Sentences with phrase «other blows by»

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At 16 years old, I was a full - blown drug addict who was completely throwing his entire life away by living a life with no meaning and surrounding myself with others who degraded my potential and ability to become the best version of myself.

That waste can dry up, leaving its bacteria - strewn dust to be blown away by the wind, or it can seep into groundwater, or be sprayed as fertilizer onto other fields.

Joe writes: When we look at the over-funded deals that keep blowing up in SV... funded by you know who, to call the others «dumb» is nuts.

The move, first reported by Reuters, comes at a time when the two countries have threatened each other with tens of billions of dollars in tariffs in recent weeks, fanning worries of a full blown trade war that threatens global supply chains as well as business investment plans.

Despite the blow to banks, Moody's expect them to attempt to offset the lost revenue by raising fees for other products and cutting expenses, though this process will be difficult and the timing is unclear.

For some reason they don't realize it's training to live the life I want by enabling myself to choose deliberately what I want to do, not just to follow paths others lay out for me, which I call the rat race, or surrender to whatever shiny thing appears in my vision, which I call blowing in the breeze.

While the points made by these gentlemen are both valid and critically important, they fail to take note of four other dangerous subsidies: (1) the market perception that the Washington and Wall Street revolving door has rendered these firms immune from prosecution — even for repeated, illegal cartel behavior; (2) the ability to spend billions buying back their own stock, effectively propping up their own share price and bad behavior; (3) self - regulation with compromised bodies creating the market perception and reality of a competitive edge; and (4) Congress and the Supreme Court tolerating Wall Street running its own private justice system (mandatory arbitration) where corrupt acts are kept hidden from public view until they blow up into catastrophic events to the economy.

Citigroup, however, the bank that spectacularly blew itself up with toxic derivatives and subprime debt in 2008, became a 99 - cent stock during the crisis, and received the largest taxpayer bailout in U.S. financial history despite being insolvent at the time, today holds more derivatives than 4,701 other banks combined which are backstopped by the taxpayer.

Best Buy (BBY) blows away the earnings and revenue estimates — stock up 15 % — Best Buy beats by $ 0.14, beats on revs; guides Q3 EPS in - line, revs above consensus; raises FY17 profit guidance (32.80)-- Is this possibly due to lack of smartphone buying — people have money to spend on something other than iPhone?

Regulations proposed by the Texas State Legislature would mark a blow to shareholder rights, subjecting investors, proxy advisors and other shareholder support firms to unprecedented disclosure requirements, and potentially serving to reverse the recent expansion of proxy access.

I was looking for a place to share this... our church many years ago was going through all this legalism stuff... I heard this from a friend of mine because by the time it all blew open we had stopped going to church... One guy was always trying to say something «wise» so he shared with the group that the other day as he was showering it occurred to him that «the hand washes the body» and repeated it slowly — theee haaaand waaaasheeees the bodeeeee» — My friend took it home with a «meh» reaction and shared it with her non-believing hubby....

If we are to speak of extremes — without pejorative intent — at the other end of the spectrum would be those services planned by administrators (whether presidents, deans or chaplains) which have survived as full - blown Christian liturgies expressing the theological tradition behind the institution's establishment.

Though most, if not all, humans are guilty of thinking judgmental and hypocritical thoughts, those making up roughly 60 % 0f the population who are truly ignorant, narrowminded, with lack of a personal identity (easily manipulated by peers) tend to go to the extreme of blowing the horn of self - righteousness by pointing out the flaws in other groups instead of focusing on their own flaws, which is an increased epidemic in this day in age especially in the age groups of 15 to 33.

STONER»S PRAYER Now I pass out into sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Grant no other stoner take My weed and bong before I wake Keep me safely in thy sight And grant no crackhead's thrill tonight And in the morning let me awake Breathing scents of wake «n bake God protect me in my dreams and make this better than it seems Grant the time may siwftly fly When myself shall be so high In a green grass weed bed Where I long to rest my head Far away from all these scenes And the smell of bammer smoked by beans Take me back into the land Where the cops never take you out Where the weed won't burn my throat like sand; Where the scent of chronis blows Where the good Mary Jane grows; Take me back and I'll promise then Never to leave BC again... - Anonymous

I love to really take apart the other person's argument bit by bit, back them into a corner and then deliver the finishing blows.

Their loneliness, drunkenness, disease, the early deaths of or abandonment by their fathers, the tauntings and beatings they took from their schoolmates: These and other blows became the fundamental truths about the world and the stuff of their poetry.

The report ends by suggesting that keeping up intimate contacts with each other would help lead the baptised and unbaptised «into the true repentance of Baptism» and adds, «The Spirit of God blows where it wills.

I'm constantly blown away by the negativity I read both on my pages and other peoples pages, it's pretty crazy.

And finally, just a year or two ago, I blew myself away by adding whatever other vegetables I had, as well as crushed red pepper.

The second I opened the package, I was blown away by the look of the jar; the lid looks very solid and durable compared to other jars I have seen before, which I think is due to the fact that it is made of stainless steel and stainless steel mesh.

