Sentences with phrase «heads of a handful of people»

And while there are strict guidelines for what companies are added, the final decision and timing of that decision depends on what's going through the heads of a handful of people employed by Dow Jones.

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That was fine when the firm only employed a handful of people, but about a year and a half ago the head of HR came to Siegel and explained that it was past time they nail down something more formal.

A handful of chiles together with other condiments such as curry leaves and a little ash from the hearth is waved over a person's head to create a shield against curses and bad spells..

Off the top of my head, I can easily think of a handful of people in my life (all spiritual mentors) who began their spiritual quest after reading Paramahansa Yogananda's unforgettable life story, Autobiography of a Yogi.

So a handful of people exercise and then eat more than they were eating before and then scratch their heads and wonder why they aren't losing.

A similar ersatz, too - late populism motors The Big Short — the movie begins with a quote from Mark Twain — though the cognitive dissonance it produces is even more dizzying than that generated by The Other Guys «closing credits: The handful of fact - based finance guys the film tracks, who saw that the economy was headed for calamity and made billions of dollars while millions of people lost homes and jobs, are held up as conscience - bearers.

«The idea that a handful of governors or an individual head teacher can make such a serious and irreversible decision without having consulted fully with staff, parents and the local community will shock all right - minded people.»