Sentences with phrase «over a couple of decades in»

I want to keep working at solving the problem that, notwithstanding the great efforts we've made in Massachusetts over a couple of decades in setting high goals, measuring progress, holding people accountable, and investing and building the capacity of the system to deliver, we've still been — however successful we've been comparatively — unsuccessful at: closing persistent achievement gaps.

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Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

It took her a couple of minutes to get over the shock and start recognizing faces, says Ezon, but the crowd included family and friends from all walks of life, some of whom she hadn't seen in decades.

In the last couple decades, the growth in the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this perioIn the last couple decades, the growth in the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this perioin the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this period.

«I spent over a decade of my life working at the issue [of prison reform], including half a decade at the NAACP, and yet here you have a former inmate turned entrepreneur who's been able to bring relief to almost a quarter of federal inmates in just a couple of years,» Jealous says.

Of course, the move would also cost them billions in revenue — the FCC estimates that the average American household pays $ 231 in set - top box rental fees per year, a number that's only gone up over the past couple of decadeOf course, the move would also cost them billions in revenue — the FCC estimates that the average American household pays $ 231 in set - top box rental fees per year, a number that's only gone up over the past couple of decadeof decades.

But over the course of a couple decades, Apple went from a two - man show in a garage to one of the world's most iconic brands.

Over a couple decades» worth of earnings, a bachelor's in engineering is worth about two fine arts degrees

In addition to the education fund, we also decided to start a Nest Egg fund, where we save and invest for Baby R2R and let compounding do its job over the course next couple of decades.

Over the past decade there has been little growth in manufacturing output and the level of employment has declined, particularly over the past couple of years (GraphOver the past decade there has been little growth in manufacturing output and the level of employment has declined, particularly over the past couple of years (Graphover the past couple of years (Graph 3).

Industrial electricity prices have risen steadily in Ontario over the last decade and has been one of the factors, couple with the rising dollar to be sure, that has crippled the Ontario manufacturing sector.

Currently, business investment is equivalent to around 16 per cent of GDP — not far below its peak level in the past four decades — and is expected to rise a little further over the next couple of years (Graph 2).

Though nearly every morning prompts the phrase «Yup, they're actually going to do this again,» the steepening pitch of this ascent — coupled with record valuation extremes, record overbought extremes, and the most lopsided bullish sentiment in over three decades — now produces the most extreme «overvalued, overbought, overbullish» moment in history.

Though the US dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency in a pool of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies over the past two years, if one calculates the declining purchasing power of the US dollar in the past couple of decades when using real rates of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US dollar has crashed as well.

Today's infographic comes to us from Nano One, a Canadian tech company that specializes in battery materials, and it provides interesting context on lithium - ion battery advancements over the last couple of decades.

Though quite a lot has changed in the consumers tech landscape over the past couple of decades, Dolby's (DLB) brand still remains synonymous for many consumers with high - quality audio experiences.

Still more broadly, the Internet as it has evolved over the past couple of decades is essentially a data gathering machine, in which we all trade information about ourselves — our likes and dislikes, what we look at on the Web, our countless online utterances — in exchange for free services we need, or merely enjoy.

One factor supporting the Australian dollar over the past couple of years has been that interest rates right across the yield curve in Australia, and perceived returns on other assets, have been higher than those in a number of other countries, particularly those which experienced a recession and a collapse of share prices in the early part of this decade.

While it's impossible to predict exactly what the stock market will do, investing pros over the past several months have been reducing their expectations for what they think the stock market will return, not only in the next year, but potentially over the next couple of decades.

And over the past couple decades, I think we are finding out the real story... have faith in yourself and live a life of simple Karma... it works...

Over the next couple decades, the market came to reflect the multicultural face of modern Philadelphia, thanks to a concerted effort to seek out and persuade a variety of knowledgeable merchants to open up stores inside — from Amish in Lancaster County to Chinese a couple blocks to the east.

As you might have seen written in this space and elsewhere at SB Nation over the past few weeks, MLB's owners are engaging in what we've dubbed a «legalized» form of collusion: The cartoonish villainy of the collusion of the»80s has been replaced by a far more subtle force that has given nearly all power to the owners over the past couple of decades.

Arsenal fans and Arsene Wenger have a lot to thank the FA cup for, especially over the last couple of years when it provided the trophy that had been so elusive since a winning penalty by Patrick Vieira in 2005 brought the last piece of silverware to the club for almost a decade.

