Sentences with phrase «kept out of this contest»

Not exact matches

They held Memphis to just 25 percent shooting through the first two frames and kept them out of the paint, forcing them into tough, contested shots and low - percentage shots.

Keeping Madden out of the fat lane will be the job of Jerry Knick, 38, a 15 - year - veteran Greyhound driver who beat out nine other finalists last week in a contest for the privilege of chauffeuring Madden from one CBS assignment to another for the next six months.

This season, staying healthy has been the Steelers» biggest challenge with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger going down as the latest victim with a rib injury that will keep him out of Sunday night's contest.

People kept harking back to the 1985 game, in which Miami wiped out Notre Dame 58 - 7, a contest Irish fans said branded Johnson with the mortal sin of running up the score.

While the recent troubles for the Devils has mostly been laid at the feet of Cory Schneider's groin injury that will keep him out for each this week's contests with the Canes, the problems can also be traced to inopportune struggles on offense.

The game can be noncompetitive — just have the kids keep playing until they're tired of it — or you could make it a contest by having kids sit out if their balloon touches the floor.

I don't believe that either of these brands still have photo contests, but if you keep your ear to the ground and follow your favorite brands on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you will find out when the next good contest comes around.

So figuring out what is keeping electron pairs together at nearly 40 K in MgB2 has become the latest contest in the most competitive area of materials physics.

Instead of doing the usual «Previously On...» here (Eli won last week's Let the Right One In contest though) I want to keep aboard the Melanie Lynskey Express for a minute since we're here and she's wonderful and we all love her so - she's got a new movie coming out this weekend!

We use this extensively in the classroom — for out - of - class contests, research opportunities, extra-credit assignments, keeping absent students up - to - date, communication with parents about classroom climate, and much, much more.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

And, I had just gotten a bit of advice from author Steve Hamilton, who advised me to keep an eye out for contests I could submit my book to (since he had hit it big through a contest as well).

Get the skinny on keeping hedgehogs as pets, discover how having pets around helps your health, find out how your pet can win our cover model contest and more in the September 2014 issue of Pets in the City Magazine.

Keep an eye out for the official announcement of a surf contest sponsored by Pilgrim on Rockaway Beach, tentatively set for late July.

A sampling of complaints submitted in a recent Bad Boss contest sponsored by the AFL - CIO included bosses who kept the office so cold that ink in pens froze up; a boss who took employees to lunch at a discount warehouse and told them to eat the freebies; and a boss who mocked a cancer patient when her hair fell out after chemotherapy.

• Successfully met self and company sales targets by a 100 % between the years 2010 and 2015 • Consistently maintained sales volumes, product mixes and selling prices by keeping current with supply and demand and changing market trends • Increased customer base from 3500 to 6100 within 8 months by employing strategic sales initiatives • Trained a total of 102 sales officers and support staff members within a short time span of 3 years • Designed and implemented a strategic business plan, resulting in expanding the company's customer base by 58 % • Retained the company's top 15 customers in the wake of strict competition, by devising and presenting them with discount options • Developed and implemented a sales forecast system, that dynamically calculated future sales and constraints • Identified 3 emerging markets as potential for growth, resulting in the company's expansion in the industry • Successfully generated a lead of 52 corporate accounts, out of which 50 were realized as high business giving customers • Increased customers» interest in new product lines by successfully generating ideas for sales contests

Collaborative divorce is an option for divorcing couples in which both spouses and their attorneys agree to keep contested matters out of court and commit to a transparent, interest - based negotiation to settle their divorce.

Our new #ReaderRewards contest series will run several times a month, featuring giveaways including gift cards to some of our favorite places, like Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks, so keep an eye out for our friendly hashtag!