Sentences with phrase «more than a dozen years as»

I had already come to regard the first all - new Volvo XC90 in more than a dozen years as the future of luxury transportation.

Not exact matches

Barbara Corcoran took an interest and six years later, Cousins Maine Lobster has become a national lobster franchise with 20 trucks in more than a dozen cities and some brick - and - mortar restaurants as well.

Last year I went to a huge multi-day event featuring more than 50 main speakers, dozens of seminar speakers, a wide variety of breakout sessions and workshops... fitting everything into a schedule was almost as tough as getting all the schwag into my carry - on.

There have been more than a dozen significant retail bankruptcies this year, but none for retailers as big as Toys «R» Us, which has more than 1,600 stores worldwide.

Over the past year or so, he has also emerged as an active angel investor and has backed more than a dozen startups.

The company, which began 40 years ago as the shoe company Candie's, has grown to include more than two dozen American brands, including Danskin, Umbro and London Fog that the company licenses to mainstream retailers.

At its peak, the company had nearly 80 franchises across Australia as well as more than a dozen company - owned stores, but over the last few years, a number have closed and a disgruntled Brisbane franchisee launched an $ 800,000 legal action against Pie Face claiming they were misled over profit projections, which Homschek denied.

To do so, each year they look at hundreds of companies (and formally recommend dozens to the investment committees), have more than a thousand meetings and discussions with management teams, and also consult countless other knowledgeable sources, such as customers, suppliers and former employees to supplement their analysis.

Physical gold that may be suffering from a falling domestic fiat currency price is still exponentially more valuable than devaluing paper fiat currencies, as anyone living in the Ukraine, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, and in any number of dozens of other emerging markets have unfortunately rapidly learned in the past few years.

Mike Fratantoni, MBA's vice president of research and economics, said the index dropped to its lowest «in more than a dozen years... as interest rates increased going into today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.»

With that thought in mind and with encouragement from Harish - who has published more than a dozen books on Indian spirituality - I decided to try for an arranged marriage in India, where this system has operated with a high success rate for thousands of years and is still the dominant marriage system, as anyone who reads an Indian newspaper's matrimonial section is sure to discover.

It inspires homesickness, chauvinism, braggadocio, tears (of agony as well as longing), dozens of tumultuous cook - offs each year, and more philosophizing than Marcel Proust's madeleines.»

Did want to let you know of a few tweaks; subbed butternut squash for pumpkin as I bought more than a dozen (so cheap this time of year!)

Over the past several years, current landowners Evan Schulman and Glorianna Davenport have overseen a remarkable transformation, as more than a dozen dams and culverts were removed, resulting in the restoration of a major freshwater wetland and a stream that again runs free.

But more than a dozen advocacy organizations — including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Civil Liberties Union and Sunlight Foundation, as well as New York - based good government groups — sent a letter to the governor late last month, arguing his policy was technologically unnecessary and out of step with the federal government, which saves emails from rank - and - file employees for seven years.

Blaber, 26, got more than 1,000 votes when he ran for the school board as a 19 - year - old half a dozen years ago.

The Illinois House on Sunday approved a major income tax increase as more than a dozen Republicans broke ranks with Gov. Bruce Rauner amid the intense pressure of a budget impasse that's entered its third year.

Police said that man who was shot, Saheed Vassell, 34 years old, had more than a dozen prior arrests and was previously classified by the NYPD as an «emotionally disturbed person.»

More than half a dozen Indiana mayors will be out of job next year as voters went to the polls this primary and voted for...

Tuesday's protests came on top of years of coordination difficulties and delay as a result of concern from native Hawaiians and environmentalists alike over construction of the $ 1.4 billion telescope on the volcano, which is already home to more than a dozen telescopes.

As researchers recently sequenced the genomes of more than a dozen ancient members of our species, Homo sapiens, in Europe and Asia in rapid succession, they added a third genetic component: a «ghost» lineage of nomads who blew into northeast Europe from the steppes of western Asia 4000 to 5000 years ago.

More than two dozen pathologists have left the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., to form a new company that will offer the same pathology consultation services as does the 150 - year - old institute.

Lo's laboratory has for more than a dozen years studied immune responses in the gut and airways, focusing particularly on cells which function as an early warning in the immune system.

Now in its fourth year, the About.com Readers» Choice Awards honor the best products, features and services across more than a dozen categories, ranging from technology to hobbies to parenting and more, as selected by its readers.

The inclusion of other actors that make periodic appearances over the dozen years as extended family and friends, also lends authenticity to what often feels like watching someone's home videos (except these vignettes capture more pivotal moments than just birthdays and holidays).

After more than a dozen years of crafting finely - honed, modestly - produced dramas such as Raise the Red Lantern and The Road Home, Zhang came under fire for abandoning the art house circuit to make Hero, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu - Wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi and Donnie Yen.

