Sentences with phrase «lost about a fifth»
Africa loses about a fifth of its maize crop because of drought.
https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ Not exact matches
Novartis (NVS) shares have lost more than a fifth of their value this year, in part due to concerns about its lagging eyecare business Alcon as well as Entresto's prospects for meeting ambitious expectations.
Think about it this way: If four out of five bettors wager $ 50 on the Red Sox but the fifth bettor places $ 1,000 on the Yankees, the sportsbook would have $ 800 worth of liability should the Red Sox lose.
My city has lost a quarter of its teaching staff, and Cuomo is about to go into his fifth consecutive austerity budget.
Film Editors Niels Pagh Andersen — «The Look of Silence,» «The Act of Killing» Joe Bini * — «We Need to Talk about Kevin,» «Cave of Forgotten Dreams» Bettina Böhler — «Phoenix,» «Barbara» Pernille Bech Christensen — «The Salvation,» «In a Better World» Raúl Antonio Dávalos — «The Amateurs,» «Meet Wally Sparks» Marie - Hélène Dozo — «Two Days, One Night,» «L'Enfant» Amy E. Duddleston — «Elegy,» «Laurel Canyon» Suzy Elmiger — «Lola Versus,» «Mighty Fine» Sim Evan - Jones — «Shaun the Sheep Movie,» «Shrek» Sarah Flack — «Away We Go,» «Lost in Translation» Affonso Gonçalves — «Carol,» «Winter's Bone» Matthew Hamachek — «Cartel Land,» «If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front» Chris King — «Amy,» «Exit through the Gift Shop» Pedro Kos * — «The Square,» «Waste Land» Sylvie Landra — «Catwoman,» «The Fifth Element» Tom McArdle — «Spotlight,» «The Station Agent» Adam Nielsen — «A War,» «A Hijacking» Kevin Nolting — «Inside Out,» «Up» Nathan Nugent — «Room,» «Frank» Stan Salfas — «Morning,» «Let Me In» Azin Samari * — «Ethel,» «The September Issue» Margaret Sixel — «Mad Max: Fury Road,» «Happy Feet» Mary Stephen — «Blind Mountain,» «A Tale of Winter» Troy Takaki — «Baggage Claim,» «The Bounty Hunter» Camilla Toniolo — «His Way,» «Company Man» Bernat Vilaplana — «Crimson Peak,» «Pan's Labyrinth» Pax Wassermann — «Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me,» «Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer» Julia Wong — «Hercules,» «Extract» Mark Yoshikawa — «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 and 2),» «The Tree of Life»
In his fifth feature as a director, Clooney — in what should could been his most serious picture — loses the dramatic prowess that marked previous efforts like Good Night, and Good Luck and The Ides of March, two serious features about serious topics.
In the name of losing weight, about one - fifth of high - school girls have used diet pills, more than one in six have forced themselves to vomit, and half have skipped a meal, the results of new federal survey indicate.
Fifth - grade teacher Ryan Oleson could relate when he heard about a student at Brandywine Elementary who felt self - conscious about losing his hair from chemotherapy treatments — hair loss that would reveal a surgical scar on the back of his head.
After CTR, the series changed hands, and past the point of the fifth unofficial party game entry, Crash Bash, I lost interest with the series and have some strong feelings about what followed all the same.
The university, which offers world - class instruction in art, architecture and engineering, but no expensive athletic programs, no tricked - out student centers, no plush lawns to sprawl on between classes, is currently losing $ 12 million a year, about a fifth of its overall budget.
Africa did better during what is now called the Quaternary Megafauna Extinction (QME), losing about one - fifth of its big species, while Eurasia lost one - third.