Sentences with phrase «few years day»

Over the past few years Day has become a breakout comedy star, giving memorable performances in his TV show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and films such as The Lego Movie and Pacific Rim.

Not exact matches

A few years ago our area had a major windstorm that knocked out power for many days.

Despite Edwards's claim that his move to London will allow him to step back from day - to - day management of his empire, there are few signs the 56 - year - old is courting anything close to retirement.

Unfortunately, that day came much sooner than he expected when his dad passed away only a few years later, at the age of 59.

He was a well - oiled machine that simply thought nothing bad could ever happen to him and for 15 years nothing did!This pro was in for the shock of his life when one day he took a few shortcuts and caused a massive explosion nearly ending his own life.

After a hiatus last year, I'll be heading back to the Burn in a few days, so check Business Insider for full coverage.

That's quite a few: As CEO of Acker Merrall & Condit, his family's nearly 200 - year - old Manhattan wine shop, the 41 - year - old spends about 120 days a year on the road, mostly courting the still - booming Asian wine market.

Malcolm Gladwell set off a mania for practice a few years ago with his book Outliers, in which he argued that to become truly excellent at any skill, you need 10,000 hours of deliberate practice — that's six hours a day, six days a week, over six years of simply sticking with it.

For starters, it's taken more than three years for the index to double this time around versus a few months in the dot - com days.

For example, if the house or condo is rented for fewer than 15 days in the year, the rental income is not reported and rental expenses can not be deducted.

Two and a half years after launching Iodine.com, we're finally getting around to fixing a few things that have bothered us since day one.

Average five - year growth rate among the 2001 Inc 500 that had Venture - capital funding at start - up: 4,619 % CEO with an M.B.A.: 2,542 % CEO who took 5 days or fewer of vacation yearly: 2,385 % Open - book management: 2,283 % CEO who took more than 10 days of vacation yearly: 1,983 %

Last year, when the Fed hinted that it was going to stop buying bonds, tapering its quantitative easing, bond yields jumped nearly 2 % points in just a few days.

Year - round attention to detail means that Keflezighi can afford to be relaxed and philosophical with one of the biggest races of his life a week away, as he was when I talked to him a few days ago.

«There are times we had to go in hiding, but it's been eight years — it's not just a few days, or weeks, because of the consistency and persistency of my team.»

This year poses even more challenges than usual because there are six fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

A few years ago, the company introduced new processes and systems that directly affected the day - to - day work of more than half of the organization.

I invited all my Gmail contacts to connect with me last year and nearly doubled my LinkedIn connections in just a few days.

The 39 - year - old president, a newcomer to international diplomacy, will meet many of his counterparts for the first time over the next few days at the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital followed by a G7 summit in Sicily.

While the plans to build your own TieFi are real (it calls for a tiny Raspberry Pi computer and some software customizations), the launch is a stunt — a tongue - in - cheek reminder to close the laptop and spend some time with your kids this Father's Day, lest you find yourself Cat's Cradled a few years from now.

Most people seem to think we're in a full recovery, gas prices are down, and more Americans travelled this Memorial Day weekend than have travelled in the past few years.

An additional day's vacation comes as an rare bright spot for Heinz Kraft employees, who've endured a difficult few years.

OPINION: Kalgoorlie has had a few wild rides over the years thanks to its reliance on two metals that can lurch from one extreme to another in a matter for days.

The moment that investments start to turn south, everybody wants to know what's going on and whether it will continue, even though the loss may only happen over a few days and not even months or years.

Take just a few minutes out of your day to watch this short trailer announcing Firsts, a multi-media project from TIME featuring candid interviews with 45 extraordinary women, more than a year in the making.

Someone who consumes only broccoli and water is going to naturally end up taking in fewer calories than someone who drinks five Cokes a day, and generally eats like a six year old.

With the S&P / TSX Composite Index down 12.6 % so far this year and only a scant few more trading days left in 2011, it would be easy to label this as a bad year for Canadian investors.

«To me, for a few nights, and to save close to $ 500 in costs and get more, it's a no - brainer,» says Abramson, who travels some 200 days per year.

Fast - forward a few years: When Blank faced tough days in the first companies he started, he said he would think back to that moment.

For a 110,000 barrel per day mine, each additional billion spent on start - up capital translates to about $ 525 - $ 560 billion million fewer taxes and royalties (in today's dollars) over the 40 year life of the project.

Beyond voting, the greatest opportunity is helping people stay engaged with the issues that matter to them every day, not just every few years at the ballot box.

The days are long past when retirement meant a gold watch and a few years dozing in a rocking chair.

It's not too hard to understand why workers might like this plan; it offers them the ultimate flexibility: Instead of running out or cramming vacations into the last few weeks of the year, vacation days can be taken at any time.

Over the last several years, consumers worldwide have fallen victim to waiting too long to pre-order new Apple hardware, leaving them with two options: wait a few more weeks until it reaches their homes or stand in line on launch day in hopes of getting one at an Apple store, third - party retailer, or carrier.

Just a few weeks after the market finally had come around to the Fed's way of thinking that three quarter - point rate hikes would be appropriate this year, the day's trading changed sentiment.

We've already marked a few women's holidays this year — including International Women's Day (March 8) and Equal Pay Day (April 4)-- so you're well within your rights to wonder what exactly we're celebrating on Women's Equality Day this Saturday, Aug. 26.

The share price of mining junior Batavia Mining Ltd has more than doubled in the first few days of 2006 on a 140 per cent gold resource upgrade that could bring its Gullewa copper gold project in Western Australia back in production within a year.

We received a more honest and complete economic reading a few days ago in the revisions to prior year's GDP reports.

Co-working spaces — which cost anywhere from $ 25 a day for occasional drop - ins to $ 500 or more a month — only began popping up a few years ago in places like New York and San Francisco.

Before last year, however, International Women's Day just wasn't that big of a deal, and few Americans knew this «holiday» existed.

Several major U.S. companies have dropped their associations with the National Rifle Association in the last few days, less than two weeks after a 19 year old with a semi-automatic rifle killed 17 people in a high school in Florida.

As this year's big day approaches, here are a few tips to help your business survive the onslaught.

Billion - dollar startups are sprouting like dandelions in Silicon Valley these days, but that certainly wasn't the case 10 years ago this week, when Arianna Huffington launched a blogging site with the help of a few celebrity friends.

Anyone who has spent a day in Mountain View, Calif., in the past few years has probably spotted a Lexus SUV driving around town that is equipped with Google self - driving tech spinning on its roof.

There's also a South Korean study from a few years ago involving more than 25,000 people, which found that drinking moderate amounts of coffee each day was associated with having fewer of the early warning signs of heart disease.

In the business world a company might make a point of having managers sit on assembly lines or take customer complaints a few days a year.

A few years ago, I quit my day job to pursue my start - up dreams.

The light rail system around Portland was designed to work with a few 90 - degree days a year, he said.

A few years into its run, the company ran into some obstacles and had to rethink its approach, like temporarily shuttering it's same - day delivery option in Los Angeles, and included a $ 9.99 delivery fee.

Many (66 percent) think the threat of identity theft diminishes over time after their personal information is stolen, with 14 percent believing risks lasted just a few days after an information theft, 20 percent saying a few months and 23 percent a few years.