Sentences with phrase «on benders on»

Not exact matches

Consider Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos, who seems bent on turning all of downtown Las Vegas into an open - plan office writ large.

On the flip side, if someone asks to bend your ear for 15 minutes over lunch, be open to sharing.

Given that even cellular giant Verizon (VZ) is starting to bend on its contract policy, my bet is the cable companies win that one.

Now, says Herrin, «every female CEO I know is hell - bent on creating more of them.»

Dauman says she is bent on seizing control of his $ 42 billion media empire, contrary to his longstanding wishes.

NAFTA negotiations are weighing heavily on trade and investment, as is the protectionist bent of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

(Set aside for now the apparent hypocrisy implied by the fact that Hobby Lobby apparently invests some of its 401 (k) employee retirement plan's money in the pharmaceutical companies that produce the very contraceptives that Hobby Lobby is so hell - bent on avoiding paying for.)

Gone are the days of cartoonishly horrible bosses; instead, more managers are positively hell - bent on putting a smile on your face.

The use of military terminology such as «laser - focused» or «targeted» are signs that CEOs are ruthless dictators bent on world domination.

Laura seems bent on eliminating any stress I might be feeling and replacing it with one of the aromatherapy oils or healing potions sold by Saje, one of Canada's most successful purveyors of holistic health products.

Environmental advocates have lately been arguing the numbers don't really add up for more pipelines, based on slower growth in Asia and worldwide trends bending the curve downward on oil demand.

And she is still fighting the same «renegade» IRS agent, who, she says, seems hell - bent on liquidating the business.

Should Parkin's nightmare scenario pan out, the blame would lie not so much with Carney but with Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve, who is bent on using the full force of monetary policy to boost the U.S. economy, consequences be damned.

Lie on your back with your knees bent and lift your butt off the ground with your pelvis held as high as you can so the line from your knees to your shoulders is straight.

Your legs can be straight, with heels on the floor, or bent with knees in a crab - like position.

He also made T - shirts based on the controversy and even hosted a mock press conference in which he set up an apology for his treatment of the «nameless,» godlike» influencer, sarcastically admitting that he should have «bent over and taken that influence straight to the bank.»

But rest assured its existence is well - known to the downtown trendsters and suits who make this Chinese - themed bar a regular stop on their weekend crawls and post-work benders.

Cellphone video shot by a bystander and carried by Atlanta's Fox TV affiliate on its Facebook page showed a female and another person lying on the floor of a rail car as passengers bent over them.

On Thursday, Buzzfeed and Wired published in - depth stories explaining where Free Basics — framed by Facebook as a philanthropic venture — came from, and why Zuckerberg is hell bent on seeing it througOn Thursday, Buzzfeed and Wired published in - depth stories explaining where Free Basics — framed by Facebook as a philanthropic venture — came from, and why Zuckerberg is hell bent on seeing it througon seeing it through.

Some stretches include making circular motions with each ankle clockwise and counter-clockwise or standing up in the aisle and bending at the waist to reach for your toes to stretch hamstrings or standing on one leg bending the opposite knee to bring the heel to your buttock and holding for 15 seconds while grabbing onto a seat for balance support.

He wants to compete to be the lead drummer in the competitive ensemble and study under Terence, an obsessive instructor who is hell - bent on winning competitions for the school.

And it's all intended to chase a consumer bent on ignoring you either way.

«From the minute we opened on day one,» Jerry says, «we bent over backwards to win people over, know people personally and treat them like family and friends.»

We've all heard some version of this story from a newly married couple: «If I hadn't been on that business trip to London, bent over to pick up an umbrella, threw out my back, gone to the hospital for an X-ray and ran into her in the hospital cafeteria, we would never have met.

As we've seen in recent seasons, it's caused Morgan to go from pacifist to vengeful killer and Daryl to someone similarly bent on revenge.

And part of the resentment is about the laxity, having an open border and an administration bent on releasing everybody and not focused on enforcement.»

When Intuit and Apple separately approached her for collaborations in 2014, «we had a lot of pressure during both deals to bend on economics — including from our investors — but I didn't want to sign up for something we'd be losing money on, even if it gave us a huge amount of recognition.»

If you're hell - bent on preserving the phone - free sanctity of the theater, you should do what so many moviegoers did yesterday: Complain about the policies on social media.

Still, there's also recent history that strongly suggests Trudeau and his inner circle aren't uncomfortable positioning themselves as bent on bringing the well - to - do down a notch or two.

«We also hope that both sides can realize that being bent on assertiveness and provoking each other will only increase the risk of conflict and reduce room for policy maneuvers.

Let's just remember who is representing our interests and who is bent on making us losers.

It would be foolish for Quebecor to do nothing in the face of such expectations, especially when the government is hell - bent on generating more wireless competition.

There's a depth of reporting here that suggests he took this assignment personally, and he makes a compelling argument that the interests of a publicly traded corporation and a Wall Street culture hell - bent on wringing every last efficiency from a business aren't compatible with the stock in trade of the journalism industry — reporting that earns and safeguards the public trust.

An archaic airline ticketing system is stifling innovation and Montie Brewer is hell - bent on changing it.

Netflix description: «After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind - bending murder.»

All because you believe something should exist and you're hell - bent on bringing it into existence.

Lampert, who is bent on bolstering sales through a loyalty program called «Shop Your Way,» say his way to shuttering Sears» Chicago flagship this past January.

On Friday, the country's finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, told Irish Radio that Greece had bent over backwards to accommodate «strange demands» from creditors.

But if you — or your kid — are bent on earning a bachelor's degree, how can you stack the deck to make sure an attractive job waits on the other end of four (or more) years?

The stretch resistant neoprene it's made of will bend and move with you — whether you're busting out some burpees or on a long run.

That doesn't mean Google is bent on rivaling the NSA as a surveillance agency, even if Skybox does sound a little like Skynet.

However, Allen was bent on owning the floor he'd seen online.

On Tuesday the iPhone 6 Plus was forced to confront a question near the hearts of many new owners: will it bend?

At one point the iPhone looked as if it would snap in half, but after exerting ample force on the phone, the tester was able to do no more than bend the aluminum shell.

«Letting people share whatever they want» sounds great, unless those «people» are a foreign government bent on weakening America.

Given all that, I don't think I'll go on an investing bender just yet.

«To start, sit on the floor with your knees bent and heels about a foot away from your body.

In the most recent installment of Marvel's Avengers franchise, the artificial intelligence Ultron is hell - bent on exterminating humanity.

Second, we spent an insane amount of time focusing on latency, when no one cared, because we were hell bent on making it feel like you had all the world's music on your hard drive.

On those black Gibson ES - 355 guitars, both acoustic and electric, King amazed audiences with his signature style - «single - string runs punctuated by loud chords, subtle vibratos, and bent notes, building on the standard 12 - bar blues and improvising like a jazz master,» as the AP describes iOn those black Gibson ES - 355 guitars, both acoustic and electric, King amazed audiences with his signature style - «single - string runs punctuated by loud chords, subtle vibratos, and bent notes, building on the standard 12 - bar blues and improvising like a jazz master,» as the AP describes ion the standard 12 - bar blues and improvising like a jazz master,» as the AP describes it.