Sentences with phrase «in time we attempt»

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In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.

Charitably, you might call it an attempt to draw more attention to the issue — to make sure the next time a flight attendant is tempted to put a dog in an overhead bin, they know better.

The Daily, an abortive attempt at a tablet newspaper launched by News Corp. in 2011 (at an estimated cost of more than $ 60 million) was updated several times a day.

At the same time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has patted itself on the back highlighting a 36 percent decline in apprehensions from 2008 to 2010 due to fewer people attempting to cross the border.

«The gap between the two (which we refer to as the behavior gap) is effectively a self - imposed penalty that investors suffer in their attempts to time the market,» Johnson wrote in an email.

In fact, psychological studies have shown that people who attempt to engage in numerous tasks at once can lead to lost productivity and timIn fact, psychological studies have shown that people who attempt to engage in numerous tasks at once can lead to lost productivity and timin numerous tasks at once can lead to lost productivity and time.

As it turns out, it's not just the Hulk Hogan case: Thiel admitted in his interview with the Times that he decided several years ago to secretly fund multiple cases in an attempt to cripple the company, and that there is at least one other case before the courts that he's involved in.

In an attempt to increase the proportion of women in the orchestra, which at the time was below 10 %, the orchestra started implementing blind auditionIn an attempt to increase the proportion of women in the orchestra, which at the time was below 10 %, the orchestra started implementing blind auditionin the orchestra, which at the time was below 10 %, the orchestra started implementing blind auditions.

Whether it's the barista frothing my cappuccino as I impatiently embark on my next transcontinental flight or the construction workers blocking the street while cars pile up and they, doughnuts in hand, mosey along attempting to clear the blockage du jour, people seem to be flat - out taking their blasted time.

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the U.K. Thursday for the first time since taking office, in an attempt to secure defense cooperation post-Brexit.

In an attempt to connect with millennials, the Ontario Toyota Dealers Association (OTDA) launched TMatch, an online tool that's supposed to help first - time buyers find the perfect car for their lifestyle.

The new rules by themselves will likely give the carriers more incentive to buy content - producing companies, as Verizon (vz) did in acquiring Yahoo and AT&T is attempting to do by acquiring Time Warner (twx).

Problematically, these «brute - force» attempts trigger built - in time delays — and potential data wipes.

VR is still in its early stages, but as we see it advance, we'll see more businesses jump aboard Considering VR can also provide real - time data collection and an estimated 43 million people were actively using the technology in some way as of June 2016, there's no reason not to attempt to embrace it.

Lesson: Attempting to make money on and exploit others» suffering in times of crisis can cause serious backlash.

I did not know it at the time but Lead Belly had spent time in jail for attempted homicide.

If he attempted it on his own he would have wasted valuable time and money trying to figure it out, putting him in a worse position than when he started.

The first time China attempted to build a large passenger jet, it tried — and failed — to reverse - engineer a Boeing 707 that crash - landed in Xinjiang in 1971.

Some top - level executives understand this, enforcing various strategies in an attempt to ensure meetings remain a constructive use of employees» time and resources: Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, reportedly maintains focus by sticking to a strict, bullet - pointed schedule, while Amazon's Jeff Bezos employs a «two - pizza rule,» which keeps meetings small enough so that two pizzas can feed the entire group.

It looks like this isn't the only time a species has been forced to cannibalize its own members in attempts to survive, however.

«In my desperate attempt to treasure my short time with him, I designed and developed a way that I could create an online memory - keeping tribute page for him with his photos, videos, music, life story and pretty much any detail that would allow me to always remember him and his life legacy, Rodriguez writes.

It isn't remotely worth the time or effort for any one company to devote the necessary people, funding and other resources in an attempt to solve the problem.

The first time a user attempts to check in a friend, that friend will receive a notification requesting permission to let him or her check them in.

If the oil majors were to attempt to be more disciplined this time around, the resulting rise in prices would simply accelerate the development of alternative sources of supply, as well as curbing demand growth.

In fact, The New York Times recently attempted to catalogue all of Trump's attacks and insults on Twitter.

