Sentences with phrase «made by history»

We are historical beings who not only make history but are also made by history.

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Smith selects the different charities that Cotopaxi supports through the personal relationships he has forged with nonprofits, as well as by targeting areas and companies that have a history of making an impact in education and healthcare.

But that comparison misses a fundamental piece of Nintendo's history: games made by companies other than Nintendo.

But the image of the First Lady in stiletto heels as she walked to Air Force One had already made the rounds on social media, with some opining about the optics of wearing expensive footwear to visit a state ravaged by the worst flooding in its history.

Knowing your history will make you more confident about the present and future by showing you where you've been and how far you've come, providing proof that you've advanced, and an inspirational vision of how far you could go.

The intimate customer - service experience is enhanced by the surprise extras, including free in - store haircuts from high - end barbers, an evening open bar, and a diverse line - up of workshops and events ranging from ornament - making to banjo music and lectures on the history of code.

In March it made industry history by successfully launching and landing a reusable rocket; six months before that, it watched as one of its Falcon 9 rockets exploded during refueling for a so - called test fire.

Over the course of three - plus years, McQueen — who has appeared in the MTV reality show Nitro Circus and FuelTV's Thrillbillies — has won Monster Jam's Rising Star Award, a monster truck racing title in New Orleans, and in 2010 he made Monster Jam history by landing the first - ever back flip in competition.

Opened in 1971 in Seattle's historic Pike Market by English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegel and writer Gordon Bowker, the original Starbucks only sold roasted whole coffee beans and coffee making equipment.

It «probably changed history by making Comey more skeptical about her and the Clintons» role,» he said.

If she enters the history books for her achievements, it will be to the extent she has won favor with Germans by making it seem she was never interested in the history books to begin with.

By the time the public comment period had ended for proposed rule changes to net neutrality 10 days ago, the Federal Communications Commission logged close to 800,000 responses, making it the most commented - upon rule change in the agency's history.

But the 25 - year - old, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, is not only making history, she's inspired by it.

Some raw moments of history shown in the film are so shocking or absurd they're almost comical, but in the big - picture context afforded by the 56 - minute movie, they make the hair of your skin stand on - end.

The study was based on 166 volunteers who were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, where you can make money by completing «Human Intelligence Tasks,» and it looked at their entire Instagram histories, which came out to about 43,950 photos.

The Democratic memo says that Steele's «multi-year history of credible reporting on Russia,» which was affirmed by senior FBI and DOJ officials, made his work trustworthy regardless of who funded it.

Last June, the Supreme Court made history by granting LGBT people in the U.S. the legal right to marry their loved ones.

The last of the year's four tennis Grand Slam tournaments crowns its champions this weekend and women's favorite Serena Williams is looking to make history by becoming the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1988.

Many investors worry that Gilead can't hope to replicate 2014's breakneck pace of revenue growth (driven largely by Sovaldi, which racked up $ 2 billion in sales in its first three months, making it the fastest - selling drug in history).

«You are the most diverse class in Northeastern's history — in other words, you are Donald Trump's worst nightmare... I think that everything that we've lived and learned tells us that we will never come out on top if we accept advice from soundbite salesmen and carnival barkers who pretend the most powerful country on Earth can remain great by looking inward and hiding behind walls at a time that technology has made that impossible to do and unwise to even attempt.

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made history by passing an indoor smoking ban for bars and restaurants in the city which has been credited with slashing hospitalization and heart attack rates.

These accusations are made all the more startling by Ikea's quiet 60 - year history and generally positive reputation.

Senator Tammy Duckworth made history by bringing a baby to the Senate floor.

Saputo Inc. emerged as the winner of the Australian deal with a $ 450 - million all - cash bid — one of the biggest deals in the history of the company, which was launched in the 1950s as a family venture that made deliveries of homemade fresh mozzarella by bicycle.

It made a speedy ascent to a $ 4.5 billion valuation and was hailed by investors one of the fastest - growing software companies in Silicon Valley history.

