Sentences with phrase «in hock for»

Of that surplus, totalling $ 262.2 billion, the U.S. was in hock for $ 256.3 billion.

In standing firm and refusing to plea bargain, he put himself in hock for the rest of his life.

Coach Bobby Dye's charges have fired up the grill six times, putting Wendy's in hock for a potential 51,140 patties, or roughly one for every two people in town.

Not exact matches

«Our proposal provides Qualcomm stockholders with a substantial and immediate premium in cash for their shares, as well as the opportunity to participate in the upside potential of the combined company,» Hock Tan, Broadcom's CEO, said in a statement.

In a letter to Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan, Qualcomm proposed arranging a meeting focused on price as soon as mutually convenient for both parties.

Regarding his intellectual affinities, Hartshorne feels himself to be «closest» to Charles Sanders Peirce, Henri Bergson, and A. N. Whitehead.4 He expresses gratitude to his Harvard professors C. I. Lewis and H. M. Sheffer for introducing him to «logical exactitude,» and especially to Professor William Ernest Hocking, his first teacher in philosophical theology, for fresh insights into a philosophically trustworthy vision of God.5 Furthermore, he acknowledges some indebtedness to Josiah Royce, William James, and Ralph Barton Perry, as well as a close kinship to the Russian existentialist Nicolai Berdyaev.6 Nevertheless, Hartshome's philosophy is strikingly similar and most profoundly indebted to that of A. N. Whitehead.

William Ernest Hocking points out in his Man and the State that the humanizing process requires the search for the principles which men can honour in their mutual relations.12 The «I - Thou relationship» which neglects this function of principles will degenerate into sentimentality or ruthlessness.

Bernard Meland, a member of Wieman's first class on the philosophy of religion there, recalls that Wieman used only two texts for the course: Part IV of William Hocking's The Meaning of God in Human Experience, and Whitehead's Religion in the Making.

For the Turkey Stock: To make stock, combine the onion, carrot, garlic, fresh thyme, bay leaf, peppercorns, the turkey carcass, bones, wings, and ham hock along with 2 gallons water in a large stockpot.

The last cabbage recipe that I posted was for my southern cabbage with ham hock, which I made in the slow cooker.

A good level for Debuchy and Wilshere to star making it easier to hock them off in January.

After Georgia won its first SEC title in 20 years, nine players were found to have hocked their title rings on eBay, and five players were arrested for marijuana possession.

► Charles Hocking — Hocking and his environmental engineering firm Hazen and Sawyer were subpoenaed in summer 2016 for records regarding his campaign donations to de Blasio.

Earlier in the 2013 election season, Hocking had raised $ 20,700 in donations for mayoral contender Bill Thompson.

That is why it's right to have these thresholds and I think the whole country will see a Labour party utterly in hock to the trade unions and they'll see a Conservative party wanting to sort this out for hard - working families.»

Kimberley J. Hockings, Oxford Brookes University, England and Center for Research in Anthropology, Portugal

In an email exchange after the EPA released preliminary water test data two weeks ago, the spokesman, Doug Hock, denied that the company's actions were to blame for the pollution and suggested it was naturally caused.

The sole author was Willie Wei - Hock Soon, an aerospace engineer at the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

For instance, when an x-ray showed osteochondritis, or a split in the cartilage, in the hock — on a horse's hind leg, analogous to our ankle — buyers would lose interest, and good horses lost value.

However, Hockings suggests it's not the alcohol that's the main draw for the chimps, but rather the sweet sucrose and glucose in the sap, which would provide nutrients for the chimps» diet.

FDA documents show that cows injected with rBGH are 79 percent more likely to contract mastitis.4 In 1991, a report on Monsanto's BGH test herd at the University of Vermont found the same kinds of problems identified by the FDA, plus an alarming number of dead and deformed calves born to cows treated with BGH.5 Other problems include reproductive difficulties, increased need for antibiotics, digestive problems, enlarged hocks and lesions, and foot problems.

Reagan and I went to Hocking Hills State Park in the 90 plus degree heat for a fun hike with our best friends Sheryl and Keep Reading

The Internship feels every bit like it's made by the same slackers that the two stars represent themselves as being within the story itself, and like their occupation of guys who hock merchandise for a living, this entire film could be said to be a nearly two - hour commercial venture meant to sell Google and a few other companies (University of Phoenix and Match.com are mentioned prominently by name) on the minds of nearly everyone in the audience.

