Sentences with phrase «lasting months or years»

There is substantial evidence (iridium anomalies, craters, and shattered quartz fragments) to support such theories and there is good reason to believe that such an impact could create conditions (shock waves, tsunamis, forest fires, acid rain, darkness lasting months or years, global cooling or warming) to eliminate a large portion of the world's species.

Chronic pain is more stubborn, lasting months or years and often resisting all drugs and treatments.

Epigenetic changes, the chemical modifications of DNA that are the result of environmental influences, are the results of long term events lasting months or years, like famines.

There is room here for activist public policy aimed at assisting people as soon as they become unemployed — including very fast interventions to have resumés updated, interview skills improved and much shorter - duration job training programs (rather than ones that last months or years).

That's because a purchasing process may last months or years, especially for things that will be used at least five years — such as infrastructure, process equipment, a headquarters building, laboratory, or manufacturing plant.

Cuba may be in the last months or years of this system.

But if it was a prolonged mission that lasted months or years, NASA would have to become more proactive about helping people entrain to a Mars schedule or else come up with an alternative staffing plan for its support crew back on Earth.

Other totally normal memory mishaps: trouble recalling what you did last month or a year ago, and a phenomenon called «scrambling» (when minor details get mixed up in your head).

This coincides with lower production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone in the ovaries during a transitional period called perimenopause, which may last months or years before menopause.

Sure, this was possible without Bluetooth LE, but now it will actually be practical — such sensors could be cheap and last months or years without any recharging necessary.

This has resulted in many of those users expressing ample frustration toward Google, saying their past phones lasted months or years without suffering the same degree of screen marks.

Intimacy can go in waves through the years, but if there is an ongoing drought that lasts months or years, this is a sign to seek professional help.

Not exact matches

This year World View aims to complete flights that last «one or two months,» Poynter said — far beyond the company's record of a five - day flight, set last year.

Sales cycles can last months or even years.

The numbers, as reported last month, back it up — this year's second quarter saw 48 home sales priced at $ 5 million or higher, the most activity in almost a year and a half, according to a report by Miller Samuel Inc. and Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Other analysts, like economist Nouriel Roubini, argued that cheap oil would last just a year or 18 months before producers like Saudi Arabia had successfully flushed out higher - cost competitors like shale producers here in the U.S.

The company said Friday it earned net income of $ 15 million or six cents per share in the last three months of 2017, compared with $ 840 million or $ 3.43 per share in the year - earlier period, with the latter figures boosted by asset sales.

In addition, everyone is now fretting about an «inverted yield curve,» which is the phenomenon when long - term yields, such as the 10 - year yield, fall below short - term yields, such as the three - month yield or the two - year yield.The last time this happened was before the Financial Crisis.

Whether it's due to the holiday spirit or the unfriendly weather, consumers are likely to share videos, posts, photos, and other shareable company productions during the last three months of the year more than at any other time.

«Most important is to make sure you are actually making a sustainable income from it and you feel confident that it's not something that will only last for six months or a year,» he says.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

Nearly 30 percent of the businesses sold the last three months of the year were restaurants, bars or other eating and drinking places.

The recession in Canada lasted just eight months, far shorter than the United States» projected two - year slog or even Canada's own recessions in the early»80s and»90s.

The media startup, valued at $ 11 billion in its latest round of funding, says the number of «pinners,» or people sharing images and links, has doubled on its platform in the last 18 months and the number of searches on its service have increased by 81 % over the last year.

Having lost an appeal last month, the Frenchman now faces three years in prison and must repay the $ 4.9 - billion (or $ 6.3 - billion and significant change) lost by the company.

Edison Research, which studies consumer adoption of digital media, reported this year that three - quarters of Americans 12 to 24 and half of those 25 to 54, say they have listened to online radio or streamed audio content available only on the Internet in the last month.

Or your PC can fetch files relating to that approaching customer or colleague and prompt you with zingers like, «Oh hi, boss, just noticing that sales are up 14 percent so far this month over last year at this time,» or «Gee, Mr. Freedman, you must have heard about the special we're having on the Monster Lawn 6000 tractor for Teeny Lawn 300 owners.&raquOr your PC can fetch files relating to that approaching customer or colleague and prompt you with zingers like, «Oh hi, boss, just noticing that sales are up 14 percent so far this month over last year at this time,» or «Gee, Mr. Freedman, you must have heard about the special we're having on the Monster Lawn 6000 tractor for Teeny Lawn 300 owners.&raquor colleague and prompt you with zingers like, «Oh hi, boss, just noticing that sales are up 14 percent so far this month over last year at this time,» or «Gee, Mr. Freedman, you must have heard about the special we're having on the Monster Lawn 6000 tractor for Teeny Lawn 300 owners.&raquor «Gee, Mr. Freedman, you must have heard about the special we're having on the Monster Lawn 6000 tractor for Teeny Lawn 300 owners.»

