Sentences with phrase «known as the people of»

These people are known as the people of the sun, sand and wind and their art of weaving comes from generation to generation.

Not exact matches

Tesla (TSLA), aiming to meet lofty sales goals, went on a hiring spree (and eventually amassed a staff of 600 people), opened stores and service centers, and began an aggressive rollout of its network of free fast - charging stations known as superchargers.

Fifteen years ago, we didn't know what «Cyber Monday» was, but now it's an important piece of holiday shopping (maybe as important as Black Friday to some people).

Email marketing campaigns as well as website ads can also benefit from knowing the specific groups of people interested in your brand's offerings.

Con artists are a crafty group of people who know exactly how to deceive and control their victims, but their methods are as obvious as a slap in the face if you know what to look for.

Uber's case is that the driver enters into a binding agreement with a person whose identity he does not know (and will never know) and who does not know and will never know his identity, to undertake a journey to a destination not told to him until the journey begins, by a route prescribed by a stranger to the contract [Uber] from which he is not free to depart (at least not without risk), for a fee which (a) is set by the stranger, and (b) is not known by the passenger (who only is told the total to be paid), (c) is calculated by the stranger (as a percentage of the total sum) and (d) is paid to the stranger.

Psychiatric diseases, since they are the result of a complex mix of genetics, environment, and behavioral factors, require large numbers of people, or what's known as a large sample size.

As the man attempted to lead her down an even darker block that she'd known to be dangerous, she decided to listen to her intuition this time, calling out for help to a nearby group of people before sprinting away from him and getting home safe.

Most people probably know Lena Dunham as the creator, writer, and star of Girls, the HBO comedy series that is loosely based on her life as a twenty - something in New York City.

He remembers seeing people he knew cross to the other side of the street when they saw him, so as to avoid making conversation.

«Now that we know which traits to look for, we can begin to make progress on how to best assess them in high - stakes settings such as hiring and promotion, where people are more inclined to hide the darker sides of their character,» she told The Huffington Post.

«Bennett has become a master of storytelling through character, and while there are clearly no people in these films, it was clearly a very human story, which we knew a director such as Bennett would zero in on and draw out very real human - like emotions from these poor inanimate objects,» Lennon said.

Best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad — the No. 1 personal finance book of all time — Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money.

The crown consists of 19 arches and contains 38 drop - shaped pearls suspended from pretzel - like twists known as lover's knot bows, according to People.

«At Wazoku we are all about innovation and as a start - up we know that one of the biggest challenges faced by new businesses is getting seen and found by the right people.

An attack on Save the Children's Jalalabad office on January 24 that killed six people and an attack on Kabul's military academy on January 29 that killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers were claimed by ISIS» Afghan branch — known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — Khorasan Province (ISIS - K).

GPS technology tracks their mileage as they go, and brands get real - time visualized dashboards of cars» impressions, so they know how many people are seeing them.

Roughly 75 percent of people who make it into the initial six - month SEAL training cource, known as Basic Underwater Demolitions / Seal Training (BUDS), wind up washing out.

By merely including those items as rewards in game play, customers walked away saying «I didn't know they also made Sabra» and over 90 % of the people who engaged tweeted photos of themselves playing the game with the brand extension.

Some people would blame a similar phenomenon known as «the paradox of choice,» which contends that too many options can make people feel less satisfied.

I'm smart enough to know that you have to listen to other people and involve the [Ryerson] DMZs and incubators to do a lot of the things we're trying to do, both for me personally and the city as a whole.

«The benefits of payroll automation are that you know you're paying people accurately, you know that you're in compliance with the law in paying overtime correctly, and that you can also include in these systems the ability to track issues, such as how often people are late,» Finch says.

The six finalists in the running for National Small Business Person of the Year share what they wish they'd known as they were getting started.

A lot of people wonder why it's known as the cloud, this is just a metaphor for the Internet.

'' [As a model,] normally you are a face of something and no one knows the person behind the picture,» she said.

Companies seem to be increasingly offering insurance on all manner of things in part because of something known as loss aversion, which is when people feel a more psychological impact from a loss than from a similar - sized dollar gain.

