Sentences with phrase «made such a long»

Too many women can not make such a long monthly trek, so they simply do without.

The star is so far away that any lasers we received from a civilization there would have to have been sent during the dawn of the Roman Empire — but the researchers say they could have detected even laser pulses that had made such a long journey.

If you want to blame someone blame Palm for making such a long exclusivity deal with Sprint and taking so long to get anything new out.

As you can see, there are a variety of different marketing conditions to consider before you really commit to making such a long - term investment.

To get the seed corn to make such long term investments would make for very interesting reading.

Because Kenna makes such long exposures, often minutes or sometimes hours long, the landscape presents itself as something that can not be seen with the naked eye, abstracting reality.

This is because they are just now starting out trying to make such long - term forecasts and they have a lot to learn before they can assess whether it is indeed possible.

Not exact matches

Lagunitas Brewing, which has long endeavored to impart marijuana flavors into its beers (such as The Waldos) and has a joyful, marijuana - infused past, has decided to take the direct route, debuting a new IPA made with cannabis.

Damn the investors for making money on such lunacy, damn the paranoiacs who think the added fluoride in our public water systems is a mind - control drug, damn the Times for running a massive photo of a startup founder who thinks water «expires» and is described as «sitting naked and cross-legged on a hot spring, his long brown hair flowing over his chest.»

Two Swiss economists who studied the effect of commuting on happiness found that such factors could not make up for the misery created by a long commute.

Several other Silicon Valley start - ups, such as Planet Labs and Masten Space Systems, have been making headlines recently as they enter the space exploration market, an endeavor long associated with, and controlled by, the government.

Such a shift would bring the central bank a step closer to making the purchase of longer - dated bonds a central part of policy and partly echoes Japan's five - year quantitative easing campaign that lasted until 2006, under which it aggressively pumped cash into the economy.

As Americans live longer, debilitating diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are rising, making the need for long - term care vital.

Some websites, such as Ebay and Craigslist, have long made it possible to sell your stuff online to strangers.

Talent has always been equally dispersed, but access to such talent hasn't been; the economies that help make the world flatter will serve to benefit in the short and long term.

Uber has long made its interest in driverless cars public, and has invested heavily in developing such technology through a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University.

Not long after the announcement, Beatles member Paul McCartney blogged about what made Martin such a special teammate:

For a long time this single, unpredictable event eclipsed other growing problems such as the popping of the technology bubble that had been a huge job creator and wealth generator in the Pacific Northwest, and the gradual rise of the Canadian dollar to parity that made Whistler less of a bargain compared to Aspen or Vail.

Platforms that take a cut of the capital, such as Kickstarter, are no longer the only way to go, as Crowdhoster and Selfstarter have made it possible to run a DIY crowdfunding campaign.

From water - and snow - resistant parkas made from skins worn by hunters in polar regions to garments fabricated using woven straw, such as the ancient Japanese mino, people have long sought ways to remain dry while outside in wet weather.

«Some schools long ago saw the need to travel to the coast to get a sense of the Silicon Valley - Bay Area ecosystem; more and more are following their lead, making such pilgrimages de rigeur for the best programs,» according to Poets and Quants.

So, all of a sudden, it doesn't seem like such a big deal if we make the right decisions so long as the right people are in the room.

Making such a move is not easy as it will require you to build a long - term strategy.

«There is a definitive shift toward finding ways to make things more efficient and longer - lasting,» says Panteva, who notes that government programs such as Energy Star are also helping drive consumer demand for eco-friendly products.

Although most do not have the desired agronomic characteristics — such as high yields of seedless, nonacidic fruits with long shelf life — that would make them a direct substitute for the Cavendish, they are an untapped genetic resource.

If you do choose to sell any investment held outside of a tax - deferred account, such as an IRA, make sure, if at all possible, you hold it for at least one year and one day in order to qualify for the long - term capital gains rate.

If that strong password looks too hard to remember, using a password manager, such as LastPass, to create and store long, strong passwords for every online account, including your social media accounts, can make your life a whole lot easier.

