Sentences with phrase «in black a year»

In Our Black Year, Anderson and family — well - to - do black Chicagoans who shared a church with the Obamas — committed to spend 2009 shopping only at black - owned businesses.

Its economy is finally in the black this year, expanding at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the third quarter, its best performance since 2008.

«I've bought this swimsuit in black a year ago and LOVE it!

I bought some in black this year and love them!

I got it last year in white and wore it so much that I ordered it in black this year.

The Wii initially released only in white, but it was also produced in black years later and there were controllers in black as well, along with pink, blue, and a limited edition of gold.

You glitterfied the world girl... Martha owes you her thanks as you kept her in the black this year..

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The push in recent years to patronize small businesses for holiday shopping resulted in the creation of Small Business Saturday, and this year's holiday shoppers spent an estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses the day after Black Friday.

«I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives,» Dias said at Forbes» Women Summit in New York City last year.

At 13 years old, Dias is the founder of # 1000blackgirlbooks, a campaign that she started in 2015 with the goal to collect and donate 1,000 books to her peers that featured black girls as the main characters.

The revelation follows the release in May, following another FoI battle, of the so - called «black spider memos» sent by the Prince to ministers over several years.

Paying close attention to staffing, inventory and equipment details can help you stay in the black as the New Year approaches.

Federal officials said black lung has caused roughly 78,000 deaths since the late 1960s and there has been a resurgence of it in recent years, especially in eastern Kentucky.

The «Orange Is The New Black» star and her girlfriend of four years, Chelsea Fairless, released a funny announcement calling off their engagement in January.

Industrial hardware and parts supplier Coventry Group has announced a net profit of $ 19 million for the year ended June 30, lodging a 6 per cent increase in revenue to push it back into the black.

Back in the old days of television programming — say, 15 years ago — most standup specials like Black's ran for a limited time on one of the three main cable channels that aired comedy (HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central) before being shuffled off to the archives.

In mid-April — in an over-the-top, celebrity - gawking, Lady Gaga — serenading event that brought 900 people in black tie to his 2 1/2 - acre backyard in L.A.'s Holmby Hills neighborhood — Parker announced a $ 250 million cancer research hack that he'd been working on quietly, diligently, for three years: the Parker Institute for Cancer ImmunotherapIn mid-April — in an over-the-top, celebrity - gawking, Lady Gaga — serenading event that brought 900 people in black tie to his 2 1/2 - acre backyard in L.A.'s Holmby Hills neighborhood — Parker announced a $ 250 million cancer research hack that he'd been working on quietly, diligently, for three years: the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapin an over-the-top, celebrity - gawking, Lady Gaga — serenading event that brought 900 people in black tie to his 2 1/2 - acre backyard in L.A.'s Holmby Hills neighborhood — Parker announced a $ 250 million cancer research hack that he'd been working on quietly, diligently, for three years: the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapin black tie to his 2 1/2 - acre backyard in L.A.'s Holmby Hills neighborhood — Parker announced a $ 250 million cancer research hack that he'd been working on quietly, diligently, for three years: the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapin L.A.'s Holmby Hills neighborhood — Parker announced a $ 250 million cancer research hack that he'd been working on quietly, diligently, for three years: the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

«Last year when I was raising money, being black, being a woman, being pregnant — it was just strike after strike of what investors are not interested in,» says Aniyia Williams, Tinsel's CEO.

A 25 - year - old man was arrested after a lone policeman unwaveringly stared down the agitated suspect — clothed head to toe in black — who appeared to repeatedly draw an object from his hip and point it at the officer.

Income has grown fastest for Black and Latinx households for the second year in a row.

White says RegSoft — which became profitable six months after its founding in 1997 and has stayed in the black ever since — projects $ 15 million in sales for this year.

If you told her she had to drape her body in a billowing black sack every time she went outside, or that her right to vote was only a right as of a few years ago, she'd tell you you'd lost your mind.

The week began with the death of Alton Sterling, a 37 - year - old black man who was shot multiple times by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as he lay on the ground outside a convenience store.

Its 11 original shows and continuations received 45 Emmy nominations in the past two years, with massive critical acclaim for «House of Cards» and «Orange is the New Black,» as well as success for «Lilyhammer,» «Arrested Development,» «Hemlock Grove,» Derek,» and others.

Small Business Saturday began in 2010 shifting the focus of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday to give small businesses a boost during the busiest time of the year.

Dylann Roof, the white 21 - year - old who allegedly gunned down nine black churchgoers earlier this summer in Charleston, South Carolina, credited the Council of Conservative Citizen with opening his eyes to black - on - white crime in a chilling manifesto posted online.

In London, it has fended off attempts by drivers of the city's famous black cabs to have the app ruled illegal, and transport bosses decided earlier this year not to impose tough new rules on the app.

In a tweet published by the retailer, Patagonia revealed that on Black Friday alone, it beat the amount it gives in an entire year through its everyday «1 % for the Planet» schemIn a tweet published by the retailer, Patagonia revealed that on Black Friday alone, it beat the amount it gives in an entire year through its everyday «1 % for the Planet» schemin an entire year through its everyday «1 % for the Planet» scheme.

What isn't in question, however, is that many retailers saw this year's Black Friday figures dip 11 percent from last year's.

By the 19th century, the buckles on our aristocrat's shoes would have been replaced with laces, but otherwise, they are not unlike the black lace - ups that appeared this year, in Louis Vuitton's fall 2012 collection.

The verdict comes about three years after rioting broke out in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson when an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer.

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. led a historic march in Washington, D.C. to advocate for civil rights for black Americans.

At only 25 - years - old, award - winning producer and founder of Black Bicycle Entertainment, Erika Olde is one of the youngest and most successful women in Hollywood.

After two years of trying, Facebook's representation of blacks and Hispanics remains at 2 percent and 4 percent, respectively — the exact same representation Facebook held in 2014, when the tech industry began its diversity push.

Best Buy: For the past two years, Best Buy has hosted an annual «Black Friday in July» sale.

A company veteran of nearly 25 years, Thompson was suddenly one of six black CEOs in the Fortune 500 — and only the 14th in history.

Toohey says black carbon released there lingers far longer than it does in the troposphere where airplanes fly — years rather than days.

From summer intern to CEO, Burns became the first black woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company in 2009, after 29 years at Xerox.

Goldman started its MBA Fellowship program in 1997 for «Black, Hispanic / Latino, Native American or women» for first - year MBA candidates.

But in a new move, one similar to the practice last year at fellow Minneapolis retailer Best Buy, the discount chain will close its stores at midnight and re-open them at 6 a.m. on Black Friday.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has made a net profit of $ 3 million in the FY14 financial year, back in the black after a $ 2.9 million loss last year.

While Black Friday is a diluted event, with sales starting earlier in the month at most major chains, it still anchors the biggest shopping weekend of the year and can get a retailer's holiday season off to a good, or bad, start.

Wilmot Collins, 54, made history this year when he became the first black person to be elected mayor of a city in Montana.

As much as 45 percent of shoppers say they plan to get their shopping done before Black Friday, but 54 percent of shoppers do most of their shopping in December or even later, which shows it's an ongoing trend for the last quarter of the year.

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

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

Shares in local contractor NRW Holdings soared on news the company had returned to the black with $ 21.5 million in profit for the 2016 financial year.

Known as the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to political office in the United States, Jenkins made history this year when she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

Local contractor Macmahon Holdings has returned to the black with a net profit of $ 1.7 million after a tough year in the mining sector.

In the fitness gyms that startup Black Box is building this year, you'll be working out with a specialized weight resistance machine and an HTC Vive virtual reality headset.