Sentences with phrase «held them down in»

In the fourth quarter as a whole, industrial production jumped 8.2 % at an annual rate «after being held down in the third quarter by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma,» the Fed said.

the heart of our home (head held down in shame) is probably the television, followed closely by the computer in second place......

Not long after she separated from Marc Anthony, the singer held it down in this minimalist white mini.

With public sector salaries still being held down in England, the opportunity to earn more working abroad, especially if the workload issues aren't addressed in the near future, may make this a lucrative sector of the recruitment market.

When you switch it to turn left you have to hold it down in order for it to work.

Or maybe employers stop looking at university credentials since nobody has them, and now you're among those cursed with an expensive degree holding you down in a field opening up to the public.

Also, the size of the M1 aggregate has been held down in recent years by «sweeps» — the practice that banks have adopted of shifting funds out of checking accounts that are subject to reserve requirements into savings accounts that are not subject to reserve requirements.

Then he says that the price of the stock was held down in great part by its $ 1 dividend.

I guess some of these people expect me to be holding it down in the hood collecting a welfare check instead of jet - setting across the globe and doing the same things they're doing (such as hiking, food tours, exploration, etc.).

The light strike button can also be held down in order to unleash a special move which disrupts enemies shields or defensive stances, leaving them vulnerable to attack for a few precious seconds.

Once again, pressing up jumps and pressing down ducks like in a 2 - D game, and the 3 - D movement button must be held down in order to sidestep.

Hotwire is a fresh take on Conquest, where there are five points on the map that each team needs to hold down in order to drain the other team's ticket count.

Matt gets a little crazy over the new Assassin's Creed reveal photos, and we hold him down in the bathtub and dump a bucket of ice on him.

Nintendo's most underappreciated of workhorses has never truly got the recognition he deserves, often held down in the shadows of Nintendo's more prominent franchises like Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid.

You still been holding it down in Amsterdam?

2) Question: The priests and their helpers thought I was possessed, so they held me down in a botched exorcism attempt.

Because of the way prices are artificially held down in North Carolina, you may be surprised to find that the coverage costs even less than the national average of fifteen dollars a month!

As a result, when the user goes through to the Easter egg in the usual way (Settings, System, About phone, then tapping on «Android version») the Oreo cookie now pops up instead of the O and when held down in the same way as the previous O, the screen will transition to the usual floating octopus.

Ah — I need a dose of coastal style now that chilly old Autumn is taking hold down in Australia.

Not exact matches

He started working at the iconic retail behemoth in 1969, holding positions from senior vice president to general counsel to chairman, a role he stepped down from in June after 23 years on the job.

It is scaling down its holdings in Brazil as it takes a new tack in India, attempting to gain a majority position in the online retailer Flipkart.

His market, the New York tri-state area, already has in place many of the provisions included in the health - care overhaul, including a provision that dependent under the age of 30 need be eligible for family coverage, and he's seen rates continue to rise over recent years, making him skeptical of the plan's ability to hold costs down for small businesses.

However, for 99 % of the people in business who need to hold the attention of the crowd, I'd cut that down to seven minutes.

Holding down the digital crown will call upon Siri, Apple's built - in personal assistant.

Take the time now to slow down... to re-dedicate your focus, so you can move in a positive direction and hold your pace.

Unhindered by the same tethers that hold down big businesses, these companies are able to innovate in ways that their larger counterparts can not.

Bitcoin's down today, but with its recent rebound in value, holders — even the enthusiasts who want to bypass banks — could find it hard to resist the potential to hold onto their Bitcoin in hopes of seeing substantial cash returns.

Motor vehicles sales in Western Australia for the year to November are down 8.5 per cent on the same period last year, with sports utility vehicles the only part of the market that held up.

Jim Cramer sits down with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings President and CEO Frank Del Rio to discuss new trends in the travel space.

«Something as simple as writing down three things you're grateful for every day for 21 days in a row significantly increases your level of optimism, and it holds for the next six months.

He also illustrates how in the past year the stock has held a series of lows around the $ 300 level before finally breaking «on heavy volume» down to $ 252 earlier in April.

Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group will incur a $ 35 million write - down hit from the closure of some of its underperforming businesses, in response to the weak market for car retailers combined with recent regulatory changes by the corporate watchdog.

Typically, the large, dividend - paying companies that aren't over-leveraged are the ones that hold their value in down markets.

Even in the weeks before the Fed's move, highly valued private companies faced other pressures as prominent mutual fund companies, such as Fidelity Investments, bid down the value of their holdings, potentially over concerns that they had become too bloated.

Whereas most graduate students have already held down full time jobs in a particular field, undergraduates are usually less experienced when it comes to the working world.

Perth - based car dealer and logistic company Automotive Holdings Group has reported a strong rise in statutory net profit on record group revenue, though earnings per share were down slightly.

That was the message of a talk by Dr. Miriam Tatzel at the American Psychological Association's 122nd annual convention, which was held recently in Washington, D.C. Presenting her research to the assembled psychologists, Tatzel stressed the importance of playing down consumerism as a route to fulfillment and boiled down the research on the subject into a handful of scientifically validated principles to follow for greater happiness.

Its warehouse in Markdale, located down the highway from the factory, holds six million containers of ice cream.

Buffett's investments in newspaper companies including Graham Holdings (ghc)(former owner of the Washington Post) and Lee Enterprises (lee)(which publishes dozens of regional papers), are among his worst performers, with Graham's shares down 24 % and Lee's down 30 % over the past year.

The filters, or lenses, pop up automatically when a user's camera is in selfie mode, and they press and hold down on their face on the screen.

The art of holding yourself accountable boils down to living your purpose and staying in tune with the values you've established as part of starting your business.

Since the start of the bull market, valuations have been held down by fears of a double dip in the US, a hard landing in China, and a meltdown in Europe.

«The pound going down has obviously held (wine investments), but even apart from that it's still moving in the right direction,» he said.

«There's a mentality of hunker down and hold onto cash,» Francois Chadwick, national tax leader at the KPMG Venture Capital Practice, says in the report.

The Survey of Consumer Finances reports that in 2010, just 35 percent of families held some sort of retirement account offered through a current or past job, down 2.9 percentage points from 2007.

«We are going to get the job done by intercepting the firearms, intervening in the gangs and taking down the narcotics markets and holding onto them,» Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said at the time, according to ABC News.

Though his compensation rose in 2009, the man who put organic on the mainstream map held down his pay, handing over his gains to the Global Animal Partnership, an animal welfare nonprofit.

Data from the US Treasury Department shows Japan ranks second, after its holdings fell to $ 1.06 trillion in February, down from $ 1.07 trillion.

When you're waiting for that pill to kick in to ease your migraine, dragging your kid kicking and screaming to the doctor for a booster shot or holding your nose to down a fish - oil capsule, Maria Flynn feels your pain.

Meanwhile, the embattled United touched down in eighth place, the same spot it held last year.