Sentences with phrase «into strong points»

Not exact matches

Breakthrough companies discover different leverage points — like outside advice or strong boards or maverick employees who lead them into new lines of business.

Investors will look to send U.S. stocks to their fifth straight week of gains with a strong finish to a week that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally get back above the 17,000 - point mark and creeped into positive territory for the year.

While geopolitical uncertainty was a major focal point earlier this year — with several North Korean missile launches initially sending investor scurrying into safe - have assets — risk appetite has since improved, with markets looking instead to stronger economic growth globally.

But when you ask what to do about it, that consensus quickly devolves into finger - pointing — at recycling companies like Waste Management for failing to innovate, at the American public for their lazy recycling habits, at producers for creating plastic packaging that is increasingly difficult to recycle, and even at the federal government for not passing strong legislation that encourages better practices.

As Ford's critics have been quick to point out, he'll have to overcome significant political barriers to put his strong words — whether they pertain to cutting expenses or opening the city for business — into action.

Both strategies have their strong points: Weekly releases increase return rates at the expense of initial viewership, while all - at - once releases foster binge - watching but cut into these series» shelf life.

Latest case in point comes from a NY Times report that de Blasio is trying to strong - arm trustees of NYC employee pension funds — who are supposed to be fiduciaries of their beneficiaries, not mayoral rubber stamps — into divesting from oil stocks:

The Bank of Canada made a point of stressing that it thinks a stronger economy will pull more Canadians into the workforce, which should add to the economy's ability to produce more inflation - free growth.

At some point, stronger confidence in the economic outlook may prompt money to shift into risk assets, providing some upside potential.

This strong growth - driven by both occupancy and rate improvement and which was even stronger at upper upscale, urban, and luxury properties - comes at a time when economic data points have called into question the near - term sustainability of the U.S. economic recovery and would appear to demonstrate that as yet no reigns have been placed on corporate travel.

Capital punishment's lack of demonstrated superiority as a deterrent (the evidence for its effectiveness being at best mixed), the capacity of society to protect itself equally well by permanently imprisoning those who are currently being executed (which is possible at limited marginal cost, especially when one takes into account the cost of the extended trial procedures and interminable appeals and reviews which usually accompany capital punishment)-- all these points are important, but their utility is chiefly as rebuttal arguments in response to the empirically weak but emotionally strong claims made on behalf of capital punishment.

It's a mollusk that is removed from its large, beautiful pink shell by either crushing or breaking into the pointed end to release it; it is simply too strong to simply pull out of the shell.

«We now have several strong multi-unit franchise developers moving our brand quickly toward capacity in Delaware to complement our dominant presence in Maryland and pave the way for our expansion into Pennsylvania, New Jersey and points north.

«Then we need to transform the quality of the preparation into points and that is of course a pragmatic view, but what matters is we win the next game and start in a strong way, which we didn't do last year.

I know we have Chelsea at the weekend but let's go to Zegrab with a strong squad get the game won in the first 45 mins Then make the changes.3 points Wednesday and 3 points Saturday PLEASE it will send mr mourineo into a meltdown.

Van Gaal has a point to an extent, as injuries and lack of form have forced him into fielding several young players as he continues to build for the future and put United in a strong position after he leaves.

Our team yesterday was more than strong enough for Benfica however, earning a 5 - 2 win to put us top of the table going into the final game, and due to earning a point per goal as well as three for a win, we are currently clear of today's opponents by four points already.

Nevertheless, as they sit in third place in the Premier League table and just two points adrift of league leaders Manchester City, they'll hope that they have enough over the next few months to sustain a title push and put themselves in a strong position heading into the second half of the campaign.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

I tell you from a footballing point of view scoring 8 goals you got have players that know where the goal posts are it takes energy and creativity to score 8 yes I agree vikings changed their players because their league is starting i think tomorrow so yes they were not a big team team but to say that Arsenal were not strong thats a bit to much and I say it again you need energy and creativity to score 8 I was very happy they did that Arsenal are well known for creating chances yesterday they converted them chances into Goals this should be the norm and I hope this will give them a lesson on how to win a game as they did nt dwell about with the ball it was goal after goal and that tells me that they went for the goals directly and I hope and wish the young guns all the best and to do well in the next season

Walking the ball into goal is not his strong point.

I read the stories of this player but none of them went into detail about his stats or his strong and weak points.

My idea is that; we started with a strong team and when we substitute, we added into our game pace; by that time they (Spuds) must have wear out and we can now use pace to stretch them to breaking point.