Google has long impressed observers for its continued support of dozens of useful little web services that make no money, but Techcrunch wonders if more cuts are on the way, such as Google's Wikipedia competitor Knol and phone add - on Grand Central.

Though such calculations are difficult to make with any precision, in all likelihood Black will spend longer in prison than he would have had he expressed remorse.

Open - source software organizations such as those that developed the Linux PC operating system and the Apache Web server program have long wrestled with ways to keep lines of communication open and to distribute decision making among vast communities of mostly software - developer volunteers.

Given that our esteemed lawmakers can't seem to agree on anything these days, the entrepreneurship organization is a long way from being able to guarantee that such a measure will ever pass, but on the Hill's Congressional Blog recently, Kauffman's policy director Jason Wiens and Dane Stangler, the organization's vice president of research and policy, did make a strong case regarding why it should.

The top U.S. diplomat said Washington would carry out «stabilization initiatives» such as clearing landmines and restoring basic utilities in areas no longer under Islamic State control, while making clear that» «stabilization» is not a synonym for open - ended nation - building or a synonym for reconstruction.

However, these dark days are now long gone, with websites such as Transunion and Experian offering comprehensive breakdowns of your credit history and, most importantly, allowing you to make changes for the better.

Second, while having a «supportive» and patient dominant shareholder allowed the company to pursue long - term plays and make decisions that wouldn't pay off for years — such as the investment in the oilsands and the Southeast Asia play — such long - term goals were often pursued at the expense of short - term results.

As long as such deadlines and crises are the exception and not the norm, your part - time employee will be motivated to do what it takes to make your business succeed.

The committee member also noted how, «in longer, denser paragraphs» within the app's T&C s, the legalese does also state that «whatever that primary purpose is you can sell this data for any purposes whatsoever» — making the point that such sweeping terms are unfair.

By making timely bridge loan repayments, you might be able to boost your credit score such that you become eligible for long - term financing.

Rather than relying on personal assets such as a car, boat or home to secure the loan, unsecured lenders look exclusively at a borrower's credit worthiness to determine eligibility, making those with high credit scores and a long, solid credit history the best candidates for an unsecured business line of credit.

Fran Hauser is a long - time media executive, startup investor and author of The Myth of the Nice Girl.Best known for her role building PEOPLE.com — one of the biggest media brands online — Hauser made the leap to early stage investing in 2014, funding and advising consumer - focused companies such as HelloGiggles, Mogul, The Wing and Gem & Bolt.

I believe you think we are heading for a long period of low returns, but still, with such a long investment horizon ahead of you, don't you think it could make sense to be more exposed to public equities, maybe in passive index funds, and trust the long term wealth building power of that asset class without so much attention to continuous portfolio rebalancing trying to anticipate short term returns?

Downsizing from a $ 250,000 house to a $ 150,000 home is a great way to make your retirement nest egg last longer, and such a move will save you an extra $ 6,250 every year, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

Such a bias may make it harder for executives to invest for the long run.

That makes it the second longest such streak since World War II, trailing only the period from 1990 to 1997 that went longer without experiencing a double digit loss.

The problems with such targets are well known: They often encourage managers to sacrifice a firm's long - term health or to manipulate their numbers in order to make their bonuses.

He made it clear the company could no longer rely on simply opening more stores, and promised to beef up the innovation of new products such as its dark roast coffee and additional sandwiches and donuts.

Some lenders will return the security deposit to cardholders after having made timely payments over a long period, such as 12 months, and convert the card to an unsecured one.

By combining factors such as budget, market growth, current pipeline, and past trends, companies can make projections about short - term and long - term sales figures.

I'm referring to statements such as the conditional commitment we made in 2009 — when we pledged to keep the key policy rate unchanged for a year as long as the outlook for inflation didn't change.

There are some factors that can increase the potential «virality» of your piece, such as making it long and detailed, adding elements of humor and surprise, and giving it an early push on social media, but it's also a game of timing and pure luck.

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