Sentences with phrase «much fanfare for»

(We've yet to test the Xiaomi Mi Box, which recently launched without much fanfare for $ 69.)

To date, the administration has received much fanfare for the flurry of activity sparked by RTT.

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Millennials have not - so - quietly become the largest cohort in the Canadian workforce, but for many of those born in the 1980s and»90s, the cut - off to contribute to one's RRSP passes at the end of February without much fanfare.

Aldi has opened its first four Perth stores to much fanfare across the city, ending a three - year - plus wait for the German supermarket chain to touch down in Western Australia.

Though the Second World War put the Motor Show, which had moved to Earls Court, on hold for nearly a decade, it reopened to much fanfare in 1948 with the introduction of the classic Morris Minor and the lightning - fast Jaguar XK120.

Not bad for a company that went public less than four months ago amid much fanfare.

In 1998, with much media fanfare and cheerleading from the editorial page of the New York Times (for which it has since apologized) Citicorp CEO John Reed and Travelers Group CEO Sandy Weill announced they were merging the two firms.

Planners sit at desks and conference with one another endlessly in Washington and Brussels, working up grand schemes to be announced with much fanfare at international meetings of the rich before imposing the same old thing they've been imposing for decades on poor countries, whether the schemes help the poor or not.

He arrived at the club amid much fanfare from Real Madrid at a club record fee — signaling the intent of Wenger to dip into the market for players with correct value.

They flew under the radar for the majority of the year as much of the fanfare was given to Teams seeded # 1 - 5 entering the Playoffs..

As soon as she was successful, I trotted her directly to the store amid much fanfare to purchase the princess big - girl underwear I had promised — where she promptly peed all over the floor and was too traumatized to talk about underwear again for several months.

The state investigation into the use of overtime to increase the pensions of public employees, started with great fanfare in 2010 when then - AG Cuomo was prepare to run for governor, has been dropped without so much as a report.

The program, announced with so much fanfare as the first of its kind in the country, makes families with household incomes of less than $ 125,000 eligible for free tuition.

A new analysis of data from the Planck space telescope has concluded that the tiny silicate and carbonate particles spewed into interstellar space by dying stars could account for as much as 100 percent of the signal detected by the BICEP2 telescope and announced to great fanfare this spring.

Instead, after movies much less popular in theatrical release eclipsed it in stature, it came to DVD in 2001 (day and date with its sequels) with little fanfare and just a trailer for company.

The night before, Black Panther hit theaters to much fanfare, and many of us were gearing up for a sunnier - than - normal winter weekend.

But at just over an hour, The Three Musketeers barely qualifies by length, and without a regular theatrical engagement or too much fanfare, this direct - to - video release hardly seems like a landmark release for these famous personas.

If most of the jokes fall flat while too much of the runtime is given over to musical numbers starring Lisa Kudrow that go nowhere, when the barbs hit their target, they do so with a kind of timeliness that defeats Paramount's decision to shelve the thing for a couple of years before dumping it in theatres last summer without much fanfare to a chorus of pre-written pans.

There may be as much pomp and circumstance here as anywhere (deservedly so, I suppose), but you still get the traditional vows, hymns (led by two choirs, an orchestra, and a fanfare ensemble), and readings of Scripture, all of which leave little room or need for commentary.

There was much fanfare after the studio announced the return of Hidetaka Miyazaki, the man responsible for the first game's much lauded design.

Back in 2010, the plans for the new exams were introduced with much fanfare and many promises: The exams would end the era of dumbed - down multiple - choice tests and the weeks of mindless prepping that precede them.

Vision 20/20 was unveiled with much fanfare in November at the Illinois Assn. of State School Boards «Triple I» conference in Chicago, an national conference for school board members and school finance professionals.

We can't find much fault in how Mercedes has engineered the GLE to meet the needs of well - to - do families in need of both utility and efficiency, and it's hard to blame the company for meeting every expectation without fuss or fanfare.

Armada, a full - size sport - utility vehicle, was introduced with much fanfare on the evening prior to the media preview for the 2016 Chicago Auto Show.

Launched in 2003 to much fanfare, Toyota's youngest marque reached its sales zenith in 2006, and today, demand for its models is less than half of what it was at its peak.

