Sentences with phrase «of their drumming of»

(Reminds me of the drums of Moria.)

Dozens of drums of local palm oil adulterated with cancer - causing chemicals have been seized in Accra by the authorities of the Food and Drugs Authority.

As we (globally) are confronted with AGW, we are facing energy security issues, including world - wide peak oil production with increasing demand, which sets the value of a drum of oil.

Not exact matches

Migicovsky, who relocated to Palo Alto, Calif., after graduating from the University of Waterloo, tried and failed to drum up funding from venture capitalists.

Of course, it's hard to resist giving in to a more cynical suspicion that reports like these are a vague attempt to drum up a bit of fear within the VC industry, which, in turn, will provide lucrative contracts for the branding agencies that will swoop in to «refresh» a VC's looOf course, it's hard to resist giving in to a more cynical suspicion that reports like these are a vague attempt to drum up a bit of fear within the VC industry, which, in turn, will provide lucrative contracts for the branding agencies that will swoop in to «refresh» a VC's looof fear within the VC industry, which, in turn, will provide lucrative contracts for the branding agencies that will swoop in to «refresh» a VC's look.

The Chicago - based business, which ranks No. 18 on Inc.'s list of the fastest - growing private companies in America, offers deals on items such as chrome - over-bass snare drums and troubadour tube amps.

EN Primeur is a yearly campaign launched each spring by the producers and «negociants» of Bordeaux to drum up interest and sell the wine from the previous vintage as futures, two years bef

Whether this is an extremely busy time for your business, or not, there are many efforts you can make to drum up some sales before the end of the year.

Related: 9 Ways to Build Your Pinterest Audience Even if your business isn't trying to drum up retail sales, you should take notice of the social media platform.

European aerospace giant Airbus is debuting its on - demand helicopter booking platform, Voom, in Mexico City on Thursday in an effort to drum up demand for choppers among well - heeled urban commuters sick of spending hours in traffic.

For some reason, the tech press and now the WSJ continue to beat this drum like it's some sort of big deal.

Kuroda has been beating that drum for years and his comments in confirmation hearings in the past two weeks suggest he plans to pump cash into the economy much more aggressively than outgoing Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, who was reluctant to be too bold for fear of sowing the seeds of future problems, such as an economic bubble.

Hamilton's portfolio includes Text Engine, a startup that allows users with «dumb phones» to pull information from the internet; Radial, a music - streaming app focused on the soca, a Caribbean - based drum - heavy dance offshoot of calypso; and Tinsel, a hardware company that makes fashionable necklaces that double as headphones.

Travis Boatman, EA's senior vice-president for worldwide studios, was primarily at the event to drum up publicity for the company's new lineup of traditional console games.

Most notably, Sarah Paulson, who won an award for her role in the miniseries The People vs. O.J. Simpson, used her acceptance speech to drum up more support, asking everyone who is able to donate to the ACLU «to protect the rights and liberties of people across this country.»

John Payne, a professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, said the financial decisions being revealed in the CNBC Millionaire Survey reflect a basic behavioral finance lesson he has been drumming into the heads of business students for years.

But instead of a big hit to drum up some hype in the city that never sleeps, Cirque's got Shpeel on its plate, and it isn't the sort of entrance the 26 - year - old company was hoping for.

Although Unifor again claims it has surpassed the 40 % threshold needed to call a vote, organizers are still trying to drum up enough support to comfortably meet the majority of the 7,000 workers required for victory.

All you need is enough skills to drum up the first version of your mobile app.

The pre-eminent American science journalist, Gleick herein explores the history and effects of knowledge communication between humans, drawing a link from African talking drums and the earliest alphabets through the telegraph — once «a nervous system for the Earth» — to Wikipedia and Twitter, and the current state of information overload from which so many claim to suffer.

Known for its long stretches of white sandy beach, Negril is one of the island's hot spots, as is the area's not - so - creatively - named Seven Mile Beach; by day, revelers sip on rum punch and frolic in the warm waters, and my night they drink more rum punch and dance to live reggae bands and steel drum performances.

