Sentences with phrase «of short people»

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My full name is Alexandra though most people call me Alex (or in some cases mida witch is short for my middle name Andromeda) i'm 19 although i don't look it, i come from a family of short people although thus far i'm the shortest in the family at only 4 foot 8 i'm natural a sort for strawberry...

Sometimes when I get on the elevator at work I am the tallest person and that is INCLUDING THE MEN, and I am not even that tall just under 5» 8 ″ there are A LOT of short people in New York.

They found a point mutation in the gene (a single altered base pair) in one of 91 randomly selected short individuals, and no such mutations in 300 people of average height — suggesting that about 1 % of all short people may carry a SHOX mutation.

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According to Arif Mulji, vice-president of business development, Amur's fortunes vividly reflect some of the forces that have dominated Canada's economy in recent years: Its customers tend to be people looking for short - term mortgages, home renovation loans or debt consolidation.

The long and short of all this is that you need others to survive, so let people know they are important to you by trusting them with tasks.

The long and short of it is that fewer people are willing to pay a premium for lots of channels they never watch in return for a few — HBO and ESPN — that they love.

In short, it's everything produced by people and businesses, including salaries of workers.

Successful people don't see money solely as a personal reward; they see money as a way to grow a business, reward and develop employees, give back to the community... in short, not just to make their own lives better but to improve the lives of other people, too.

Former U.S. nuclear submarine commander Captain David Marquet has a fabulous short talk in which he urges those who really want to bring the best out of their teams to quit following unhelpful stereotypes of «leadership» and do everything possible to empower their people instead.

Unexpectedly, the news - gathering industry is receiving at least a short - term shot in its ink - stained and digital arms courtesy of a president who has labeled it an «enemy of the people.»

In the short run, it's expected that half of HMC's 230 - person staff will lose their jobs.

Stiglitz told us that this decades - old debate about how to balance the creation of short - term and long - term value is recently gaining new life in the US because of the venomous class class tensions and ugly politics arising out of income inequality, and because people in positions of power are looking at the big picture and realizing that something has to change.

It tells us that as soon as we are just a little bit better than another person, we can stop trying, even if it means stopping short of our potential,» Achor notes.

«We need to be aggressive and creative in striking partnerships that are in the short - and the long - term interests of the people of Ontario,» she said.

Here's a very short list of people whose words still move the world, yet they never wrote anything down themselves.

The revolution in low - cost index funds and ETFs has been great for investors, but overreliance on cheap investments runs the risk of leaving people short of retirement goals.

Up to this point in the short history of VR, however, the most premium games have been limited to people with a lot of extra cash to burn.

Part of the reason is that it can take years to access prison rehabilitation programs if you have a longer sentence because people with shorter sentences get priority; despite recent national efforts to make opioid antidotes and addiction treatments more widely accessible, many prisons still don't have these programs in place, leaving addicts who make it out of prison far more susceptible to relapse.

In Japan, the Central Bank said Thursday morning it was keeping its rates unchanged and the People's Bank of China raised its short - term interest rate by 10 basis points on both medium - term lending facility loans and its open market operation reverse repurchase agreements.

He adds that ultimately this way of doing business is much richer and more satisfying than the current model because it thrusts together highly talented people for shorter periods of time «-- and holds out loftier goals and richer rewards.

We envy them all and want to emulate them but know that they are just people dealing with struggles of a different magnitude from the pressures of going public, the pressures of pricing competition, the pressures of over-reaching of journalists and regulators and the pressures of activist public shareholders with short - term expectations.

To keep people honest, you can end with a «closing round,» which consists of short, uninterrupted feedback on how the discussion went.

«The psychologists Ken Sheldon and Tim Kasser have found that people who are mentally healthy and happy have a higher degree of «vertical coherence» among their goals — that is, higher - level (long - term) goals and lower - level (immediate) goals all fit together well so that pursuing one's short - term goals advances the pursuit of long - term goals».

Things that make sense in the long term might seem crazy to people who only think of the short term.

At least two people were killed and 130 injured when an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 jet crashed and caught fire as it landed short of the runway.

If you have a physical product, show a short video of a person using it in a practical setting.

The short - term rental site has pledged that its next board hire will be female, saying that it is already in «serious discussions with a number of incredible people.»

Then there's the final image of the commercial, where Erik passes by a similar (yet noticeably shorter) line where people are queuing up to buy the iPhone X, Apple's new flagship product.

Branson, also on the short list of richest people in the world, is still making waves as an innovator with various new enterprises extending from his core Virgin Records business.

But just to do that, that 5 % growth and a $ 2 billion floor, buys me out of a $ 1.6 billion - short infrastructure backlog, allows us to bring 5,000 more active - duty people on board.

There's no shortage of advice about how to foster it, but really the shortest route to creativity lies in one simple ingredient: a diverse team made up of people who spring from widely varying backgrounds.

People magazine noted that «Hollender favors pin - striped business suits» while «Newman's business attire consists of Patagonia shorts and Day - Glo green sunglasses.»

So in short, it is very likely that our invoice will be seen by a number of people, many of whom we want to influence in some way.

Well, to make a long story short while referencing a great episode from Seinfeld, we employed a special team of people to «retrieve» the reports for us, and «yadda yadda yadda,» we appeared at pretrial with these ultra-damaging reports in hand.

Most people plan for all aspects of a trip except for what to do if you get sick, have an accident or need to cut your trip short.

In the short - term, some people will hang on to the notion of driving on their own of course, much as some holdouts who insist on typing on typewriters, or putting two spaces after a period.

One of the main reasons people fail their long - term objectives is not adding measurable short - term goals.

With six out of 10 Americans projected to fall short of their standard of living by retirement, it's more urgent than ever that people in this generation save — and save some more.

In partnership with Scribd, Grant recently pulled together a short list of must - read titles for business people that offer truly big ideas in an easy - to - digest package.

Pass it on: Taller people are more likely to die of cancer, while shorter people are more likely to die of heart disease.

I doubt there are many people in the oilsands industry today who feel that they are better off as a result of the BP spill, and I expect that the pipeline industry will come to feel the same way about Lac - Mégantic in short order.

«New smartphones will definitely entice people to upgrade, but vendors are more careful of avoiding oversupply in the channel,» he said, adding that the market could see «a short period of stagnancy» as players refocused on research and development efforts instead of marketing products.

This certainly isn't to say that all short people experienced such events while growing up; the trend only becomes apparent when large numbers of people are considered.

According to Jamie Perry, vice president of brand and product development for Jet Blue, the airline made the short film a comedy because you can't preach to people but you can be irreverent and humorous to get the same point across.

It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators and parents — in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations.

Short - term benefits of giving a great speech may include educating and inspiring people, while long - term benefits may be more invitations to speak, being viewed as an expert in your field, and more business for your company.

Its price is rising only because people all over the world are hearing stories of how others doubled or tripled their money in a short period — and they don't want to miss out.

The short snippet of copy featured in your bio or about section is one of the first things people will see when they check out your social media profile.

I think a lot of people who try to do what we did, or try to do other things, they quit, they stop short.