Sentences with phrase «of us stuck»

Lawyers get the short end of the stick.

So I am kind of stuck.

And, while in some cases, there's nothing wrong with a two - way street, when that's the only way you build your network, it's a sure thing that one day you'll wake up at the short end of the stick.

«A 1986 - style approach that promises upfront rate cuts to the wealthy is almost guaranteed to give middle - income earners the short end of the stick,» said Schumer, the third most senior Democrat in the Senate.

With usage limits low and woeful upload speeds, both individual Canadians and businesses are looking like they're going to once again get the short end of the stick when it comes to migrating to the cloud.

Old technologies, he adds, have a way of sticking around like the fountain pens Levenger sells.

A journalist is forever stuffing his cranium with new facts and miscellany; if a quarter of it stuck, I'd be a knowledgeable individual.

That's great news for Kelly, NASA, and the future of manned space flight, but it's also interesting for the rest of us stuck here on earth amid the usual small hassles and daily annoyances of a planet - bound existence.

Left with the choice of sticking with an outdated operating system that would no longer get security updates or buying bigger - selling devices that get regular updates like Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, the NYPD chose the latter.

I was DJing a wedding in a shabby little reception hall out in the middle of the sticks for a redneck bride and groom.

There was a flurry of interest recently in a lawsuit launched by some Facebook shareholders, who apparently believe that they got the short end of the stick in the company's recent share restructuring.

For fans of Trump, the business losses may simply reflect the cost of sticking by his campaign statements and beliefs.

«Merchants are at the short end of the stick,» says Gartner analyst Avivah Litan.

If you don't have a clue about who's in the game or the pool and what they're doing, the patsy at the party is most likely you (or it will be soon enough) and that's an unhappy and ultimately untenable situation that never ends well for the ones who end up with the short end of the stick.

«What we see is venture capital firms evaluating hundreds if not thousands of new ideas, some of them stick, some of them don't.»

And Netflix has made a point of sticking with exclusive content if it can, because that allows it to charge more and builds more long - term value for the brand.

The beauty of sticking with one cloud with it is the customer can take advantage of both the basic and higher level services that cloud provider offers.

Instead of sticking with one company for a decades - long, full - time career, we continue to see people across the workforce turn to online freelance platforms to find contract - based «gigs.»

«At the time I thought it was kind of pointless, but it ended up really exposing me to leadership opportunities and showing me that I wasn't good at a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.»

When it comes to your business, however, the payoff of sticking to, or not sticking to, your resolutions can have a much bigger impact than just a wasted gym membership.

But Subway's decade of growth was also the result of sticking to its winning concept: The footprint for a Subway can be as little as 600 square feet, initial costs can be as low as $ 84,000, and a lack of griddles, fryers and drive - thrus means franchisees can open their restaurants almost anywhere.

Instead of sticking to what's proven successful, the entrepreneur spreads the company too thin.

However, after the company's profitable IPO, in which shareholders made millions, Sanders began to feel as though he got the short end of the stick.

According to the LA Times, one of the sticking points in the discussions between Dauman and the Redstones is whether Viacom will decide to sell a stake in its Paramount movie studio.

Instead of sticking with the status quo, always be on the lookout for new ideas that will improve your business.

The July policy document is packed with pie charts allegedly showing B.C. gets the short end of the stick.

Instead of sticking with the old boys» network, boards should search a broader and deeper prospect pool, based on what gaps exist in their current members» expertise.

First popularized by the tech ethicist Tristan Harris, the goal of sticking to shades of gray is to make the glittering screen a little less stimulating.

Most regular joes, though, end up with the short end of the stick.

Craft acknowledged Wynne's argument that the Canadian and U.S. economies are among the most closely «intertwined» in the world, but insisted that Americans are on «the short end of the stick» in many trade deals, including NAFTA.

In other words, Alberta is using a carrot instead of a stick to create higher - end manufacturing jobs.

Although the chart of $ ALLT is not shown in this post, the importance of sticking to predefined stop prices was even more apparent with that trade, as the stock plunged another 7 % intraday after we closed the trade upon hitting our stop price.

According to Sandicor President and CEO Ray Ewing, some of the sticking points in the negotiations included these items:

Risks could rise as more and more investors buy into index funds who have no intention of sticking with them over the long - term.

Savers are getting the short end of the stick while it remains a borrower's paradise thanks to low inflation and the Federal Reserve's refusal to raise interest rates.

«During the meeting, the leader Khamenei underlined the importance of sticking to Iran's red line, which was not yielding to political pressures and not to accept any cut in Vienna,» the source said.

Imagine if someone came to your house to fix your pipes, then stumbled around your yard blindly with a pair of sticks.

In this week's Reading Roundup, we start and end with the topic of the importance of sticking with things, and being consistent.

A 13 - year - old Sampson County, North Carolina, student received a two - day suspension for a drawing of a stick figure holding a gun.

Then, sell the value of your offering over the value of sticking to something that was created before they even knew your benefits were available.

It turned out to be the short end of the stick.

The size of the stick will be measured in the courts.

Another example of sticking someone else with the bill is Globalism — it's a wealth transfer scheme using low rates, low wages, and open boarders to take money from one group to benefit another without providing any benefits in return.

They value the power of networking with everyone, and adapt new ideas instead of sticking with the «old ways» of thinking.

Twitter shareholders are painfully aware of the fact that Twitter has often come out with the short end of the stick competing...

That kind of stuck with me.

Exchanging binary options shows for the first look simple and uncomplicated contrasted and whatever remains of the business, and the purpose behind this is because of stick to rules exchanging by prudence of that disregard those commitments places coming in a bad position is the likelihood of acquiring calamitous misfortunes, what are the directions that should be trailed by dealers in the binary options market?

While the proposal at the 2015 AGM received 67.4 % shareholder approval, the 2016 AGM looks to continue the Company's preferred approach of sticking to old habits that die hard rather than addressing underlying shareholder concerns, as it has again chosen not to disclose the maximum discount rate.

«It's not ripping up Nafta, but there are a bunch of sticks of dynamite contained in those pages,» said Mark Warner, a Canadian - American trade lawyer based in Toronto.

Now, instead of sticking with that same card, if you moved your balance over to the BankAmericard ® Better Balance Rewards credit card your pockets would have been a little less empty.