Sentences with phrase «it a tradition of»

«I went from running a $ 100 million business at Fiskars to a $ 2.5 billion business at UP,» says Fritz, who, after all the businesses he'd seen sold, appreciated the tradition of long service at UP.

While the studio might deliver on that front, this latest flick sadly continues a long «Jurassic» tradition of bad and incomplete science.

They shared the details of their extremely lavish wedding on Instagram and recently opened up about a very special tradition of theirs.

MADD Coffee is a company founded from the Guatemalan family tradition of coffee bean farming and roasting.

At TED each year, he offers his fellow attendees a list of suggested reading, for instance, and he also has an annual tradition of listing his favorite reads of the year in December.

The company also has a decades - long tradition of hosting competitions among grocers for prizes to create the most compelling displays of Jolly Time Pop Corn.

Red packets, also known as hongbao in Mandarin Chinese, are an important tradition of the festival.

At a small business, this might be as simple as starting a tradition of eating lunch together and talking about how work is progressing.

All was good for decades, as the tradition of buying diamond engagement and wedding rings took off just after the Second World War, when newly employed GIs were told «A Diamond Is Forever» in a clever marketing campaign by South African miner De Beers.

We don't have a tradition of growing medium and large businesses out of small businesses, and that's a mindset shift we have to make.

The North American tradition of presenting diamond engagement rings has now spread to China's massive middle class too, and, after taking a hit during the recession, the American luxury economy is rebounding.

If Khloe goes with a K name for her daughter, she would be the only one of her siblings to buck their tradition of calling their kids names that begin with letters that aren't a K.

And for some employees, the weirdness of Holacracy at Zappos is a step too far, even for a company with a long tradition of weirdness.

Hader explores both funny and tragic stories of his family's surprise tradition of combat soldiers, and an unsurprising history of slave ownership.

Funeral potatoes are what they sound like — the dish originally comes from the Mormon tradition of bringing the well - liked comfort food to people at gatherings after a funeral.

Later Jennings complained, in the tradition of Ada Lovelace, that many of the newspaper reports overstated what ENIAC could do by calling it a «giant brain» and implying that it could think.

With just a few days to go until Thanksgiving, I've been practicing my annual tradition of marathon - watching cooking shows as inspiration.

«This knee - high perspective of desert dwellers and tumble weeds was a new addition to the tradition of documenting the American West,» Aaron says.

«But this is traducing basic American traditions of justice, inclusion, and fairness.»

Eaton Construction from Portland, OR, boasts quality craftsmanship built on a family tradition of 400 years in the industry, starting with the arrival of Francis Eaton, a «House Carpenter» as described in the ships rolls of the Mayflower, to Plymouth Colony in 1620.

Potts has begun considering more exceptions to Winnebago's long tradition of vertical integration.

In China, some romantics are choosing french fries instead of the wedding tradition of holding a cherry between their mouths before kissing.

The following year, FIFA abandoned its years - long tradition of holding executive meetings at Baur au Lac, where suites cost $ 4,000 a night, and moved to another five - star hotel that was expected to save the organization tens of thousands of dollars.

The worlds of Formula One, cycling, and darts have a long tradition of using pretty, scantily - clad women as window - dressing on the sidelines and podiums.

When Canadian Business first profiled Waugh, one fund manager, speaking anonymously, suggested Waugh's inclusive leadership style might clash with the bank's tradition of strongman CEOs.

For example, Apple Pay lagged behind Chinese competitors in providing promotions timed with the Chinese cultural tradition of exchanging red envelopes («hong bao») filled with money during the Lunar New Year.

«This is really a power grab and it's a phony bill because the whole intention is to take it up to our state supreme court to overturn the constitutionality of the no income tax that has been the tradition of our state, as well as state laws,» Hutchison told CNBC.

But a group of small American companies has sprung up, reviving a dormant tradition of small - volume vehicle manufacturing in the U.S..

When her husband was alive, she says they had a dinner tradition of revealing their best and worst moments of the day.

The first lady, who was a model, said she looked forward to «sharing my ideas and traditions of entertaining and social hospitality» with her new aide.

Regardless, she still followed through with the royal tradition of having the rest of the bridal party filled with royal children.

Jimmy Fallon, host of the top - rated Tonight Show, still carries on the Carson tradition of evenhanded, softball one - liners, along with a Trump impression that even the Donald can laugh along with.

Of course, Waterloo also has a history of benefactors too, which former university president David Johnston connected back to the Mennonite tradition of communal barn - raising.

He points out that British law is rooted in the protection of individual rights from the power of the state, while most law in continental Europe is derived from the Roman tradition of absolute state power.

Companies like 3M and Google have institutionalized the Bell Labs tradition of allowing its researchers to follow their own interests on company time.

The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone's long - standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day.

As boomers know, the longstanding tradition of company pension plans has been disappearing in favor of 401 (k) plans.

C.D. Howe Institute president William Robson: «Modern spin and the tradition of central bank independence don't sit well together.

In the last couple years, the global sales for snack products has reached $ 374 billion, dethroning the time - old tradition of three square meals a day from its long - held spot.

The co-founders not only have to outpace their new competition, they have to upend the most stubborn tradition of all: the curse of the low - cal - food fad.

And, in the time - honored tradition of cockeyed optimists, their plan (which they feel should be painfully obvious) is to make up the unit losses on the soon - to - be-realized, just around the corner, and miraculously scalable volume.

For example, Lin says 30 to 40 employees have started a tradition of playing a game of Uno at almost every company gathering and outing.

A tradition of paying royalties is deeply ingrained in OXO.

After neglecting a long - held annual tradition of meeting with British Columbia's premier, Inslee has recently rekindled that alliance, pushing plans to create an «innovation corridor» between Seattle and Vancouver.

Transgender people are, however, also sometimes venerated in the South Asian tradition of according spiritual powers to eunuchs and others who fall outside traditional gender divisions.

A recent article in the Harvard Business Review analyzed the time - honoured tradition of drawing connections between business and sports.

The Ledger will stay true to Fortune's 87 - year tradition of smart, incisive business reporting.

Because it suggests that our tradition of making new things is over.

Thus, in recent years, the January effect has become somewhat of a non-event - much like the tradition of making New Year's resolutions.

There's a long tradition of presidential candidates and late night TV hosts using each other.