Sentences with phrase «of as a treat for»

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The company reported only a couple of injuries — «two employees were treated for ringing in their ears» — for the launchpad incident that nearby residents described as earth - shaking.

Such research could one day help lead to next - generation brain - machine interfaces for controlling prosthetics, exoskeletons and robots, as well as «electroceuticals» to treat disorders of the brain and body.

In the past, when people of color were treated with indignity and disdain for simply existing, most responses from company leaders involved an approach of firing an employee, a feeble apology, and business as usual once the event faded from the headlines.

It seems Dorsey and company are treating this period as a foundational time to prepare for the fall when it will finally kick off its live streaming of Thursday NFL games.

They should be treated the same way as Telus or Bell or Rogers when it comes to the acquisition of spectrum, for example.»

All transgender people considered for service are subject to the same entry standards as any other candidate, and are treated as an individual of their acquired gender, according to the British Army's website.

Whereas in the morning, coffee often has more of a utilitarian role as a pick - me - up, in the afternoon it's usually more about wanting a treat for yourself.»

But too many companies treat social media and online forums as an optional extra, instead of a core part of their strategy for gaining and retaining customers.

5 is a «Best Place to Work» for one simple reason: Our steadfast commitment to hire the right people, treat them as fully - formed adults, and point them toward a common vision of helping others.

As they reflected on their work with clients, they realized that all of the time tracking solutions in the market made it easy to keep track of the amount of time spent on a project but didn't focus on treating time for what it is — inventory.

Meridian had to issue a recall of the EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. auto - injectors at the end of March as some of the devices, which are used for treating allergic reactions, had a defective part that potentially stopped them from working — an event that could be life - threatening.

The increasingly competitive market for transcatheter valves is expected to expand from $ 3 billion currently to $ 5 billion in 2021 as more types of patients get treated with the valves.

Some tax credit programs treat these savings as a capital gain for federal income taxes, so make certain to discuss any tax ramifications with a certified public accountant before investing in one of these credits.

It is common for investors to treat most of what comes out of politicians» mouths as empty promises, particularly during campaign season.

«Today, after Sen. Marco Rubio said he can't vote for the new tax bill and other Republican senators might be balking too, the market took a hit... how many of you took this moment and treated it as a buying opportunity?

The company treated this election's party conventions as practice for the NFL games, running live streams of each as a way to experiment with the format.

Hoffman credits Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab, for the term «extended intelligence,» or «treating intelligence as a network phenomenon and using A.I. to enhance, rather than replace, human intelligence.»

By treating all of your employees like family members, you'll learn to care for them as individuals, not hired labor.

One of the concessions for winning state regulatory approval to convert Fidelis to a for - profit unit includes a $ 340 million contribution to New York state, payable over a five - year period, which will be treated as increased administrative costs.

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But, as of today, the only court ruling on the matter concluded that Puerto Rico should be treated like a state for 11th Amendment purposes.

It's difficult for average salespeople to obtain this mindset because, as part of our nature, we want to treat all our clients equally.

If the 8,000 Canadians who received stock options as part of incomes over $ 250,000 paid taxes on this money at the same rate as the rest of their income — treating executive compensation the same way you treat the income of any other working stiff — it would have raised $ 337 million for federal coffers in 2009, a down year for options.

Excel may still be useful for a handful of simple tasks, but you should no longer treat it as a critical component of your business.

The expansion of e-commerce giant Amazon.com has coincided with an explosion in online purchases of physical goods, while consumers increasingly treat malls as places for socializing.

Economists treat parental leave, both for women and men, as a simple cost - benefit problem: in theory, at least, if a woman's wage is greater than the cost of replacing her in the home, then she should spend her time working and hire someone else to care for her children.

When I interviewed him in Nashville, he chided his gubernatorial colleagues for relying too heavily on federal stimulus money, saying, «An awful lot of states took that money and treated it as continuing money and not like one - time help.»

As an exec at Shire (shpg), which with $ 6 billion in revenue is one of the smaller Big Pharmas, he spent months persuading leaders and commercial and supply - chain people to launch a clinical trial for the ADHD drug Vyvanse to treat binge eating.