«Shakespeare this ain't, and Gears 3 struggles at times with its forced attempts at heart - string pluckery, but I can forgive it as much; gore - starved guns adorned with toothy chainsaws easily atone for any cheesiness suffered along the way... the Gears 3 story continues with what amounts to a blood - drenched tale of woe, suffering, loss and absolution, cathartica that stands out in harsh relief when framed by the»80s era Schwarzenegger - ness of most of the dialogue.

He noted that consumers will often make weak passwords or download questionable software in attempts to save time.

Twenty - First Century Fox's (FOXA) attempt to buy Time Warner (TWX), which came to light Wednesday, would be the second - largest media deal ever, trailing behind Time Warner's ill - fated merger with AOL in 2000.

Sara Ellison, Vanity Fair special correspondent, discusses what the government's attempt to block the AT&T - Time Warner merger means for other deals in the media space.

(Attempts to do so will likely result in the same problem springing up again, in time.)

It is not the first time Brookfield Property's attempt to buy out a real estate investment trust in which it already owns a big stake has been rejected.

Some of Silicon Valley's biggest names have joined forced in an attempt to stop the U.K. introducing a new law that would greatly expand the scope for surveillance by security services, according to The Financial Times.

Each attempted to influence the debate, and at various times eachseemed to be, briefly, in control of the narrative.

In a deposition brought by Sir Martin Broughton, the Liverpool chairman at the time is asked if he understood «there was at least an attempt to contact Bill Gates and Bob Kraft in the US?&raquIn a deposition brought by Sir Martin Broughton, the Liverpool chairman at the time is asked if he understood «there was at least an attempt to contact Bill Gates and Bob Kraft in the US?&raquin the US?»

Though her owner, photographer Sandra Boos, managed to bring the animal in the first time, the 20 - year - old pony ran much further in her second attempt, prompting an onlooker to call the police at 5:30 p.m.

The horribly timed attempt by home improvement giant Lowe's to acquire Rona ensured economic nationalism featured prominently in Quebec's provincial election campaign.

«You are the most diverse class in Northeastern's history — in other words, you are Donald Trump's worst nightmare... I think that everything that we've lived and learned tells us that we will never come out on top if we accept advice from soundbite salesmen and carnival barkers who pretend the most powerful country on Earth can remain great by looking inward and hiding behind walls at a time that technology has made that impossible to do and unwise to even attempt.

Damon has come under fire following allegations made by a former New York Times reporter that may have been used by Weinstein in an attempt to bury allegations against Weinstein in 2004.

LONDON, May 1 - Sainsbury's is to buy Walmart's Asda for around 7.3 billion pounds in a bold attempt to overtake long - time leader Tesco as Britain's biggest supermarket group by market share.

«The team and their pod will travel in mid-August to SpaceX headquarters, where they will attempt to post the winning time in the 1250m long test tube.»

People naturally want to do business with people that they like and are personally connected to, which means that you need to invest time in creating real relationships with those to whom you're attempting to sell to.

LONDON, April 30 - Sainsbury's is to buy Walmart's Asda for around 7.3 billion pounds in a bold attempt to overtake long - time leader Tesco as Britain's biggest supermarket group by market share.

Well, when he's not attempting to put out the odd fire or two around the world in his spare time.

Presently everybody is buzzing in regard to the Kickstarter participant from Columbus who utilized the website to attempt to raise ten bucks to cook potato salad for the initial time.

The timing was an attempt to pre-empt this before it goes into a much broader mass market in China,» the partner said.

According to prosecutors, Ullah attempted to detonate a pipe bomb secured to his body in a pedestrian tunnel in the subway station in Manhattan's Times Square that is connected to the sprawling Port Authority Bus Terminal on the morning of Dec. 11.

The bad news is that the company poured a lot of time and resources into what in retrospect was a quixotic attempt to out - Facebook Facebook, as a Mashable analysis of the search engine company's shift in direction explains.

The most interesting chapters of The Two - Second Advantage deal with attempts to take that human predictive ability and to blend it with real - time computing — as the authors have it, to design and build predictive systems that put «Gretzky's brain in a box.»

Past attempts at similar net - neutrality laws were shot down in court in part because ISPs were considered «information service providers» at the time under Title I of the Communications Act.

In an attempt to convince customers to spend more time — and money — Tims is pushing to renovate its locations with dark wood panelling, mood lighting and brushed chrome lettering above its entrance that highlights some of the chain's new menu offerings: «espresso,» «latte,» «smoothies.»