Sentences with phrase «old hands in»

A battle of two old hands in the world of badminton, sick Wong Choong Hann took on Taufik Hidayat in the Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold men singles semi finals.

While Leipzig's maiden European campaign continues to reach uncharted territory, Zenit are old hands in the last 16 — and have a strong recent record in Germany.

Some of the intriguing storylines coming out of April involve rehabbing stars and a few old hands in different positions

Before we started planning this great adventure, I sought the advice of an old hand in the field of Catholic boys» schools, Eric Hester, well known to readers of this journal.

The 25 - year - old handed in a transfer request at Molineux last week after Wolves turned down a # 12m offer for Fletcher from the Black Cats.

The 25 - year - old handed in his transfer request when Barcelona came calling but the Reds were adamant that their prized asset was going nowhere in the transfer window.

Electronic Arts is an old hand in the computer gaming world, and its Origin On The House program draws on their long history of games by providing Origin users with a new free game every month from EA's stable of classics.

Not exact matches

Notebook and pen in hand, do it the old - fashioned way.

I'm sure you have heard the old adage that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

More than 74 per cent of the 4.3 million BlackBerry devices that landed in user's hands in the quarter were its older BlackBerry 7 models, the financial report showed.

On the other hand, a step - in system might attract more older people and women to snowboarding, especially from the ranks of experienced skiers, thus sending the sport's growth rate even higher.

On the other hand, Lucas and Lee Brown, 22 - year - old twin brothers and students at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, made the decision to close down a fashion business they'd been running from February to October 2005 when it became clear that their inventory wasn't selling.

Blatter had in any case been due to step down early next year, but the 90 - day suspension handed down Thursday all but ends the 80 year - old Swiss's tenure immediately.

Architect and real estate mogul David Azrieli spends his winters overseeing projects in Israel, where the hands - on 91 - year - old has about half a million square feet under construction.

For investors, seeing insiders buy stock is usually a good sign, and so it is at Shaw Communications, whose 83 - year - old founder, JR Shaw, handed over $ 5.27 million in 2016 to increase his stake in the company to 4.1 %.

On the one hand, coupons can drive sales and lure in new customers, or lure back old ones.

I challenge our team to infuse a little playfulness everyday even in a work environment, it can be while testing our products, team painting events, battling on old arcade games during lunch or getting kids in the office to play with us at an all hands meeting (usually over summer).

The puppies (8 - 10 weeks old, according to an employee) were put in these clear, square blocks at hand level.

Even if you don't have kids, getting older and having the desire for a little more convenience go hand in hand, which means that eventually at least some millennials are going to see the appeal of living in the suburbs.

In his book, Making the Corps, Tom Ricks described putting his life in the hands of a 22 - year - old Marine on a patrol in SomaliIn his book, Making the Corps, Tom Ricks described putting his life in the hands of a 22 - year - old Marine on a patrol in Somaliin the hands of a 22 - year - old Marine on a patrol in Somaliin Somalia.

You got ta hand it to Tom Buschman, who exemplifies bootstrapping in its raw and pure form — opportunity seized and exploited with old - fashioned elbow grease.

Now with five locations in Ontario and two in the U.S., Nehme is an old hand at opening up new shops, and credits her experience building the business in Windsor and London for her successful launches elsewhere.

For his MBA Show episodes, he dresses in a gray flannel suit, a 30 - year - old hand - me down from his father.

Legal issues aside, the tweet could be viewed as a heavy - handed move for a company already under scrutiny after an earlier Medium post by a 25 - year - old employee identifying herself as Talia Jane, who complained of low wages and poor treatment in her customer service role at Yelp food delivery subsidiary Eat24.

Where the old rules left you in control of your brand and destiny, the new rules puts that control in the hands of your customers.

It will initially allow customers to trade in old Audemars Piguet watches as part - exchange for new ones, and then sell on the second - hand watches.

Last month, the World Drone Prix — organized by the World Organization of Racing Drones and Sheikh Hamdan, crown prince of Dubai — handed out roughly $ 1 million in prizes, including a $ 250,000 grand prize to a 15 - year - old British pilot who bested 100 other competitors at a two - day event in Dubai.

In a world where music makers face an increasingly crowded market due to the likes of YouTube hopefuls and Canadian Idol winners (and losers), it is interesting to see an old hand like Tom Waits show us how to use media for promotion and advocacy in the same breatIn a world where music makers face an increasingly crowded market due to the likes of YouTube hopefuls and Canadian Idol winners (and losers), it is interesting to see an old hand like Tom Waits show us how to use media for promotion and advocacy in the same breatin the same breath.