Though his experience in the hot - seat is limited, he did take charge of Manchester United for four matches after David Moyes was dismissed and has a wealth of knowledge having played at the highest level for over two decades That, coupled with his fresh approach and new ideas, could bring the best out of an exciting,...

Regardless of the quality of their playing squad over the past couple of decades, one thing Scotland has never lacked in is decent managers, with names such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Sir Matt Busy at the forefront of footballing folklore.

Youth international tournaments represent the perfect stage for the best up - and - coming prodigies in world football to showcase their talents and the Under - 19 European Championship has certainly witnessed some of the very best over the last couple of decades.

LaTona has 18 years of experience counseling children, families, couples and individuals, and has facilitated groups in private practice, as well as at Santa Monica's Babygroup with Donna Holloran, MSW, for over a decade.

As mentioned at the start of this guide, fatherhood comes in many forms, and has changed dramatically over the last couple of decades.

Men have, of course, become much more involved parents over the past couple of decades, and that, too, suggests broad support for big changes in the way we balance work and family.

I think it's become quite clear over the past couple of decades that these skills matter a whole lot and that they are malleable in kids, but we still don't have a great way to measure them.

One of the first points of focus here in Europe is what this means for what has genuinely become a single market for IT and certainly for software over the last couple of decades.

In the case of the F - 22, we're going to be buying a couple of thousand of the F - 35 over the next decade, a newer airplane which is only slightly less capable air - to - air but is a MUCH better bomb - truck, which is what we keep actually needing our planes to be.

Trump talking about the manufacturing jobs lost in Rochester over the last couple of decades, and called Rochester a «special place» and says if elected, his administration would «make it better.»

Rozum said in a news release that she received the Oct. 20 donations unsolicited from Oliver and Carolyn Grace, a couple who have donated heavily to a variety of conservative causes and candidates over the last decade.

Over the years, he has proven to be a giant in Public Relations industry with over two decades of work experience in Integrated Marketing Communications, coupled with his pioneering of the perception management business in the Nigerian communication marOver the years, he has proven to be a giant in Public Relations industry with over two decades of work experience in Integrated Marketing Communications, coupled with his pioneering of the perception management business in the Nigerian communication marover two decades of work experience in Integrated Marketing Communications, coupled with his pioneering of the perception management business in the Nigerian communication market.

«We're also happy to see that the Environmental Protection Fund is put at $ 300 million, which is where it's been the last couple of years and is the highest that is has been in over decades,» Shapley says.

For Leicht, the author of books such as «Middle Class Meltdown in America,» the study of high - tech development over a couple decades has been part of his broader research focus on economic development and jobs - related issues.

Its use has steeply declined in the U.S. over the past couple of decades, particularly on food crops.

Over the next couple of decades, some see coal use doubling in the developing world, with the United States exporting it to India and China.

He's a professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and he studies the use of empirical research to inform legal policy; and he's the author of an article in the August issue of Scientific American titled, «How New York Beat Crime», about the reasons for the huge drops in crime over the last couple of decades in America's largest city.

Scientists have observed the CO2 fertilization effect in natural ecosystems, including in a series of trials conducted over the past couple decades in outdoor forest plots.

For example, he says, although the new study found no overall change in the rate of melting at Totten Glacier over the last couple of decades, the large variability in melting rate within those decades warrants a much closer look at the region's complex topography, among other factors, in order to anticipate how the system could actually change in the future.

Over the next couple of decades, there were a few fleeting moments of excitement in the world of SETI.

Steinman and his team's approach is «novel for a couple of reasons,» says Ben Booth, a climate scientist at the Met Office Hadley Centre in Exeter, U.K.. Although it's already widely accepted in the community that the Pacific Ocean plays a large role, this paper gives a much longer time context, he says, highlighting the role of both oceans over many decades.

Traditionally confined to latitudes north of European cities like Frankfurt and Brussels, over the past couple of decades they have been observed in the Northern Hemisphere at latitudes as far south as Budapest, Hungary, (47 degrees) and Logan, Utah, (41 degrees).

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

Over the past couple of decades, authorities fear, lingcod stocks in some areas along the Pacific coast have been dangerously depleted by overfishing.

Over the past couple of decades, astronomers have been able to detect hundreds of disks of dust and gas surrounding very young stars, which signify new planets in the making.

Over the past couple of decades, intense effort in both theory and observation allowed astronomers to develop a coherent, consistent picture of how single stars were born that included gas disks and jets.

Given the zero percent historical success rate of apocalyptic predictions, coupled with the incrementally gradual development of AI over the decades, we have plenty of time to build in fail - safe systems to prevent any such AI apocalypse.