Sentences with phrase «head against the books»

Beating your head against the books all night in hopes that repetition is helpful at the cost of sleep is scientifically inaccurate.

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Daniel Klier, HSBC's head of strategy, told the FT that HSBC would «disclose [its] carbon footprint and stress test [its] lending book against carbon pricing.»

Unfortunately, as you'll find out when you do finish your book, getting anything distributed in the mainstream publishing market is like banging your head against a wall.

In the opening pages Luther set the pace, speaking of the Duke rubbing «his scabby and scurvy head» against the Elector, saying that the Duke «curses, blasphemes, shrieks, struggles, bellows, and spits», and says that such books as the Duke's «make me tingle with pleasure from head to toe when I see that through me, poor wretched man that I am, God the Lord maddens and exasperates the hellish and worldly princes... while I sit under the shade of faith and the Lord's Prayer, laughing at the devils and their crew as they blubber and struggle in their great fury».

There were also some hints that there could yet be more London Stadium arrivals during the transfer window although this was offset against a «One In One Out» policy and the need to «balance the books» with that old chestnut the # 100m debt once again rearing its head.

Magpies» combative midfielder / defender, Cheikh Tiote (To Be Shown a Card: 3.25 SkyBet), will need to keep a cool head up against the likes of Drogba, Anelka and Malouda as the Ivorian has been booked in five of his last six league appearances.

I say this to give hope to any parents out there who feel like you're reading every book and taking every class and spending your last dollar and you're just beating your head against a wall.

Publication of the editorial came on the same day as two other events of note, first, the release of a new book, Back in the Game, in which sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher and award - winning journalist Joanne Gerstner repeatedly and pointedly criticize the media for «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own life.

If heartburn is still a problem at night, try propping your head up against a pillow or elevate your head using a couple of books under the legs of your bed by your head.

This isn't a book to take too seriously and you often feel many of the attacks are off - centre - what has Letts got against bald men shaving their heads?

For the starry - eyed romantics thundering as if impunity and institutional subversion debuted with the military, Awo provided many examples of such in his book, The Travails of Democracy and the Rule of Law: CJN Adetokunbo Ademola letting off a cocktail jab at someone «who must oppose for opposing sake» (judiciary playing politics); PM Tafawa - Balewa who grumbled that Awo «called himself» Leader of Opposition (head of government subversive of the Constitution); and East Premier Michael Opara who snapped the Federal Government had powers to «abolish» misbehaving regional governments (executive outlawry against Nigerian federalism).

Look at the people that are going and they're spinning their wheels and they're buying these diet programs and they're buying these fitness books and they're not getting the answers and they're beating their heads against the walls, and they're buying you know, diet root beers and look at Pepsi.

Im not against dating but at the moment i would really prefer a good friend i like bowling, my head is forever reading whether its stuck in a book or through my kindle app, going out to eat, and just having general fun...

While it's true that sometimes swimming against the current is the only way to get where you're headed, three new books show women making history in a variety of ways, from globetrotting, to taking on mysterious jobs, to smashing through political barriers — even if their behavior was sometimes less...

Going head - to - head against Amazon can easily turn into a PR nightmare for Apple, and even if it doesn't explode in their faces, the customers will be the ones who suffer, either because they won't have access to books or the convenience of accessing their Kindle books anywhere any long should Amazon decide or to remove the Kindle app form iOS platforms — or have it removed.

I envision writers standing shoulder - to - shoulder, pressed against one another, all holding their latest book over their heads hoping to be recognized by the reading community.

No, what I did was stop banging my head against my keyboard in frustration and start writing another book.

This book is an outraged cry by an Arab woman against all the Arab men who think we're just sheep to be bought and sold and used for anything they can get out of us, and paid for according to the value our parents put on our heads.

The argument spotted in the Facebook thread from one person saying they like to read, so they should be able to pirate any book they want, almost had me beating my head against the desk.

If we want a healthy reading culture, we have to work hard to be sure books actually are competitive against these other media types, and a big part of that is working hard to make books less expensive.And a bigger part of that is to encourage authors to spend their time writing as opposed to pounding their head against the wall wondering about how to market.You want the book market to be like Hollywood, where nearly everything is formulaic and / or derivative?

After having had three agents (two for books, one for TV scripts) and zero sales, not one thin dime of income (almost got hired on staff in Hollywood)... and battering my head against publishing house brick walls for years... going the indie route three years ago was an easy choice for me.

Maxwell Medallion - winner Denise Fleck tackles the prejudice against black dogs head on in her delightful children's story, Don't Judge a Book by its Cover.

The book turns what you consider advantages and disadvantages on their head, showing that even when the odds seem stacked against you, they could work in your favour and lead to success.

On Tuesday, the one - time head troll of Breitbart dropped a lawsuit against his former book publisher, seemingly minutes after vowing to represent himself and win big.