After more than 50 years as an actor — years that have included 80 - plus movies, dozens of TV shows, Oscar and Emmy nominations and a reputation as one of the classic character actors of his generation — Bruce Dern didn't exactly think that his career was over.

«Get Out» is Peele's big - screen directorial debut, but he's been honing his skills as an actor, writer, director and producer for more than a dozen years.

In this cinematic era when no less than half a dozen tentpole superhero movies will hit theaters with the force of Thor's hammer in a single year, it takes more than cool fight scenes and colorful costumes for a comic book - based film to emerge as something special.

California will see an explosion in the growth of charter schools this school year, as more than a dozen plan to open their doors in the Northern Region in the coming days and weeks.

As Wait, What have readers learned over the last two years, Achievement First, Inc. the Charter School management company that runs more than two dozen schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island is notorious for «out - migrating» or «dumping» any students that don't fit their «exacting» standards.

Ernest brings to EdisonLearning more than a dozen years of educational experience as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal in the Chicago Public Schools.

The first order of business for Mary Ronan as the acting superintendent of the Cincinnati school system four years ago was making big changes at more than a dozen of the city's lowest - performing elementary schools.

Jul 26, 2017 — Kelley Blue Book has recognized Honda as the Most Awarded Brand of 2017, with more than two dozen brand and individual model awards this year.

As someone who'd like to see more than two large publishers — and a half - dozen bestselling authors — survive the next few years, I'm not so sure.

Elizabeth Spann Craig started as a traditionally published author more than a dozen years ago.

Experts at the college, including an assistant professor who discovered the virus more than a dozen years ago, took the lead in a response that provided important details about the virus strain known as H3N2 while debunking misinformation that was gaining traction online and elsewhere.

He has more than a dozen years of storytelling, copy editing, and design experience in print and online journalism for publications, such as The Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star - Banner.

Living up to its distinction as the «Hotel of Presidents» for over 100 years, The Blackstone has hosted U.S. presidents and foreign dignitaries, scandalous political and mob exchanges, a star - studded array of actors, and more than a dozen movie productions.

Telltale's reputation for quality has been established across more than three dozen different product releases over the years, earning acclaim from publications like IGN, The New York Times, and Variety, as well as over 100 «Game of the Year» awards.

Having held the first major museum survey of the artist earlier this year as part of its «Recognition of Art by Women» series, it was at the head of a queue of more than a dozen public institutions waiting to buy Ms Crosby's painstakingly crafted works.

Walker notes that when she started teaching at Columbia University more than a dozen years ago, it was awkward because she was almost the same age as the students.

And so despite the substantial number of non temporary three dimensional sculptural objects he's produced - particularly over the last half - dozen years - I've always tended to regard him more as a maker of scenarios than of things, and his project as one devoted to performance and its documentation rather than to conventional facture.

Hosted by the Morris Collectors, one of the museum's affiliate groups, this year's fair features such leading dealers as Hampton3 Gallery from Taylors, South Carolina and Augusta's Tire City Art Gallery, both showing and selling the work of nationally, internationally, and locally renowned printmakers; artists» atelier King Snake Press from Greenville, South Carolina, representing the work of more than a dozen artists; Augusta State University art professor Kristin Casaletto; ASU gallery director, artist Jack Cheatham; University of Georgia professors and artists Melissa Harshman and Jon Swindler; Savannah College of Art and Design professor and artist Dale Clifford, and artists Kent Ambler, Suzy Schultz, Andrea Emmons, and Katherine Linn.

Featuring more than two dozen works spanning 30 years, Cindy Sherman: Once Upon a Time, 1981 — 2011 at Mnuchin Gallery, New York, takes as its focus three of the artist's most acclaimed series: the Centerfolds, the History Portraits, and the Society Portraits.

Lax served as assistant curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, where for seven years he organized more than a dozen exhibitions, including «When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South,» which is currently on view, and other museum programs.

This unprecedented exhibition gathers together almost fifty captivating film, video, and immersive installations created during the past twenty - five years by more than three dozen artists from nearly twenty nations, filling the galleries of the 1905 Building and its Sculpture Court as well as the Gallery for New Media and the Auditorium.

The artist's first solo exhibition in L.A. in more than a dozen years includes new paintings and drawings, as well as two recent films.

More than a dozen Texas chemical and refining plants reported damaged storage tanks, ruptured containment systems and malfunctioning pressure relief valves as a result of Hurricane Harvey, portending safety problems that might not become apparent for months or years, according to a Houston Chronicle review of regulatory filings.

It was warmer and climate changed more rapidly than in recent years during the Medieval Warm Period, as well as during half a dozen other warm periods.