Sentences with phrase «of tension at»

Anticipate possible points of tension at events (eg., transitions between parents or families) and problem - solve together to minimise children's exposure to stressful situations.

The move caused a massive escalation of tension at Uber, as Recode reports, which is an unfortunate downturn given that things seemed to be looking great for the troubled company as it appointed Dara Khosrowshahi as the new CEO.

-- The «cloud» has always been a source of tension at Microsoft; Ballmer refers to Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's famous 2006 memo, in which he said that advertising - supported services and software presented a fundamental challenge to the company

Moments of levity releases a bit of that tension at key moments before building again, by way of scene stealer LilRel Howery as Chris» best friend and TSA agent.

Perfect the curvatures and degree of tension at your waistline.

Some muscles can be dubbed «long and weak» because they can not fully and forcefully contract, and others are called «short and strong» because they are always in a state of tension at rest.

Ipl1p - dependent phosphorylation of Mad3p is required for the spindle checkpoint response to lack of tension at kinetochores.

Such uncertainty has caused an unreal amount of tension at the club, particularly between the players and the fans.

That may help alleviate some of the tension at JFK right now, but given the size of the crowds and the uncertainty surrounding those who have been detained by customs officials, it will take something much bigger than a working AirTrain to bring calm to the scene.

Matt suggested that there are a lot of tensions at play within a law firm.

Not exact matches

Tensions were high Wednesday at New York University's Stern School of Business, as a group of academics, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs faced off during a panel discussion on the future of higher education.

No matter how good your presentation or how high the level of trust and credibility that exists between you and your customer, there's always a moment of stress or tension at the making of a buying decision.

You don't want tensions brewing at the office to boil over in front of the entire family.

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.

US stocks tumbled Wednesday as President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Russia through a series of tweets, rattling investor nerves at a time when fears of a global trade war were starting to ebb.

«Tension can easily build up if both parties have different expectations of what acceptable standards are,» says Maria Rotundo, a professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management who has researched how appraisals can improve performance.

But the mechanics of the euro guarantee escalating tension: The single currency makes the exports of weaker countries artificially expensive (and those of Germany excessively cheap), putting their economies at a crippling disadvantage.

The reason most organizational programs abort is that they fail to deal with our life patterns, which are at the foundation of workplace anxiety, tension, and conflict.»

These questions should be addressed at the end of the courting period, but it's eminently important that there are no lingering tensions going forward.

Your characters should pass through a struggle or tension of some kind, which they resolve at the end of the story.

Think about how it feels, relaxing and letting go of the tension in that spot for 15 seconds; repeat on at least two other muscle groups.

However, the current deal between allied major oil producers could soon be at risk amid heightened tensions over an escalating proxy war between two of OPEC's top three crude producers, Shah said.

But the tension at the heart of Bloomberg doesn't really have anything to do with personnel, and it may not even have anything to do ultimately with the man whose name is on the building.

It's a compelling premise: that you can get more done at work, better understand your co-workers, and generally like your life more if you take some of the tension out of the string.

All this brinkmanship has come at a time of increased tensions, with North Korea ramping up its threats to bomb the U.S..

But over a career at the highest levels in corporate finance, Porat has been equally unflappable, navigating physical obstacles and fighting great metaphorical discomfort — the race - the - clock stress of the financial crisis, the tension of negotiations among big - ego executives, and now the culture clash of imposing financial discipline at tech's biggest idea factory.

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono backed up the idea on Twitter, saying «at a time of heightened tensions, we need to make sure all information released to the community is accurate.»

You can learn to blow off some of that tension by browsing Calm at Work, by Paul Wilson (Plume, 1999), or Undress Your Stress: 30 Curiously Fun Ways to Take Off Tension, by Lois Levy (Sourcebooks,tension by browsing Calm at Work, by Paul Wilson (Plume, 1999), or Undress Your Stress: 30 Curiously Fun Ways to Take Off Tension, by Lois Levy (Sourcebooks,Tension, by Lois Levy (Sourcebooks, 1999).

Wang's visit, which was to end Thursday, was aimed at exploring ways China can contribute to the easing of tensions, along with implementing agreements reached in Beijing by Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Da Zhigang, a researcher at the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences in northeastern China.

«The water vapor in the air was at its maximal state of tension... It was a fine day in August 1913.»

There is great tension of a different kind this week at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

The tweet, even if it was sent by a staffer, undercuts that image of impartiality and comes at a time when partisan tensions are running high ahead of the presidential election.

Get a behind the scenes look a the tension, anticipation and exhilaration experienced by scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. during the Curiosity rover's harrowing descent through the Martian atmosphere — known as «Seven Minutes of Terror.»

The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western oil firm in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over control of supply contracts.

The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western oil firm in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over control of supply contracts, the sources told Reuters.

The ban comes at a time of heightened tensions between the United States and North Korea, which has been working to develop a nuclear - tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.

The healthy takeaway from realizing the tension between these two admirable goals is to become more conscious of which you need more of at any given moment and allowing yourself to mold your mode of working accordingly.

«Clearly the escalation of tensions with Iran is a big issue, no question about it,» Jan Friederich, head of Middle East and Africa sovereign ratings at Fitch Ratings, told CNBC's Hadley Gamble.

Hollywood veterans also told Deadline that Fox Searchlight needs to keep the conversation around the movie focused more on the issue of race at a time when racial tensions in America have been on the rise.

Contract talks between the two sides have dragged on for nine months, leading to labor tensions, chronic cargo congestion and shipping delays at ports along the coast that collectively handle nearly half of all U.S. maritime trade and more than 70 percent of imports from Asia.

At the heart of most business compromises is the tension between long - term values and short - term needs.

At a hearing on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen asked if there was a «tension or inconsistency» for Uber to argue that every single one of its drivers is an independent contractor, yet to also argue that the legal issues in the case are so specific to each driver that it can't be decided as a class action.

Allen makes an engaging storyteller, and the book's best passages capture the thrill of discovery he experienced at the fore of the burgeoning personal computer industry, or the behind - the - scenes tensions inevitable when two teenage friends grow into the twin heads of a multinational corporation.

Yum Brands (yum), owners of KFC and Pizza Hut, blamed tensions over the South China Sea for an unexpected dip in quarterly sales at its established China restaurants.

Every major sell - off in history has been accompanied by a mix of economic concerns, monetary policy shifts, geopolitical tensions, or some other source of consternation that might make a rational person demand a higher premium for putting their capital at risk.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's hryvnia has dropped nearly 80 percent against the greenback this year, to trade at 15,7085 per $ 1 on Monday, off last month's all - time low of 15,8817, weighed by tensions between government forces and rebels in the country's eastern regions.

In the past, that tension might have triggered a tug of war between the board and the founder over appointing a new CEO, but recently more founders are champing at the bit to bring on a COO.

On Monday, WTI closed at US$ 52.22 a barrel, up by 3 percent, while Brent crude settled at US$ 59.02 — its highest since July 2015 — on the back of growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Iraq.

Zhang Zhexin, a research fellow at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, was more upbeat, saying that now that Trump had got at least some of the answers he wanted from Xi, trade war tensions should ease.

The impending exit of that executive — Alex Stamos, Facebook's chief information security officer — reflects heightened leadership tension at the top of the social network.