Sentences with phrase «hard place of»

While that analogy sometimes shocks people into reconsidering, an increasing number of clients appear to agree with the general foolhardiness of the proposition but are left with no alternative as they are squeezed between the rock of dwindling income and the hard place of a legal aid program available only to the completely impoverished.

Your approach would much more explicitly suffer from this problem, however HADSST3 still gets caught between this rock and the hard place of trying to offer some degree of standardization when it comes to location.

Investors whose main wealth is in RRSPs, TFSAs and non-registered investments are caught between the rock of minuscule (or even negative) interest rates and the hard place of risky stocks, which at today's nosebleed valuations could severely correct at any moment.

Given recent reports concerning «orphan» schools, stuck between the hard place of an LA cut to the bone and a MAT whose appetite to risk is much reduced, just what will happen to these schools and moreover the pupils?

The situation was as partisan as the recent US shutdown has been and Kerr was between a rock and hard place of uncodified law («conventions») of which the main criticism against Kerr was the lack of honest prior warning given to Whitlam.

So the government is stuck between the rock of boosting its spending for 11MP goals and the hard place of keeping its budget deficit under control amid declining oil revenue.

And we have all watched you boldly take the way of abundance — no matter how it seemed like it didn't matter — because God makes meaning out of messes, because He is the God who can make all our brokenness into abundance, because, you and I say this back to each other over and over again: The Writer of the story has written Himself into the hardest places of yours and is softening the broken edges of everything with redeeming, abundant grace.»

Based on the «downward mobility» model of the Beatitudes, Kathy's approach to «church» is radically different than what we've come to accept in our consumer - driven Christian subculture and focuses instead on following Jesus into the hard places of suffering, inequality and justice in order to experience hope, beauty, justice, equality, generosity and healing.

She is passionate about community, healing, equality, justice, spiritual and transformation, and is the author ofDown We Go, a challenging book about following Jesus into the hard places of community.

Not exact matches

Ticking off every demand the New Democrats put on their long list — from giving motorists a break on their insurance to delaying and eliminating some corporate tax breaks — the Liberals have thrown down the gauntlet and put the party that holds the balance of power between a rock and a hard place.

«I have worked so hard to get to this place, and now I don't know what will become of me,» she says.

For people in their 20s and 30s, Ponnapalli concedes that rules of thumb and general targets are a good place to start since it might be hard to gauge a detailed retirement budget from that many years away.

[These] laws get in the way of that, and make it harder to move employees to places that are discriminatory.»

And, getting a reputation as a place with a revolving door and constant turnover will make it harder and harder to attract the best talent, never mind the cream of the crop.

My advice is to display photos of your children (to remind you why you're working so hard), and photos of places you hope to visit (to stay motivated and looking toward the future).

Be it alarm systems, GPS, web cameras, HVAC or medical devices, such as pacemakers, it'd be hard to guess which of these devices are even connected to the internet in the first place.

Some of the Marine Corps» most physically demanding bilateral training takes place in South Korea, where troops are subjected to freezing winter conditions, terrain climbs, and long hard marches in the cold.

And if there isn't a willingness to trim that capital gains burden, it seems like these 15 - to -20-percent of shareholders caught between a rock and a hard place are destined to continue to feel the squeeze.

Amazon was hit hard by The New York Times this Saturday, with the publication of a highly critical piece depicting the e-commerce giant as a brutal place to work where employees are treated with disrespect.

«A bigger move, say outside of a 20 percent band, might destroy confidence and make it harder for small business to raise money, or even to sell to larger companies who might be more worried about their viability, or ability to deliver on orders placed.»

The Red Planet is «a hard place to get to,» Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space and a former commander of the International Space Station, told CNBC at a press conference recently.

The market can be a hard place, capable of driving the best of us to our knees in a New York minute.

It was no doubt one of the hardest moments I have ever had to go through in my career, especially since the show was taking place in my hometown, in front of my mother's and my people's eyes.

