Sentences with phrase «in eke»

The latest results, which were the outcome of the bye - election in Eke and Obioma wards, Udi Local Government Area, saw the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ezeako Lawrence and Mr. Chijioke Ikechukwu, emerging as winners of the two seats contested.

The Chairman of ENSIEC, Dr. Mike Ajogwu (SAN) had while declaring the results of the Saturday, November 4 Local Government Elections announced that the PDP won all the 17 chairmanship seats and 258 councillorship positions, stating that elections did not hold in Eke and Obioma wards.

But for car enthusiasts, there's not as much pleasure to be found in eking out every last mile to the tank as there is in burning around corners and masterfully executing a heel - and - toe downshift.

Today, we're thankfully more practical in eking out our incomes: we look to the sun and its instruments (see this Thursday's opening of the «Heliotropes» group show at Geary Contemporary) or envision terrible futures in our analogue pasts («that old school dystopia» at Theodore: Art on Friday).

Not exact matches

Don't say anything to someone you wouldn't want everyone to hear; don't spread malicious rumours you can't verify; and use gossip to eke out weaknesses in order to improve them, not exploit them.

Not only are there numerous highly valued tech companies looking for an exit, economic fundamentals remain moderately strong in the U.S., which has been eking out economic gains since late 2009.

In November 2008, an election year that swept a barrier - breaking dynamo of the opposite party into the White House and pumped Democratic numbers in the chamber to 59 (and soon after, a filibuster - proof 60), McConnell barely eked out a wiIn November 2008, an election year that swept a barrier - breaking dynamo of the opposite party into the White House and pumped Democratic numbers in the chamber to 59 (and soon after, a filibuster - proof 60), McConnell barely eked out a wiin the chamber to 59 (and soon after, a filibuster - proof 60), McConnell barely eked out a win.

Wall Street has fallen as healthcare stocks slid and investors worried about rising costs for companies as oil prices rose, although the major indexes eked out a gain in April to snap a two - month losing streak.

In order to meet payroll for her 52 employees and eke out a profit that she admits is on the low end for the industry, Antonetti says she budgets no more than $ 60,000 a year for advertising.

By the time Waugh became CEO, Scotia had eked out just a 3 % share of the wealth - management market in Canada, the smallest of the Big Five banks.

Productivity — the ability to eke out sustained gains in wages and profits — is the thing that determines whether you have a better standard of living than your parents, whether your children live more comfortably than you.

U.S. stocks underperformed emerging markets stocks, which was the only one among the three major regions — U.S., developed markets ex-U.S. and EM — to turn in positive performance as of Thursday, but even emerging markets barely eked out a gain, up about one half of 1 percent.

Startups that thrive manage to eke out the first profits that convince investors to put in the money that grows the company.

The stock eked out a 1.1 percent gain in 2017.

In one of the film's most telling scenes, Reine, who during the filming was eking out a living teaching gymnastics to children, signs up for a Toastmasters course.

Global growth is seen rising 3.4 percent next year, with China slowing to a 7 percent annual pace, Europe expanding by 1.2 percent and Japan eking out 1 percent gain in GDP.

U.S. stocks eked out a positive close Wednesday, with gains in real estate and utilities offsetting declines in energy and telecommunications stocks.

TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters)- Japan's Nikkei eked out modest gains in holiday - thinned trade on Tuesday supported by buying in index - heavy stocks such as Fast Retailing and Fanuc, though Sony tumbled after the company issued a profit warning.

TOKYO, May 1 - Japan's Nikkei eked out modest gains in holiday - thinned trade on Tuesday supported by buying in index - heavy stocks such as Fast Retailing and Fanuc, though Sony tumbled after the company issued a profit warning.

All this was just a small part of the party that cost at least $ 1 million in a nation where just about everyone ekes out a meager existence.

In a report on looming layoffs, the paper said financial institutions are «weighing staff cuts or actually paring payroll as they struggle to rein in costs and eke out profits in a choppy market.&raquIn a report on looming layoffs, the paper said financial institutions are «weighing staff cuts or actually paring payroll as they struggle to rein in costs and eke out profits in a choppy market.&raquin costs and eke out profits in a choppy market.&raquin a choppy market.»

Eke was raised in Nigeria, and soon after arriving at Google in 2015, she noticed there was a need for a Google employee group focused on Africa.

«We have a lot of offices in Africa and a lot of projects going on because that's where we see a lot of growth,» says Eke, who wrote papers about the business opportunities in Africa while in college.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Wall Street fell on Monday as healthcare stocks slid and investors worried about rising costs for companies as oil prices rose, although the major indexes eked out a gain in April to snap a two - month losing streak.

The S&P 500 eked out a small gain while the Dow declined after a volatile trading session on Wednesday, with weakness in sectors such as consumer staples and financials offsetting strong gains in the energy and industrial indexes.

