Sentences with phrase «in former days»

Such, at least, speaking from the testimony of my senses, used to be the state of these things in former days: nor could I, without a sentiment of commiseration, behold one of these learned gentlemen in the state of humiliation to which he seemed doomed: his Lordship not taking any more notice of him than if he were a post.

Isn't that what used to happen in former days at this institution?

The ghosts might have been scholars in former days who had lost their position at court and so left for the country and, when they had a little time, they would write stories about what was happening in their lives, put them in jars and bury them.

In former days, he could expect to be paid both for providing access to factor exposures as well as for stock selection; today, he's increasingly limited to stock selection as factor exposure is indicized.

In former days, the tug - of - war arrangement was between the artists and the studios.

Nor was the colossus of Murray Hill, New Jersey, the only «really great» mission - focused industrial organization doing groundbreaking research in former days, Isaacs said.

We accept these victories over injustice in former days as assumptions of the position of the Church in our own day; it is harder to see in our contemporary scene just what it is that the Church is called upon to do.

«Whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope» (Romans 15:4).

The church of 1980 seems less threatened by clergy attrition than in former days.

The list of benefits attributed to regular Transcendental Meditation — 20 minutes with one's mantra, twice a day — is reminiscent of the labels on bottles of «snake oil» sold from medicine wagons in former days: improvements in metabolism and blood pressure, relaxation from anxiety, clearer and more creative consciousness, improved social relations.

Not exact matches

This pronouncement, along with Johnson's (and executive chairman Howard Schultz's) apology, meetings with community leaders, and enlisting the guidance of civil rights leaders such as former Attorney General Eric Holder and the NAACP's Sherrilyn Ifill, ensures that this incident and the specter of racial bias will remain in the public's mind beyond a few days.

In two posts on Twitter, the president rejected the notion that he had created audio tapes documenting exchanges with the former FBI boss — a possibility he himself had raised in the day's following Comey's dismissaIn two posts on Twitter, the president rejected the notion that he had created audio tapes documenting exchanges with the former FBI boss — a possibility he himself had raised in the day's following Comey's dismissain the day's following Comey's dismissal.

The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program.

«Revised guidance implies sales «fell off the cliff» in January,» he said in a note to clients, adding that while many investors credit former CEO Christine Day with Lululemon's success, she has done a poor job of setting up her successor.

In the former year, it agreed to «forgive» a $ 3 million loan to Trump — for money he'd spent developing the riverboat casino — if sometime over the next two years, the stock price exceeded $ 25 for ten of 15 trading days.

Former Ashurst partner Paul Riethmuller has started at global law firm Jones Day as a partner in its projects and infrastructure practice in Perth.

Trump fired Comey unexpectedly, one day after Yates — who was fired by Trump in January after refusing to enforce his first immigration order — testified before Congress that she had warned the White House about former national security adviser Michael Flynn's contact with Russia's ambassador to the US during the transition.

The NBA owner and star of ABC's Shark Tank responded to the Sports Illustrated report by denying any previous knowledge of the allegations against the two former employees, with the billionaire claiming that he was «not involved in the day to day» of the business.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

It's the first day in Tokyo that finally feels like spring, cherry blossoms in bloom, but he has holed up here in the café because it's roughly equidistant from the offices of his various lawyers, as well as the bankruptcy trustee, whom he meets with regularly out of a sense of «duty» to his former customers.

Faulhaber is a former competitive gymnast and He is a certified yoga teacher, and both wanted that comfort from activewear in the clothing they wore every day.

According to «What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast,» the former Coors CEO makes a habit of going for a run at 5:50 in the morning and being ready for the day by 6:30.

«One day they could be in a super great mood and everything's fine and dandy and you're being praised left and right, or else you walk in and you're treated like you're dirt,» noted one former employee.

Last May another anonymous former manager — this one Canadian — told Gawker the stock situation in Canada was so chaotic that stores had little way of knowing even what would arrive each day by truck.

