Sentences with phrase «in points from»

The reports in Matthew and Mark (variants of the same) differ in some points from Luke's, and John does not report the hearing.20 At best we are at a disadvantage in having no more than a very brief précis, in Greek, of proceedings conducted in Hebrew, which may have been quite lengthy.

Two cases in point from the Obama side: super.del.egates.us is a wiki - based contact list for voters to use to reach the precious unpledged delegates to the Democratic Convention, while Yrmomma4obama aims to help young voters (and those too young to vote themselves) to use text messages to persuade their friends and family to jump on the Obama bandwagon.

Two cases in point from the Obama side: super.del.egates.us is a wiki - based contact list for voters to use...

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Active management of the meeting, while it is in progress, can keep it from getting off track or dwindling too long on unnecessary points.

Case in point, a recent study from Abertay University in Scotland found that a woman that's seen as wearing too much makeup can affect people's perception of her ability to lead.

But since profits begin to trail off as the price gets further away from $ 55 in either direction, Gordon wants to make sure he has a point at which to get out of the trade.

Called «Seeso,» the service will launch widely in January, at which point members can pay $ 3.99 per month for ad - free access to a full library NBC comedy programming — from new episodes of Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show to all past episodes of classic shows like The Office and 30 Rock — along with a slate of new original series and stand - up comedy specials.

They point to recent examples, in which Woodside announced a major project to extract oil from mallee trees and produce electricity, in a venture that appears greener than an Irishman's heart.

When the researchers looked at data from that particular study, they found that taller boys and girls performed significantly better at age 3 on a test in which they had to point to pictures of different words.

The share of employees who failed to use all their vacation time was actually down one percentage point from 55 % in 2015.

If there's a new point in his speech Monday, it's likely to be a defense against calls for his dismissal from board positions over his support of Trump.

The special issue approaches investing from both domestic and international vantage points, providing a well - rounded look at where you might put your money in the coming year.

Ali, moreover, points out that planners, because they work so often with members of the public, need to be versed not just in the technical elements of the job; they must also possess exemplary communications skills, and have to be able to respond to criticism or skepticism from residents.

Top - end machines from both iRobot and Dyson currently cost an arm and a leg, but with the two engaged in a battle for consumers» floors, robovacs will presumably get better and cheaper quickly, to the point where they may become something every household is going to want.

When Emily first told Marge of her intuition, which she'd realized had been present at so many points in her life, including meeting her husband, she said that Marge told her of the house's history of being handed down from fortune tellers to psychics, beginning in the early 1900s.

The slowdown in business inventories trimmed 1.5 percentage point from growth in the fourth quarter and the reductions in defence spending cut another 1.3 percentage point from growth.

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb seemed to draw from a whole new regulatory playbook when he recently proposed a policy shift that could eventually reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to the point where they were no longer addictive.

Twenty percent of those surveyed said that using all of their earned vacation days in the next 12 months was a top priority, up seven points from last year.

The report also points out that Dreamers start businesses at more than twice the rate of the general population, in large part because they are used to making ends meet without help from the government.

BuzzFeed's point being that, while those media companies likely saw a slight uptick in web traffic from those sponsored posts, the advertising dollars went to Facebook.

Even apart from the fact that they don't know what they're talking about because they don't know what's out there, the bigger issues are that: (a) almost all of these reports come back with a variety of related findings that may be precisely on point; and (b) the very age of the prior research may be invaluable if the new questions and inquiries have to do with trend lines, changes in attitudes or different behaviors.

Soper points out that part of the variation comes from differences within regional luxury markets, particularly in the Greater Toronto Area where nearby cities like Markham and Brampton, for example, may attract different buyers than Toronto.

That's why the best solution to burnout isn't the many tips out there for recovering from the condition, but to avoid reaching that point in the first place.

He made a similar suggestion in 2003 during a speech at Georgetown University, pointing to a Bible scripture that spoke of a «day of great slaughter, when the towers fall,» adding «there are consequences when we turn away from our source of our strength.»

