Sentences with phrase «modern times times»

Here, we have the arguably most important American painter, at least in modern times times.

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Design trends change quickly, and in the span of a decade or two, the fonts, colors and shapes that seemed cool at the time could be laughed at in the modern era as nostalgic leftovers.

«Bitcoins are the tulips of modern times,» he wrote at the time.

He wasn't unintelligent, but he suffered from living at a time before modern technology.

The «Modern Family» goof took the GED to graduate high school by the time he was 13 and hoped to take some online college courses.

If your time and energy is being sapped by saying «yes» to requests — that includes engaging with people over social media, which is a modern form of «people pleasing» — then you need to do a hard pivot and literally rehearse saying «no.»

«That said, in our modern world of millions of flavors, we think the Twinkie could use a bit of a makeover to keep with the times.»

But for the first time in modern history, more startups are dying than being born.

In our darker moments, we all suspect kids need oodles of time with mom and dad to thrive, far more than we can manage to give them with our hectic modern lives.

In 2014, Halpern — who the New York Times recently dubbed the «hidden architect of modern comedy» — built a $ 7 million comedy club that focuses on long - form improv.

There is only one other school within the university that is named after an individual in modern times, according to the Associate Press: Harvard Kennedy School, named for John F. Kennedy.

All were exciting departures from the standard fuselage - and - wings template that has plied the skies since the dawn of modern commercial air travel, but, excitement or not, don't count on boarding one any time soon.

How did one of the most buzzed - about innovations in modern times fall so short?

Now, thanks to advanced algorithms, modern electronics, and control systems, the hammers can hit the side of General Fusion's sphere - shaped metal reactor precisely at the same time, creating a pressure wave that compresses the plasma into a fusion reaction at 100 million degrees centigrade.

In a speech that at times tried to reach for poetry, the Chinese president likened the modern economy and the force of globalism to a raging river, and said any country that tried to swim against it would surely drown.

Our modern world is a frenzy of endless digital connectivity, so many of us are finding it increasingly difficult to stay focused on one task at a time.

Now is the time for retailers of all sizes to rethink their industry and draw inspiration from platforms like Netflix and Pandora to get inside the head of the modern customer.

Many argue China's US$ 2 trillion in foreign reserves would protect it from any crisis, but Chovanec points out there have only been two times in modern history when a country accumulated such large reserves — America in the»20s and Japan in the»80s.

The company boasts all the trappings of a modern tech firm: The 54,000 - square - foot office in Montreal's up - and - coming Point - Saint - Charles neighbourhood has an indoor halfpipe for skateboarders like De Baene, the obligatory foosball tables and a full - time barista.

At the same time, Fisman and Sullivan take on some of the favorite punching bags of modern office culture — meetings, middle managers, expense reports, and the cubicle — and argue why there's good reason for them.

Whisper that to yourself a few times, and file those expense reports, you cubicle - dwelling worker bees, because according to the authors, the modern organization — maddeningly imperfect and dysfunctional as it may seem — is here to stay.

«You have to stop thinking of relating metallic value to value of the medal,» said Jim Greensfelder, a one - time Proctor & Gamble executive, software entrepreneur and former elected city government official who wrote «the bible» on the history of the modern Olympic Games medals.

The only time you'll likely notice its non-HD screen is when reading, as text may be more pixelated than what you're used to on a modern smartphone.

Another challenge is to strike the appropriate tone at a time when the initial shock over the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has quickly given way to a vicious political brawl in Washington and on the campaign trail.

But as we approach the eighth birthday in March of the second - longest bull market in modern times, recency bias can lull us into a false sense of security, especially given the very good returns of the past three or four years.

There's no doubt Twitter is a modern - day, real - time water cooler around which people from all over the world can gather to chat.

At the same time, the company's appeal to Millennials and other modern users of health care has set it apart.

«In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past.

The modern work culture tends to promote the idea that sleeping is time wasted and that as long as people feel OK, they're probably getting enough rest.

This is a reality that modern politicians use to their advantage all the time.

Elon Musk is only second to Steve Jobs in modern times, who has that vast impact in different industries and sectors.

There are times when it is better to hold loosely to something because, in modern work culture, you either adjust quickly or you fail quickly.

«It is how culture and religious practice have been preserved through times, whilst blended perfectly with the touch of modern world.»

The decision, of course, marks a cultural change in how modern consumers get their jollies, as described by the Times:

At one time, the thought of dining solo carried with it a connotation of isolation, but it is now an accepted part of modern life, with 47 percent of all adult eating occasions occurring alone.

«They are the most serious set of business conflicts any president has faced in modern times.»

The third and final installment of «The Witcher» series, in which you're out to stop an evil otherworldly army called «The Wild Hunt,» will take place in a massive open world that's «larger than any other in modern RPG history» and «30 times larger» than previous «Witcher» games.

Economists use gross domestic product to measure growth over time, but as modern economies evolve, it may no longer be up to the task

Clinically depressed and occasionally contemplating suicide, she considered herself as «poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless,» and later would look back on that time in her life and say she was «the biggest failure I knew.»

In 2016, Williams became the most - decorated woman in the modern history of tennis after winning Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career, bringing her to 22 Grand Slam titles for her career, passing Steffi Graf.

Phin Barnes, a partner at First Round Capital and an investor in startup Modern Fertility, says the number of pitches he sees from companies addressing women's health care has increased about 10 times in the past five years.

Steve Jobs was perhaps the most prolific entrepreneur in modern times.

We have always tried to present them in a way that stays true to their authentic roots, but at the same time, make them relevant for modern times.

The BBC reports that the new exhibit will be the first time Tate Modern has used virtual reality technology.

Raising taxes to increase state revenue was not an option for Bredesen, who is the first Tennessee governor in modern times to complete two terms without raising the state sales tax.

Pepperdata's technology is essentially a sort - of real - time analytics tool intended to help a company's IT operations staff better track and improve the performance of modern - day software apps so they more efficiently consume computer hardware resources, like CPU and RAM usage, explained Suchter.

«This scenario reconciles the discrepancy in the nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies of archaic hominins and the inconsistency of the modern human - Neanderthal population split time estimated from nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA,» says researcher Johannes Krause, also of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Once you've identified those touchpoints that will most effectively reach your customer, it's time to string them together into a touchpoint map: the modern day media plan.

The black - and - white, super-minimalist website is stark compared to any modern ecommerce site, but serves as a blast from the past time when buying things online was revolutionary.

Free time is at a premium for many professionals in modern society.