Having landed in Atlanta by way of a small town in South Carolina, he was initially in awe of the big city and its public transportation system that had
a little over a decade of service to its name.
Not exact matches
«When the decision to end a
decades - long practice is made with so
little warning and clear communication, it raises the likelihood
of misunderstanding and miscalculation and sets the stage for a crisis between the United States and China
over Taiwan.»
In a
little over a
decade, it had expanded from a scrappy upstart into a thriving outfit with dozens
of employees, a database
of 1,500 contractors and such industry giants as Lowe's, Home Depot and Canadian Tire as clients.
Over the
decades, its consultants have shaped the world
of business in profound, if
little seen, ways.
Over the past decade there has been little growth in manufacturing output and the level of employment has declined, particularly over the past couple of years (Graph
Over the past
decade there has been
little growth in manufacturing output and the level
of employment has declined, particularly
over the past couple of years (Graph
over the past couple
of years (Graph 3).
«Our research into the proportion
of senior business roles held by women has revealed precious
little movement
over the past
decade,» said Francesca Lagerberg, global leader, tax services and Europe, Grant Thornton, in a statement.
Since October, Chinese economic policymakers have expressed
little interest in tackling the country's mountain
of debt, which has accumulated rapidly
over the past
decade.
To conclude,
over the past
decade and in a very volatile world, Australia has achieved the inflation target, avoided a major economic downturn, seen remarkably
little variability in real economic activity in the face
of enormous shocks, experienced a fairly low average rate
of unemployment, and had a stable financial system as well.
Currently, business investment is equivalent to around 16 per cent
of GDP — not far below its peak level in the past four
decades — and is expected to rise a
little further
over the next couple
of years (Graph 2).
In a
little over a
decade, millennials are projected to make up roughly 75 %
of the global workforce.
The state currently charges a
little over 39 cents in total taxes and fees for every gallon
of gas — quite a difference from the 52 cents it collected per gallon a
decade ago.
Since its inception a
little over a
decade ago, Cherwell has been rapidly gaining traction in the competitive ITSM space — but they're still one
of the newer kids on the block with other new competitors emerging rapidly.
The decision to not release detailed documents could signal a desire for the government to shift away from the public quarterly budget updates, which are meaningless in terms
of fiscal planning due to the province's dependence on fluctuating natural resource commodity prices and have become
little more than public relations exercises for the government
over the past two
decades.
Growth
of non-farm GDP
over the latest four quarters for which we have data was just
over 4 per cent; domestic demand, while slowing a
little from its most recent peak, expanded by 5 1/2 per cent
over that period; employment growth
over the past year has been around trend, though lower in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained close to the lower end
of the range in which it has fluctuated
over the past two
decades.
Absent a major shift higher in US growth — something I see no evidence
of — there is
little reason to expect big returns from US stocks
over the next
decade.
Raising the growth rate
of the economy by 0.3 per cent (the difference between the underlying productivity growth rate in the 1990s cycle and the average
of the earlier cycles) makes
little difference
over a year or two;
over a
decade or two, however, the cumulated effect on living standards is substantial.
While the measured participation rate has been quite volatile
over the past year, in recent months it has stabilised at around 63 3/4 per cent, a
little above the average
of the past
decade.
A
little over a
decade before Lincoln issued his declaration two views
of providence were enshrined in two novels that remain with us today.
But
over the last few
decades it's remarkable how
little of that growth has trickled down to ordinary families.
The first problem here is that, minus signs or not, the fluctuating growth rates for the oldline churches (quite healthy growth during the postwar revival; decline during the 1970s; some recovery in the first half
of the «80s) tell us
little if they are not compared, and compared
over a number
of decades, with the growth rates for the conservative churches.
The nearly quantum leap in campaign spending
over recent
decades, propelled especially by the use
of television, has provoked a growing sense that something should be done, even if there is
little agreement on what this something might be.
But recent trends do point toward a changing wind in culture — a sense that sex and nudity and female actors in particular might be deserving
of a
little more respect than they've been getting
over the past
decade.
Many
of them have
little knowledge
of the enormous changes that have taken place among theologians and clergymen
over the past
decade.
They saw lots
of talk, but
little change
over the
decades.
Notwithstanding substantial increases in expenditure on education
over the past
decade, national and international assessments
of student achievement in Australia show
little improvement and in some areas standards
of achievement have dropped.
