Sentences with phrase «of wrenching change»

We'll talk to women leading companies across China about how they are navigating — and capitalizing on — this period of wrenching change.

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As such, it forced wrenching strategic changes on Volkswagen and others who had focused until 2015 on defending the dominance of their existing conventional engines.

If you want to retire young, realize there's a lot of time where emergencies, market crashes, or simply changing priorities can throw a wrench in your plans.

In the letter, Gates, who pleaded not guilty to charges announced last October, told his family that had «a change of heart» and that he ultimately settled on the «gut - wrenching decision» to plead guilty for the sake of his loved ones.

Many of the most wrenching changes involve structural and technical forces.

The changes that Japan would face were going to be wrenching, and even under the best of circumstances, they would be politically difficult to manage.

Gluten - free flours work so differently than standard wheat flour and when you throw in the monkey - wrench of not using eggs, everything changes yet again.

Equipped with a toylike red - handled wrench, my children change the size of their spikes, depending on whether the track is cinder or synthetic, like skilled mechanics.

Rob Ford, professor of political science at Manchester, captured the reversal of fortunes which the referendum wrought: «Feeling upset by wrenching social change imposed by people whose values you don't share or understand?

So they ultimately face two wrenching moments of change: one when the UK goes from EU membership to the transitional arrangement, and another when they go from the transitional arrangement to the final deal.

State leaders lost a chance to make this transition less wrenching when they used federal «stimulus» money to sustain existing levels of spending, rather than to ease the changes that must come now.

Meanwhile, a wrench has been thrown into the works here because the changes the Senate Republicans had intended to make today, which included creation of the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Committee they had intended to give to Klein, just failed to pass during a Rules Committee meeting.

The world faces a wave of aging, and with it wrenching social and economic changes.

And you can change those blades without using any screwdrivers or wrenches, because of DEWALT's quick - change system.

Last year, Lowe co-authored a paper describing a particularly devastating asteroid strike that occurred 3.3 billion years ago, right around a time full of wrenching geologic changes.

It is more honest to say that we are in the midst of an energy transition, a wrenching change in the kinds of energy we use and the ways we produce them.

The romantic tone arises originally from a triangle as both Phil and Bobby are in love with Phil's secretary, Vonnie, but will emerge as an improbable rectangle when marital situations change after a wrenching period of indecision.

It's a heart - wrenching and heartwarming tale of opposites attracting when they embark on a wild weekend trip that will change the lives of both men forever.

And then, thankfully, Kate makes a discovery in the house that becomes the game - changing event of the film, raising tensions between the pair and leading to a heart - wrenching conclusion.

It wouldn't be a Kojima production without some crazy monkey wrench thrown into the plot, changing your perception of the entire MGS universe, and there's definitely some wrenches here.

But if the head of a state education system believes that her (or his) state is prepared (or obligated) to stick to its guns and benefit its pupils by persevering with wrenching changes that make some adults uncomfortable, that's the state's prerogative.

Education reformers faced with failing schools and districts tend toward one of two camps: The Incrementalists hold that meaningful improvement can only happen slowly, with soul - wrenching culture change leading to instructional change and eventual student success.

Far more likely, I think, is the too - familiar routine in which promising boutique programs (which benefit from selection effects, enormous enthusiasm, philanthropic support, and a sharply honed sense of mission) become one more disappointing fad when adopted by a slew of district and university officials eager to sign on for the best practice of the moment but who don't ultimately have any stomach for the wrenching changes needed to do it right.

This may be a frivolous question or a brain teaser... But I've always wondered if it is possible to so skillfully remove the drain bolt from the bottom of an oil pan upon oil change as to not get any oil on your fingers or the socket / wrench being used?

The one concern with using more than a couple of adapters is that the possibility of introducing a significant change in the angle between the torque wrench and bolt / nut face becomes more plausible.

And if you're handy with a lug wrench, keeping your winter tires on a spare set of wheels allows you to change from winter to summer rubber at home for free.

The emotionally wrenching tale of three brothers and the brutal act that irrevocably changes their lives.

A bestselling Australian writer's American debut and a heart - wrenching novel of World War I, painting a portrait of the changing role of women in medicine and the powerful legacy of love.

Changes in your personal life can also throw a wrench into your plan: a job loss, marriage or separation, the birth of a child, or the ill health of a family member, to name a few.

By making small adjustments periodically, you'll be able to avoid wrenching changes in your retirement lifestyle, and avoid running out of dough too soon or ending up with more than you need late in life when you may not be able to enjoy it.

These developments were shaped by the dizzying transformations that were occurring in every aspect of life, from the advent of the automobile and moving pictures to the rapid growth of American cities and the wrenching economic change brought on by the advent of the Great Depression after a decade of unprecedented prosperity.

There were Shara Hughes's sensual, glowing, chilled - out fantasy landscapes; Celeste Dupuy - Spencer's lovingly rendered paintings of quotidian moments; Deana Lawson's intimate, somehow monumental photographs; and of course, Henry Taylor's «THE TIMES THAY AI NT A CHANGING, FAST ENOUGH» a mind - bendingly urgent, riveting, gut - wrenching portrayal of the murder of Philando Castile — the painting everyone should have been talking about.

We invite you to take a fascinating historical journey through the eyes of those who witnessed the wrenching change in a nation struggling to deal with its separate and unequal worlds.

These developments were shaped by the dizzying transformations then occurring in every aspect of life, from the advent of the automobile and moving pictures to the rapid growth of American cities and the wrenching economic change brought on by the advent of the Great Depression after a decade of unprecedented prosperity.

Through caricature, the carpets depict the wrenching experience of having a foreign alphabet imposed on one's native tongue and the linguistic acrobatics required to negotiate such change.

That comes on the heels of a similar announcement last month by Rep. Darryl Issa (R - CA), who complained that the new wind tax credit extension is a «dramatic» change from previous versions... The investigation threatens to throw yet another monkey wrench in the path of the wind industry, which is just coming off a banner year for wind production in 2012.»

Minor shifts in policy, moderate improvement in laws and regulations, rhetoric offered in lieu of genuine change - these are all forms of appeasement, designed to satisfy the public's desire to believe that sacrifice, struggle and a wrenching transformation of society will not be necessary.»

An Ocean Current Out of the Blue The discovery that a long - suspected ocean current — the North Icelandic Jet — contributes a large amount of cold, dense water to the global ocean conveyor belt that regulates climate in the Northern Hemisphere has thrown a wrench into scientists» understanding of how the ocean will respond to climate change.

What you need to change a tire (a.k.a. what you should always have in the trunk of your car), is a car jack, spare tire, and a wrench that fits your lug nuts.

If you are in job search or are seriously considering a career change; if you are in the throes of wrenching transformation but are bound by fears and discontent that can paralyze action, then move away from the bad news that peppers the television (remember, it's the bad news that sells ads, not the abundance of good news that is there, at arms length).

Overwhelmingly these couples said the same thing we still hear from long - distance couples today: the period of distance was difficult, even heart - wrenching at times, but they would not change it for anything in the world, because learning to love long - distance made their relationships that much stronger.

Retail stores are on the front lines of an industry undergoing enormous and wrenching change amid huge shifts in consumer behavior.