Sentences with phrase «of push over»

Which is not to say he was some kind of push over against the run.

«I definitely think it has the possibility of pushing us over the tipping point,» said Felicia Griffin, executive director of United for a New Economy, a Colorado nonprofit that has opposed the Amazon project.

Instead of pushing me over the edge, it saved my life, that and Forks Over Knives.

Moving kind of pushed me over the edge for a few weeks and I finally feel like I am getting a hold of things, can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and am able to tame the beast of my house.

Dump the debris into a bucket instead of pushing it over the lip of the gutter to avoid dirtying the siding, the book suggests.

Not exact matches

He argued in a blog post that a single figure, even the son of a king, in pushing for a great deal of change in a country where the politics and power accumulated over decades are complicated, could end up producing the opposite of stability.

«Our move into news has been misreported over and over again and we're not looking to expand into news beyond the work that we're doing in short form and long form feature documentaries,» he said, when asked about rumors of a bigger push into news.

In June the company received the first - ever FAA commercial license for unmanned aircraft operations over land and water for its work with BP on Alaska's North Slope, part of a big push to develop oil and gas in remote areas with the help of UAVs.

Chinese regulators have been on the forefront of a global push to rein in the frenzy surrounding cryptocurrencies amid concerns over excessive speculation, money laundering, tax evasion and fraud.

And not going over that line of pushing too far but being a part of their life when they need us to be a part of their lives, as opposed to forcing ourselves into their customer journey.

At the moment, he estimates that only 5 percent of his customers order beverages through the app, but it's a number that's been picking up steam over the last few months; if the trend continues, and 5 percent grows to a more substantial slice of the pie, he says he'd push to renegotiate his terms with the company.

On Thursday investors pushed the kiwi dollar up over 1 % to a high of $ 0.7351, underlining just how daunting a challenge the RBNZ faces.

The first officer quickly pushed the plane into a steep dive to avoid collision before the captain took over control of the 767.

At a press conference to push his new book, Crippled America, Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen of foul play over interest rates.

Russ Girling, the chief executive of TransCanada, said his company will not give up: «We will continue to push for reason over gridlock, common sense over symbolism and solid science over rhetoric to approve Keystone XL and unlock its benefits.»

The company charges fees, many tied to cash cards it hands out, that can push the total cost of borrowing well over the legal limit.

The State Department estimates that the surge of passport renewals that will be spilling over into 2018 and 2019 — combined with other new passport applications — will push the number of passports issued this year to more than 21 million, after more than 20 million applications in 2017.

It's part of a push by healthcare companies to both cut costs and gain more control over the patients in need of their services.

This year, Airbnb expects $ 850 million in revenue and an operating loss of about $ 150 million as it pushes to expand its services to new parts of the world and fights regulators over taxes and lodging laws.

The rising cost of homeownership is pushing more people to rent, and the vacancy rate in Toronto has tightened over the past few years to 1.3 per cent, according to CMHC.

Over the years, Gotham has pushed through initiatives that ranged from lifestyle perks like free Wi - Fi in public parks and subway stations to make the city more attractive to a tech workforce, to establishing a network of business incubators to help provide affordable office space to more than 500 startups.

We stayed in touch over the years discussing the business side of things and an opportunity arose for me to step into Float Pod as CEO to take over and help push the company forward, allowing Nick to focus on True Rest Franchising.

This dream adventure pushes off from a port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and takes 600 passengers to 32 countries over the course of 140 days.

Rapid uptake of new technologies and intense competition between manufacturers have pushed margins on many sets into negative territory, and as Bloomberg Businessweek's recent profile of CEO Stringer pointed out, over the past eight years the company has lost an astounding US$ 8.5 billion on TVs.

For those looking to push their boundaries on the mountain beyond sliding on one or two pieces of wood, head over to Olympic Park and take a fantasy camp in bobsled, skeleton, or luge.

Harrison pushed CN's ratio down to about 67 % over his tenure from a starting point of 76 % (about where CP's ratio sat in the third quarter of 2011).

Bordainick and his legal advisors are being ultra-careful to be sure that as they push the boundaries of crowdfunding, they don't step over the boundaries of what is legal and what is illegal.

The social network may argue that it doesn't tell its publishing partners what they should be creating for that money, but the fact that it is pushing video — and that its algorithm clearly favors certain kinds of video content over other kinds — helps determine what gets promoted.

Trump, McConnell, and Ryan are set to meet at Camp David over the weekend to hash out the strategy for year two of the Trump presidency — both in the immediate fights over funding and in the longer - term push.

And then basically, over the course of two weeks, push until it's a 16 - hour gap.

Over the weekend, Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator and Republican who previously ran for president, suggested that student protestors should learn CPR instead of pushing for stricter gun control laws.

On Wednesday, Wells Fargo's chairman and CEO John Stumpf resigned effectively immediately, pushed out in the wake of the bank's $ 185 million settlement over the phony account fraud.

Noble is pushing to halve its debt and hand over 70 percent of the restructured business to creditors.

Solyndra was a disastrous investment for the U.S. government, pushed through by executive order over the reservations of bureaucrats.

The British government is contributing 9 million pounds to the van investment as part of its push to support the UK automotive industry, which employs over 800,000 people and generates revenue of 77.5 billion pounds ($ 110 billion).

If a bad day at work is pushing you over the mental and emotional edge, put down the cup of coffee.

This is less consequential in terms of its potential to push forward Trump's agenda; governors have sway over state bills, not federal legislation.

During his unsuccessful battle with EQT over its acquisition of Rice, Rosenstein pushed EQT to abandon the deal and instead spin off its transportation business into a separately traded company.

This selling point appears to be backed up by the numbers: Concur is currently in use in over 90 countries by thousands of companies, and, according to Newell, the company is currently pushing strongly in Canada (which is why they polled Canadians).

Over the weekend, Trump helped push Syria back to the forefront of U.S. foreign policy debates.

Over at the Globe and Mail, I popped in on QNX, the Ottawa - based software company owned by smartphone maker BlackBerry, to see what was new and also to see what they thought of the big news of Google's Open Automotive Alliance, which will be pushing Android onto cars starting this year.

The answer, suggest institutional investors like Mark Wiseman, CEO of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, is to align pay to longer industry and product cycles, and to use restricted stock units (rather than stock options) that vest over time — even after the CEO retires — pushing executives to think seriously about what happens after they're gone.

What did occur was an unsettling wobble and very subtle push from behind — the weight of the trailer at high speed nudging our car along — if we passed much over 60 mph.

«The choice of Williams... would in effect have chosen to prioritize monetary policy expertise over first - hand experience of financial markets and diversity considerations pushed by some,» wrote Krishna Guha, Fed watcher at ISI Evercore and a former NY Fed official.

Savvy marketing, followed by strong word of mouth: The studio was smart and pushed the film with recording - industry tie - ins and social media; a «Straight Outta» meme, featuring stars like Beyonce, took over the web.

Pinterest «has made steady gains with pinners over the past three years, but improved features and search functions now push Pinterest to the top of the social media category for the first time,» the index says.

But working with new mixtures, pushing them into new materials, and seeing how safe they are over thousands of charge cycles takes a very, very long time.

«It pushes us over when someone is thinking of trying new suppliers.»

If donating to charity is part of your budget, then setting up recurring donations helps you spread out the expense over the course of the year and ensures that the nonprofits you support have money for programs outside of the usual December fundraising push.

Iger also shed some light on how the acquisition of the Fox assets will «accelerate» Disney's planned push into the competitive streaming entertainment market, as the media giant says it will launch two separate subscription streaming services over the next two years.