Sentences with phrase «own mettle»

You don't need to be a masochist to really get out there and try your mettle — and learn a lot.

GoldieBlox — which creates storybooks and toys designed to promote science and engineering to young girls — first proved its social media mettle in fall 2012, scoring close to $ 300,000 via Kickstarter to cover the costs of manufacturing its first wave of products.

And, it builds your mettle, the courage and fortitude which will help you succeed in many arenas.

Both of the other members of the Sulzberger extended family have also held positions of increasing responsibility at the paper over the past several years as a way of testing their mettle, like a drawn - out, highly - privileged NYT version of the Hunger Games.

But individuals who are willing or able to sacrifice some basic aspects of normal life, such as sleep or friends and family time, to pursue these extreme sports are the ones who have the mettle to succeed when faced with entrepreneurial challenges.

Companies like VideoStitch and Mettle as well as academic researchers have all been working on ways to smooth bumpy 360 videos, but the technology is not yet widespread.

She helped start the 24 - HourCase Competition, in which Haskayne studentstest their mettle by working on abusiness problem from 8:00 a.m. on aFriday to 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.

(He famously once used a pickup basketball game to test the mettle of his sister Michelle's then - boyfriend, Barack Obama.)

In 2010 he embarked on a series of jobs at Bechtel designed to test his mettle as a potential CEO.

It's a time when competent leaders prove their mettle and when pretenders reveal their impotence.

The first few years in business is a test of anyone's mettle, which is why you need to get really clear on what is and isn't acceptable to you.

We prove our mettle during the difficult periods, asking tough questions and championing your interests.

This is a province with enough environmental mettle to turn its back on drilling for potentially rich shale gas reserves in the St. Lawrence Valley.

But the pressing question for Facebook — and one that will also test the mettle of the new data protection standard — is whether or not the company is doing enough to comply with the new rules.

Now in its seventh season, it's the story of life after a zombie apocalypse, pitting the zombies against the survivors whose mettles are tested just to, stay alive.

But the current malaise is more than just a test of management mettle.

President Trump's pick for his second secretary of State will face his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, a key test of his mettle and diplomatic skills.

«The east side is where businesses are expanding,» said Daniel Brooks, Mettle's general manager.

Having been in business for 180 years and selling its products in as many countries today across 10 product categories and more than 60 brands, P&G has proved its mettle.

Will the cryptocurrency prove its mettle, or is it just a designer currency that is a passing fad?

The truth is that events like the financial crisis test the mettle of every organization.

After Moses died and Joshua assumed command, he showed his mettle by trusting...

This is the true test of your tongue's mettle.

personal qualifications: Has your mettle ever been tested?

Republicans should be happy to learn this Truth that has brought America to the state of Light for Obama to pick on it.One thing good about American Democracy is it is «truly participating» and lasting with lessons for others to follow in modernity to tap blue horizons of life.Those blue horizons just do not end in economics that has many minds to tap the financial barometer of the country self educative in working of its affluent class and ordinary class both domestically and internationally relating to perfection with budgeting of money in economic plans that have been existing and are in the process to move charismatically with a tide over where bipartisan element also comes into play well integrated to test the mettle of the top leader of the country who has to stand over the continuous democratic element evolving of the country both in economic as well as inherently in spiritual terms for the good of the people at large mixing with the culture of exchange that has humanity behind it to survive??

Do you have the intellectual mettle to write anything new or your own?

The newly certified chefs traveled from across the U.S. to test their culinary mettle.

But this GF stuff will test your mettle, for sure!

Louisiana's sweet potato crop proved its mettle this year.

Chef Alan Delgado (previously Launderette, Sway, Mettle and Clark's) created the breakfast and lunch menu with lighter items like toasts with heirloom tomato and avocado and heartier items like the breakfast sandwich with Salt + Time bacon and spaghetti squash.

See Anne Hyland, «Testing the mettle of the ACCC's Rod Sims» (Australian Financial Review, Boss, 8 July 2016).

For years we have been crying out for steel and mettle and all of a sudden a talented but mercurial player who Leicester fans seem to have lost faith in is apparently the the answer.

His physical approach will add mettle to the back line for the Gunners, while his creativity can make them a better team in attack.

I hope the lads really turn up for this one and display their mettle and quality.

If we get a quality CB this year, he will settle to the English game in a year, and then take over the mettle when Kos starts fading and Mert retires.

Walcott, take ur chance, I don't think walcott deserves a pay rise, not at all... He has to prove his mettle, wen he scored 21 goals that season, arsene had no choice but to giv him what he wanted... Same is applicable here

Show your mettle.

I don't doubt his competitive nature, his bravery, his willingness to work (we have all seen his mettle, it is of the highest quality); as Pau said, basically, you're a damned fool for questioning someone's decision in a situation like this.

In addition, a Melo-less Nuggets team gets to test its mettle against the Celtics — in Denver.

Show your mettle boys and come back as you did against Villa to make it 3 - 2!!!! COYGs!

The clashes with City and Spurs will show if this team has any mettle.

for McGregor to remain standing while receiving legitimate head punishment while being exhausted surely shows his mettle (that he's not a quitter.)

Even better, it will test a returning Carson Wentz's mettle against one of the league's most intimidating defenses.

Media want to ram it down our throats how we are too nice, no mettle, shoved around too much, like the selfies too much — along comes Coq and commits 4 fouls in non-threatening parts of the pitch, none dangerous or reckless and one or two were questionable decisions, that prat Pardew baying for him to get sent off and now we need to be careful, throttle back.

The former Bengals quarterback will have a chance to compete for a starting job and possibly prove his mettle as a bridge starter.

no guts, no bottle, no mettle, no balls, no direction, no ideas, no stamina, no appetite, no will, no hope.

Showing mettle he hadn't previously been called upon todemonstrate, Federer recovered to win the U.S. Open, continuing his assault onMount Sampras with his 13th major title.

Watched them vs spuds they closed the game down like pros, its anti football but it shows mettle - something we lack.

Apparently, like you have said he hasn't been given enough chance to prove is striking mettle as a top striker which i can confidently tell you that it is because Wenger doesn't see him as a formidable and deadly striker.

Most major league managers dismiss this notion, clinging to the idea that the ninth inning is the crunch time that tests a reliever's mettle.