Sentences with phrase «in a dozen years as»

Even those anoraks who apparently sit glued to the Parliamentary Channel will find scarce coverage of the work of select committees and, in a dozen years as a chairman of legislative committees, I can think of no single occasion upon which a television camera has been present.

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Barbara Corcoran took an interest and six years later, Cousins Maine Lobster has become a national lobster franchise with 20 trucks in more than a dozen cities and some brick - and - mortar restaurants as well.

While dozens of hedge funds have sprung up this year to invest in the white - hot digital currency market, this one, known as Arrington XRP Capital, is the first to be denominated in a crypto - currency rather than dollars or euros.

Dara Khosrowshahi DAH - ra Cause - row - shaw - hee Khosrowshahi took over as CEO of car - sharing service Uber in 2017 after a dozen years at Expedia.

Next year, after all, Target will begin opening stores in dozens of suburban malls across Canada, and more major American brands, such as J. Crew and Kohl's, are considering adding Canadian locations.

Yet during its first several years of operation, Englewood suffered through as many as a half - dozen instances annually in which subcontractors failed to perform.

Allison spent a few years in the early 2000s homeless, but now rents in San Francisco's rapidly changing SoMa district, which is known as the home of dozens of tech companies including Yelp, Zynga and Airbnb.

Dozens of malls have closed in the last 10 years, and many more are at risk of shutting down as retailers like Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears — also known as anchor stores — shutter hundreds of stores to staunch the bleeding from falling sales.

Conceived as a military aircraft manufacturer a dozen years earlier, Sweden's Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget suffered a cataclysmic but unsurprising postwar plunge in product demand.

Edward Garden will replace Robert Lane, who is retiring due to health reasons after a dozen years as a director, GE said in a statement.

In its first two years, as demand soared, the company hired dozens of hourly workers to handle the flood of incoming complaints and problems.

As part of the pre-show preparations for the 2016 Chicago Air and Water Show, taking place 20 - 21 August, we joined the AeroShell Acrobatic Team for a brief flight over Lake Michigan to see their aircraft and experience some of what they experience in over two dozen shows per year.

«What I am struck by is that Uber is not significantly worse than companies that have been around twice as many years and have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity in the last three years and have diversity departments of a dozen people,» Klein said, speaking of Uber's much larger tech brethren such as Facebook, Apple and Google.

The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.

As Re / code recently reported, competition in the online market for used clothing has intensified in the last two years as investors poured money into about a half - dozen startups in the spacAs Re / code recently reported, competition in the online market for used clothing has intensified in the last two years as investors poured money into about a half - dozen startups in the spacas investors poured money into about a half - dozen startups in the space.

One can literally find hundreds of such statements online by dozens of different analysts in recent years that falsely equate gold as a dead asset, that are in turn, literally accepted and parroted by thousands, if not millions, of other people without any further confirming research.

As the corporate wrote in its weblog: «Customer polls last year revealed the popularity of Litecoin as a rival alternative crypto to Bitcoin... It's faster than Bitcoin, has lower blockchain fees and may become a global payment option available on dozens of big brand websites in coming months.&raquAs the corporate wrote in its weblog: «Customer polls last year revealed the popularity of Litecoin as a rival alternative crypto to Bitcoin... It's faster than Bitcoin, has lower blockchain fees and may become a global payment option available on dozens of big brand websites in coming months.&raquas a rival alternative crypto to Bitcoin... It's faster than Bitcoin, has lower blockchain fees and may become a global payment option available on dozens of big brand websites in coming months.»

In this go - round — he, too, says he is submitting a new bid this week — he may have lined up a name familiar to those tracking newspaper property sales of the last half - dozen years, as a would - be partner: Ron Burkle.

Physical gold that may be suffering from a falling domestic fiat currency price is still exponentially more valuable than devaluing paper fiat currencies, as anyone living in the Ukraine, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, and in any number of dozens of other emerging markets have unfortunately rapidly learned in the past few years.

Starting off his career at Saatchi & Saatchi in Los Angeles working on Toyota, Lexus and T - Mobile, he then moved to San Francisco where he spent four and a half years leading a sales development team at publishing firm, Future US — ideating and producing integrated marketing campaigns to compliment tens of millions of dollars of media buys for clients such as Google, UBISOFT, Hyundai, The Walking Dead, NVIDIA, Bethesda and dozens more in the video game, music and tech industry.

Mike Fratantoni, MBA's vice president of research and economics, said the index dropped to its lowest «in more than a dozen years... as interest rates increased going into today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.»

