Sentences with phrase «less up to the moment»

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And that's more or less exactly what happens with Lux Capital's Wolfe a few weeks later: Moments after hanging up, he calls back to tell me excitedly we have Khanna in common.

We all know that music can affect our mood — pumping us up before a big event, helping us get in the productivity zone, or providing a soothing soundtrack to our lowest moments - but a stack of recent studies also shows music can affect us on an even deeper level, making us more generous and empathetic, and less biased, reports Summer Allen in Greater Good Magazine.

The piece focuses specifically on informal negotiations at work — those common but less written about moments when it's up to you to secure the credit or influence you deserve, or to get what you want from a reluctant supervisor or colleague.

This is just another way of saying that God loves every man at every moment in every specific situation as he loved his Son Jesus Christ: not more (for Jesus Christ was delivered up to temptation, to testing, to fatigue, to hunger, to suffering and to death), but not less.

The willingness of President Bush (in his better moments) to spend money to shore up civil society — making it perhaps less necessary to spend money down the road, as the promise of the «ownership society» was fulfilled — was taken as an opportunity by those not invested in that «limited» project (I have in mind here both the conventional Republicans in the Bush White House and the pork - barrelling Republicans in the House and Senate) to open the federal purse with relative abandon.

He'd take less knocks too if he was passing the moment he gets a chance to look up, or if he knew a teammates run before even seeing it.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Introduction: Receiving your call up to the national squad for a major tournament should be a proud moment for any player, but coming less than a week before the first fixture when, by your own admission, you are out of shape, it becomes a more frantic affair.

This could end up meaning the game is a little less exciting than some people hope, as the Blues look to pick their moments, unless there's an early goal really open things up.

I think you might find it has a lot less to do with science and facts than it does about a person's core beliefs that evolved from the thousands of tiny steps that led them through life up to this moment in time.

It is so easy for us as parents to get wrapped up in the moment, and say something in a less than ideal way.

Easter is less than 2 weeks away, and so instead of dying Easter eggs at the last possible moment, as we usually do, I decided to pick up some Easter egg dye, Snack Pack ® Pudding Cups and eggs this weekend, and let my daughter start decorating a little earlier this year.

At this moment, human volunteers at three different U.S. sites have given up 25 percent of normal daily calories to test whether the less - food, longer - life phenomenon applies to people as well.

Ultimately, operating from a survival state means your life is driven by unconscious impulses that serve only to get you away from an immediate threat, not to set you up for success down the road, which can lead to less than optimal decisions in a moment of panic.

With seemingly less hours in the day at the moment people look to be involved in things that are not big time wasters Like watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

This takes less then 60 minutes to prep so from the moment you get home from your run you can whip this up and have a gourmet meal within that crucial window of opportunity.

It has seemed to become more about who can get their seasonal home tour up first and less about living in the moment.

Welcome back:) I'm planning vacation at the moment:) This mineralize blush sounds really great, I would like to try it, especially in the days with less make - up.

It doesn't live up to its full potential, though, as it could be much more immersive and feature more action moments and after some game time, it feels somewhat less appealing.

But given the criminal milieu at hand, nothing less would have seemed plausible, or equal to the heightened, sordid sensibility Mr. Johnson creates in the film's opening moments and maintains right up to an ending that is among the more perverse in recent memory.

The mother's elective surgery put up against young Annie's struggles with weight and race (in the film's only mawkish moment, the child wishes she could rip her skin off), compared to Elizabeth's shockingly vulnerable scene in which she asks an actor lover (Dermot Mulroney) to critique her naked body and contrasted with Michelle's compensatory indiscretion with a boy less than half her age (the exceptional Jake Gyllenhaal).

There's a moment when Constantine has to team up with another criminal, who's much less intelligent and a lot cruder, and that when the film mixes in dark humor and entertainment.

It exposes Beach Rats as a series of compelling moments adding up to a less - than - illuminating whole.

Maybe you can take this as minor commentary about how the «normal» characters» excessively - masculinized relationships are no less screwed - up than the Farmer's efforts to play house with his victims (the appearance of the latter forcing the two brothers to mend old wounds), but you have no choice except to abandon such thoughts the moment Tracey's curse - laden diatribes are cut short by a shovel crammed into her mouth — which really has nothing on its mind besides «that oughta shut the bitch up.»