He's strong but smart in the tackle, case in point, a typical training ground advice tackle on Agbonlahor in the final saw us survive a dangerous runner making things complicated by getting into the box.

The Foxes come into the match six points outside the relegation zone, but they won't get any sympathy from the Gunners who will be strongly focussed on a strong end to the season in hope of climbing back inside the top four.

However, at this point the goal for them is to come into the Playoffs as strong as possible..

As a result Chelsea can point to far stronger offensive form averages heading into the game, while Arsenal boast marginally stronger defensive form.

On the other hand, West Brom under the tutelage of Steve Clarke, have continued their strong performances throughout the season so far — this win sees them go into 4th, 1 point behind Chelsea.

Going into this fixture with a lacklustre form (11 points from the last 6), United need to finish the year as strong as possible at Old Trafford as they prepare for the remainder of a long campaign in 2018.

But Arsenal kept the pressure on, and after some chaos in Chelsea's box, Bellerin found the ball at his feet and hit a strong shot into the top corner, saving a point for Arsenal.

These matches have cost teams points before in the past as they come into the weekend fixtures with a «Europe hangover» however they'll hope to make a strong statement of intent when they play another Champions League competitor in the form of Fiorentina.

Manchester City have already sent out a chilling message to their rivals that large sums of cash splashed on superstars can make you an overnight title contender, with the Eastlands outfit heading into the New Year level on points with arch-rivals Manchester United at the summit, so the hear their assistant manager Brian Kidd claim the team will only get stronger in 2011 will be of alarming news to their competitors, who are working on more limited budgets and will find it harder and harder to maintain pace with City as the club continue their relentless pursuit of major honours.

Queens Park Rangers come into this match on the back of a 2 - 0 defeat at Swansea, their seventh consecutive away defeat so far this season, but they have reason to be optimistic over the weekend following a strong record at home in the recent weeks with seven points from a possible nine...

If you're parenting a strong - willed child, you have likely at some point entered into a cycle of timeouts or threats of losing privileges.

At some point later, if you decide to discuss what happened, you can tap into what triggered your strong reaction.

she let herself into my parents house which i was staying at at the time, it was her way or no way, she only had the one son, my husband and my mum had 3, but the mother in law knew best, my son is nearly 2 and telling me that i NEED to start potty training him now, and he NEEDS to go into a bed so she can have him at her House i am on boiling point with her hates a strong word to use but im close to saying it about her!

The issue also highlights a strong point for Senate Republicans heading into a re-election year in which suburban districts will likely be a battleground for the control of the narrowly divided chamber.

They are therefore acting, while the government retains relatively strong public support, to try to eliminate any points within the party leadership or structures — no matter how seemingly insignificant at this moment in time — around which opposition could coalesce into an alternative political perspective within the party.

Despite an ongoing ethics investigation into his fundraising — a point the GOP has repeatedly sought to exploit — Bishop has a strong favorable rating in his district, 54 - 39.

«I don't want to get into the weeds of the Moreland Commission, because I haven't followed it, but I can speak to the larger point — I am a big believer in the multiple layers of oversight, and I think New York City and New York State are very strong on this front,» Mr. de Blasio told the Observer.

Those two factors — combined with a better than 20 - point lead heading into the final days and little movement by the electorate over the last month — position Brown to be in a very strong position to win the nomination for a fourth term as Buffalo mayor,» Greenberg said.

Soon after Einstein published his theory describing gravity as warps in space - time, the German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild used the theory to show that if a large star were squeezed into a small enough point, it would create such a strong gravitational field that nothing, not even light, could...

We see a cute pet — at one point madly wheeled about in a stroller by his human toddler «brother» — grow into a strong, willful creature whose desires do not always coincide with those of his grad - student handlers.

«Longitudinal research [like this] offers insight into what factors may be the best or strongest predictors of children's development, over and above information that can be gathered at only one time point,» she said in a university news release.

Despite our strongest efforts, many of us know it's possible to get to a point during exercise when we «hit the wall,» regardless of how well - trained and prepared we are going into an event.

When spotting, ease up as the lifter moves past the sticking point and into the stronger range of motion.

If you're strong in the pushdown exercise, you may notice that you get to a point where your bodyweight is not enough to allow you to push the bar down without forcing you to lean forward into the movement, which can place stress on your lower back.

Her experience lies in parlaying strong aesthetics and creativity into commercial product lines, at a wide range of price points.

In the immediate future the company will work on building brand awareness, on opening more points of sale in its strongest markets and moving into Australia.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.