Sentences with phrase «much of that aimed»

The ugly duckling serenades are panderings left up to beaver - tailed hunters who shoot in randomness and without much of an aim.

There's already far too much of that aimed at women.

He spent more than half - a-million dollars on data - driven grassroots outreach that included door - knocking, digital ads, direct mail and social media, much of it aimed at Democrats as well as residents of areas that have benefited from federal largesse.

As one would expect during an election year, the National Education Association's Representative Assembly meeting here was peppered with fiery political rhetoric, much of it aimed at the Bush Administration.

Although much of the aim of the Directive is focussed on preventing terrorism financing, the financial sector will take some collateral damage in the form of increased sanctions and due diligence requirements.

A lot of attention has been paid lately to «cybersecurity», much of it aimed at system - wide security or «critical infrastructure» security, but a good deal also to individual questions of authentication, identity management, vulnerability to hacking / phishing / malware and so on.

Not exact matches

Insinuating that such a task might be a bit much to ask of a technology product, he said he was impressed by fitness trackers and other technology aimed at athletes and people who stay active.

He regularly found himself in hot water for politically charged rhetoric — much as he does today — aimed at black Milwaukeeans he believed were in a state of social dysfunction.

In the startup world, this means that companies that aim to improve the experiences of young white men get a heck of a lot more attention than those that spring from the experiences of pretty much anyone else.

On Friday, Trump addressed the World Assembly for Women conference in Tokyo, touching on her trademark issues of female entrepreneurship and women's economic advancement, topics that align with Abe's much - touted «Womenomics» agenda aimed at adding women to Japan's workforce.

It's just unfortunate to see a brand with the resources and reach of Facebook aim so low at a time when there's so much opportunity to expand its content efforts.

The aim of the weigh - ins, which might be more familiar to travelers who have flown on small planes, is to update nearly decade - old data on average passenger weights as it expands its route network and needs to accurately forecast payloads and how much fuel it requires.

With 2015 - 16 looking like another throwaway year — the 76ers pretty much sat out of free agency, with their biggest offseason addition being No. 3 pick, Jahlil Okafor — that means they won't start aiming for the playoffs until at least Year 4.

That's the date of «Presentation 2017,» a Nintendo event that aims to provide much more information about the upcoming console.

One of Nadella's first bold moves was to change the mission from the archaic - sounding «a computer on every desk in every home» to the much more customer - focused aim of «empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.»

It offers great perspectives on how to think outside of the box and aim for something much bigger than conventional businesses.

But a pilot project at a major producer's well site aims to suck up as much as 20 % of the carbon dioxide produced — using algae.

What comes out of that is a much better community, which we are all aiming for.

That might not matter much if you just don't want say, the family time - share, but it could make a big difference if you're disclaiming strategically with the aim of passing assets to a specific person.

«To build the aircraft, Airbus needs to know where the parts are and when they are coming,» Premium Aerotec CEO Thomas Ehm told Reuters, adding that the Skywise platform aims to provide much better visibility of the manufacturing process.

Many reports suggest that Pruitt aims to kill environmental protections and dismantle much of the regulatory agency.

Much of this is marketing, particularly the part that is aimed at political operatives in Washington D.C., where the site has been making a major push for respectability, according to a recent piece in Politico.

Increasingly cramped airline seating has spawned a cottage industry of wacky inventions aimed to help business travelers get some much - coveted shut - eye.

While the 25 companies we dig into in this issue aren't necessarily (or always) delivering on that goal, each is rethinking the way it develops what it makes or sells — often from the point of conception — with the aim of connecting with customers on a much deeper level.

This was the year Edmonton's long hoped - for, much - debated downtown arena development finally took shape, aiming for a puck drop at the start of the 2016 — 17 NHL season.

One of the company's investors, popular science writer Stephen Johnson, aimed to explain the difference between asking a question on Jelly versus other platforms, noting, «How much is the new Battlefield 4 game?»

While some of the deals he and his partners have gotten involved with have been much larger, one of the group's investments was a $ 300,000 infusion of capital into a «re-start-up» of a sidewalk - chalk manufacturer aimed at the children's toy market.

As much as possible, aim to quantify this value to be sure that both you and your customer understand the economic impact of your intervention.

While the agency spent much of 2017 focusing on the administration's efforts to repeal Obamacare, this past month CMS issued a series of new proposals aimed at promoting greater interoperability of digital health - care records.

This is a slightly toned - down version of the winner's posture: Keep your shoulders down and back; aim your chin, chest and forehead straight in front of you or slightly up; keep space between your arms and torso — not too much — and, again: Keep those hands out of your pockets.

That's as much as 24 % less than the $ 25 billion valuation for which Snap was reportedly aiming, which was also the Snapchat company's private - market valuation as of its latest funding round.

Their first major campaign will be a series of ads aimed at parents and teenagers warning about the alleged psychological harm inflicted by spending too much time on social media.

Although much of Trump's ire over the health care failure has been aimed at the Republican - controlled Congress, associates of the president said he also assigns some blame to Price, who he believes did not do a good job of selling the GOP plan.

Instead of listening too much to what you're saying, it aims at determining when you're cleaning your house, cooking, or watching the big game.

Known for its Swedish meatballs as much as its affordable furniture, IKEA recently launched a line of products called Lattjo, which aim to bring more fun into everyday lives.

Just - in - time (JIT) procurement, which is much facilitated by the selection of a single, well - qualified supplier, arose from Japanese practice aimed at taking cost out of inventory control while maintaining very - high quality.

The board studied Bill's detailed plan for the first 100 days, which aimed to capture as much of the synergy and integration benefits as possible.

iQiyi is aiming for a public market valuation of as much as $ 10 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

«Much of what I announce today is aimed at making this country an even better place to raise a family, to work and to establish a business.

We've heard an awful lot about entrepreneurs attempting to «disrupt» the tech ecosystem with new innovations, but few sectors are experiencing as much disruption as the auto industry, where dozens of start - ups are aiming to create the vehicle of the future.

Harper is spending considerable political energy beating the drums of war against terrorists, and introducing a far - reaching, and much condemned, bill aimed at restricting -LSB-...]

HONG KONG Hong Kong - based private equity firm PAG is planning a new Asia fund that aims to raise as much as $ 6 billion, two people with knowledge of the plan said, potentially adding to a massive pool of buyout money for acquisitions in the region.

It's launching Suretap, a mobile wallet that aims to be pretty much what your «leather platform wallet» is: a collection of all the ways you might want to pay, served up as you want them, when you want them.

The «ultimate aim» of the psychometric profiling product Kogan built off of the training and Facebook data sets is imagined as «a «gold standard» of understanding personality from Facebook profile information, much like charting a course to sail».

During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global competition.

While the directive aims to strike a balance between privacy and financial scrutiny, it also seeks to publicly disclose some of this information so that third parties and civil society at large can know who holds what currency and potentially even how much.

As for how much to set aside, Dearing suggests aiming for enough cash in reserve to cover six months» worth of expenses.

There are more than countable strategies adopted by investors with the aim of making maximum profits and reducing risk as much as possible.

Another major Trump move aimed partly at helping the coal industry — repealing the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan — also won't make that much of a difference for coal, said MIT's Knittel.

But compared to IOTA, IoT Chain is largely geared toward quick and easy uptake by businesses, with its single - chip microcomputer support and software aiming to present a much more «ready out of the box» experience than IOTA.