'» Asked to paint a picture of the company in 20 years, the executives mentioned such things as «on the cover of Business Week as a model success story... the Fortune most admired top - ten list... the best science and business graduates want to work here... people on airplanes rave about one of our products to seatmates... 20 consecutive years of profitable growth... an entrepreneurial culture that has spawned half a dozen new divisions from within... management gurus use us as an example of excellent management and progressive thinking,» and so on.

So for the past three years, dozens of Christians from GKI and HKBP have been gathering on Sundays to worship in a plaza near the country's national monument and presidential palace as a way to protest the local government's inaction.

With that thought in mind and with encouragement from Harish - who has published more than a dozen books on Indian spirituality - I decided to try for an arranged marriage in India, where this system has operated with a high success rate for thousands of years and is still the dominant marriage system, as anyone who reads an Indian newspaper's matrimonial section is sure to discover.

In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she liveIn preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

As it happens, in the»80s, the psychologists Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley spent years cataloging the number of words spoken to young children in dozens of families from different socioeconomic groups, and what they found was not only a disparity in the complexity of words used, but also astonishing differences in sheer number.

600 years later, at the nicean convention, the gentlemen in attendance decided that Jeshua Christos should be called Jesus Christ and instead of this being the story of dozens of individuals, should be depicted as one man, and of the inumerable stories written of such men only a select few should be included.

DARWIN»S TREE CHOPPED DOWN In recent years, scientists have been able to compare the genetic codes of dozens of different single - celled organisms as well as those of plants and animals.

In the U.S. some two dozen «mainline» national denominations — the United Methodist Church, the Episcopal Church as well as the Roman Catholic Church — provide programs ranging from 30 - second spots to half - hour programs 52 weeks a year.

Many years in the making, Esalen Cookbook is finally here, and features dozens of delicious recipes that emphasize healthy, fresh, and organic ingredients, and food made to satisfy the soul as well as the stomach.

With a salad similar to the lovely one below in the fridge leftover from my mother's New Year's Day tradition of eating black - eyed peas for good luck — it was good, but unremarkable enough that I didn't photograph and post (such salads are a dime a dozen)-- it suddenly occurred to me that I could use it as the basis for a bean burger.

On December 3, 2015, international organizations such as the Organic Consumers Association, IFOAM International Organics, Navdanya, Regenration International, Millions Against Monsanto and dozens of other organizations announced that they will sue Monsanto for its crimes against nature and humanity, and ecocide in The Hague, Netherlands on World Food Day next year.

What once started as a small kitchen operation for Kellis — selling a dozen potato doughnuts a day to the local coffee shop — has turned into a veritable pastry business, selling a million doughnuts a year between its two locations in the city.

The little industry is but a year old, yet its product was two thousand cases, of six dozen to the case, and will be double that this year, as by this time the humble plant is enlarged and transferred to Los Angeles and established in better quarters, with a well known firm to see to the marketing of its output.

The brand, which currently sources from among the dozens of local breweries in San Francisco, was built as a platform for this previously overlooked, undervalued ingredient, of which tens of billions of pounds per year are wasted or fed to pigs.

Collaborating as home - brewers since 1995, Pete and Ben Wiens opened Wiens Brewing Company in 2012; in the years between Pete earned a degree in fermentation science at U.C. Davis, and a dozen years of professional, brewery production experience.

As a driver he was the No. 1 money - winner a dozen times in the»50s and»60s, including one stretch of eight straight years.

Less than a dozen have come along in the 100 years professional baseball has been played, less than a dozen, to carry the moving - picture analogy farther, who burst upon the scene as accomplished as young Spencer Tracys.

Suspended Two T - ball coaches, for their part in an Aug. 28 brawl in which nearly two dozen adults stormed the field during a Miami Friends Baseball Association game and began fighting over an umpire's call as the four - and five - year - old players watched.

We may not have won as many major trophies as the likes of manutd barca Bayern or even mancity and Chelsea in recent years but WE ALWAYS MANAGED TO PLAY ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL even with half a dozen injuries week in week out.

Ranging in age from 19 to 51, short and wide to superbly conditioned, they seem a ragtag group, but for the cleats around their necks, the footballs a few carry, and the insults, bro - hugs and daps they exchange as their number swells to a dozen and they head into the Baruch Projects and its 75 - year - old playground.

In the 27 years since Luro arrived in this country from his native Argentina riding a shoestring, his horses have won a dozen stakes in the $ 100,000 category, as well as many of the classics, among them the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Whitney StakeIn the 27 years since Luro arrived in this country from his native Argentina riding a shoestring, his horses have won a dozen stakes in the $ 100,000 category, as well as many of the classics, among them the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Whitney Stakein this country from his native Argentina riding a shoestring, his horses have won a dozen stakes in the $ 100,000 category, as well as many of the classics, among them the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Whitney Stakein the $ 100,000 category, as well as many of the classics, among them the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Whitney Stakes.