For example, Springsteen spent three weeks trying to get drum sounds: experimenting, testing, rinsing, and repeating... three weeks of hitting drums, over and over again, trying to find what Springsteen felt was the perfect sound.

«But Americans have had such dramatic losses that the whole idea of owning has been drummed out of people's minds,» he says.

A slew of online platforms has made it simpler to drum up employment, from one - off gigs to full - time jobs.

Offering your own freebies either in person or online can be an excellent and budget - friendly way of drumming up business and building the customer loyalty you need to get repeat orders and keep business booming.

Then I hustled, cold calling everyone I could think of and drumming up business.

Then thousands of Arab and Jewish parents and other supporters marched together with balloons, red clown noses, drums and signs, chanting, «We continue together, without hatred or fear,» and «We won't be stopped.»

Lyft as well as rival Uber have a history of drumming up ways to attract drivers, even for people who don't own cars.

Just because you got a lot of likes for that spring break bikini photo or a shot of your pet rabbit, doesn't mean you canuse the same tactics to drum up business for a new tech startup.

The Haisla Spirit of Kitlope Dancers led the celebration with drumming, singing and dancing.

In the spring of 2013, Cox, a former ad agency designer who had segued into video - game design, launched a crowd - sourcing campaign to see if he could drum up orders for an intriguing device he'd invented: a 3D photo scanner.

According to entrepreneur - turned - top venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, most of the tricky skills needed to excel are drummed into leaders through years of experience.

For Derrick Bolton, who racked up 240,000 miles of flying last year as director of admissions, it has meant an even heavier schedule than usual to drum up interest.

For example, with Clash of the Corps, I was a drum major, my brother and sister were drum majors...

With 700 million active users on Instagram (large numbers of which are iPhone owners), Apple is leveraging its existing base to drum up excitement around their products and showcase the creativity of its users.

Faking being hacked can drum up attention but might not be worth it if it's at the expense of confusing loyal customers — especially not if you lose their trust in the process.

«This type of person tends to be self - directed and independent, and might question authority, so in their early careers, there are attempts to rein them in or drum them out.»

Snap hadn't previously announced when it would make Spectacles generally available, instead letting word of mouth (naturally via social media) drum up buzz and a wider following for the connected eyewear.

Bruno Mars started out by impressively whaling on the drums, then broke into his hit «Locked Out of Heaven,» and the rest was history.

The feature has the potential to drum up quite a bit of money for a wide swath of YouTube creators, the vast majority of whom make almost no money from the platform's pre-roll ads.

According to new research from UBC's Sauder School of Business, snobby sales staff can actually drum up more sales in prestige stores.

Field has chosen CircleUp, a consumer products equity crowdfunding site, as platform of choice — and plans to use social media to drum up investor interest among his fans in the next few weeks.

Yes, you read that right: pants that are drums and, apparently, a host of other musical instruments.

He hops on airplane trips to meet and befriend them — all in the name of drumming up business.

You didn't have drum machines, you didn't have anything — the only other person I can think of that was really capable of doing that was Stevie Wonder.»

If you're hiring, the drum - tight talent market for anyone with programming skills should loosen up considerably, although big companies may reap the benefits more than small ones, says Oliver Ryan, founder of the tech recruiting firm Lab 8 Ventures.

So they invested time instead of money and capitalized on whatever interest they could drum up.

He drummed up interest for the $ 15 item by posting messages on Web bulletin boards that catered to his target customers, which include balding men, hardcore athletes, members of the military, and aspiring bohemians.

In South Africa, where a severe drought has devastated many communities, the company erected Sunlight billboards made from drums of water — essential, of course, to using Unilever's soap — and distributed the water to drought - stricken areas.

Then came the task of assigning people to act on those goals, committing the company's director of business development, for example, to drum up at least one new international business partner within 90 days.