Although it didn't get much fanfare, releasing the Swords for Hire Anthology was an amazing experience.

Just take a look at the Asus DR - 900 E-Reader, it came onto the scene with much fanfare, and then nothing for half a year, only be released with not anything but a mouse squeak..

Amazon announced Kindle Unlimited last month with much fanfare, establishing a subscription model for its offerings — pay one low fee each month, read as many books as you like.

UPDATE @ 12:38 PM Pacific: Marvel's Senior VP of Sales David Gabriel tells Publisher's Weekly, Marvel's distribution to B&N «ended almost three months ago to no fanfare or notice from the comics industry... [T] he business in the direct market is a much stronger model and try as we might, we have not been able to make the comics newsstand model work for years, I don't think anyone has.»

Blackberry's PlayBook launched to much fanfare, but was cut down pretty quickly by reviewers for having missing features... you know, like an email client.

Millennials have not - so - quietly become the largest cohort in the Canadian workforce, but for many of those born in the 1980s and»90s, the cut - off to contribute to one's RRSP passes at the end of February without much fanfare.

To much fanfare, most of it probably self - generated, Walmart issued its second round of wage increases in late February, taking the minimum hourly pay for as many as one million workers at its domestic stores up by a dollar to $ 10 an hour.

Eets was released for PC in 2006 «to much indie fanfare,» and the followup Eets: Chowdown later came to Xbox Live Arcade.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a game that is meant to be loved and savored for years to come, and I'm sure it will be looked back on with as much fanfare and admiration as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Nintendo's other hallmark titles.

Final Fantasy VII is credited for helping North America fall in love with JRPGs, which were a niche market in the region until the war against Shinra was released to much fanfare (and I suppose JRPGs are a niche market in the West once again, but that's of little moment).

Sacred Citadel «s entrance was a rather small blip on the release radar, edging its way to retail without too much fanfare, at least for non-Sacred fans.

While Mario frequently reaps praise for his chameleon - like ability to blend into any genre, Kirby has been doing the same thing for nearly as long, but to much littler fanfare.

Without much fanfare, Feral Interactive quietly released Thief for Mac, the first - person stealth game from developer Eidos Montreal.

Without much fanfare, Feral Interactive quietly released Thief for Mac, the first - person stealth...

With out much fanfare, and in spite of the fact that Google has various other vestigial services and products that haven't gained any mainstream adoption or traction (Google + is being crushed by Tumblr for coolness, and on that note, why isn't Orkut jammed into Google + yet?)

Surreptitiously slipped among the publication's pages without much fanfare, SFAQ [Projects] represent a spirit of collaboration between reader and artist, an exploration of the boundaries of the print medium, and a space for established artists to experiment in a non-commercial setting.

Quietly and without much fanfare, the market for works of art by Sam Gilliam has been on fire.

On 17 February 2013, St. George's West church closed its doors on yet another chapter in its history: the building's final Church of Scotland service was held at 11 a.m. with much fanfare: a special piece of choral music (which was dedicated to the choir of St. Andrew's and St. George's West Parish church) was written by Stuart Mitchell for the occasion.

Four of Still's works were auctioned by Sotheby's last year for $ 114 million to endow the Denver museum, which opened with much fanfare in November.

For every George Mitchell, there are dozens of policymakers and civil servants who — like Alex Crawley, who devoted his career to energy innovation — receive much less fanfare.

Last year, to much fanfare, the first batch of qualifying cellulosic ethanol was produced (i.e., it qualified for credits under the EPA program for certifying ethanol for sales).

Now, two months after his recall election steamrolling of Democrat Tom Barrett, the climate change denying group famous for its Unabomber billboard will embrace Walker with much fanfare.

It might be an opportunity for AC to make up for its apparently never - to - be-seen public domain registry announced with much fanfare a few years ago and which appears to be vapour ware.

Redmond's latest Skype for Business roadmap landed late last week [PDF] to not much fanfare, and it's nudging users to start plotting their migration to «Teams», Redmond's tied - to - Office replacement for Skype.

While new devices like the iPad and the iPhone 8 might be launched with much fanfare, going for a subtle and low profile event for the updated iPhone SE sounds possible.