Sentences with phrase «idea at least of»

Even at almost 57, I like the idea at least of a tulle skirt.

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Perform each of the following searches, and jot down at least five ideas from each source.

But if you invest with the idea that rates will never rise again, or at least not for decades, then a lot of the tried - and - true investing rules that people have been following suddenly change.

The idea of buying a home, sprucing it up and selling at a profit a few months later is celebrated by at least a half dozen popular reality TV shows, several of which are either made in Canada or involve Canadians: Love it or List it, Flip this House, Home to Flip, Flip or Flop and the strangely named Masters of Flip.

It's hard to discuss the big ideas of 2017 without getting at least a little political.

His idea was to pay plants a premium to store at least 90 days of fuel on site in an effort to make grids more reliable.

But not everyone is in love of the idea of a ritualized switching off, at least not if it's unconnected to deeper reflections about what's driving the seemingly frantic pace of modern life.

It's a good idea to schedule a lunch or other informal get - together with your new hire and at least one or two members of the team he or she will be joining prior to the first official day at work, says Raz.

The idea, when it was unveiled in 2010, was to create a fiber network capable of gigabit speeds, or at least 100 times faster than what's on offer anywhere in North America, at a reasonable cost with unlimited usage.

While implementation of some of the ideas can be slow, surveys done by MBAs Across America suggest that 100 % of the entrepreneurs assisted so far plan on implementing at least one of the recommendations.

He explained that the current Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who's also the Dutch finance minister, gathers significant support among the other finance ministers but failed to get enough backing to continue with his European role after having lost the general election, putting an end, at least for now, to the idea of a permanent president.

When the time comes to show up in your boss's office and say, «I'm interested in a promotion,» it's important that you have something specific in mind — if not a specific job title, then at least a clear idea of what the responsibilities might include and how this ties in to your career goals.

«A lot of people have... told us that what it helped them to do is think about their role in the group so that they went in with at least a few ideas of how they would orient themselves to the group,» says Guido.

The question is if people buy into the idea that (1) smartphones really do harm their ability to take in the world (or, at least, are more «harmful» than «entertaining»), and (2) that they don't have the willpower to keep their noses out of their notifications, and thus need a phone that is designed to preempt most apps altogether.

The idea that running a company could be a vehicle for social change has been part of Vermont's business culture at least since the 1940s, when a New Yorker named Lyman Wood moved to Burlington and founded Garden Way, a mail - order gardening supply business.

As Automotive News first reported on Aug. 14, there have been signs that at least one Chinese automaker has been exploring the idea of an acquisition of all or part of FCA.

The idea bounces around in the head of just about every homeowner, or at least every homeowner over 50: If I fall short on my retirement savings, maybe my home equity can help pay my bills.

Instead, I'm 32 and sharing a studio apartment with Prince Charming, and neither one of us has the time — or means — to entertain the idea of kids, at least not now.

After being rejected by at least fives Canadian banks, one foreign financial institution believed in their grassroots idea and contributed a little less than half of the $ 7 million investment they needed to get the new brewery going.

Still, the above graph gives us at least a good idea of the chances of a split jackpot.

Still, passengers and regulators would have to become comfortable with the idea of nobody sitting in the cockpit, which would be a dramatic change from the current rules for much of the world, which require at least two people in the cockpit at all times.

It's a good idea to have a decent serving of protein post-workout (at least 25g) but it's much less important than just eating enough protein over the course of the day in general so don't get too hung up on it if you schedule doesn't permit this.

Even if an employee's idea is not practical, at least extend him or her the courtesy of being heard.

Maybe you have an Excel sheet or Google doc template that lists out your expenses and keeps track of your income, so that you can at least have a general idea of where you're at by the end of each month.

His chapters are short, his ideas generally compelling, and you'll draw at least one or two subjects for water cooler discussion with each few pages read,» says Schluep of this choice.

Despite the growing number of cities dreaming of a car - free future, or at least a multimodal one, Ford's latest ideas bet on Americans holding onto their love of cars and their tendency to commute alone.

Staff members should be shown that they're valuable members of the team and that their creative ideas will be responded to enthusiastically, or at the very least able to aired freely.

Many small business owners already have at least an idea of how rising prices will impact their businesses in the short term — but whether they'll have to pass costs onto consumers is less clear.

BMW and Bang & Olufson at least have the right idea in this regard — they've decided against having a touchscreen in the 750xi in favour of a centre - console instrument panel with standard buttons and a knob.

Excited by the discovery, Glickman presented the idea of callback to his bosses, only to be told that Amex had no interest in risking irritating Argentina's only phone company; it essentially regarded its outrageous phone bills as insurance that its telephone service would remain at least semireliable.

The idea is an old one, dating at least as far back as the 1980s, to the work of R. Edward Freeman, now a professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, whom many consider the father of «stakeholder theory.»

The company's new - found religion on harassment may have also been sparked by the fact that at least two of the companies that were rumored to be considering an acquisition of Twitter last fall — Salesforce and Disney — reportedly shelved the idea in part because of the environment of abuse that exists on the platform.

Most people are at least aware of keywords, and title tags, and have at least a vague idea of how it all works together.

Some people think having lots of goals is the best way to ensure success — if one idea fails, at least there are plenty more in reserve to turn to.

In its extreme formulation, it's the idea that, at least in the eyes of others, we are what we surround ourselves with.

The idea has both fascinated and inspired a growing contingent of startups to try and develop the idea — or at least invest in it.

A roster of candidates whose monetary policy ideas are known to the markets and appealing — or, at least, not repulsive — to Democrats and Republicans means the appointment could be swift.

The bias is there, but at least these platforms help level the playing field by getting entrepreneurs» business ideas directly in front of the customer and ultimate decision maker: you.

Of the nearly 1,000 ideas on the list, there are several that turned out to be pure, diamond - studded platinum — at least for the other people who actually executed them.

It's up to you to decide which form of writing appeals most to you and works best with your existing routine, but whichever you choose, it's worth at least taking Kutcher's idea for a spin to see if it saves you from inbox slavery and gives you more control over your day.

If you can't reinforce any part of it at least say, «That just prompted me to consider another idea,» before offering an alternative.

Although those words might usually be followed by the word «scam,» there's at least one case where the idea of free money isn't too good to be true.

None of these trends demands a complete overhaul to your strategy — at least not yet — but they should give you a few ideas on how to adjust your campaign for the near future.

Blanchard's argument runs contrary to decades of monetary policy, but any idea to help prepare for future collapses is at least worth discussing, says Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.

You probably know at least one person that's been sitting on their million - dollar idea for a number of years.

By the first or second week of November, we should have a pretty good idea as to whether or not persistent bullish momentum will at least carry itself through the end of the year.

Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, the book that popularized the idea that mastery in a given field takes at least 10,000 hours of practice, had just come out, as had Geoff Colvin's Talent is Overrated and Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code, both of which emphasized the role of dedicated practice (and discounted natural - born talent) in excellence.

It's similar to the idea of encouraging people to do their own taxes before they get too unwieldy so at least you have a basic understanding of investments and your money and can have more fruitful discussions with your financial advisor.

One answer has to be that the governance professionals at pension funds and mutual funds now favor (or at least are open to) the idea of a divided, factionalized board.

But after another round of results last week that offered few major new ideas on how to turn around Chipotle's battered public reputation, they said Niccol's appointment was at least a step in the right direction.