For 1 Year, 100 Movies, contributor / filmmaker Trey Hock is watching all of AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies list (compiled in 2007) in one year.

The entry is by George Wood, principal of Federal Hocking High School in Ohio and executive director of the Forum for Education and Democracy.

Governor Abbott's call for school choice could better the lives of all Texans and keep our state the land of opportunity if the legislature acts,» TEO Board Chair Stacy Hock said in a statement.

Texans for Education Opportunity Co-Founder and Chair Stacy Hock today issued a statement following the Texas Senate's consideration and passage of Senate Bill 3, which would establish an optional education savings account program in Texas:

Texans for Education Opportunity Founder and Chair Stacy Hock issued the following statement after the Texas Senate passed House Bill 21 in a bipartisan effort early this morning.

Texans for Education Opportunity Founder and Co-Chair Stacy Hock today issued a statement following the Senate Committee on Education's passage of Senate Bill 3, which would establish an education savings account and tax credit scholarship program in the State of Texas:

My guests today are Pedro Antonio Noguera, a professor in the School of Education at New York University, and George H. Wood, principal of Federal Hocking High Schooll in Stewart, Ohio, and executive director of The Forum for Education and Democracy.

In one aspect, the Nissan Murano is like its Italian namesake glass — really pretty to look at, but if you want some heavy - duty stuff for daily service, you pull the Anchor Hocking out of the cabinet.

Amanda Hocking — who became the poster child for self - publishing on the Kindle after she made more than $ 2 million from a series of young - adult novels she wrote and published in the past year — signed a $ 2 - million deal earlier this year with St. Martin's Press, a unit of publishing giant Macmillan, to write a new series of young - adult novels (my colleague Cyndy Aleo wrote a series of posts recently based on her interviews with several young authors about the changes in the industry).

Amanda Hocking, a 29 - year - old from Minnesota, first experienced success when she self - published her YA paranormal books on Amazon and Smashwords in 2010; the rights to her Watersong series were sold for $ 2 million a year later.

Watch this video trailer for Tidal, the third book in the Watersong series by author Amanda Hocking

As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases — as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing deal.

In my experience this magic holds true for everything from lap breakers, like World Without End at 1024 pages, to slim young adult novels like Amanda Hocking's Hollowmen, a very fast 194 pages.

Right now — and possibly for a long while in the nearby future — readers of my genre are traditional in their approach to finding new authors, and it would be foolish of me to ignore this fact simply due to the excitement and enthusiasm whipped up by self - pub successes like H.P. Mallory or Amanda Hocking.

Amanda Hocking has helped pave the way for authors to follow in her footsteps without the traditional «gatekeepers» of publishing being involved.

In addition to her own blog, Hocking has separate blogs for her book Virtue, My Blood Approves, The Hollows series, as well as a blog dedicated to soundtracks for her various books.

I was very interested in the whole Amanda Hocking thing and how the tipping point for her was the book bloggers.

On that day, Hocking made her book available to Kindle readers on Amazon's website in her bid to raise the cash for the Muppets trip.

A very interesting post I also think it's a bit silly for people to be attacking Amanda Hocking; I mean, if I were pottering along as an Indie author and then some big publisher waved two mil in front of my nose, I'd be all like «sign me up, biatches».

«There's quite a bit for readers to enjoy in this series opener, including an openly bisexual protagonist, the diversity of characters and mythological source material Hocking draws on, and the intriguing blend of fantasy and science fiction elements.

«Amanda Hocking's deal for four books for $ 2 million in today's economy is an aggressive number.

Amazon, in hopes to pull in exclusive rights to their Kindle line, actually bid publishers for Amanda Hocking's trade books.

And NO, my numbers don't IN ANY WAY even begin to compare to some of the success stories, like Amanda Hocking's for example.

What the not terribly well informed folks who were quoted in this article missed is that Ms. Hocking plans to write 3 - 4 additional novels for each one she writes for SMP.

Hocking broke records for self - published authors with over two million dollars in sales in 2012.

(2a) «Goody, goody for Amanda Hocking,» to the extent that her story is actually true as it is commonly told, but in the real world the need for marketing (for anything at all...) is as old as a fortune - cookie that I once actually ate:

The poster girl for self - publishing, Amanda Hocking (her ten YA urban fantasy and paranormal romances have grossed around $ 2 million since she began publishing them through Amazon's CreateSpace last year), was profiled in Sunday's New York Times Magazine.