BRUSSELS, Jan 8 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest maker of insulin, has made a 2.6 billion euro bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx as it seeks to diversify and strengthen its business for treating rare blood disorders.

I treat it as a robust program; I sort of have hacked it in a way to work for me.

That means patients who were paying EpiPen's full $ 608 list price (for a package of two) can now get the epinephrine injection device, which is used to treat a potentially fatal allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, for about half as much.

If an employee wants to work part time to take care of an ailing spouse or a sick child, this should be treated as a «demand» for FMLA leave (Family and Medical Leave Act) and not a «request» for a flexible schedule.

(For GenXers, who I'm including here as a parenthetical afterthought, because that's how we've been treated our whole damn lives, 19 % thought Boomers had had a positive impact, 42 % thought of them as a negative, and 39 % total could not articulate a difference.)

It's not right, but I take for granted that almost nobody in America treats me negatively as a result of my skin color.

Instead of treating customers acquired over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend as customers with long - term potential value, ecommerce businesses and retailers are taking a «flash - sales» - type approach to try to get more sales for just that weekend (and perhaps a few days after).

Journalists often treat GDP as a way to keep score; Canadian newspapers trumpeted the OECD's interim economic outlook in April, for instance, which predicted Canada's growth would be the best in the G7 during the first half of this year.

For years he'd been dreaming up publicity stunts — such as offering Amanda Knox a large sum to appear in an adult film — and then enticing the likes of Gawker or TMZ to treat that stunt offer like news.

In a trust economy where honored relationships form the basis for developing and maintaining business, treating communication as a perfunctory exercise will only result in a gratuitous diminishment of credibility.

Teams looking to up their production in the air will be in for a treat, as the current quarterback class is considered one of the deepest in history.

By bringing a drug that's been well - established as safe in other markets to the U.S. for the first time in order to treat a rare disease, the company doesn't just control its pricing destiny — it will also receive a coveted «priority review voucher» which it can hawk to another firm for tens (or even hundreds) of millions of dollars.

Entrepreneurs are faced with a unique opportunity to not only build innovative products but also to build companies that break the cycle and do not play off of fear, false superiority, or treating work as simply an exchange of labor for money.

The fried dough treat is reportedly sprinkled with crushed up pieces of candy cane, making for a drool - worthy snack that one fan described as «refreshing, minty, and yummy.»

If the holder of an applicable partnership interest is allocated gain from the sale of property held for less than three years, that gain is treated as short - term capital gain and is taxed as ordinary income.

Solely for the purpose of determining the date on which debt allocated to an account under paragraph (c)(4)(i) of this section is reallocated, the taxpayer may treat all expenditures made during any calendar month from debt proceeds in the account as occurring on the later of the first day of such month or the date on which such debt proceeds are deposited in the account.

Greater attention to treating children with language disorders, such as stuttering, also drives demand for these professionals, about half of whom are employed by schools, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

As a billionaire philanthropist, McKelvey contributed $ 25 million to establish the Andrew J. McKelvey Lung Transplant Center at Emory University to support the research of the doctor who had treated him for a lung - scarring ailment.

I've realized that a high number of entrepreneurs share many of the same traits as the ADHD patients I've treated, including a lust for stimulation and a willingness to take risks.

In no case, except due to an adjustment to reflect a stock split or other event referred to under «Adjustments» below, and except for any repricing that may be approved by shareholders, will the plan administrator (1) amend an outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right to reduce the exercise price or base price of the award, (2) cancel, exchange, or surrender an outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right in exchange for cash or other awards for the purpose of repricing the award, (3) cancel, exchange, or surrender an outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right in exchange for an option or stock appreciation right with an exercise or base price that is less than the exercise or base price of the original award, or (4) take any other action that is treated as a repricing under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

«For far too long, the Gulf has been treated as a sacrifice zone by polluters,» Athan Manuel, director of the lands protection program of the Sierra Club, a national advocacy group.

Critics of the deduction argue that state and local taxes simply reflect payments for services provided by those jurisdictions and, as such, should be treated no differently than other forms of spending.