Sentences with phrase «make calls like»

You can make calls like a [corner].

You can make calls like a safety.

You do not make a call like that in stoppage time of a tie game in the quaterfinals unless there was a clear and decisive foul.

«If they made a call like that, and further work showed they were correct, it would be a much more powerful conclusion.»

Hillary is an impressive young woman: I can't imagine making calls like that at eighteen.

I had never, in all my years of recruiting, made a call like that.

Not exact matches

The technique, called crystallography, was a bit like making a shadow animal on the wall with one's hand and a flashlight.

Both sharks and humans make antibodies to invading antigens — with one key difference: Human antibodies are shaped a bit like a serving fork, with one prong being the so - called heavy chain, and the other the light chain.

But perhaps what makes Bezos» letter stand out is its brevity (it's much shorter than Buffet's or Dimon's) and consistent focus on long - term values, like keeping a beginner's mindset through what he calls «Day 1» companies.

Political marketing is so hollow and disingenuous, it makes hawking cereal seem like a higher calling

You're asking them to make a call for what December or next April looks like.

Layaway might make sense if you're calling dibs on an item that's in high demand, like an Xbox One S, or if you're plunking down a large amount of cash for a pricey 65 - inch Ultra HD TV.

Out of that drive for answers came the idea for Scherf's 12 - year - old company, PrioHealth, and a program called MeMoves, which uses music, patterns and movement to help teach children and adults like Rowan to calm their nerves and make connections.

Like many service businesses, Share makes its money on billable hours; once the fixed costs are paid, margins on additional calls are high.

Just as Snapchat has what it calls «filters» that users can add to their photos and videos — making themselves look like cartoon animals, for example, or producing virtual rainbows that pour out of a person's mouth — Facebook's Camera also has filters, or «lenses.»

Apple has called the iPhone X the «future» of smartphone technology, which might have made some would - be iPhone 8 customers feel like they were buying outdated hardware.

«There are mistakes that were made, but to call mistakes a failure with an organization like this is a huge misappraisal of their innate ability to adapt, recognize issues and solve problems,» says Kozinets.

Texting was invented for people who don't like to make phone calls.

You'd think that investors would be among the most cold - blooded and rational consumers of information — after all, fortunes depend on them making bias - free judgments about what they hear on earnings calls — but according to this new research, they are actually highly swayed by one tiny shift in language, just like everyone.

«Whenever I make a decision, I like to do what I call a «constructive challenge;» that is, understanding how we got to the recommended option as opposed to the other possible routes.

If your longer - term plans call for creating a more official fiduciary board, it makes a lot of sense to get your feet wet early on by creating a board like this.

That makes Justin what I like to call an «and»: a person who has worked really hard to become highly accomplished at one thing, but also highly accomplished at that, and that, and that.

A report issued by Deloitte in 2011 called for revamping the K - 12 curriculum to expose kids to entrepreneurial concepts, and Stuart says government officials and policy experts are even considering the possibility of specialized, innovation - focused schools.Programs like the lecture series currently offered at Toronto French School that brings in entrepreneurs to talk to students can make a difference, he says.

Tice has made bearish calls like this in the past.

Apple's comment: «The hosts» call - it - like - they - see - it sports talk made PMT our perfect companion through the Olympics, the World Series, and more.»

Amazon just a new released a new, voice - controlled device called Amazon Echo that can give you information like news and the weather, play music, make to - do lists, and answer questions, similar to Siri or Google Now (for example, you could ask something like «How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?»

And just like it made everyone rethink what a smartphone should be when it showed off the iPhone for the first time in 2007, there's an expectation for Apple to do the same with its so - called iWatch.

He called «The Walking Dead» a «soap opera» and said big - budget films like «World War Z» made modest zombie films impossible.

Given the state of the country, «Far Cry 5» feels like something made for an alternate reality where mass shootings aren't common, where there isn't a raging culture war between so - called Red and Blue states, where there isn't yet another misinformed scapegoating of violent video games unfolding.

They expressed hope that it might be a wake - up call for the biotech industry to prioritize science over speculation — but said that the existing structures and incentives make it likely that plenty more companies like Theranos will thrive.

Nintendo announced a gaggle of partners that are making games for Switch, including heavyweights like Activision (known for games like «Call of Duty» and «Destiny») and Take - Two Interactive («Grand Theft Auto,» «NBA 2K»).

The balls made here — not to mention their raw materials — are put through every kind of test, from a machine that looks like an arcade claw game that makes sure each ball conforms to regulation, to a so - called «spinach test» in which balls are dumped in a vat of water and fresh spinach and spun around for up to two days to test grass stain prevention.

Lindsey, like Hassett a Republican, characterized recent comments made by liberals Krugman and Summers as «economic name - calling.»

The company is also experimenting with turning down the volume of music (or as Abercrombie's president mistakenly called it during the conference call, «noise») played in stores, turning up the lighting, and generally making its retail locations feel less like a bizarre form of torture.

«Summon the courage to do something that makes you anxious,» writes Patrick Mathieson, like speaking up during a work conference call or saying «hi» to someone new.

Instead, Nehme calls her approach conservative, noting that she likes to have business in place in an area before the decision is made to set up a full location.

I once got a sales call from a person who said, «would you like to make more money?

«You get so sucked up in the day - to - day that sometimes you forget to do other things, like making sales calls,» he says.

Monday's accident may also call into question new regulations from states like California and Arizona that are letting auto and tech companies test self - driving vehicles without human backup drivers that can intervene if the vehicle makes a mistake.

I have made the mistake of overlooking emails and calls that were too gruff or more like a stream - of - consciousness only to find out that that's the way that person behaved when representing my business.

Sending resumes for cattle - call positions makes sense, like a free lottery ticket, as long as you don't spend much time on it or invest too much hope.

In his book, Smart Calling: Eliminate the Fear, Failure, and Rejection From Cold Calling (Wiley 2010) Sobczak writes, ``... not using a script often makes you sound like a moron; and failing to prepare a script for your opening and voicemail message is just plain dumb.»

When I wrote earlier this week about a new probiotic supplement called Sweet Peach engineered to make women's vaginas smell like fruit, the response across the internet was understandable outrage: Who the hell were the guys behind this and what right did they have to decide how women's bodies ought to smell?

«I started making up a whole story, because my mom always nagged, like she's controlling, just let me live my life, and who are you to call me rude.»

Had they stayed with Infinity Ward, it's unlikely they'd have been able to make something like Call of Duty: Titanfall.

In the fourth - quarter earnings conference call scheduled for Wednesday, expect Musk to elaborate a bit on the problems in China, what's been done to fix them and if sales growth in areas like Europe and North America have made up the difference.

Former Guardian editor - in - chief Alan Rusbridger and current editor Katharine Viner have also talked about how having a paywall makes it inherently more difficult for a newspaper like The Guardian to engage in what Rusbridger called «open journalism,» where readers become part of the process.

Tratt is using much of the $ 3 million raised this year to flesh out the development team (11 employees and counting), improve the product (a web - based version rolled out this summer) and offer above - and - beyond customer service (Haiku Deck employees like to surprise customers who make a support request by picking up the phone and calling them).

There's nothing like standing up in front of an expectant audience when you have no script and no idea what kind of scene you're about to play to put the fear of making a pitch or cold call into perspective.

Even so, the researchers aren't making broad pronouncements that remote work always trumps office work in terms of productivity, but rather suggest certain kinds of workers might be better suited for it, such as solitary, hourly folks whose output can be measured — call - center reps, proofreaders, developers, and the like.