There's obviously a lot of risk at that stage — you don't know how the person is going to be as a CEO.

As often as not, they're no more advanced and informed in terms of their people strengths and skills than they are in any of the other areas of operating and growing a businesAs often as not, they're no more advanced and informed in terms of their people strengths and skills than they are in any of the other areas of operating and growing a businesas not, they're no more advanced and informed in terms of their people strengths and skills than they are in any of the other areas of operating and growing a business.

«We know that people who choose beer when they become of legal drinking age are two times more likely to continue drinking beer throughout their lifetime, and as an organization, we have an opportunity to regain ground with this group,» said David Kroll, MillerCoors» chief marketing officer, in a statement.

Instead of taking it for granted, the people I know see it as a personal catastrophe.

As any seasoned business person knows, making blunders, having missteps and being just plain wrong at times is part of the journey to success.

To become a destination for innovative professionals, take a cue from some of the tech industry greats: Google, Apple and Facebook know the key to attracting the best people is creating a space where creativity is rewarded, collaboration is encouraged and mistakes are seen as learning opportunities rather than failures.

«The United States, though inherently hostile to North Korea, will get to know once our talk begins that I am not the kind of person who will use nuclear weapons against the South or the United States across the Pacific,» Moon's press secretary Yoon Young - chan quoted Kim as saying.

But in some people, a condition known as atrial fibrillation can show no external symptoms while carrying a risk of blood clots, strokes and other complications.

Knowing that you have a unique lifestyle and view of the world means that you can't just choose anyone as most people do.

Serge Pepin, the head of BMO Investments, says people should consider corporate or high - yield bonds — also known as junk bonds — which pay higher yields than federal issues.

Yet, the majority of people dismiss the idea of a dream board (also known as a vision board), labeling it as new - age nonsense.

«People look at you and say, «You just got the job because of your dad»... It was very important to me, branching out and getting to know people and having people know me for me as opposed to knowing me for being my dad's son.&People look at you and say, «You just got the job because of your dad»... It was very important to me, branching out and getting to know people and having people know me for me as opposed to knowing me for being my dad's son.&people and having people know me for me as opposed to knowing me for being my dad's son.&people know me for me as opposed to knowing me for being my dad's son.»

CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, draws more than 180,000 people and 4,000 companies, all of whom are eager to know: Will this be the year [fill - in - the - blank technology] finally makes the leap from science fiction to something people can buy, and might actually want to?

«We both knew the cost of keeping up with growing kids, but we knew people are always looking to buy and sell things as their kids grow up.»

Additionally, people who love sending those silly little cartoon icons known as emoji will now have more of them to choose from.

As an introvert myself, I know there's a tendency to think the work you produce by yourself is better than what a group of people produce.

Linebacker Kevin Minter told the Associated Press, «She's helped a lot and she's a stickler about fundamentals... She knows a lot about making you better as a person, too... a real good person to feed off of.»

«It has the power to influence public debate, mobilize communities, and — most importantly — offer creative solutions to help people receive better care, no matter where they live or who they are,» write Richards and Karp, who believe that the tech industry owes its success to both of its employees as well as the communities it serves, whose health needs are often partially met by Planned Parenthood itself.

People like to know who's actually leading the charge in their company, and where the business is headed, as well as what their own roles are — what's expected and not expected of them.

But in order to do so, we need to know basic things such as the units (jobs vs. person - years of employment) of the numbers we're debating.

I have known Jamie for many years and have been impressed with his dynamism as he has ramped up his restaurant business and built his worldwide brand through his various TV shows, all the while pouring his efforts into teaching people to eat better, drawing public attention to the poor quality of school lunches, and developing Fifteen, his restaurant and social enterprise that trains unemployed young people to become professional chefs.

The second player, who has no way of knowing for sure how much the first person has been given, can either accept the division as proposed or reject it.

«Mr. Trump knew that this false, disparaging statement would be read by people around the world, as well as widely reported, and that Ms. Clifford would be subjected to threats of violence, economic harm, and reputational damage as a result.»

As a European entrepreneur, I've seen firsthand the importance of having great people who know our business inside and out working face - to - face with clients throughout the U.S. Customers respond most positively to local support and expertise.