Sentences with phrase «fixed on trying»

When my husband and I were in Paris last September, there was one dessert he was fixed on trying at least once.

But in today's political climate, when establishment politicians fix on trying to find the right policies to appeal to interests, disempowered voters (or perhaps more accurately, voters who feel disempowered) latch on to this promise.

Not exact matches

Try to get fees down to 1.5 % a year, she says, and do not pay a commission on fixed income.

So I decided to put something on the table to try to fix the problem: $ 500,000 for an educational institution to develop a degree program in international sales.

Public apologies and one - off actions are superficial ways to react to criticism or put on a happy face, but they often cover up company culture failures that are hard to fix, especially if no one is seriously trying.

While I went cash only for all of my expenses (besides fixed costs), another option is to just use this strategy for areas you're trying to cut back on.

Comcast's customer care on Twitter apologized for the outage and said that the company was trying to fix the problem, but it did not say when it would be solved.

«Our tendency in times of failure is to try to figure out what caused it, fix it as soon as possible and move on.

In the hearing, Graham, referring to steps already taken to limit work on the MOX plant, said: What I think weve done is ended the biggest non-proliferation program in the world, and Im going to try and fix that.

When we were raising our young kids at home, we would try to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, just for the experience of it all — gingerbread house kits at Christmas, school projects on the kitchen table, taco night with all the fixings prepped in bowls.

They are that MVNOs have «only» achieved 10 % of the market in the US, that MVNOs «that do offer data are operating on carriers» older, slower and even near - obsolete networks» and that mandated wholesale has failed in the fixed Internet access market in Canada with the implication clearly being why try it again.

Clients of Stitch fix are assigned a personal shopper who selects clothing that are sent to the client's home, where they can try on the selection and only keep, and pay for, what they like.

More than likely, developers will try to purchase steel on a fixed - price basis, meaning that the supplier would be the responsible party if the product is subject to the tariffs.

I agree that central bank solvency is superficial unless the government insists on receiving a given level of income from the central bank, and the central bank is trying to meet some fixed price level or inflation target.

Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week

He had interesting comments on how you can't fix bad businesses and it's just no fun to try.

The researchers classify possession of virtual currency depending on its purposes either as inventory, intangible fixed assets or deferred assets, and try to explain accounting processing and income tax treatment of the virtual currency in accordance with these classifications.

In credit derivatives a provider that is now known for low commissions and for not trying to make money on every single trade is Deutsche Bank, which another Greenwich survey described as a market share leader in US fixed income as of August this year.

Prime Wardrobe, a free service that allows Amazon Prime members to try on clothes at home and ship back unwanted items, could pose a potentially massive threat to Stitch Fix (alluded to throughout the filing).

Reforms, if they occur at all, are piled on reforms until we have forgotten what it was we were trying to fix.

I will, however, try to fix any mangling you do of my words and I will point out, where necessary, how your vast ignorance on this topic has led to your misunderstanding and how your arrogance has led to your intentional misrepresentations.

It reminds us that love for God is not only an emotion, a passion and a willed commitment to the Beloved, but also a fixed attentiveness on trying to understand the Beloved.

Anyone with their wits about them who reads scripture and prays and is genuinely humble will see that many of the issues which push people into «camps» - especially but not only in the U.S. - are distortions in both directions caused by trying to get a quick fix on a doctrinal or ethical issue, squashing it into the small categories of one particular culture.

But when you are constantly trying to fix us up with someone, there's a solid chance that the message you're sending is «you're not enough on your own.»

We still need to observe the facts of the conditions on the ground and try to make the best decisions for going forward — and we can't have our options frozen (and fixed) by exactly what was written down be people from long ago.

I am re-learning that it is okay to be sad with your children, to share their disappointments, and to not try jolly it up or fix it all the time here on the couch.

We psychiatrists, I thought, would do better to concentrate on trying to fix their minds and not their genitalia.

My purpose is to try to understand what happened, in the hope of getting a fix on our political culture and what might be done about it.

And I got kind of cynical thinking about all the modern day fixes some people would have wanted to slap on Job (well for that matter, his friends did a pretty good job of trying to fix his problems, too!)

On bad days, I keep trying — to prove myself, to come up with all the right answers, to fix what God can't seem to fix.

In those moments I am willing even to indulge his somewhat romanticized view of himself: a figure in the twilight, at the end of a long journey through a large valley and into wooded hills, perhaps pausing on a low ridge that affords him a last narrow glimpse of the paths he has followed, watching the evening descending over the mountains and down toward darkening lakes and fields, trying to fix in memory the shape of a world soon to be lost in night.

If you're needing a quick fix for supper tonight then do try it and let us know how you get on.

But Joan's mind was thus far from trying to save her life, but fixed on different things.

Being on a diet I really needed a fix for my sweet tooth and this popped up on Pinterest so I had to try it — DELICIOUS and healthy a real bonus.

When I was doing the 21 Day Fix and trying to cut down on my chocolate intake, I opted for flavors that didn't have a ton of extra calories.

These look amazing & I have all the fixings on hand so may try them out tomorrow.

I really wanted to know how to make your Carmel cake it's reminder of my aunt C's Carmel cake when ever me and my father would go to his home in Georgia our aunt would make this cake she now have pass on so have my father but when I saw this cake it reminded me of when my aunt use to fix this for us it look so good thanks for sharing it means a lot I will let you know when I try and make it how it turn out for me again thanks

I am on a fixed income and try to save money on every corner possible.

I was just trying to decide on what potatoes to fix with our Easter dinner!

I'm not sure what's going on, but I've been working with Pinterest support for a few days to try and fix it.

I went in circles for years trying to fix thyroid problems and it wasn't until I was properly diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease and got on an immune balancing protocol (including gluten free, since 95 % of Hashimoto's patients are gluten intolerant) that I finally felt normal again - it only took a couple of weeks to start feeling a lot better!

We've been busy bees trying to get last minute things done like final alterations, buying gifts, choosing cocktails, fixing the seating chart, preparing speeches and the list goes on... but it's been so fun!

Try this one to get your Mexican food fix on a weeknight.

Usually when it comes on I try to get my rebellious fix in other ways like deleting emails, Netflixing in bed and machine washing dry - clean only clothes (be careful with this one!)

Something weird seemed to happen on Pinterest and I'm trying to get ahold of them right now to get everything fixed.

It did take me a few tries, though — ultimately, I learned that you have to err on the side of wet dough (if it's * slightly * sticky, this can be easily fixed by flouring the surface, but if it's too dry / stuff the texture will be totally wrong and there's no easy fix), and I needed to use 4 times the specified amount of baking soda to get it to puff up as seen in the pictures while cooking (not sure what's going on there — could be brands, maybe?).

It was hotting up just at the end of the first half Mr wenger should have put in perez and geroud to mount the pressure on everton straight up at the second half how the second half deteriorate ending up loosing the match he tried to fix it but was to late MR wenger most adapt quickly to the game environment and find fixes rabidly to control the game environment to avail success

It seems absurd to believe that we have made no offer of a contract in seven months, considering the role that Ozil has been playing for the club since joining, and I really struggle to believe that we would have allowed the situation to roll on as it has without trying to fix things.

We don't know that Stanton isn't in the cage working on his swing and approach, we don't know that Andujar isn't taking fielding practice, we don't know if the pitchers aren't watching video and trying to fix their mechanics or release point or working on their pitches in bullpen sessions.

I'll try and keep on top of it until it is fixed.....