But in a meantime, I will probably make again some mocha éclairs that remind me
of a
little Warsaw patisserie «Po Schodkach» that used to be our favourite sweet treats source
over the
decades.
But for now, this is just what's up in Brooklyn (with a short
little hop up to Queens for She Wolf), and hopefully a helpful visual rundown
of the restaurant group that's grown
over the past
decade out
of just one beat - up old diner under the Williamsburg Bridge.
Arsenal fans will tell you that
over the past
decade we have seen numerous players switch the Emirates for pastures new, perhaps a few
of which have been a
little closer to home than a lot
of fans would've liked.
The division is littered with the big names
of former Premier League giants — Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, and Blackburn Rovers to name just three — but there's been
little to suggest
over the last
decade that anyone can't beat anyone on their day.
Think
of all the
little things
over the last week, year, and
decade that led us to Watson rolling right with Hunter Renfrow open in the end zone.
As Bo knows, life in Clipperland
over the past
decade has been a lot
of playground and very
little heaven.
A
little trickier, since membership for many
of these has often been fluid
over the last
decade, which makes rivalries harder to group.
(His 2017 class ranked No. 115, but part
of that was because
of size; the per - recruit average was almost identical to UMass» 2016 class and only a
little bit behind that
of Temple, another team that has seen fortunes shift drastically
over the last
decade.)
A
little over a
decade ago the former Prime Minister
of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, was just another billionaire seeking the greatest plaything
of the impossibly rich — ownership
of a European football team.
They've been in the business
of stationery for
over a
decade and have an ever growing selection
of products and services to help make life a
little bit easier and a lot more fun!
The inventor
of the
Little Balance Box, Dr. Shannon Davis PT, DPT, is a mother
of two with Doctorate and Masters degrees in Physical Therapy and
over a
decade of working with developmentally disabled children.
The measure has been pushed for the last
decade at the Capitol to
little avail in the Senate as lawmakers there have raised concerns
over a one - year look back window for old cases
of abuse.
Many
of Kenya's most popular Malls have very
little security, despite the significant terrorist threat that has existed for well
over a
decade.
The adoption
of mass protest
over armed conflict is to be welcomed after
decades of vicious civil wars, often perpetrated by small groups
of armed men with no broad - based political agenda and
little desire to shape one.
What I'm being asked now is to start from scratch after three
decades and, if I am a good
little migrant, spend enough money and bend
over backwards, at the end
of the process, I may be given a piece
of paper to say «alright then, you can stay I s «pose».
What Mr. Silver didn't say: He is trying to keep his taxpayer - financed pension, trying to stay out
of prison and trying to forfeit as
little cash as possible from the schemes that the federal government says netted him more than $ 5 million
over the
decades.
Perhaps, this
little story
of less than two
decades ago, serves to remind us that the Nigerian military may have been untactical in its Sunday hurried declaration
of three persons wanted
over the latest video released by the psycopaths called Boko Haram.
«I recall how he worked tirelessly to ensure that peace reigned in his domain and beyond;
little wonder that his
over two
decades on the throne witnessed monumental development which no doubt has positively enriched the people
of Omu - Aran in particular and Kwara State in general,» Saraki stated.
The San Francisco metro area saw just
over 9,000 new affordable units created in the course
of more than three
decades, and the D.C. area gained a
little more than 15,000 in the same time frame.
Jack Conway, now town supervisor
of East Greenbush, met Mary Pat Donnelly at a zoning board hearing a
little over a
decade ago, when she served as the board's attorney.
Nationally, women hold 24.9 percent
of state legislative seats, according to the Center for American Women and Politics, a number that has seen
little change
over the last
decade.
The Michigan Republican said last week that he isn't running for re-election this fall, after serving a
little over a
decade in office, the last few years as chairman
of the House Intelligence Committee.
This outfit derives its resources from the liquidation
of the Communist Party's assets built up
over many
decades by British workers (with a
little help from their Soviet comrades) Therefore Progress can have no principled objection to another political tendency with impeccable socialist credentials and a much longer relationship with the organised labour movement to join them in the fraternal contest to shape the direction
of Labour's policies and influence the selection
of candidates.
In races for local office
over the last few
decades, he has been booted from the ballot before, showing
little mastery
of the city's arcane election rules.
In particular, devotees
of genetics might want to cede a
little ground to their colleagues in epidemiology, who
over the past
decade have amassed a provocative, interlocking set
of studies implicating urban birthplace and migrant status as persistent risk factors.