Sentences with phrase «much over the past several years»

The letter outlined the kinds of companies Buffett is looking for, a set of criteria that has not digressed much over the past several years.

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I've had my eye on Israel for several years now, since working on my book, Sex, Bombs and Burgers, and learning that much of the country's economic success over the past few decades has been the result of a meshing between technology and the military.

Chinese investment in Canada has been increasing over the past several years, and many Canadians still have very different attitudes towards China's state - owned enterprises (SOEs) versus private companies, which they much prefer as foreign direct...

When thinking about your fixed income investment options, bear in mind that over the past several years, traditional bond funds have become much more correlated to stocks.

Over the past several years, Kevin has been a driving force behind much of the corporate support for the entrepreneurial community in Kansas City.

Lindsey has dedicated much of her time over the past several years to unlearning conventional practices and implementing Traditional foods and natural remedies in her home.

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...

My great thanks to the many people on this list who have made working in City Government over the past several years so much fun.

Over the past several years, much of our work has expanded on the discovery by Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a Gladstone Senior Investigator.

I've suffered from very low energy (that is improving with a keto diet) and tried to start exercising several times over there past few years, but needed so much recovery time that I had to quit after one or two days working out in order to have enough energy to go to work and live life (shower, eat, etc.).

He is well published online with over 1,000 articles and several books written over the past 27 years, but has finally placed much of his work in one location — on ericbakker.com

Those of us without the time or inclination to relive high school can choose from a small range of books published over the past several years by noneducators (usually journalists) who, provoked by events at Columbine, piqued by their own children's high - school experience, or simply in need of a job, took a semester or a year off to revisit the scene of so much youthful Sturm und Drang.

President Obama has now succumbed to the firestorm in opposition to standardized and «high stakes» testing that has swept the country over the past several years, even picking up on the talking points — «Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble».

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I've recommended the 300 to a number of people over the past several years, but every time I drive one, I'm still surprised by how much I like it.

I've been transitioning over the past several years to a volunteer status from a paid one and there is much truth in this resolution.

Hi Mike I have moved my kids RESP around several times over the past 15 year and have lost track of how much I have contributed.

I receive very little if any child support and, although he was a union carpenter in NYC and made well over $ 125,000 for the past several years, the courts agree with him that because the economy is declining and that the amount he has to pay should be based on about 2/3 of what he was making before - not much when you have 5 kids.

But too many account holders have seen their savings go more or less nowhere over the past several years as the market meltdown took away much of their hard - earned savings, leaving them to claw back to break - even over the past three years.

However, several developments over the past couple of years have turned what was once a no - brainer into a much more complex endeavor.

As a result, loans on new homes and cars have been much more affordable over the past several years.

Over the past several years, however, 0 percent balance transfer offers have become much more ubiquitous.

On the heels of his much - publicized experimentations with iPad paintings over the past several years, he more recently unveiled new works with fresh, radically angular perspectives and irregularly shaped canvases.

The seeds to all of the great environmental and social justice movements were planted long, long ago so let's just take a minute to honor all the great men and women over the past several thousands of years who have worked so hard and sacrificed so much so that we could be here right now reading blogs about it on our laptops at work.

I hope to be completely wrong, but my observation of world politics, the UN in particular, over the past several decades, is that just when you are certain that the Intergovernmental Panel on Chicken Chit has finaly died, it will be reborn as the World Wide Focus on Poultry Excrement (WWF - PE) and it will take ten years before anyone realizes that its all the same people just with different titles and brand new evidence much stronger than the previous evidence because they have learned from their mistakes.

Much thanks are due to Rob, for his leadership over the past several years, and to the Law Foundation of Ontario, for their support and their commitment to improving access to justice for all Canadians.

Interestingly, most of the decades - old titles I tried didn't feel dated; I attribute this to the revival of retro art styles in indie games over the past several years, as well as the smooth gameplay across titles that challenge you and require as much precision and skill as most modern releases.

Much like several of the most major brands in smartphones over the past several years, OnePlus has decided to conform to the smartphone singularity in hardware design.

Some job seekers just don't get how much executive job search has changed over the past several years.

With so much flux in the business world over the past several years, there is no guarantee that a position will remain intact.

Over the past several years Sutton — Premier Realty has raised more than $ 30,000 to provide much - needed food, toys and other Christmas gifts.

No, because the strong price gains we've seen over the past several years have been fueled as much by housing supply shortfalls and demographic trends as by historically low rates.

Mary and J.P. McLeod had traveled to Uganda «one last time» to say good bye to the country they had spent so much time in over the past several years.