«I do think that's a bit of a risk, because until we know who this person is, it's hard to know what kind of strategies they'll want to put in place.»

Employees say: «KPMG is a great place to work because not only do they place a great deal of emphasis on the value of working hard, but they also place emphasis on the value of enjoying the benefits that come along with this hard work.

The game comes out Tuesday, and it's hard to imagine a piece of media that's more tonally and thematically out of place.

... We are able to make these hard decisions, because of the cost reduction program that we put in place earlier this year,» said Pincus.

«We're between a rock and a hard place,» said Grace Martinez, community organizer for the Alliance for Californians for Community Empower, one of the groups behind the proposal.

Attorney Charles Harder emailed a statement to a number of media organizations saying Trump has «placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them,» including England's Daily Mail.

The campaign, called «Born the Hard Way,» takes place on the Mississippi River, where Busch (played by Sam Schweikert) jumps off and makes his way to the shore of St. Louis.

President Trump is just halfway into his first 100 days in office, and his economic advisers seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place on the issue of imports.

Starting a business is hard, and if you did a really sober - minded assessment of the risks and likely outcomes, you'd probably never get started in the first place.

Rock and a Hard Place is a quality project, one we were working on with 44 Blue Productions, and one Dwayne was extremely invested in and was willing to commit to appearing on in front of the camera.

Also, many of the most likely buyers — affluent, environmentally inclined homeowners in sunny places — already have rooftop systems, making winning new customers harder and costlier.

Invest a little time into making your company a place of joy, hard work and professionalism, and it just might help your bottom line.

Investments last longer «Places like San Francisco, New York, and Boston are great cities, but there are issues like cost of living and schools that can make it hard for entrepreneurs and their employees,» Case says.

That means that you'll get a much stronger flavor from the same beans if you use high - magnesium «hard water» in place of distilled or softened water.

But for senior or specialized roles — positions that are hard to fill in the first place — temporary hires are practically unheard of.

But no matter how much a company like Facebook wants to appear to be our friend, consumers must do the hard work of discerning whether trust is well placed in a company — and why.

Rand Paul tried his hardest to place Paul - style libertarianism into the context of the Tea Party.

Walking into work and seeing my employees working so hard for the business became painful, knowing soon they might not have a place of employment.

For chaebols then, it's likely a case of being caught between a rock and a hard place: The companies have to deal with the fallout from the recent scandal, as well as follow through with the promises they had made in the lead up to the Olympics.

While Facebook has so far consistently refused to implement tools that block fake news (and some, including technology analyst Ben Thompson of Stratechery, argue that it should not), Twitter is now stuck between a rock and a hard place, trying to determine what is permissible speech and what is not.

Facebook is thus stuck between a rock and a hard place: it has to continually think of new ways to make money, yet somehow prevent more users from revolting.

But it's hard to deny that there is something, sometimes, that happens when we travel, even as part of the regular hour - and - a-half the average North American spends doing it each day — a sense of dislocation, even in familiar places, that helps us notice new details about our surroundings or that gives a new cast to those we've internalized.

Hard - working individuals create businesses that adapt and change with the times, and veterans are proving that higher education isn't the only way to find a place within the ranks of successful business owners.

But if Price really is Trump's pick (several media outlets, including the Washington Post, have reported that the decision could be announced publicly as soon as Tuesday), there could be some friction between the Congressman's reputation as a hard - liner and the President - elect's apparent willingness to walk back some of his stiffer rhetoric — including recent statements suggesting that he may keep some major Obamacare provisions in place.

While LaSalle Network has won its fair share of awards, being a high - growth company and a best place to work is a combination, which is hard to beat.

Given that the promise of fast Android updates is the biggest benefit of buying a Google phone in the first place, it's hard to justify putting that at risk.

Many of the international players in this game don't just stand to lose because they will find it harder to export their steel to the U.S.; they will also now have to deal with the issue of the biggest exporters — China in particular — now seeking other places to dump their wares.