Hats in hand, the Slavets had humbly drummed up financial backing from their old bosses at E! Online and Drugstore.com.

«Our philosophy is, if someone has an old iPod and doesn't want to use it because they have a new one, well, let's put that iPod in the hands of someone who will use it,» Littlehale says.»

«Someone handed me a check that set me for life — and I was miserable,» George Jacobs told me a few years ago, referring to the $ 20 million the 50 - year - old serial entrepreneur made when he sold his company American Limousine in 1998.

The move is most likely in preparation to hand over control of his sprawling fortune to his son, but the 87 - year - old doesn't have any plans of slowing down just yet.

The retiree and his wife treat visitors the way people used to in the old days: They invite us into their home, insist that we have some noodles, and practically force bags of apples and nuts into our hands before we depart.

The officer, Shawn Wilson, claims in the lawsuit filed last week in San Patricio County, that Hitt»... seemed to be trying to cover - up...» an investigation into alleged assault against a 15 - year - old boy at the hands of a Taft official, last year.

Unlike the old days, where information was created, controlled, and distributed by only a handful of parties, failing to reach the masses and disguised in hidden agenda, cryptocurrency and blockchain places information and power back in the hands of the user — allowing or non-traditional (and modern) methods of dissemination.

Talk to anyone my age or older and they wring their hands at the seemingly infinite number of infrastructure challenges in the Middle East.

The [older] copper infrastructure made sense, because again, there were certain privileges and helping hands these guys had back in the day to put this infrastructure in.

Fedeli, 57, was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 2011, taking back Mike Harris's old seat after it was in Liberal hands for eight years.

While decentralized coiners will do what they can to reduce trust and rely on the protocol (in my opinion), the old - fashioned crowd - sourcers will approach their business as an intermediary company and take a hands - off approach.

Or it could settle for an older, second hand aircraft, knowing it would pay a penalty in fuel efficiency, passenger amenities and maintenance downtime that could be the difference between a successful service and a money - losing one.

There are some non-financial issues with being in equities in late retirement — although there's a case to be made that staying on top of this helps retain intellectual facilities a bit if we look at Warren Buffet and his dreadful diet, looking at the state some people get into as they get older I'm not sure they should be licensed to drive an equity portfolio unless they can sit on their hands and let that nice Mr Vanguard sort out the rebalancing shenanigans...

In the last 15 months, the 77 - year - old has taken positions in and then launched campaigns against 14 companies, a burst that has made him, at an age when he would have long been expected to fade away, the most disruptive individual in business, with a hand in almost every major corporate story in AmericIn the last 15 months, the 77 - year - old has taken positions in and then launched campaigns against 14 companies, a burst that has made him, at an age when he would have long been expected to fade away, the most disruptive individual in business, with a hand in almost every major corporate story in Americin and then launched campaigns against 14 companies, a burst that has made him, at an age when he would have long been expected to fade away, the most disruptive individual in business, with a hand in almost every major corporate story in Americin business, with a hand in almost every major corporate story in Americin almost every major corporate story in Americin America.

I am old school in this area because I track all of my earned income and expenses by hand.

For one, that guy Mulcair could have a problem on his hands with resolutions that want to take the Party in different directions, or grassroots revolts he can't control, or, whatever else can't be controlled within a Party that is notorious for being run by the folks on the floor, and not a bunch of old boys in a backroom.

Today we are announcing that we have brought gem polishing back to America with techniques that combine state - of - the - art automation and good old - fashioned hand finishing — thereby achieving complete vertical integration of gem diamond creation in one single facility in California.

I love volunteering at their school and we love to participate in fun runs and 5k's together (my 8 year old beats me every time, hands down).

Now whenever I begin to get frustrated in my cushy, well paid office job I just look at old scars on my hands as a reminder of that past.

Some are young, and some are old; some want to use their money for retirement, and some want to have it at hand to buy a house; some people have a high tolerance for risk, while still other people's idea of a thrill is watching compound interest accumulate in a savings account.

Twenty - year - old female tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos wash their mouths and hands at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine before attending a purification ceremony with a Shinto priest to celebrate Japan's Coming of Age Day on January 11, 2013.

However, in my personal life, I'm more than willing to tell my friends, family, my old pastor (who is intelligent, well spoken, and respectful, which makes for engaging conversations) or the random evangelists handing out pamphlets on the street what I think.