Sentences with phrase «held back a year»

He writes about Gary Cohn, who was so dyslexic as a child he was held back a year.

He may be right but I do not think they should be at Arsenal, as things have become too stale and we see the same old problems holding us back year after year.

Only a non ambitious owner, puppet board and totally incompetant manager hold us back year after year.

Being held back a year in school is usually a result of a child just not being ready for the next grade level — yet.

Unfortunately, there is a stigma associated with being held back a year.

Know when to sign your children up and when to «red shirt» them and hold them back a year.

«Certainly, it's not scientific, but I would say there are thousands of students held back each year,» said state Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Beach), who has worked closely with the Multiple Pathways parent group.

I actually have my eyes on the flat Jensen boots in pebbled leather but holding back this year to invest in bags instead of shoes this time around.

Originally scheduled for a release in March 2012, the studio chose to hold back a year to let Jeremy Renner's (THE AVENGERS and THE BOURNE LEGACY) star rise.

Since 1997, the policy has resulted in thousands of Chicago's elementary students being required to go to summer school and being held back every year.

Not counting special - education and limited - English - proficient students, from 6.8 to over 20 percent of students have been held back each year, with a peak of nearly 15,000 students retained in 1998 (see Figure 1).

In short order, he declared that students whose scores did not reach a certain level on standardized tests would be required to go to summer school and could be held back a year.

Nearly one - third of all fourth - and eighth - grade students in Louisiana may be held back this year because of the state's new high - stakes testing program designed to boost student competency in basic skills.

Black students represent 16 percent of middle school students, but 42 percent of students in those grades who are held back a year.

More than half of North Carolina's third graders could be held back this year as districts work to implement the state's new «Read to Achieve» law.

All of these students will be at risk of being held back this year unless they meet one of a handful of exemptions included in the law or demonstrate proficiency on an alternative assessment or «portfolio».

Are the subscription services going to get access to all the latest books or, are the latest books going to be held back a year or two to protect the sales market?

That was just to hold me back a year.

After the song was written by 16 - year - old Buck Ram as a poem for his mother, he set it to a tune for Mills Music, but the production company decided to hold it back a year because they were issuing White Christmas.

With the company openly declaring that the major changes have been spared for the 2017 iPhone, many have deiced to hold back this year's upgrade in favor of a better iPhone 8 in a year's time.

Often feeling too busy holds me back but this year the thing that is holding me back this year is the different food requirements of my friends.

Not exact matches

Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group has delivered a lower full - year net profit result on the back of restructures and one - off costs associated with its refrigerated logistics business.

Rather than look 20 years in the future to see what China holds in store, the world would be wise to cast its gaze back a couple of decades instead.

«If I go back, I'll be executed,» said Abdulhamid Zughbi, a 30 - year - old who fled besieged eastern rebel - held Aleppo earlier this year for Turkey, seeking medical treatment for his wife and infant son.

Dene Rogers, who held the top job at Sears since 2006, had told his board two years ago that he would be decamping with his family back to the United States once Sears weathered the recession and hired a management team that could take the business forward.

This year, more brands are holding back their ads to preserve the element of surprise rather than posting them online in advance of game day.

Emeco Holdings has reported a net loss of $ 21.6 million, down from a $ 28.5 million profit last year, following a series of downgrades and write - downs on the back of a slowdown in the mining sector.

Macmahon Holdings has reported a net loss of $ 217.9 million for the financial year, on the back of impairments to its assets during what has been a tough time for contractors and mining services firms.

Perth civil engineering firm Macmahon Holdings is back in the black with $ 30.4 million full - year profit and $ 1 billion in revenue.

Convenience chain 7 - Eleven introduced the Big Gulp, containing 32 ounces of refreshment, way back in 1980; the 64 - ounce Double Big Gulp — large enough to hold five bottles worth of beer — came eight years later.

In July last year, when CIR was known as Asset Backed Holdings, it launched an off - market bid for the shares it did not already own in PRL at $ 3 cash a share.

Back in 1965, Knight's partner, 54 - year - old Bill Bowerman, a widely respected track - and - field coach at the University of Oregon, also had no idea what the future would hold.

Bitcoin prices were lower Monday ahead of the much - anticipated tax deadline, which bullish pundits say has been holding back the digital currency this year.

SolarCity's bundled securities are backed by 20 - year solar leases held by homeowners, who pay their electric bills to SolarCity instead of to a utility.

The federal government will begin cutting the age pension in three years, reduce disability and other welfare payments immediately, and slash back family tax payments, while holding out the prospect of income tax cuts within five years, Tony Abbott has pledged.

Earlier this year, Buffett had backed a bid by Kraft Heinz (khc), one of Berkshire's top holdings, to buy Unilever (ul), but the European consumer products company rebuffed the offer.

Some of those accounts hold emails that go back years, when even many of the retired officials still occupied sensitive posts.

He added that he is working with employees on eliminating outdated, unsustainable policies and systems that are as much as 56 years old and have held back departments like the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department.

New Year's resolutions are cliche, but they aren't without value, because taking the time to think about what is holding us back from our dreams has enormous benefits.

The GOP took back the Senate and strengthened its hold in the House of Representatives, setting up two years of divided government leading up to the 2016 Presidential elections.

For example, Stinchcombe said, buying a deferred annuity in your 60s that kicks in at 80 or 85 may use up less capital than holding back savings to cover those later years.

Later in the year, when rain returned to Brazil and coffee prices started to fall, some producers who had gotten used to higher prices, held back their crop, hoping to sell later.

You can avoid the slaps on the wrist if you had at least as much income tax withheld this year as last (unless you make more than $ 150,000, in which case you have to hold back at least 110 percent of the prior year's withholding).

6 years The average holding period of PE - backed companies in 2014 increased from 5.5 years in 2011, according to data company Preqin.

As Buffett himself told shareholders in May at Berkshire's annual meeting, «There's no way I can come back here three years from now and tell you that we hold $ 150 billion or so in cash.»

Although the Western countries have all said for seven years that Assad must leave power, they held back in the past from striking his government, lacking a wider strategy to defeat him.

I have had mixed feelings over the last eight years as the American political debate over the economy has become more focused on the institutional and external forces holding workers back.

Prior to joining Experian in 2013, Aaron spent five years at Line 6, a venture - backed music technology firm where he held various positions in product and marketing.

The suit, filed last month, claims that Steinberg was one of Eaze's first investors back in 2014, but that he sought to shop shares in the privately held company last year.

Tavonia Evans, who worked in the tech industry for nearly 20 years before launching her own cryptocurrency, called $ Guap, sees those women too and says they're raising the bar because of how they've been held back in the past.