Sentences with phrase «lasted out well»

Sure enough, the phone lasted out well during my test period, though nothing that will make you sit up and take notice.

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It turns out the index has jumped into territory that exceeds what it registered in 2013 at the time of the last government shutdown, notching well over 400 points.

NORTHERN Star Resources was better placed than most to ride out last month's sharp drop in the gold price to less than $ 1,400 an ounce.

The four - week moving average of initial claims, considered a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out week - to - week volatility, fell 1,250, to 231,250 last week, the lowest level since March 31, 1973.

The company is increasingly crunching data to determine the optimal product mix at individual stores and the ideal locations to set up new outlets (it relied on data to figure out the best place to open its first American Girl doll boutique last year).

Turns out, a good time was had by all, but it didn't last forever.

In the above table, I have selected a few prior years with interim high and low readings, as well as the last 4 years, and further broken out 2015 by quarter.

The contract covers both sides — so we don't get stuck with a last - minute back out, and the contract assures the customer that we do a good job.»

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The iPhone X has been Apple's top selling device every week since it came out last fall and was the best selling phone model in China, Cook noted multiple times on the call, as he sought to combat the negative narrative some analysts were pushing.

To learn how Bridgewater seeks out new employees and what it's like to apply there, Business Insider spoke with Brian Kreiter, Bridgewater's head of client service and marketing and cohead of its core management team, as well as several former Bridgewater employees who worked there within the last five years.

This didn't sit well with a lot of fans in South Korea, and protests had been breaking out all the way up to last Sunday's friendly match against Sweden.

I got really nice loose leaf tea from Harrods during the London leg of my last trip to the UK, but I didn't have anything to keep the leaves out of my drink, so I bought this twisting tea ball from OXO Good Grips off Amazon for $ 10.

First, even the best social workers often lasted only three to five years before burning out, a phenomenon known as compassion fatigue.

David Lewis, head Americas trader at $ 800 billion asset manager Franklin Templeton, for example, found out that Russia had invaded Crimea last year well before the news hit major media because he'd been monitoring Twitter.

At last count, he's been fly - fishing out in Jackson Hole, deep sea wreck diving in the Atlantic Ocean, quail hunting in Georgia and, best of all, he climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro — all within that past year alone!

But too much of that is due to people dropping out of the workforce altogether (because the job market is * that * good): now at 63.2 %, the labour force participation rate has been catapulted all the way back to that which last prevailed in 1978.

«The idea of taking the actual account number out of the flow... common sense says that's a good thing, especially in the light of the data compromises that we've seen,» said Visa CEO Charles Scharf at a payments conference last month.

«They never invited us for dinner, then at the last minute they realized that optically it wasn't playing very well in public for them, so they put out a statement that we didn't have dinner because I was tired,» Tillerson said, according to a transcript of the interview.

Vonn said Pyeongchang was her last Olympics, and she approached the games with a «might as well go out guns blazing» mentality.

AT&T and Verizon are committing billions to a last - mile fiber - optic build - out - in part to defend their best markets against cable phone offerings.

Last month, the highly sought - after gadget reached the No. 2 spot on the Amazon's list of electronics best sellers and it frequently sells out.

Last year, The Village Voice sued Time Out New York over its «Best of NYC» issue, claiming trademark ownership.

When was the last time you sat on the phone with a customer service rep or stood in the middle of a store, hoping someone would help you out, knowing full well if no one responded gracefully, you'd be done with that company — for good?

In Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self (and a matching TED talk from last spring), Manoush Zomorodi writes (and talks) about how our creativity and brainstorming works better when we are more present in the moment and not so distracted by gadgets.

In Market Force Information's annual consumer survey, Wawa beat out several major sandwich chains — including last year's winner, Firehouse Subs — to be crowned America's best sandwich shop.

The company's tech allows users to suss out doctors who are best for treating their various conditions and accommodating their financial situations through a transparency tool launched last summer.

People wanting something better, something that's just out of reach, are second only to population growth among reasons anyone has a right to forecast business will be better next year than last.

Last fall, small startup Arx Pax nearly broke the internet with a Kickstarter campaign that many thought was too good to be true — it was building a real - life hoverboard, straight out of Back to the Future.

It's been a long haul these last few years and I wasn't reaching them, and we just figured it was probably a good night to pull a trick out of the hat and do something different.»

«Cloudera has built its partner strategy out very well over the last year, and this is a key win, challenging the exclusivity Hortonworks seemed to have achieved in the nascent Hadoop - on - Windows world — one that is untapped so far but will become very large,» says Gartner analyst Merv Adrian, addressing Cloudera's pacts with Microsoft.

If you're not a Prime member already, now's a better time than any to sign up — not only can you get same - day shipping for those last - minute orders, you can also take full advantage of those lightning deals before they sell out.

Discretion is always the better part of valor in this situation and other than five minutes of cruel satisfaction you may get pointing out the flaws of your co-worker when you're walking out the door, there is no lasting benefit telling them off.

The best way is to sniff out last - minute internet - only discounts and holiday sales, Jolly says.

Some think last year may have been a bottoming out, but with the amazing continued growth of smartphones and tablets, there's little doubt it's a commoditized business that is already well past its best days.

The four - week moving average of claims, seen as a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out week - to - week volatility, fell 3,250 to 289,750 last week.

The four - week moving average of initial claims, viewed as a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out week - to - week volatility, fell 2,250 to 229,250 last week.

Good on you, Rosett, but, now that the cat's out of the bag and making the rounds in Google search results, let's hope the feeling lasts — and the new gig, too.

Last year Life Is Good was among REI's top 50 best - selling suppliers, out of 1,500, and one of 15 nominated by management for Vendor of the Year.

The device, which I tried out at the company's event last week, is handily the best phone - based VR headset yet.

Cenovus reported fourth - quarter net income of $ 620 million or 50 cents per share on Thursday, well ahead of $ 91 million, or 11 cents per share, in the year - earlier period, thanks to better refinery profits, stronger oil prices and production that almost doubled after it bought out its oilsands partner, Houston - based ConocoPhillips, last year.

Well — amid a resurgent U.S. job market checked by a quickly evaporating pool of low - skilled workers — it turns out that Trump's great wall may be the last thing the economy needs.

Last month, the World Drone Prix — organized by the World Organization of Racing Drones and Sheikh Hamdan, crown prince of Dubai — handed out roughly $ 1 million in prizes, including a $ 250,000 grand prize to a 15 - year - old British pilot who bested 100 other competitors at a two - day event in Dubai.

I think the evidence is pretty strong that highest - income Canadians have made out very well over the last 30 years, compared to those in the middle or bottom.

Consumer sentiments are notoriously volatile, and consumers always seem to be the last to figure out how good or bad things truly are.

Last weekend, the Globe and Mail put out its list of the best books of the year.

«Filling out the application itself is a good review of how you're doing,» says Vickie Hagen, vice-president and general manager of Omaha Steaks» catalog division, which nabbed the DMA award last year.

Good thing, because four out of five seekers say they would probably not consider other job openings at a company that failed to notify them of their application status the last time.

TVs can last a long time — my first HDTV from 2006 still works perfectly — so investing in a good one will ensure a gamer gets the most out of every title.

Well, turns out, if you want to get pictures of mountains you don't need to get it out of people's personal photo libraries,» Craig Federighi, Apple senior vice president of software, said in an interview last week.