Sentences with phrase «in decade long»

Many of the key players in this decade long saga are still in positions of government and considerable power utilising the networks and financial systems that were established to covertly arm the ruling Angolan regime.

At the time, Dave (Jake Cherry) is an awkward 10 - year - old whose clumsiness results in a decade long imprisonment in a clay urn for Merlin's wandering apprentice.

And great CEO's think in decade long time horizons.

In our decades long fight we have come across some of the sleaziest and immoral politicians, but Johnson stands out in the «snake pit» at City Hall as having the least scruples and integrity of any.

Dr. Rothenberg currently serves as the President of the Massachusetts Society of Naturopathic Doctors, engaging in the decades long effort to license Naturopathic doctors in that state.

On Monday I scored what may well be the ultimate deal in my decades long shopping career... View Post

I think Mr. Rose has captured Rhee's «meaning» very well but that is different from the ROLE she is playing — to help the corporate class in its decades long movement to rid the country of any unions.

somebody knew something in decades long past that the wind was another of nature's blessings.

The sturgeon, in decades long past, commonly exceeded 14 feet and 800 pounds.

In his decades long career, Mörner has authored some 650 publications, and he tells the BAZ that he has no plans to stop fighting.

Not exact matches

North and South Korea made history on Friday and agreed to pursue a peace treaty to end the decades - long war between them that ended in an armistice in 1953.

«We're also so grateful for the love and support of our friends and family, as well as our wonderful medical teams for everything they've done to help us in our decades - long journey to complete our family,» Duckworth said.

James Dean, an economist at Simon Fraser University who has studied sovereign - debt crises in Latin America, Asia and Europe over four decades, says one of the great paradoxes of sovereign debt is that countries can manage heavy burdens for a long time.

Through the program, China is committing $ 1 trillion over the next decade — and as much as $ 3 trillion over the long term — to huge infrastructure investments, in locations that stretch from China's coast through the deserts of Xinjiang province and the steppes of Central Asia as far west as Spain and Scandinavia.

With car ownership estimated to taper off over the next decade, perks like complimentary parking are no longer appealing or possible in metropolitan cities where parking space is limited.

After a decade - long struggle, a new program to boost federal contracts among women - owned businesses kicked in.

The result is I've Got This Round: More Tales of Debauchery, which chronicles Hart's decision to take in as many new experiences as possible after she entered her 30s and found herself single after a decade - long relationship.

«For years, I've been saying Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature was the best book I'd read in a decade,» writes Gates, who is clearly a long - time Pinker fan, but he continues, «his new book, Enlightenment Now, is even better.»

Stiglitz told us that this decades - old debate about how to balance the creation of short - term and long - term value is recently gaining new life in the US because of the venomous class class tensions and ugly politics arising out of income inequality, and because people in positions of power are looking at the big picture and realizing that something has to change.

The passenger's death breaks a nearly decade - long stretch without a fatality aboard a commercial airplane in the U.S., said Robert Mann, an aviation consultant based in Long Island, New Ylong stretch without a fatality aboard a commercial airplane in the U.S., said Robert Mann, an aviation consultant based in Long Island, New YLong Island, New York.

The Fed's decision to edge off of a crisis - level rate policy was long anticipated and experts say this first rate hike in nearly a decade might not have much of an impact overall.

An 11 - week election campaign will be the longest in decades, and begins amid mixed economic signals

But sh e said that she was interested in getting back to the kind of early - stage company that eBay was when she began a decade - long stint as its CEO in 1998.

Trudeau's about - face is rooted in the Liberal vision of a global economy at the beginning of a decades - long transition from fossil fuels to clean energy technology, says Jim Carr, minister of natural resources.

Levi's timing seemed equally fortuitous when he, along with six B.C. trade unions, set up GrowthWorks in 1991, at the start of a decade - long tech boom.

Researchers at the University of Michigan who followed 2,300 adults for up to a decade reported in 2008 that even common work irritants interfere with good rest more than long hours, night shifts or fears about job loss.