People — in the last six months or a year — were asking us, «How can I be involved?»

The proportion of adults who are either working or looking for work fell last month to 62.7 percent, slightly lower than a year ago.

The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, said it lost $ 3 million or three cents per share in the last three months of 2017, narrowing a loss of $ 8.9 million or 10 cents per share a year earlier.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month said it would oversee non-bank auto lenders who process at least 10,000 loans or leases per year.

Excluding one - time, the company earned $ 432 million, or 84 cents for the three months ended June 30, versus $ 497 million, or 96 cents, in the same quarter last year.

Uber will expanding Uber Movement, a website the company launched last year that offers anonymized and aggregated Uber data to show travel conditions across different times, days or months, and how travel times are impacted by things like big events and road closures in a city.

Earlier this month Fortune reported that 17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailer had left their perches — or announced their intention to — in the last year and a half.

In the 10 years since he founded the Los Angeles - based Toms — whose revenue for the 12 months ending last June 30 was estimated by Moody's to be $ 392 million — Mycoskie has accumulated enough karmic capital to disappear for a week or two in pursuit of spiritual healing.

Last year, workers in Tuscaloosa produced more than 300,000 vehicles — or about 25,000 per month.

These rules are in constant flux and you can not rely on what was the law last year or even three months ago.

Ms. Conway, a Republican strategist and pollster who ran the final months of Mr. Trump's presidential campaign before joining the White House, made over $ 800,000 in the last year or so.

As with other lenders, if your business has sufficient cash flow to support a loan payment, you haven't declared bankruptcy in the past 24 months, and are current with your personal obligations like your rent or a mortgage for the last year, you may qualify.

Lynas said in its full year results last month it had just been breaking even in the low price environment and would «require either amendments to the terms of its loan facilities or alternative sources of funding.»

The holidays are the most important time of the year for retailers as well as some shoppers: about a third of some stores» profits are made in the last two months of the year, and discounts can make or break those results.

If your business has sufficient cash flow to support a loan payment, you haven't declared bankruptcy in the last 12 - 24 months, and you're current with your personal credit obligations like rent or a mortgage for the last year, you may be able to qualify for a loan with a non-profit lender even if you have a less - than - perfect credit profile.

Program expenses were up $ 2.6 billion, or 6.0 % in the first two months of 2017 - 18, compared to the same period last year.

The proportion of adults in their prime working years — defined as ages 25 to 54 — who are either working or looking for jobs reached the highest level in nearly seven years in February, before declining slightly last month.

If we terminate Mr. Drexler's employment without cause or he terminates his employment with good reason, Mr. Drexler will be entitled to receive (i) a payment of his earned but unpaid annual base salary through the termination date, any accrued vacation pay and any un-reimbursed expenses, and (ii) subject to Mr. Drexler's execution of a valid general release and waiver of claims against us, as well as his compliance with the non-competition, non-solicitation and confidential information restrictions described below, (a) a payment equal to his annual base salary and target cash incentive award, one - half of such payment to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date and the remaining one - half of such payment to be paid in six equal monthly installments commencing on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the termination date, (b) a payment equal to the product of (x) the last annual cash incentive award Mr. Drexler received prior to the termination date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of service completed by Mr. Drexler in the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365, such amount to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date, and (c) the immediate vesting of such portion of unvested restricted shares and stock options as provided and pursuant to the terms of the relevant grant agreements under our 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.

The soap will last a very long time at least 3 months or longer with daily use and this is if it was my only soap which it is not so I expect a good 1 year plus use of this tub so for the price it costs less than a dollar a month for one of the worlds classiest and most respected soaps and brands in the shaving world.

As a dividend growth investor, you can look at several metrics to evaluate the performance of a stock over the last months, years or even decades.

A colleague of mine who works at a pension fund did a study last year in which he concluded that, because of the extreme degree of public pension underfunding, a 10 % decline in the stock market for a sustained period — i.e. more than 3 or 4 months — would cause every single public pension fund to blow up.

For example, a moving company promoting a special discount for senior citizens could target people who purchased a house within the last month, layered with an age range of 60 years old or greater and their service area locations.

Just last month, it was reported that Credit Suisse strategist Andrew Garthwaite lamented dismal yields for the past couple years in a client report, writing that «his team has come across almost no one who seems to have outperformed or made decent returns this year» and «we have never had so many client meetings starting with statements such as «we are totally lost».»