The formula provides some nice small moments, but they don't add up to much; they suggest that these filmmakers might make a better movie the next time, when they depend less on their own familiar personalities and inspirations and more on an original screenplay.

It's hard to understand such a contrary cuss whose motivations change from moment to moment, much less sympathize with him as a solitary knight charging up a hill to slay a corrupt political dragon.

The real star of the film, though, is Bava's fluid and often balletic camera work: long takes frequently incorporate mercurial compositions, moving from extreme close - ups to wide, tracking, and variable zooms; and with the exception of three moments, Five Dolls is less zoom - happy than the ludicrous indulgences found in Planet of the Vampires («watch out for the bubbling LAVA - LAVA - LAVA!»)

The title, a reference to the prize horses that are stabled in this upscale neighborhood, is also a metaphor that the story drives home in its less subtle moments: What happens when two well - groomed, hot - blooded mares begin acting up?

Evincing many lucid and extemporaneous qualities, Linklater doesn't do catching up though, as «Boyhood» feels much less like a greatest hits package and more analogous to being in the moment, watching the sprawling, occasionally dull home videos of family over more than a decade's time.

Lots of fresh snow also means that the occasional obstacle (tree stump, sign post, the abandoned hulk of a less - capable vehicle) can be hidden, right up to the moment you drive over it.

The initial pick - up is a lot less rabid than with the old naturally aspirated engine — there's a fleeting moment of lag as the two turbos spool up to full boost.

Bryan and Jim are excited about the ramp up to the Summit and they took a moment to thank their generous patrons — Stalked by Flames, Sell More Books With Less Social Media, Peaks of Passion: Pleasure Point Series Book One.

You will pay less interest using this method but you may have moments where you may want to give up because it's taking a long time to paying off one debt.

Ultimately, giving up that third cup of coffee each day in order to increase your monthly savings by $ 100 SGD, or booking a 4 - star hotel instead of that luxurious 5 - stars for $ 300 SGD per night less may seem like a tough sacrifice in the moment, but ultimately, you are optimising your financial lifestyle and taking control of your future.

It is less troublesome because its spending a minuscule amount of stress-less time at a moment that is both predictable and convenient for me (just before making a purchase) instead of some stressful phone - time at an unpredictable moment in the future, when it can be inconvenient for me, I might not be in the mood and have more important things to worry about and end up not getting the charge - back in time.

With so few reaction tokens, though more can be gained, the Sins player gets considerably less agency than the heroes who all boast two turn tokens each by default, so there is more emphasis on the Sins player carefully picking their moments in order to gang - up on the heroes.

You also have full camera control at all times, and the ability to hide the heads - up display (HUD) either for greater challenge or to have less text in the way of your pure zen flying moment.

So it's less about setting up a long - term strategy in each mission and more about quickly adapting your defenses to the kinds of enemies that are rolling in moment to moment.

That's something that was most important in Steep for letting you return up the mountain and try a trick again, but is admittedly less crucial in this game, where you can generally just drive back a few moments to before the ramp you were trying to launch off and give it a second go.

I'm not married to the idea of thermohaline weakening or even less, shutdown; at the moment, the numbers don't add up.

So it was less about price for me, in the moment, and more about wanting to come up with some new options so that people could be more involved in the divorce process themselves, which would in one way take down the cost, but and too, provide a more empowered experience.

If your doctor tells you to have less than 12 months to live you are eligible to receive up to 50 % of your death benefit whether to take care of any hospital bills, enjoy your last moments with your family, or just check off your bucket list.

As the cash value accumulates, it means they have to come up with less of their money at the moment of death.

At the moment, the iOS and MacOS app stores are separate, and those apps in the Mac App Store are far less popular and up to date compared with their iOS counterparts.

So each partner is less likely to react to these negative thoughts and feelings arising in the moment by getting caught up and swept away, much like a small bird in a hurricane.

Caught up in the heat of the moment, however, we all experience the physiological signs of stress: sweating, shaking, and being short of breath — a state in which it is completely impossible to think clearly about anything at all, much less to resolve a complicated problem with our loved ones.

Less likely to react to these negative thoughts and feelings arising in the moment by getting caught up and swept away, much like a small bird in a hurricane.