Lululemon touted her decades of experience as a consultant, as well as her long tenure on the board, in lauding her abilities as a member of the board.

Unfortunately, despite decades of experience building new hire option plans, many start - ups still fail to put in place an equity compensation plan that adequately rewards long term employees over time.

Loblaw has followed suit of companies like Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, and P&G, which in 2013 announced the ban of phthalates and triclosan in its beauty and personal care products, in response to decade long pressure from activist groups prompting consumer goods company to stop using chemicals that have been linked to birth defects, cancer, diabetes and infertility.

Explaining the industry and what's going on takes the form of several audiences; one being the overly - optimistic entrepreneur who still has aspirations of raising capital to get their company to a liquidity event, another being the up and coming venture capitalist in training (think decades long training cycles) who recently finds themselves a free agent as the asset class shrinks and wants to start their own fund, and the final being ambitious MBA's switching careers and see venture capital as the preferred destination.

The situation's not quite as good as it was at the end of the previous decade, but it's as good as it's been in a long time.

Over the past decade, patient investors benefited greatly from one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history, using stocks, gold and even cryptocurrency as vehicles of profit.

Those who believe nationalism is no longer a force will be surprised in the coming decade how scarcity can fuel a fiery, unquenchable nationalism.

This pattern is surprising, the researchers note, because a series of reforms instituted a decade ago were supposed to «improve the quality of the analysts» long - term earnings forecasts [and] restore investor confidence in them.»

During the go - go days of the last decade, business travel hotels spiffed up their rooms with amenities like in - room entertainment systems to persuade guests to make a long weekend of a short trip.

The shift has squeezed margins in recent years because the cloud business model is based on subscriptions which take longer to pay off — in contrast to one - off, up - front software license payments that was the thrust of its business for decades.

His thesis is that the primary drivers of the banks» growth over the past two decades (lower corporate taxes, a favourable regulatory environment allowing consolidation in the sector) will no longer be as significant, and a number of challenges — including new regulations — will slow their growth.

Railways, who added crude by rail capacity earlier this decade only to have the market vanish as pipeline space opened up, have been slow to move back in the oil transport business, asking producers to sign longer - term deals.

That comes as long - term investment returns from U.S. public pensions have hit their lowest point in more than a decade and a half, according to Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service.

Welby admits his plan will be a decade - long process, but has already opened one union for clergy and staff in York.

Detroit has been pummeled over the past several decades, and it is still in for a long, hard climb.

Further, with government approval at an all time low and an upcoming election with two of the most disliked candidates in decades, we may simply be no longer able to rely on the actions of our elected officials to regulate social goods.

That was a milestone in its decades - long drive to pose an atomic threat to its American adversary that Trump has vowed to prevent, using military force if necessary.

Dallas native Jessie Armstead had a decade - long career in the NFL as a linebacker and played in five Pro Bowl all - star games.

The FCC's decades - long commitment to and enforcement of this basic principle — that ISPs don't get to pick winners and losers on the Internet — means Internet users in the U.S. haven't had to worry about whether ISPs might block or discriminate against certain kinds of content or applications.

Turkey views the Kurdish YPG as a terrorist organization and an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has carried out a deadly, decades - long insurgency in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.

NBC has been in fourth place for more than a decade, and even CEO Jeff Zucker once said the network no longer believed it could ever be No. 1 again.

But the dramatic economic downturn in the world economy that hurt so many workers starting in 2008 only accelerated a decades - long trend toward more precarious jobs and the unstable hours, low wages, minimal benefits and insecurity that this work means for so many.

Laurent Beaudoin, the architect of Bombardier's growth over the three decades to the mid-2000s, is no longer involved in day - to - day operations but does retain the chairman position.

THREE projects are set to see cranes return in numbers to Perth's skyline after a decade - long hiatus, contributing over $ 650 million to the WA property industry.