Sentences with phrase «of a dime for»

He remembers lugging around a pocketful of dimes for pay phones and laughs when he talks about the immense size of the first cell phones.

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How can entrepreneurs barter for what they want without spending a dime, even if they don't have an item of equal value to trade?

And before the takedown of Silk Road, people reportedly swapped bitcoins for countless shady illegal goods, including dime bags of weed, stolen guns, forged documents and possibly even hitman services.

This kind of wistful remembrance is traditionally associated with the silver - haired among us, who pine for a simpler era when bread cost a nickel and milk a dime.

When the general public thinks of executive MBAs, they often picture thirty - and forty - something executives taking weekend classes (on the company dime) to prep them for the next promotion.

Thanks to record long waits for foreclosure reviews this year, 40 percent of homeowners in default have been sitting pretty in their homes for the last two years without paying a dime, CNN Money reports.

Valleywag points out that this whole situation is really weird: «So, our elected officials, in their effort to find a scapegoat for crimes against sex workers like the murder of Julissa Brisman, have taken a site that never made a dime from the hookups it helped set up, and turned it into a full - time, for - profit sex money machine.»

«Don't confuse the health of your company with money for the investors, because they don't make a dime if your company is healthy and growing.

The internet's speed is great for business — until Google or another platform changes its rules on a dime, freezing you out of the marketplace.

When I started my blog, I wrote three posts a day for most of a year without making a dime before I asked for help.

So while a normal income statement shows that everything is rosy for the business, they may in fact run out of cash before they see a dime from the sale.

But however it evolved, the Centenaris today do have that dream, and they do have a nickel - and - dime manufacturing business that has grown almost 25 % a year for 10 years, is now up to nearly $ 70 million, and shows few signs of slowing despite a dismal economic environment.

While the airlines have good safety records and new, state - of - the - art planes, you'll be nickel - and - dimed for other amenities that full - service carriers often offer for free.

As for family leave, Elliott expects companies to go the route of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, which recently extended paid leave for new parents, and announced it would let employees take both their babies and their caregivers on business trips — on the company's dime.

Of course, like all economic impact studies (they're a dime a dozen, cranked out regularly on behalf of companies and industries trying to puff up their importance) the Facebook report is so chock full of assumptions and «multiplier» effects as to be completely useless — except, that is, for the respective company's marketing departmenOf course, like all economic impact studies (they're a dime a dozen, cranked out regularly on behalf of companies and industries trying to puff up their importance) the Facebook report is so chock full of assumptions and «multiplier» effects as to be completely useless — except, that is, for the respective company's marketing departmenof companies and industries trying to puff up their importance) the Facebook report is so chock full of assumptions and «multiplier» effects as to be completely useless — except, that is, for the respective company's marketing departmenof assumptions and «multiplier» effects as to be completely useless — except, that is, for the respective company's marketing department.

I never borrowed a dime for any of this «investment».

In the T. Rowe Price example, the couple working to age 70 enjoyed retirement income of $ 88,000 a year — above the 80 % replacement bogey that planners shoot for — even without saving a dime from age 60 to 70.

Invariably, the thing will lose that dime and the the investor will get out near the bottom, having taken most of the losses, but abandoning any prospect for recovery and subsequent growth.

«My weapon of choice as a stock picker is research; it's critical for me to understand a company's value before laying down a dime.

Articles like this are a dime a dozen with the same tired excuses for why people want church to be about them instead of about God and Jesus and God's Word.

More commonly, as the business became more profitable and the owner begins making more money, he will leave wages where they are, but try to find a way to cut down on overhead adn production costs (potentially at a loss of worker salary or through layoffs when outsourcing is utilized), and will pocket the increased profits until the business is positioned well enough to be sold to a larger conglomoration for a substantial payout that NONE of the workers will see a dime of.

You see, Michael is 60 years old and doesn't want to pay a dime more for his coverage due to the urges of Adam and his lovely wife Eve.

They have new vehicles and eat pretty good on our dime I didn't have health care because the small business community is DEAD here and didn't quafily for any of those programs, why is the working person penalized for WORKING!!!

And while I'm grateful believers and unbelievers can agree that the taking of innocent human life is wrong, without a basis for this knowledge, this is a position can turn on a dime.

Cause I'm not paying a dime for this, even without the vapid, simpering primness PC - messages attached with all the subtlety of a nail gun.

