Sentences with phrase «not at a standing»

But we are not at a standing start, and the tax system today can't be so easily divorced from the past.

Above is an early stand shoot featuring prominently AWAD's logo (see the red arrow — not at the stand).

Not exact matches

Your small business stands out during the holidays by offering greater flexibility and better customer service, as well as by offering unique products and services that shoppers might not find at your larger competitors.

They contended that the school used high - pressure sales tactics to enroll students in the costly classes, promised extensive one - on - one instruction that did not materialize and employed «mentors» who at times recommended investments from which they stood to profit.

But those universities that are left standing, he says, will have to do a much better job at identifying talented students, who can't afford to pay $ 61,000 a year for school.

Every dollar counts for business owners, so if you don't know where you stand on a monthly basis, you may not be around at the end of the year.

At least among panel members, there seemed to be not a lot of support for either candidate, though the Trump moment stood out.

They can stand you up at the gates of hell, but you won't, well, you know the rest.

Current employees asked not to be identified by name to protect their standing at Zappos, as did those who took the severance package, to uphold their nondisclosure agreements.

If there's one misconception Peter Friedlander, vice-president of original production at Netflix, can't stand about his company, it's that its content is entirely governed by algorithms.

Where the company doesn't stand for the beliefs of all 8,000 people that work at Ally.

I continued on with some of the jobs that were already in the queue, and not even 30 seconds later, the resume guy, still standing at the counter, asks, «Hey man, so is my resume done yet or what?»

We had trepidations at first, not wanting people to think that we were standing on our soapbox.

Only one thing is really standing in the way at this point: «The biggest challenge to adopting that is really for [wireless] operators to come up with a good way to manage your plan, because clearly you don't want to pay another $ 50 a month just to get a SIM card.»

If they name a figure for what they think you deserve at this point, you have a good idea where you stand and you can explore whether or not there's wiggle room to go higher.

Although her equity pool currently stands at $ 4.8 million, she confides that she doesn't receive equity payment nearly as often as she'd like.

I was also glad to see Travis Kalanik, the CEO of «Private Driver (read: not a taxi) service» Uber, stand on stage yesterday at Startup School and announce Uber TAXI, a cheaper, more taxi - like service.

«The words «seasonality» and «fast food» are rarely used together, but at Sweetgreen, we believe that the two don't have to be mutually exclusive — it just takes a commitment to standing behind our food ethos and working with farmers that share the same values,» Jammet said in a statement.

«Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.»

The officer also said that the metric itself was not a useful tool — if police had been using Facebook's geolocation tool to track down protesters, it's unlikely that protesters would voluntarily check in at Standing Rock.

On making a good impression when you're new to an organization «If you're new in a writer's room, and you don't know what to do or say: One, be the person who holds the marker and stands at the board.

At press time, Cambridge's rating with the Better Business Bureau — where it is not accredited — stood at A —At press time, Cambridge's rating with the Better Business Bureau — where it is not accredited — stood at A —at A — .

«You shouldn't wave money at us, stand on chairs and lunge all the way over the bar top to try and grab us, and you definitely shouldn't be screaming «HEY» followed by your drink order.»

In the District of Columbia, concerns about the high maternal mortality rate — in 2014, it stood at about 40.7 deaths per 100,000 births, according to the analysis by United Health Foundation, substantially exceeding the U.S. rate and those of neighboring Virginia and Maryland — have periodically sparked talk of a review committee, but not enough to push a measure through.

However, the man at the nearby table has no such financial interest in whether or not you buy this dish, and, hence, his believability to you is greater than the well - dressed waiter standing at your side.

Though it might anger some long - standing fans, who have grown fond of Twitter's unique button to show appreciation for content, the switch isn't surprising, at all.

If his short doesn't work out, but the long end moves, then he still stands to make money or at least trim his losses.

Iceland's law stands out in a key way: Companies and organizations with at least 25 full - time employees must actually obtain government certification proving their pay policies are based on factors such as education, skills and performance, not gender.

«Shakespeare this ain't, and Gears 3 struggles at times with its forced attempts at heart - string pluckery, but I can forgive it as much; gore - starved guns adorned with toothy chainsaws easily atone for any cheesiness suffered along the way... the Gears 3 story continues with what amounts to a blood - drenched tale of woe, suffering, loss and absolution, cathartica that stands out in harsh relief when framed by the»80s era Schwarzenegger - ness of most of the dialogue.

«It would give seasonal producers a standing to file anti-dumping claims in the United States, which they usually don't get to do,» said Inu Manak, a visiting scholar at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington.

If the case went to court, the veterans stood a real chance of losing, because science at that time had not found a strong correlation between Agent Orange and the illnesses afflicting the veterans.

«Sewing may not necessarily have been the top candidate but he was there and stood ready,» Hans - Peter Burghof, a professor of banking at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart.

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

Probably not, but at least they'll stand a better chance of breaking through the noise.

I had a former friend who had a certain amount of success who once said to me, in all seriousness, without any levity at all, «I can't stand it.

A few days after a gunman murdered 17 of her fellow students in Parkland, Florida, she stood at a podium and, with unbelievable poise and power, said the fearless words that adults couldn't.

If each point can't at least partly stand on its own without lengthy explanation your bullets aren't tight enough.

The data, which was compiled from Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings by CrowdPAC, a non-partisan organization aimed at analyzing money in politics, revealed what the candidate's own filings have been showing for the last several months: Silicon Valley loves Bernie and can't stand Trump.

At mentions of climate science and the Paris agreement, many Republicans did not clap or stand, with many delivering dramatic eye - rolls.

If you have to print at home or stand in line at the theatre, the app seems kind of useless, doesn't it?

«Three years ago I stood up in front of an audience for the opening keynote speech at Bitcoin 2014, in Amsterdam, and told the world that the main event of Bitcoin is not Bitcoin, it is the Blockchain, and it would change the world,» Byrne said at the Money 20/20 conference last month.

By the end of June, six years after the passage of Dodd - Frank, bank business loans of less than $ 1 million stood at $ 328 billion — not very far off from that 2008 peak.

It doesn't matter if you are standing at the counter of Starbucks or at a table at a five - star restaurant.

Shocked me at first, but they're getting things done and not letting things stand in their way.

Malcolm Gladwell may or may not have been completely right when he claimed that becoming a true expert in any subject requires 10,000 hours of practice, but whether his exact number stands up to scrutiny, the underlying truth still holds — getting good at things is time - consuming and involves a lot of hard work.

With WestJet and potentially Porter nipping at its heels, Air Canada is not standing still.

«The board is not a stand up board and permits the rude treatment of shareholders» at these meetings, he says.

Now, standing in front of his wrecked car, on the phone with Teresa, it dawned on him that the damage hadn't occurred while he was at breakfast, it had happened the night before, and he had been so wrapped up in work that he simply hadn't noticed till the sun came out.

While standing on a mountaintop, you might pause to consider how lucky you are not to be working, then feel elated at your freedom.

Indeed, that attitude explains how, nearly seven years after their fateful game of catch, the former dorm mates — RAM not only stands for «Randy and Mike» but also is the nickname (Rams) of sports teams at Colorado State University, their alma mater — have built a $ 4.6 - million company that competes against the likes of Wilson, Spalding, and Nike.