1 — 4 levels, what is going to happen to the global appeal status and vast amount of money accrued to the PL which it has now attained?