Another notable casualty on the first day of competition was former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, who surged ahead in the first set against world No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro but lost 2 - 6 6 - 1 6 - 2 after two error - strewn sets.

Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP, shared that the point is to «turn data into information, information into knowledge and insight, and knowledge into competitive advantage, and to do it in a matter of minutes or seconds, not days or weeks.»

«We look forward to a day in the not too distant future where there would be a simple blood test for every form of cancer,» Dr. Richard Klausner, former director of the National Cancer Institute and a board member of Grail, said on a press call on Sunday.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

Gates» decision comes just a day after Mueller leveled 32 new charges against Gates and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in a superseding indictment, accusing them of financial crimes related to tax and bank fraud.

But the account echoed wording in a comment made a day earlier to The Associated Press by longtime Comey friend Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor, who said the president had removed «somebody unwilling to pledge absolute loyalty to him.»

That suit was dismissed this spring, but former chief executive Christine Day departed in its wake last year.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, midway through their first day of meetings with one another since the former took office in January.

«There were a lot of people who put their foot down to be sure [Matt] was isolated when he was having a bad day,» says former HR chief Melinda Wolfe, who left in September for a similar role at Pearson.

A few days later, Sherry Cooper, the chief economist at Dominion Lending Centres and the former chief economist at the Bank of Montreal, told Business News Network she was «very worried» about skyrocketing home prices in Vancouver and Toronto because «these things generally don't end well.»

And in the days before Thanksgiving, senior U.S. officials from several agencies met at the White House to discuss the policy, according to current and former officials.

Joseph Lhota, the former chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)-- he resigned just a few days ago in preparation for a mayoral bid — jumped into action after the storm and got the subways running again within less than three days.

The former personal assistant to Goldman Sachs co-president David Solomon fled to Rome in November 2016, one day after privately admitting he took $ 1.2 million worth of rare wine from the executive's collection.

Disappointed investors drove GE stock down an additional 13 percent in the two succeeding days, bringing the cumulative decline to 40 percent since Flannery was announced on June 12, 2017 as successor to former CEO Jeff Immelt.

In a snap press conference, Ford addressed allegations that he had made inappropriate comments to a former staffer with his now infamous «enough to eat at home» quote (he later apologized that day with his wife by his side, and wearing a jacket and tie instead of the jersey.)

Now the third largest economy in the euro zone and the second-most indebted nation after Greece, the days of Roman rule are consigned to the history books and Italy is a shadow of its former self and — rather like Europe — lost its swagger.

Greeting each day as a gift helps reframe priorities and opens us up to possibilities we never would have considered in our «former lives.»

In June 2011, for example, more than 280 workers vomited and fainted in a three - day period at the King Fashion Garment Company factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung clienIn June 2011, for example, more than 280 workers vomited and fainted in a three - day period at the King Fashion Garment Company factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung clienin a three - day period at the King Fashion Garment Company factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung clienin Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung client.

These days, the former Microsoft CEO and his lawyer father give each other advice as cochairs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but back in the day, the elder Gates was the one doling out counsel to his son.

A former rugby player kicked off an 80 - day golf odyssey in Mongolia to raise $ 100,000 for children's charities.

Former FBI Director James Comey revealed in his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday what President Donald Trump had whispered as they shook hands the day after Trump's inauguration.

The advisory council is being led by former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins, who resigned from his post in the provincial legislature the day before the federal budget.

The former could be a sign of logistical issues or communicational slip - ups on the day of, while the latter may dredge up old feelings that are better off staying in the past.

In the days since Fowler's blog post went viral, Kalanick claimed he wasn't aware of Fowler's harassment allegations and pledged a full investigation into the environment, which will be lead by former US Attorney General Eric Holder.

Levine, a former member of President Obama's economic policy team, notes that almost all political candidates are on her service these days and using it in interesting ways to campaign and connect with potential voters.

A former airport customer service agent Travis O'Neal wrote on Quora, «As a general rule, the later in the day you travel, the more likely you are to catch a delay.»