Not everyone in the world is smitten with Pogba — watched him about a dozen times last year and frankly didn't look as if he cared too much most of the time.

As a coach 1st Person ever inducted into the HEADFIRST BASEBALL HALL OF FAME Has Most Championships and Games Won in Headfirst History Coached the most players to move on to a 4 Year College Baseball Program Managed the 2007 Headfirst World Series team who won a National Title Managed the 2015 Headfirst Bercovich 24 World Series Team in Texas Runs multiple baseball clinics, camps and trainings for Headfirst Baseball Has created many connections with college scouts over the years for players Coached Varsity Baseball at Castro Valley High School for 3 years Coordinates «ESTL» program for players who need more development training Coached Events for USA Baseball with teams and showcases Was a Baseball Camp Instructor at Santa Clara University for 3 years Managed and Coached Headfirst Baseball teams now for 8 years Has trained and worked with players from all ages and all levels up to college Been a Role Model for dozens of players throughout the years at Headfirst Has been doing Baseball Private Lessons and Videos with players for 8 years Manages all «Bercovich 24» teams in the Headfirst Upper Division Program General Background Has been in charge of the Headfirst Upper Division as Coordinator since 2015 Received Bachelors Degree in Business at California State University - Eastbay Was the Leading Scorer twice for the only 2 seasons in Headfirst Basketball Huge Sports fan, has Season Tickets to the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and SharAs a coach 1st Person ever inducted into the HEADFIRST BASEBALL HALL OF FAME Has Most Championships and Games Won in Headfirst History Coached the most players to move on to a 4 Year College Baseball Program Managed the 2007 Headfirst World Series team who won a National Title Managed the 2015 Headfirst Bercovich 24 World Series Team in Texas Runs multiple baseball clinics, camps and trainings for Headfirst Baseball Has created many connections with college scouts over the years for players Coached Varsity Baseball at Castro Valley High School for 3 years Coordinates «ESTL» program for players who need more development training Coached Events for USA Baseball with teams and showcases Was a Baseball Camp Instructor at Santa Clara University for 3 years Managed and Coached Headfirst Baseball teams now for 8 years Has trained and worked with players from all ages and all levels up to college Been a Role Model for dozens of players throughout the years at Headfirst Has been doing Baseball Private Lessons and Videos with players for 8 years Manages all «Bercovich 24» teams in the Headfirst Upper Division Program General Background Has been in charge of the Headfirst Upper Division as Coordinator since 2015 Received Bachelors Degree in Business at California State University - Eastbay Was the Leading Scorer twice for the only 2 seasons in Headfirst Basketball Huge Sports fan, has Season Tickets to the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and Sharas Coordinator since 2015 Received Bachelors Degree in Business at California State University - Eastbay Was the Leading Scorer twice for the only 2 seasons in Headfirst Basketball Huge Sports fan, has Season Tickets to the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and Sharks

Whilst I hate Antony Krastrinakis with every fibre in my body he did make a good and reasoned point regarding Bale yesterday — said the world record deal to RM was stupid and undeserved — Ronaldo went to RM as PFA Player of the Year, Ballon D'Or winner, UCL and PL winner and 40 odd goals under his belt in the previous season — Bale went there on the back of his first good season, half a dozen wonder goals and no medals and titles.

Having cut nearly 50 commercials before he had cut his full set of adult teeth, nine - year - old Tommy Okon could only watch with a pro's smug detachment as his costar in a 1979 Coca - Cola ad — 6» 4», 260 - pound Mean Joe Greene — had to slug down 27 bottles of Coke during dozens of takes until he got his part right.

Among the cyber relics are the pages for Three Rivers Stadium, which was imploded a dozen years ago, and USA Today's «Fantasy baseball home page» as it appeared in 1996.

Owen, who had hunted several dozen leopards in his nine years as a professional guide, told us that in.

Before Miller's dad, John, retired from Blackhawk High in 2005 after 36 years, 657 wins and eight 3A titles at two high schools, he and McConnell's dad, Tim, who has 471 victories in 21 years as the coach at 3A Chartiers Valley in Bridgeville, clashed half a dozen times in regular - season games and district playoffs.

For instance: Earlier this month, the Seattle Times investigated the reported numbers of women who row for the University of Washington and «found dozens of women who appear to have not been on the women's rowing team, but whom the UW counted as crew participants in reports to federal officials over the past several years.»