Sentences with phrase «marked lack of changes»

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These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

«Even among those with insurance, many lacked confidence in aspects of employer - provided insurance that have changed dramatically over the past several years,» Marks said.

Despite a typical lack of hair, Mark Strong is not instantly recognisable for a change.

Finally, if you notice any marked change in his behavior, including lethargy, lack of appetite, severe diarrhea, sneezing, or nasal discharge, take your rabbit to a veterinarian.

Mark Vallen has a great essay up on his blog Art for a Change responding to Larry Beinhart's recent article bemoaning the lack of «political» art in a recent group...

«Climate data coverage remains limited in some regions and there is a notable lack of geographic balance in data and literature on observed changes in natural and managed systems, with marked scarcity in developing countries.

It has become something of a sport, played by those that might be called free - market environmentalists, to blame the environment movement for the lack of action on climate change (Mark Lynas in the UK and Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus in the US come to mind), and even to hold them responsible for climate change itself.

Yet despite the lack of any evidence of unusually extreme weather and the lack of reliable data, Easterlng and Parmesan's paper ironically marked the beginning of an era in which every weather event would soon be translated into «unprecedented extremes» caused by CO2 climate change, and again Parmesan's butterfly effect was again instrumental in promoting biological doom.

The publishing of the guidelines used to examine investments under national security provisions in Canada's Fall Economic Statement 2016 marks a major change from the previous process which was «criticized for its lack of transparency.»

Speaking of the front panel, this year's flagship lacks a physical home button, marking a major design change in the Galaxy S lineup.

But that lack of a serial name may very well be more important than it appears; it may mark a change in the way Apple markets its tablets.