We've had a three - year bear market where virtually everything lost money, followed by a stupendous year where virtually everything made money, topped off by the biggest regulatory scandal in the $ 7 trillion fund industry's history.

It's also one of the best investments you can make, as evidenced by its history of outperforming both the stock and housing markets even during periods of double - digit growth rates.

The short documentary above (made by a Microsoft team from the Netherlands) is a conversation with photographer Charles O'Rear, who in 1996 took the photograph «Bliss,» which became the default desktop wallpaper of Windows XP, and as a result is one of the most - viewed photographs in history.

Every major sell - off in history has been accompanied by a mix of economic concerns, monetary policy shifts, geopolitical tensions, or some other source of consternation that might make a rational person demand a higher premium for putting their capital at risk.

Figure skater Mirai Nagasu made skating history by becoming the first American woman to land the triple Axel jump at an Olympics.

The company hopes to raise $ 5 billion in an initial public offering later this spring, which will make it by far the largest Internet IPO in history.

It has become more likely for stock prices to make large swings — on the order of 3 percent or 4 percent — than it has been in any other time in recent stock market history, according to an analysis by The New York Times of price changes in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock market index since 1962.

In 2013, MS Nordic Orion made history by becoming the first bulk carrier to make the historically treacherous trip, hauling a load of B.C. coal to Finland and shaving about 1,000 nautical miles off its usual route through the Panama Canal.

As history has shown repeatedly, equities tend to recover their valuations over time, so allocating a portfolio accordingly may make sense to help prevent being burned by a hot hand.

While IIHS and dozens of other private industry groups around the world have methods and motivations that suit their own subjective purposes, the most objective and accurate independent testing of vehicle safety is currently done by the U.S. government, which found Model S and Model X to be the two cars with the lowest probability of injury of any cars that it has ever tested, making them the safest cars in history.»

The final trading day of April kicked off with a positive mood in Asia after North Korea's Kim Jong - un made history by crossing into South Korea.

Even the 4 % annual total return of the S&P 500 in the 15 years since the 2000 peak has been made possible only by driving current valuations to the second most extreme point in U.S. history.

The $ 16 million donation (including a sizeable parcel of real estate) made by the Haskaynes was the largest charitable contribution in the history of the university at the time, and one of the largest contributions to any business school in Canada.

Back then we argued that BGG's history of value - destroying acquisitions, significant write - downs, and declining profits made it unlikely that the company would hit the high expectations set by the market.

While Tesla scrambled to work out the kinks in making the Model 3 in the first quarter, deliveries of the Model S and Model X declined by 23 percent from the previous quarter — to 21,800 — even as the company reported «the most productive quarter in Tesla history.»

That mega bank started as a financial supermarket that Rubin helped to make possible behind the scenes in the Bill Clinton administration, followed by a giant crash and the largest bank bailout in U.S. history from 2007 to 2010.

There is no question that the network effect of talent — that world class entrepreneurs, engineers, and design talent want to be with and are attracted by the best — has made Silicon Valley unique in the history of global innovation.

Although he presided over one of the most prosperous periods in American history, Greenspan is remembered by some as making some significant errors.

By making on - time minimum payments to all creditors and maintaining account balances below credit limits, a secured credit card combined with responsible financial behavior can help you establish or rebuild your credit history.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

There is no question that a 30 billion dollar participation in hedging instruments by the gold producer can only result in a significant if not history making melt down of the hedging vehicles.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has just made history by being the first country to grant citizenship to a robot.

Developed by Forest City Ratner Companies, 461 Dean is the tallest modular building in the world — just one way Pacific Park is making history.

Apple Inc. shareholders could make history next year by deciding whether the company should be forced to increase the number of non-white executives and directors, with a vote on a proposal the iPhone maker has tried to squelch.

Yet somehow, despite policy failures that are made obvious by the lowest interest rates ever recorded in human history, a persistent narrative still dominates financial markets: all - knowing, omnipotent central bankers are still in full control of the situation and will do «whatever it takes» to maintain order.