At times, it is the depth of a mother's love — one untainted by any conditional expectations and given so generously — that makes me sigh a deep and happy sigh; sometimes it is the gentle wind that blows on my face — and messes up my hair but leaves me feeling incredibly refreshed; and other times, it is the beauty of writing that is so simple, so short but so unbelievably impactful.

I had low - expectations after making so many other GF brownies (both mixes and from scratch), but my family and I were totally blown away by these.

Once you have your gelatos made, these really are one of the easiest treats to create and I promise you, not only will your significant other be blown away by your creativity, but they will also remember this Valentine's Day as the day their life became better.

The other similarity, one I'm sure neither guy is proud of, was Campbell's relatively quiet second half also coincided with the Seahawks extending their lead to 19 - 3 by the time the final horn blew.

Goals from Jack Wilshere, Martín Demichelis and one each by Alexis Sánchez and Sergio Agüero saw the two sides match each other blow for blow.

Btw: Anyone got any additional rumours, tweets regarding Bielik — read from a number of sources that the management and others have been «blown away» by him in training.

Van Persie was waiting at the other side for the pass, but the fella blow the chance to finish off City by shooting the ball himself pretty wide away from the goal.

Aside from fantasizing about seizing the Ginty from his bag and using it to commit parricide; aside from spending the weekend concealing my politics from my dad's gin - blossomed, tartan - blazered classmates; other than being treated by my wife, Laura, upon my return, like a man who had blown two weeks wages on a drinking and gambling binge, I could not have had a better time.

All they know how to do is blow the ball by the kid on the other side, and that's why, per capita, we're not producing the kind of world - class players that we should.

Wouldn't be surprised if a player of about his level is brought in during the remaining days to soften the blow / lessen the fan revolt at supposedly approaching this season with a different attitude but the summer window seeming eerily similar to most prior years, dither / complain /» we will only go after true quality» as multiple such opportunities are seized by other teams / etc.

I like that the canopy is pretty sturdy and not going to be blown away by a little wind like many other umbrella canopies.

Several said it was a good seat, but wasn't easier to use than other seats, so they weren't blown away by it.

There are people coming in and out all of the time, and the notion of being alone with your thoughts and your energy and the one or two people you love and trust and want to share the birth with, all of that is blown to bits by the constant barrage of monitoring nurses and physicians and other assorted absolute strangers.

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

His defeat would not just have been a personal loss for him and a numerical blow to Labour: for the last 10 years, Wilson has represented Sedgefield, the seat previously held by none other than Tony Blair.

Similarly, the amount state and local governments will have to pay into the state's main pension fund for other public employees would double to nearly $ 4 billion — even if most localities opt into a borrowing scheme approved this year by lawmakers to soften the blow.

The East Hampton Town Board's effort to restrict helicopters and other so - called «noisy» aircraft into and out of its airport was dealt a serious blow by a federal appeals court on Friday.

Given Democratic dominance of statewide politics and the lopsided partisan nature of most legislative districts one way or the other, there's little by way of real political competition to check or even blow the whistle on many offenses.

And they're framing their campaign to push voters on the issue by saying the Empire State is losing at least one billion dollars to full - blown casinos in other states.

The closing is another blow for a small community that was hit with chemical contamination of its drinking water supply from a factory owned by its other major employer, Saint Gobain.

The Vice President stated that, the 2.5 million dollar system will be beneficial to Ghanaians and can not be compared to the millions blown by the Mahama government in the bus branding, SADA scandals and others that rocked his government.

Although the accident happened in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the wind blew most of the radiation north to Belarus, and the vitamins and other medical supplies brought by Cairns were needed by the people there.

«The last time they had a pay commission, it was basically controlled by the governor and the legislative leaders and because of some other deal, it blew up,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Given that the Collins - Faso amendment would blow a $ 2.3 billion annual hole in the state budget, Poloncarz said the state might make up for the loss by simply shifting other costs onto the counties.

It is now clear that Omar Khan Massoudi, director of Kabul» sNational Museum, and a few other Afghans risked their lives to protect the artifacts from the Taliban, who were intent on destroying images — and who, in 2001, succeeded in blowing up the famed Bamiyan Buddhas, towering stone sculptures carved into the mountainside by monks about 1,500 years ago.

They dug into existing research and found that arrogant bosses — those who blow off feedback, disrespect employees» ideas and avoid blame by pinning it on others — are destructive to business.

The Final Blow Graham and several of the other team members begin by ruling out possible causes, such as a change in vegetation to something less mammoth - friendly.

In the traditional scenario for speciation, a population of animals becomes isolated from others of its kind, say by being blown onto a far - off desert island like one of the Galápagos.

That would be a blow not just to supersymmetry but also to even more ambitious unified theories of physics that presume it, which include string theory and other approaches [see «Loops, Trees and the Search for New Physics,» by Zvi Bern, Lance J. Dixon and David A. Kosower].

«When I'm walking down the street with one baby strapped to my chest and the other in a stroller — and the kids all look happy — and I walk by a group of mothers, they're just blown away,» he says.