By contrast, when I attended a gathering of pastors from much smaller churches, nickel - and - dime operations with meager attendance on Sundays, barely able to support their pastors, I did not hear the pastors talk about improving their facilities or putting together a smoother operation for Jesus.

o I have no financial stake in the Emergent Brand, C21, JoPa, CANA Project, etc. o I have attended and even spoken at some events, but I have always paid my own way and have never received a dime of compensation for my involvement in the Emergent movement.

Awhile back the bishop sent her to a nasty little church, that had run off more than one preacher, refused to contribute a dime to any national church program, and cherished a reputation for being one of the most hostile congregations in the conference.

When he occasionally made a direct appeal for a dime from viewers or listeners for the poor of the world, he would be deluged with coins taped to letters.

The following analogy might help: Cover the entire North American continent in dimes all the way up to the moon, a height of about 239,000 miles (In comparison, the money to pay for the U.S. federal government debt would cover one square mile less than two feet deep with dimes.).

This time, suppose the widow, due to her failing eyesight, mistakenly gives the clerk nine pennies and one dime for the loaf of bread which costs only ten cents.

I can judge your Jesus for what he was, and he may not have even existed, but worthless yeshiva turds are a dime a dozen in Jewish culture, so if he existed, he was likely one of them.

I discovered that Yoder taught not at Goshen College but rather in Elkhart at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, but in my exploration of Goshen I discovered that Yoder had written numerous pamphlets that could be bought off a rack in College Church for a dime a piece.

Are you willing to apply this same logic to all the crap Rick Perry does as a violation of the seperation of church and state when he does his prayers for «X» on the public dime?

[If I had a dime for every time a member of the religious right has passionately informed me that I'm a socialist for thinking healthcare is a right, I could afford a plane ticket to Denver this week]-RSB-

The people trying to build Park51 already own most of the land there, and they aren't looking for a dime from the NY Port Authority.

By all means, let churches become a place where like - minded individuals can strategize and hear to politicians of their choice stump for votes — just don't do it on my dime.

Maybe instead of commenting on quotes from one of the smartest individuals on the planet, find those religious values that actually matter, and cough up a dime for the poor and underprivileged.

More over, any religious organization who's pastors collect millions of dollars buying personal jets and running mega churches for profit without paying one dime in taxes do not have the right to dictate any political, legal, or even moral opinion in this country.

The Pentecostals were fine so long as it was a modest dress, below the knees, little or no jewelry, (most of mine being the dime store variety anyway) and the same for make - up.

No, momoya, it's about out of control insurance costs going ever higher because more and more is mandated to be covered, it's about tax exempt groups being in effect taxed via mandates and indeed mandated to pay things that go directly contrary to their philosophy, it's about disingenuous mumblers on the left talking incoherently about people being «forced» not to use contraception when (a) no one is forcing them to affiliate with the organization balking at the mandate, (b) no one is preventing them from buying contraception on their own dime and (c) no one is preventing them from buying their own health insurance plans, something MANY will have to do when Obamacare kicks in for real.

What if Jesus had answered John the Baptist's disciples, «Go and tell John what you see: billions of dollars are being spent on killing and destruction, and the crippled children are begging for dimes at the liquor stores and bowling alleys»?

Recipes for mediocre brownies are a dime a dozen, but when I see one from Nick — and one that includes a half - pound of chocolate and serious amounts of butter and eggs — I know it's going to be worth the time, energy, and resources.

With a salad similar to the lovely one below in the fridge leftover from my mother's New Year's Day tradition of eating black - eyed peas for good luck — it was good, but unremarkable enough that I didn't photograph and post (such salads are a dime a dozen)-- it suddenly occurred to me that I could use it as the basis for a bean burger.

Did you know that, on average, you pay less than a dime for each cup of Kona coffee you prepare at home?

Increase the heat to high and boil for 2 minutes or until dime - size bubbles cover the surface of the glaze.

Captain Jason «stop on a dime» Kozin went 7 of 11 from the field and lead the way for his crew with 15 points.

Nevertheless, Umenyiora put on a stunning performance, playing right end in the regular 4 - 3, middle linebacker in some dime situations (opening a spot for another Giants rush end on the rise, rookie Justin Tuck) and even alongside Strahan on a couple of downs.

I've met a lot of people my age (26) who are ready and willing to give up their career at the drop of a dime if needed for our country.

Amazon doesn't need to spend a dime on advertising for the rest of its existence.