Sentences with phrase «own small attempt»

It was my own small attempt to capture the significance of the event.

Full to the brim in guaranteed salaries, the Washington Wizards made one small attempt at bolstering their jam - packed roster by signing free agent shooting guard Jodie Meeks to a two - year deal worth $ 7 million, according to The Vertical's Shams Charania.

It's my small attempt to keep the earth a little greener and a little happier.»

The entryway which, Patricia says, «features my small attempt to not lose our keys and glasses anymore!»

All too often people paddle about around a problem, making very small attempts to solve it but really getting nowhere because it is easier not to tackle it head - on.

As it is, it seems she's been added into the mix to also humanize Snow somewhat, and perhaps is a small attempt to address the dimensionality issues that we mention above with regards to this character.

Furthermore, the motivations of the characters and small attempts at symbolic touches give the film a very bizarre feel, as if trying to give ersatz meaning to the meaningless.

Sometimes, in one of my small attempts to keep moving, to keep the blood flowing, I march on the spot.

Eventually you may just need the EPUB 3 version, and that's the world I'm talking about here (partially as a small attempt to get us there faster).

If you would like to write to me, my email address is kindle at gagler dot com (I write it out that way in a small attempt to thwart the spam email harvesters).

If you would like to write to me with a question, comment, tip that helps you on the Kindle, praise, and even complaints, you can do so by sending an email to michael at fkbooksandtips dot com (I write it that way in a small attempt to avoid the spam robots).

A small attempt at giving you some basic information is provided in the form of a magazine which lists the popularity of platforms and genres.

There's a small attempt at mixing in some theme with the whole warrior, wizard, elf and levelling up ideas, but obviously it's little more than skin deep.

Whether it was the work you had to do for Tom Nook in the original Animal Crossing, Wild World and City Folk or the job you could land serving coffee at the Roost in New Leaf, the series has had small attempts at creating jobs for Villagers to be able to work.

There is a small attempt at backgrounds, but they're still either bright blue or black.

I am Sana and this is my small attempt at sharing my gastronomic journey in my current city Dubai.

This is my small attempt to share my experiences.

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Europcar has formed a partnership with a small car rental business based in Esperance in an attempt to increase its share of Western Australia's mine - specific vehicle rental market.

They're attempting to either seek control of the device or to hack into homes and small businesses, Ciaran Martin, the chief executive of Britain's National Cyber Security Center, told the Times.

In December, JPMorgan Chase said it will use alternative lender OnDeck's credit - scoring technology, in an attempt to more quickly underwrite credit to some of the giant bank's 4 million small business customers.

The summer started with a reasonable (if clumsy) attempt by the government to stop incorporated individuals from taking advantage of the lower small - business tax rate, and ended with people such as Arlene Dickinson, the investor and Dragon's Den star, talking about an assault on entrepreneurship.

The latest attempt came on Saturday, when an article ran in The Wall Street Journal to promote a new book, Big Is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business, by Robert D. Atkinson and Michael Lind.

The 26 - year - old model wrote that she threw out her scales, measuring tape, and too - small clothes last summer in an attempt to «make peace» with her body image.

«We want to have a small, massive impact,» Flombaum says, contrasting the approach of attempting to change the lives — and career paths — of a small number of students at a time to that of online education, which can reach a lot of people, but is likely to have just a small affect on each one.

Like his first attempt at taking over the small town of Leith, North Dakota, the white supremacist's plans for Antler are being thwarted by the town's residents.

Any such eleventh - hour Russian attempt to divide NATO over Montenegro would hope to reawaken earlier reservations among some members regarding whether the small Balkan nation is ready for admission.

Anderson claims Ride's suit is just an attempt to «harass and intimidate a smaller competitor,» but even if he's right, the suit is still a potentially costly nuisance that could frighten off licensing partners.

Second, broker - dealers either attempt to step back from the marketplace altogether or only agree to transact at very wide bid - offer spreads and only in small size.

Some top - level executives understand this, enforcing various strategies in an attempt to ensure meetings remain a constructive use of employees» time and resources: Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, reportedly maintains focus by sticking to a strict, bullet - pointed schedule, while Amazon's Jeff Bezos employs a «two - pizza rule,» which keeps meetings small enough so that two pizzas can feed the entire group.

A third contingent, the smallest, make a wholesale switch to the new technology or business model, attempting to make smaller margins on a larger number of transactions, with mixed results.

«Employers big and small are going to have to reassess their relationships to attempt not to become entangled in the employment affairs of others,» he says.

One way Amazon is attempting to win over small businesses — and, by default, increase its own dominance in the marketplace — is by creating Amazon Storefront, a platform that businesses can use to advertise and sell goods on Amazon.com.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 9 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is kicking off an effort to get U.S. small businesses to spend more on advertising as the image of the social media network's ads have taken a hit for their role in alleged Russian attempts to sway U.S. voters.

Analysts at BofA Merrill Lynch said in a note Thursday that Aereo appears to be attempting to force the case back to the high court so it can find a way of paying some smaller fees for content.

Mylan, now officially free from the clutches of Israel - based Teva, which had been on a hostile attempt to acquire its smaller rival, is also a symbol of reinvention - by - acquisition.

As there are no markets or shops to buy provisions from, many Syrians have been attempting to grow their own food supplies in small kitchen gardens.

The firm appears to be using a similar email scheme — an attempt to extract a small fee and possibly steal identity data from job - seekers, according to Fortune tipsters, and pairing it with a PR Newswire press release to make itself appear legitimate.

You should test your ad copy and other marketing via surveys, polls, informal focus groups conducted with a handful of your best customers, and direct attempts at selling face to face or to small groups brought together for that purpose, as well as split tests of headlines, offers, and prices via online and offline media.

While the amount of problematic content we've found so far remains relatively small, any attempted interference is a serious issue.

Instead, he is attempting to leave untouched the tax advantage for regular mom - and - pop small businesses while chopping back on the tax planning opportunities for high earners.

Wilkins's speech was an attempt to coax investors small and large to change their expectations.

Business owners eager to break out of the Small Business Saturday box are banding together in an attempt to conjure up some Black Friday magic.

A short article about a bank's attempt to streamline its loan application process in order to reach small business.

As a result, he argues, we should expect to see plenty more acquisitions like Walmart's purchase of Jet.com, as the incumbents wake up to the threat that smaller startups are posing and attempt to «hedge their own public valuations by buying the very same unicorns that keep them awake at night.»

If you attempt to avoid conflict entirely, small areas of disagreement will build and become large impasses.

WHILE tax officials applaud the product ruling system as protecting small investors, others say the system is nothing but an attempt at revenue saving.

First, in 2009 there was an increase in federal tobacco tax.35 The national cigarette tax increased by 158 %, resulting in an immediate reduction in cigarette uptake among US adolescents.35 In our study we found a small but statistically significant increase in quit attempts among US adults, from 39.9 % in 2006 - 07 to 41.4 % in 2010 - 11 (fig 2, top panel).

At the core of the Crapo bill is the assumption that the Dodd - Frank financial overhaul was overly aggressive and harmed smaller banks in attempting to rein in the larger financial institutions that caused the 2008 financial crisis.

While every bounce attempt is getting smaller in both size and duration, the market...