Sentences with phrase «nearly even money»

You get nearly even money to bet that a pitcher (or multiple pitchers combine) for a no hitter.

Not exact matches

Considering that the wage for this person is $ 235 per month in Mexico, even if he were able to save $ 100 per month, it would have taken 127 months — or nearly 10.5 years — to accumulate the same amount of money.

That also means that nearly half of all households are either just breaking even, or spending more money than they make in a year.

[6] In another recent Medscape report, nearly 49 % of employed physicians were satisfied with their income, which could reflect that even if they were making less, the benefits of a regular paycheck and possibly doing less work for the same money might compensate for not being self - employed.

Buffett's superlative record of very nearly 20 % annual returns a year since the 1960s has been achieved even as the money he manages has grown from its spare bedroom hedge fund beginnings into the vast $ 280 billion Berkshire Hathaway vehicle he runs today.

That is nearly TEN TIMES the money you would have had if you spent your evenings watching TV and relying on passive income alone.

Even if the government ran a balanced budget or a budget surplus, the Fed would still be able to inflate the money supply (therefore, Mr. Hussman, with whom we agree on nearly everything else in his highly readable weekly comments, is in error on this particular point).

I'm so sick of people telling those of us who are disgruntled fans to relax and give this club time to correct itself... for anyone who believes that taking a wait - and - see approach is appropriate at this juncture they should take a good long look at themselves in the mirror because they are a big part of the problem... no other «big» club's fans would stand for this shit for nearly as long as we have... think about it, we've witnessed a changing of the guard at every major club in England, Spain, France and Germany in the last several years because those «big» clubs failed to live up to expectations (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG, Chelsea, ManU, ManCity etc...)... for some reason, many fans have become as fragile as our current manager, believing that there couldn't possibly be a suitable replacement, even though everyone of these clubs have found multiple replacements and still achieved far more than our club... this mindset has been created by an organization that has been milking it's fans, telling countless lies (no world class players available) and lowering expectations every since they rolled out the biggest lie of all: that we couldn't spend because of the new stadium but once it was paid off we could compete with any team in the world... this organization is rotting from the inside out and if we don't demand that those in charge put soccer first this despicable behaviour won't end with Wenger's ridiculous 2 year contract... I think the real fear isn't that a suitable replacement doesn't exist, but that this organization is so money hungry and poorly mismanaged that we will sink even lower by choosing our next coach the same way they choose our players, on the cheap... even so, we need to see what mustache will do if left to his own devices so he will have to show his true colours... only then can we purge this club and start anew

For my money and this is only personally speaking I feel that Walcott should get far more stick than Giroud Walcott has been «developing» for nearly ten years and especially this season just gone has done next to nothing, even when given a place in the starting line up.

The thing that really bothers me is the thing we've disagreed on in the past and that's imo Wengers apparent lack of Urgency and decisiveness when moving into the transfer window I know that Scheweinsteiger would be a great addition but He is somewhat over the hill in comparison to the others that are being toted about and while I know that we are not the cash Rich Man Poo or Man Sh!tty or Chelski I do know that we are at a point for the first time in ten years where we don't need to replace many players or are being frced to sell the quality ones we have, we are for the first time in a spot where we only need to add two or three players and we are there in terms of being able to compete, Id hate for the financial Exuberance to stop us taking that final stride forward into the competitive team we nearly are IMO spend the money now, get the striker, get the DM and we wont need to look at transfers in a big way again for several seasons and with that in mind Id rather have the likes of Benzema or Lacazetta or even Cavanni than a nearly over the hill Scheweinsteiger.

At CG Technology, nearly seven times more money had been bet on Wisconsin than Kentucky as of Sunday evening, according to Simbal.

Or worse, you have great intentions to figure out how to make it and buy all the supplies and try so hard to figure it out and fix all the kinks along the way and wind up buying more supplies and spending more time and money... and your end result isn't even nearly as good as the original one you saw?

One day this week I had put my little one in one of those «scary» diapers that worked great for my last baby even as a toddler, but C's given it a run for it's money nearly every time at only 2 months old and 12ish pounds.

«Because the fare does not nearly cover the cost of delivering the service, if you leave it flat you're just asking the public to give you the money elsewhere,» said Vitiello, who believes that, even if the agency does find a new revenue stream, it would likely still need the anticipated fare increase.

The group's Brian Sampson say he believes chances are good for passage this year - and he says the money for the nearly $ 750,000 plan is there, even with the state facing another budget deficit.

The City Council dished out nearly $ 147 million for pet projects throughout members» districts, including a grant to a dysfunctional medical center in Queens that even Mayor Bloomberg's agencies doubt should get taxpayer money.

He says even the State Board of Regents, which nearly always recommends at least a billion dollars more per year be spent on schools, only asked for $ 1 million dollars in additional money for technology for schools.

Of course those who depend on CUNY say that even if you say removing nearly a half billion dollars isn't a cut, that noncut is a lot of money.

