Sentences with phrase «lackluster performance on»

Some of the company's fans would like to blame its lackluster performance on the tight financial controls exercised by American Apparel's private equity stakeholder Lion Capital, which is reportedly preventing the chain from investing in new technology and equipment.

Instagram copied Snapchat's Stories feature, and its rise as a competitor to Snapchat is at least partly responsible for Snap's business problems and lackluster performance on Wall Street.

Koei Tecmo seems to have problems with PC ports in general: the Steam version of Nioh is the latest major release to have lackluster performance on PC, even lacking mouse support.

Cons: - Lackluster performance on standard PlayStation 4's while in heavy combat scenarios - Combat mechanics are growing repetitious and dated - Needs redesigned maps, combat scenarios, and graphics engines.

The A8 delivered lackluster performance on the 3DMark Ice Storm graphics test.

Why America should care about its students» lackluster performance on the global PISA tests Demography is not necessarily destiny Hechinger Report commentary by ROBERT ROTHMAN, a Washington - based education writer

Another principal at a middle school in Chicago's western suburbs who saw lackluster performance on measures of trust made a concerted effort to change the culture and climate in her school, because, as she said, «If students know you care about them, it makes everything else a little easier.»

The youngsters» lackluster performance on the hook - and - bucket challenge may stem in part from the conditions under which the experiments were carried out.

Not exact matches

SolarCity spokesman Jonathan Bass blamed lackluster performance in the second quarter on the fact that it was leasing installations to customers rather than offering a loan to purchase.

And if you have a morale problem, you likely also have a productivity problem, among a multitude of other issues such as poor concentration, lackluster performance, and increased turnover, all of which can have a negative impact on your bottom line.

Although the performance over the entire 2000 - 13 period is lackluster, stocks have been on fire since 2009, returning over 17 % a year.

Save if the present Gunners save themselves from going out of this season Ucl to Barcelona, the Boss and the Arsenal Board MUST re focus their focus on revamping the Arsenal squad with some additions of top quality players from where ever they can find them to replace the dead woods, the injury proners, the past it, the can't make it, the too average, the not Ucl quality, the 1 or 2 matches performance players, the low class ones, the uninteligent ones, the lazy ones but swallowing up vast wages of Arsenal money, the cave - in big games players and the boastful but lackluster players in big games who are presently at Arsenal now.

However, they face a big test on the road against a 5 - 2 Pats team with a whole lot to prove after their lackluster performance against Pittsburgh.

But Wenger seems satisfied with lackluster performances and even losing so long as his «favorite» boys are on the pitch.

After lackluster offensive performances from both Auburn and Wisconsin in the first half of the Outback Bowl, the Badgers and Tigers turned on the offense in the second half.

The Jaguars - Titans rivalry, frequently mocked as the worst in the NFL, hasn't always been so lackluster, and based on recent performance, there's a chance it will turn around sooner rather than later.

The Seattle Sounders are finally on the board after three scoreless and lackluster performances, and it was an awkward goal off a long throw - in that cracked the door open.

Gervonta Davis, coming off a lackluster performance last August where he missed weight, hopes to get back on track with a dominant performance against Jesús Cuellar on Saturday.

Sports News of Saturday, 12 May 2018 Source: Ghanasportsonline.com Saddick Adams After a lackluster performance, striker Saddick Adams have been put on transfer.

Most of the time, the vaccine's lackluster performance is blamed on poor strain selection.

Despite Hugo having a lackluster overall box office performance (even though critically it did well, winning five Oscars) Martin Scorsese stands firm on his love for 3D.

But there's no doubt that many analysts and other industry insiders see a mediocre performance when they look at Sony's new portable, especially if one considers the lackluster showing on Japanese sales charts once the launch craze died down.

Cavill makes an alarmingly undersized impression in the title role, but Goyer's adaptation of the character is so lackluster that it would be wrong to judge Cavill's ability to carry a film on this performance alone.

On top of that, Affleck quickly lost interest in the role, resulting in a lackluster performance in Justice League (2017).

Reeves» lackluster performance aside (more on that later), Conor, who begins the film as a compulsive gambler deep in debt to loan sharks, is hardly an interesting or appealing «hero.»

From Lalo Schifrin's (Joe Kidd, Dirty Harry) lackluster and repetitive Psycho - like scoring, to the god - awful performance late in the film by the glam rock / new wave artists, Sparks (any ideas on how to get the incessant chorus from «Big Boy» out of my head?)

It's also important because some Americans like to point to our supposedly high poverty rate as an excuse for our lackluster international performance on a variety of social indicators, from health - care outcomes to test scores and beyond.

Suddenly America» s child poverty rate looks almost normal, and certainly can» t explain our lackluster international performance on exams.

Paul T. Hill, founder of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, has toured many such schools, including the now - famous Oyler Community Learning Center in Cincinnati, a school that has confounded educators because student performance has been lackluster, despite an expansive and thoughtful model.

Staff recommended denial for three based on lackluster performance, faulty financing, and unsound academic plans.

The overall score decreases were quite small — roughly two points in math and a single point in reading — but continued a trend of lackluster 12th - grade performance on the national test.

Ferrari's lackluster Formula 1 performance last year may have played a role in di Montezemolo's departure, as Marchionne told reporters in Paris that his top, «non-negotiable objective» is to get Ferrari back on the F1 podium, but the two executives also reportedly sparred over the Ferrari brand's role within the Fiat - Chrysler empire.

On the other hand, a lack of cargo room and lackluster performance give shoppers good reason to check out the competion.

Of course the Murano is not without a blemish or two, and the biggest blight on an otherwise solid performance has to be its lackluster fuel economy.

The Murano is not without a blemish or two, and the biggest blight on an otherwise solid performance has to be its lackluster fuel economy.

Performance and Conclusions The Encore's turbocharged 1.4 - liter engine performs just fine for tooling around town, but we found it lackluster when called on to accelerate quickly while, say, merging into freeway traffic.

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At one point later on, he added, «I would blame the lackluster performance of alumni --» at which the audience cut him off with booing and hissing in response.