Alaska Air eked out a profit that topped Wall Street expectations, while posting revenues that were in line with estimates.

Miller Lite eked out a slight volume gain in 2016, as shipments grew 0.1 % as market share in the beer category held steady at 6.2 %, according to Beer Marketer's Insights.

Despite the worst sentiment towards gold we have seen since the brief 30 % price fall in 2008, gold continues to eke out gains in all major currencies.

CBS shares are up more than 135 percent in the last five years, while Viacom has eked out a 3 percent gain.

And, given the huge gains in US markets in 2013, it seemed most were predicting that stocks would pull back, or perhaps eke out meager gains.

So what we have actually seen is a very aggressive releveraging, overleveraging, of the global debt markets in order to eke out the economic growth that we have seen.

A listless day on Wall Street finished with U.S. stocks eking out small gains Friday, as strength in energy, phone and industrial companies offset losses elsewhere.

Our earlier reporting on Verily, which has eked out some revenue in pharmaceutical partnerships, has developed a reputation in the biotech industry for a lack of focus.

Taken together with Starbucks, which leveraged an 8.2 percent increase in sales to $ 12.7 billion and leapt over Subway into the No. 2 ranking behind McDonald's, the top five brands eked out just a 0.3 percent increase in annual sales.

But, as with other classical figures Eke Luther and Calvin, Wesley reveals another side which is illustrated in his dealing with problems of chronology, his understanding of the biblical use of non-biblical sources, his judging of much of the Psalms as «unfit for Christian lips,» and so on.

We try to be virtuous enough to eke our way into the Kingdom — should there prove to be one — but our righteousness is lived so as not to squander this life's pleasure potential in case there is no Kingdom.

Has life on earth labored along for two or three billion years in lonesome struggle eventually to eke out by accident the human species which has to gather itself together in various fragile social arrangements in order to protect itself from the intolerable muteness of the universe?

His name is Paterson, the town he lives in is named Paterson and he dislikes poems that rhyme, oddly enough, in what is one of the most critically praised films of the year that didn't manage to eke a nomination.

In human terms, this has a disastrous consequence for certain groups of people like the tribals, scheduled castes, traditional fishermen and such other groups who depend on them to eke out a living... They would also be torn away from their natural roots as well as from their community and cultural ties - producing in them a sense of isolation» (Quoted from ISA Journal Dec. 94In human terms, this has a disastrous consequence for certain groups of people like the tribals, scheduled castes, traditional fishermen and such other groups who depend on them to eke out a living... They would also be torn away from their natural roots as well as from their community and cultural ties - producing in them a sense of isolation» (Quoted from ISA Journal Dec. 94in them a sense of isolation» (Quoted from ISA Journal Dec. 94).

This is such a huge subject that I must beg indulgence, therefore, if I give my space to but a small fraction of the historic faith — namely its main emphases on God, Christ, the Church, and eternal life — and consider only these in our modem context, in the effort to discover what values they may have for men and women who are tossed about in an unsettled world, with an uncertain future, and doomed — almost certainly it seems — to a doubtful truce of arms, at worst to a war which threatens to annihilate man as we have known him and in any event to leave us a bare existence such as we can eke out on a totally devastated planet.

God, eked out a good living, living in the gaps of man's knowledge.

Or the theft of a meager flock, by which a shepherd eked out a literal hand - to - mouth existence, could easily result in intense suffering from malnutrition for the shepherd and his family, always undernourished at best, if not in the actual loss of one or more members of the family.

It is no wonder, then, that the preachers turned to all sorts of devices in order to eke out a living.

Heidi: Years before cornmeal pizza crust became trendy, I desperately added cornmeal to eke out the inadequate flour in a pizza dough (silly me, the yeast was ready when I discovered I was short).

The players take a little less, the owners of the wealthy clubs take a little less and the owners of the cash - strapped teams get enough in subsidies to eke out a profit.

No. 4 Ohio State survived over No. 20 Michigan by a 26 - 21 margin in 2012, eked out a 42 - 41 win over the unranked Wolverines in 2013, and lost their starting quarterback to injury and nearly derailed their College Football Playoff prospects in a 42 - 28 win in 2014.

Many - including Ferrari, apparently - were expecting a two - stop race, but it became clear that Mercedes was going for a one - stopper, forcing Sebastian Vettel into trying to eke out his soft tyres to the end in a mammoth stint.

They eked by No. 6 Purdue, 14 - 10, in late - October, then shut down No. 4 Notre Dame in a 12 - 3 win to finish the regular season.

Shawn Elliott's first Panther team thrived in close games, beating Coastal Carolina, South Alabama, Georgia Southern, and Texas State each by one possession and eking out bowl eligibility despite playing only 11 games.

But Blair calmly plunked in two free throws, and Providence eked out its 14th straight 77 - 76.