Nearly 500 prostitutes have thrown their support behind Clinton, and some are even using their trade to raise money for the Democrat's campaign.

The group's Brian Sampson say he believes chances are good for passage this year, and he says the money for the nearly $ 750,000 plan is there, even with the state facing another budget deficit.

What's even worse, said the candidate, is «gray money,» or spending by state super PACs that report other PACs as donors, making it nearly impossible to identify original donors.

Sampson says he believes chances are good for passage this year, noting that the money for the nearly $ 750,000 plan is there, even with the state facing another budget deficit.

In a unanimous vote that surprised even some of the members, a Legislature dominated by representatives from the suburbs voted to end the longstanding practice of giving nearly one - third of the sales tax money to suburban towns, villages and school districts.

It ought not to surprise us that nearly all the money for the No campaign is Tory money, even if they have tried to camouflage this by using as mouthpieces some machine Labour politicians such as Margaret Beckett and John Reid.

So you have to spend a lot more money - even for the memory - cards of PS Vita — Games are lacking - its not that there are no games - no - there are simply no or nearly no GOOD GAMES.

Each year, the center trains nearly 10,000 teachers, in part using federal money appropriated under the Adult Education Act, the Title I compensatory - education program, and the Head Start and Even Start programs, which are intended to help preschoolers and their families.

Nearly every state has created less generous plans for new workers, plans that will require new teachers to pay more money up front, remain in their jobs longer before they «vest» into the system and qualify for even a minimum benefit, and work longer before they retire with full benefits.

According to Kirp, spending is frequently inadequate: «Even as the numbers of children enrolled in pre-K grew by 20 percent between 2004 and 2006, the amount of money spent on each child was cut by nearly 10 percent, to $ 3,500....

The problem with that strategy is that even the Gates Foundation does not have nearly enough money to buy systemic reform one school at a time.

If even half of our charters are managed by these companies, and if 25 % of the money they are skimming from the top for their own bottom lines is correct, then that means they profited to the tune of nearly $ 16 million.

What is clear is that it can be hard for regulators and even schools themselves to follow the money when nearly all of it goes into the accounts of a private company.

But studies have shown that nearly half of this money is wasted, meaning teachers do not improve substantially from year to year — even though many have not yet mastered critical skills.

Even though, it must be said, similarly - equipped offerings from rival car makers can be had for noticeably less money (for instance, a Hyundai Santa Fe is just as well specified as a Titanium - trimmed Ford Edge, yet nearly $ 1,000 cheaper to buy).

After nearly a century, even a superior Cabernet Sauvignon was likely more palatable sprinkled on a salad rather than drunk, but it wasn't her job to argue with the man with the money.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

When a reader sees prices that are either the same (or nearly the same) or even higher for an e-book, and then compares what they get for their money, the physical, printed book wins out.

Now, nearly two years later, I've amassed a considerable amount of knowledge about the pros and cons of what I chose to do, and wanted to share it with other burgeoning authors, or even more experienced ones like me, who may be debating whether to dive into the purchased - ISBN pool now for their third or fourth books, on whether it's worth the money or not.

Even if you don't think that you will have nearly enough money saved up to afford a comfortable retirement, save money anyway!

Even the so called high paying professions like doctors or lawyers generally don't make nearly as much money or have the wealth of investors who are investing in the TRIFORCE OF INVESTING!

The amount of money that you'll inevitably make off of even just one of our stock ideas would be enough to pay for membership for years... and we've identified nearly 30 fantastic investment opportunities.

Sure, LSU would have made some money even if their team didn't do well, but probably not nearly as much.

The hybrid version provides you with nearly $ 1,900 of savings after five years, and would continue to save you money even if gas prices dropped as low as 82 cents / L. Neither the Toyota Prius nor the Honda Accord Hybrid managed to break even at five years.

Banks are willing to loan me incredible sums of money even though I haven't held a job in nearly three years.

Even from the peak before the Great Recession, investors in a low - cost index fund that mirrors the S&P 500, like one of the three Vanguard 500 Index Funds (NASDAQMUTFUND: VFINX)(NASDAQMUTFUND: VFIAX)(NYSEMKT: VOO), have nearly doubled their money by holding long - term.

Investors who bought near the market's peak before the Financial Crisis and Great Recession took nearly five years just to break even (and plenty lost money, selling long before the market recovered).

Even if you put the insurance premium money in the bank instead of buying insurance with it, it would be nearly a century before you had the same level of protection for personal property losses.

But with the promises of a nearly instantaneous money infusion, people can be biting off more than they can chew and not even realize it until it is too late.

The rating collectors wanted too much money as a minimum per month and I was not making nearly enough money to even pay my bills or rent on time.

MONEY: Mexico City is always a nice bargain for Americans, and it's recently become even more of one as the dollar has strengthened against the peso, reaching nearly 20 pesos per US dollar in recent weeks.

Sega made some money on a classic that it hasn't updated or followed up for nearly two decades, and I get to have an experience that's even better than I remembered way back when.