Sentences with phrase «more recent years when»

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To be specific, Comcast's subscriber base grew by 53,000 during the most recent quarter, substantially more than most analysts were expecting, and a much better performance than the same quarter a year earlier, when the number of subscribers shrank by 8,000.

When pocket squares burst back onto the menswear scene in recent years, more than a few people thought they were just another short - lived style fad, but now that the dust has settled, it's obvious that

In response to a question about whether Trump had paid no taxes in recent years and how long the negative tax liability of the late»70s continued, Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks emailed: «You must be kidding, that is more than 35 years ago when we had an entirely different tax system.»

While Facebook remains more than 10 % below a record set earlier this year, it has sharply rebounded from recent weakness, when a scandal over how it handled its user data pushed it into bear - market territory, or a decline of at least 20 % from a peak.

I started a position in ibm last year and added more after the recent ER when rev decline finally reversed.

Surprisingly, only 40 % of respondents are familiar with recent trade deals such as the Canada - EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which will open up a market of more than 500 million customers by reducing 98 % of tariffs when it comes into force later this year.

In more recent years, it is not at all uncommon to hear some Christian go around pronouncing curses and condemnation on people, and when you challenge them about their unloving behavior, they quote Galatians 1:8 - 9 and say, «Paul cursed people for the sake of the gospel; so can we.»

Though in recent years he's become more and more vocal about social justice issues, for much of his career, Brand has been known for his uniquely raunchy brand of shock comedy (This is the guy who once brought his drug dealer to work with him when he was an MTV VJ.).

Indeed, when it comes to the many gains, great and small, of the last one hundred years, I could hardly agree more with Tim Kane's recent review of Thomas Piketty.

In more recent years, the WCAL has had some of the winningest coaches in Northern California history, which when you think about it is hard to do since they had to play each other two or three times every year.

Arsenal have been plagued by injury problems a lot more than our Premier League rivals in recent years and there is a strong argument that our bad luck on this front has cost the Gunners at least one title win, so we are always concerned about one or more of our stars picking up a knock, especially when they head off on international duty.

I know that Wenger has been willing to spend more money in recent transfer windows and the club has given the boss more money to spend, but there is no way that he would go anywhere near that amount for a player that he thought was overpriced when Napoli paid Real Madrid 40 million euros, according to Wikipedia, a couple of years ago.

There was a time when I could boast I was an Arsenal supporter but of recent years I find I «ve become more of a critic even when they win, that «s not a good feeling.Yes, they may win the title this year but they wo n`t be remembered as Champions because they do n`t behave like champions.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

A willowy winger when he blazed onto the scene in the early - 1990s, Giggs has refined his game in recent years and now operates more often than not as an elegant midfield playmaker.

In recent years Jack Wilshere has been a favourite of Arsene Wenger's and he seems to get preferential treatment from Le Prof when he is fit enough to play in Arsenal's starting XI, but on his latest return from the treatment table he feels like he has more competition for his position.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

We have all seen I an wright getting angry about Arsenal, which is fairly understandable as we have all been there plenty of times and Arsenal have given us plenty of reasons to complain over the years, Even when we do not agree with our former players who are now pundits, I think we tend to be more forgiving when we know that they feel deeply about the club, but one Arsenal fan seems to have taken serious exception to Wright's recent behaviour.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

They had one of the best seasons in recent history last year when they racked up 120 points, 11 more than the next closest team, the Stars.

He has shown time and time again over the years, especially in more recent times, that when his backs to the wall he knows exactly how to send a team out to «do a job».

I recall when I was in HISD (many years ago, admittedly) that they went on a weekly menu cycle: when Son was in school (much more recent) I think he had access to pizza and other foods of this type on pretty much a daily basis.

seemed that AC was enforcing the policy when they instituted it a few years ago) but then no more recent comments.

And a more recent study of Chinese children found that mind - minded parenting at 9 months predicted better self - control when children were 2 - 3 years year old.

The facility was built in 1962 with its most recent major update in 1982, when its then - outdoor rink was enclosed and heated, Hamilton said, adding that with mechanical issues over the year, the more than 50 - year - old building is «limping across the finish line.»

