In 2006, the Tory leader revealed he believed he had been «tapped up» by the KGB during a visit to Russia in
his gap year between school and university.
With $ 37.7 million in domestic ticket sales since its release in October, «Birdman» is one of the lowest grossing best picture winners ever, underscoring the unusually wide
gap this year between Oscar nominated films and box - office results.
I was taking
a gap year between undergraduate and graduate school.
During
his gap year between undergrad at UC Berkeley and his admission to veterinary school, Munevar worked as a veterinary technician.
Thereafter, we will procure renewable electricity certificates to bridge
the gap each year between the first two options and our target.
HEC offers an optional
gap year between M1 and M2 in order to enrich your resume with solid professional experience.
Many students consider taking
a gap year between high school and college to see the world, gain new experiences or earn some money.
Not exact matches
CHICAGO / SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 - As the
gap between short - and long - term borrowing costs hovers near its lowest in more than 10
years, speculation has risen over whether the so - called yield curve is signaling that a recession could be around the corner.
It was nudging up at 2.96 percent on Tuesday, which also left the
gap between U.S. and German 10 -
year benchmark bond yields just off its widest level in nearly three decades.
That leaves the U.S. Federal Reserve the best part of a
year to widen the
gap between U.S. and Eurozone interest rates still further, a trend that will make the dollar more attractive vis - a-vis the euro (all other things being equal).
Video game characters look a lot more realistic than they did five
years ago thanks to graphical advances, but a new technology has largely eliminated the
gap between real and digital humans.
Strikingly for Agios and partner Celgene, the therapy was in human clinical testing not so long ago (there was just a three
year gap between the first human studies and Agios» regulatory submission to the FDA).
Advantagewa, an award - winning program aimed at bridging the
gap between university and the business world, has earned its creator, Tracey Hodgkins, the 2005 Telstra WA Business Woman of the
Year award.
While wage growth has been solid over the last five
years, the salary
gap between new workers and experienced rig hands tends to be relatively small.
The World Economic Forum in the fall of 2016 released its annual Global Gender
Gap Report, which found that the pay gap between men and women would not be closed until 2186 — 170 years from n
Gap Report, which found that the pay
gap between men and women would not be closed until 2186 — 170 years from n
gap between men and women would not be closed until 2186 — 170
years from now.
The
gap between the 10 -
year French and German government bond yields has widened to a five - day high as political uncertainty returned to France.
«As you can see, a yawning 50 - point
gap opened at
year - end
between the two measures of confidence, with dumb money optimism having soared, while smart money optimism became decidedly more subdued.
This list is assembled each
year by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, which does it to draw attention to the large and growing pay
gap between CEOs and average employees.
However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming
years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the
gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.
«If I'm not mistaken, it's the biggest
gap we've seen [
between food at home and food away from home] in the last 10
years,» McDonald's USA President Mike Andres said in August.
CHICAGO / SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 (Reuters)- As the
gap between short - and long - term borrowing costs hovers near its lowest in more than 10
years, speculation has risen over whether the so - called yield curve is signaling that a recession could be around the corner.
Even as prices continued to rise throughout 2011, a
gap opened up
between Brent and WTI, and grew larger throughout this
year.
Demand tends to be higher as parents look to fill the
gap between summer camps and activities, and the start of the new school
year, she said.
In theory, Occupy was a protest against economic inequality, a reaction not just to the
gap between «the 1 %» and «the 99 %,» but to the widening of that
gap in the
years following the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.
The
gap between the most - educated Americans and everyone else has widened considerably in recent
years.
For the first time in our nation's history, there are more seniors 65 and older than children under 15, and the
gap between the two will widen for
years to come.
Shockingly, Jenkins did not direct another feature in the 14
years between Monster and Wonder Woman — a
gap that speaks volumes about the barriers faced by female directors in Hollywood.
If the expansion continues to accelerate, then in 100 billion
years, the
gap between galaxies will be growing so fast that light from distant galaxies will no longer reach us.
That
year Enbridge Inc. reversed the flow on an old line it had acquired to bring oil from the Midwest to Cushing — a roundabout solution, but it worked, immediately shrinking the price
gap between «Edmonton par» and WTI from more than US$ 10 a barrel to mere pennies.
U.S. sprinters Anthony Ervin and Nathan Adrian put a capstone on the night by winning gold and bronze, respectively, in the 50m freestyle — a remarkable 16 -
year -
gap for Ervin
between his last gold in the same event in 2004.
The yield
gap between U.S. 5 -
year notes and 30 -
year bonds narrowed to 27.20 basis points, the tightest spread in more than six
years.
«US companies are dropping IPOs and selling themselves at the highest rate in three
years, underscoring the
gap between volatile financial markets and a booming merger business,» The Journal says.
One under - appreciated result of this (which I know you and your team know but which I find kind of shocking) is that six
years into the recovery, there's still a
gap between actual GDP and potential GDP.
In recent
years, the
gap between house prices and income has been bridged through borrowing.
In January and May 2016, Google rolled out patches to address the issues, setting a
gap of more than a
year between when it caught word of the issues and when it sent out the fixes.
Prior to that she was a general partner for 15
years at Accel; she left to co-found Aspect with the goal of bringing collaboration back to Series A companies and bridging the
gap between angel investors and larger multi-stage VC firms.
The
gap between what markets pay for light Texas crude and Alberta's heavy blend has risen to $ 30 US per barrel from $ 10 last
year, largely because of the pipeline capacity crunch.
The dollar index against the world's major currencies is at a four month high with the interest rate
gap set to widen
between the dollar and euro - zone as the US Federal Reserve plans several more rate hikes this
year.
The difference
between the 10 -
year and 2 -
year Treasury rates narrowed to 47 44 basis points on Monday (April 16)-- the smallest
gap since late - 2007.
In each
year, the
gap between the two lines is roughly $ 33,000.
U.S. talks this
year closed the
gap between Canadian and U.S. workers, raising wages south of the border while the Canadian dollar lowered labour costs in Canada.
In Germany, ever since the 2003 — 20 05 labor reforms that caused business profits to soar at the expense of wages, German banks have exported the
gap between rising savings and declining investment — a figure that rose in less than five
years to become among the largest ever recorded.
In the same period last
year, the
gap between the two vendors was more than 50 million units.
However, the widening
gap between the rich and poor has very much become the defining issue of the last several
years.
A similar share (66 %) of Americans said the
gap between rich and poor had increased in the past five
years; nearly three - quarters of respondents said the rich - poor
gap was either a «very big» (47 %) or «moderately big» (27 %) problem.
The
gap between Iceland and the second - placed country, Norway, actually widens as both Norway and third - placed Finland saw their
gaps widen this
year.
A shrinking yield
gap between U.S. and Canadian two -
year notes will also help fuel the loonie's advance, according to Mazen Issa, a senior foreign - exchange strategist at TD in New York.
The
gap between the 2 -
year and 10 -
year Treasury notes, often considered the heart of the yield curve, held at 46.8 basis points on Thursday.
Due to falling commodity prices and high capital spending from new mine development, Teck Resources has had to borrow billions of dollars in recent
years to bridge the
gap between its capital expenditures and cash flow.
The
gap between Canada's 2 -
year yield and its U.S. counterpart narrowed by 7.9 basis points to a spread of -17.4 basis points, its narrowest since Oct. 30.