From a purely financial point of view, there may have been companies and investors who were willing to buy a stake in Gawker before Peter Thiel's involvement became public on the assumption that it might win the Hogan case on appeal or that damages might be reduced.

I live in Canada now, but I gave birth to both of my kids in the United States, and from the vantage point of the Great White North, I can tell you that parents here view the standard three - month American leave as unfathomable and a two - week leave as downright barbaric.

The company, which lets users earn loyalty points from check - ins, photos and updates, has been acquired by travel software company ezRez.

After collecting enough points employees can use them in an integrated online store to buy things — everything from e-gift cards, electronics, fashion, health and beauty and more.

Although the search giant points out that the definition of which ads are acceptable comes from an independent industry group called the Coalition for Better Ads, some believe that the default blocking of certain ads puts too much power in Google's hands.

The biggest change is probably in the age category: 35 is now the oldest you can be before losing points — a big shift from 49.

That's why we, as a general rule, want our author clients to restate the thesis from the introduction, and then summarize each main point in the clearest, most concise way possible.

From here on it could reach a tipping point where you have an explosion in the e-commerce activities,» Sathirathai said.

The third factor is the uptrend line that starts from the anchor point near $ 43 in June 2017.

The Platinum Card from American Express earns Membership Rewards points, the currency in AmEx's loyalty program.

The most important aspect is to always look from the investor's point of view and what's in it for them.

The PBM clients, in any case, benefit from the rebates — though it's hard to know how much because, as the Bloomberg writers point out, the after - rebate «net price» they ultimately pay is confidential.

Here is a timeline of some key points from his career in public service.

«The tipping point where boring work becomes detrimental occurs when the mental drain prevents you from experiencing the positives a majority of the time,» said Shawn Achor, happiness researcher and author of The Happiness Advantage, in an email.

On average, the 30 large and small pharmaceutical and biotech companies IDEA Pharma examined got just 11 % of their 2017 revenue from drugs developed within the past five years, says Mike Rea, the firm's CEO and one of the most insightful people I've met — no exaggeration — when it comes to pinpointing innovation choke points in the drug industry.

The company's number of daily active users pointed to steady engagement in the platform despite backlash from the Cambridge Analytica debacle.

But as bestselling author and Oprah - anointed happiness expert Shawn Achor pointed out on in an excerpt from his new book on the TED Ideas blog recently, that sort of praise — well intentioned as it might be — actually does more harm than good.

The service collects the best tweets on a particular subject — from sports to entertainment to breaking news — in a single place, providing an easy access point for casual consumers.

The disintegration of investment in nonresidential structures and machinery and equipment subtracted almost a full percentage point from GDP; only 2009 and 1982 were worse in that regard, and neither of those years stand out as high points in Canada's economic history.

From that point forward, the expansion will be fixed in place unless amended through a subsequent agreement of two - thirds of provinces to reverse the expansion — which is very unlikely.

Most of the homebuilders are U.S. - based, meaning they benefited from the tax cuts, are shielded from tariffs and could be helped by rising wages and higher labor participation, a largely overlooked data point in the Bureau of Labor Statistics» report.

Fortune ran numbers to calculate how much extra revenue the U.S. would need to raise, over the next decade, if it lowered the rate of growth in Social Security by one percentage point, reduced increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care spending by a proportional amount, and held discretionary spending below growth in GDP (albeit from the higher base established by the new laws).

While a $ 200,000 cash injection from an angel investor might be a real turning point for your company, allowing you to push your business model to the next level, that sum might pale in significance to funding rounds going to other major players in the industry.

It fell 1.44 points to 161.06 in April, down 10.8 % year - over-year, and down 13.3 % from its all - time high in September 2015 (185.86).

«As your costs come down, and income from your investments gets re-invested in more investments, at some point you will experience the bewildering and joyful moment when your wealth starts to spiral upwards,» Jason said.

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.