Recent studies by the group have found that three - year - olds who are spanked frequently are more likely to be aggressive when they're five, and that spanking has been linked to mental health disorders later on in life.

In recent years, the option of giving birth in a Birthing Center has become popular among mothers around the world, especially for those women who are looking for a more humane and less stressful experience, which is something that many moms feel in hospitals, when all we see is different nurses going in and out of the room, and whom apparently seem to be focused only on the facts and not on the person.

Baby gear has become much more attractive in recent years and most manufacturers take appearance into account when coming up with their designs.

But we are entering a phase of shapeless turbulence when by - elections will acquire more significance than they have done in recent years.

Neither want to wait another five years either, when more of the recent crop of Tories will want their shot.

«I think in recent years there has been more involvement by public officials with respect to specific commission decisions than there has been in the past,» Gioa said when he resigned from the commission in 1987, according to the New York Times.

Tax experts said the only similar recent tax break that came to mind was in 2014 when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, passed a more targeted, three - year middle - class family cut ahead of his re-election bid, according to Meg Wiehe, a tax expert at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

They also trust the state Education Department and the Board of Regents more than Cuomo of the Legislature when it comes to setting education policy, even though it was SED and the Regents that botched the Common Core implementation, causing widespread consternation in recent years.

Had the graph similarly started in mid 1997, when RPI under a Conservative government was at 2.00 % and CPI at 1.6 %, then the growth of inflation in recent years under Labour would appear much more marked.

The Democratic - led Assembly in recent years has been more willing to challenge Cuomo on issues, especially when it comes to education.

However, from a high point last year when the Tory lead over Labour was more than 20 per cent, the gap between the parties has narrowed with most recent polls suggesting there will be a hung parliament.

The long - simmering issue came to the forefront during recent negotiations for a new contract with the Buffalo Teachers Federation, when district leaders noted that one in four teachers missed 15 or more days during the 2015 - 2016 school year.

Even when she served more than six years as one of the most popular Connecticut governors in recent history, Rell's first impulse was never to rush to the TV cameras or throw political brickbats at her...

Recent studies suggest that the total loss in brain volume due to atrophy — a wasting away of tissue caused by cell degeneration — between our teen years and old age is 15 percent or more, which means that by the time we're in our seventies, our brains have shrunk to the size they were when we were between 2 and 3 years old.

The DNA he has brought back records not just our distant history but also our more recent past — and in particular what happened around 800 years ago, when a prodigious fornicator named Genghis Khan splashed into the gene pool like a cannonball.

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy — a procedure to remove both breasts when cancer occurs in only one breast — has become increasingly popular in recent years, with more than 20 percent of patients opting for it.

In recent years, compounds selected with target - based in vitro tests have seemed to be failing increasingly often when tested in the more realistic biological environments of cells and animals.

Some suggest that rabbit - or ungulate - like placental mammals existed early in the Cretaceous period, whereas other researchers push for a more recent origin, circa 65 million years ago — around the time when dinosaurs disappeared.

OMB's role in the budget process does not end when Congress passes and the President signs the annual appropriations bills (or, in more recent years, the continuing resolutions to provide funding for a limited period of time after the fiscal year until the appropriations bills are agreed upon).195 OMB is intimately involved in budget execution — the way federal agencies carry out their work under the budgetary authority they have been granted.196 OMB affects budget execution through two different levers: the formal specification lever, through which it «apportions» and otherwise defines how agencies spend the funds Congress has appropriated, and the informal monitoring lever, through which it oversees agencies» implementation of their programs.

The RSS group also used the presence of multiple satellites in recent years to test for «odd man out» behaviours, when three or more satellites are available and one differs substantially from the others.

I've been trying to protect my skin from the sun a bit more this year, so I've been pulling out this hat I picked up on a recent trip when I can.

I've become a lot more calculated with my thrifting purchases in recent years and probably wouldn't buy it nowadays, but I'm glad I snatched it up when I did because it serves me well during this beautiful in - between season!

With the free BBW dating sites are becoming more increasingly popular in recent years, the principle of individual differences plays a significant role when it comes to BBW dating.

It has become more positive in recent years, and social networking sites are playing a major and important role when it comes to navigating and documenting romantic relationships.