Sentences with phrase «lackluster years on»

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If a company posted its best earnings of the last five years two years ago and has been lackluster since, perhaps it's under increasing competitive pressure, so have a look at qualitative factors showing what's going on.

In recent years, money has flooded into low - cost index funds and out of more expensive actively managed funds, thanks in part to a greater focus on the large bite fees take out of already lackluster retirement balances over the long term.

The increase in gross domestic product was faster than Wall Street expected and suggests the U.S. economy remains on a steady if lackluster growth path halfway through the year.

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

The lackluster employment report, coupled with the attack against Syria, helped push US 10 - year Treasury notes to 2.28 %, their lowest intraday yield of 2017, on Friday morning.

She was a new mom, just starting to work on losing the (barely there) baby weight, and I was a couple years into a... errrr... lackluster dating streak.

The dry spell last year was on our whole team playing lackluster when we already sewn up either 2nd or 3rd place.

After a dismal first half last year, Man United actually came on strong despite a lackluster style and pace but I think they're being overvalued this year.

With Americans tuning in to watch the league for the first time on the commercial broadcasting station, last year's leading goalscorer put the visitors ahead after what was otherwise a relatively lackluster start to the David Moyes era in Manchester.

The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.

The ensemble does most of the film's heavy lifting, since the unevenness of the script impacts Babbit's direction as well (it's surprising to see how lackluster her direction can be at times, considering her excellent work on television over the years).

Ninja Gaiden 3 was originally released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 last year to lackluster reviews and commercial disappointment.

On the same day that the Obama administration announced its intentions to beef up the enforcement of civil rights in the nation's schools, the head of the office for civil rights during the Bush years said its track record isn't lackluster as claimed.

And four years after signing off on the final draft of the standards, he spends his weekends trying to make up for what he considers the lackluster curriculum at his daughter's school, and his weekdays battling the lackluster curriculum and teaching at schools around the country that are struggling to shift to the Common Core.

Judge Manning blamed the fading benefits not on the preschool program but on the lackluster schooling that many students received in later years.

Last year, Congress passed the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» on a strong bipartisan vote despite the lackluster outcomes of most of the nation's charter schools.

For example, last year, Congress passed the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» on a strong bipartisan vote despite the lackluster outcomes of most of the nation's charter schools.

He blamed the fading benefits not on the preschool program but on the lackluster schooling that many students received in later years.

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.

Even Barnes & Noble, which had the then - competitive (and still good, but lower - resolution) $ 99 Nook Glowlight, hasn't had an update for two years, apart from its lackluster collaborations with Samsung on color tablets, such as the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook.

The Fire phone, which Lab126 worked on for four years, debuted this summer to lackluster sales and reviews.

AAII Model Portfolios Model Shadow Stock Portfolio: Implementing the New Four - Year Sell Rule A new time limit on portfolio holdings triggered the removal of four stocks that no longer qualify and have lackluster long - term returns.

Just two clones and a character who hasn't been on Nintendo consoles in years is a bit lackluster to me.

Battlefield 4: When I first began playing Battlefield 4 on the Xbox 360 it was in strong contention for being one of my favorite games of the year, despite its lackluster campaign.

Destiny 2 was brilliant for the first 5 days, improved every aspect but still felt like destiny, then the end game was lackluster and 3 months on were still waiting for something to happen... I don't think the hardcore destiny players are going to stick around for three years this time.

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Despite the rash of scraped - surface, color - field, process - oriented, minimalist, post-minimalist, and paint - slopping gestural abstractions that have turned up at art fairs and in galleries in recent years, most of which have quoted familiar sources with a wink of postmodernist irony, the joke actually has been on the makers of such lackluster art product.

and names President Obama as the top culprit, citing his lackluster leadership on climate change since taking office last year.

Despite a lackluster year for the category in general, Google hasn't given up on smartwatches yet.

The likely culprits for the year - to - year drop: rising remodeling costs and slowing home appreciation brought on by the lackluster housing market in many areas.