Sentences with phrase «points advantage at»

Southeast Missouri State opened a seven - point advantage at the half, but the Cougars got within three points with a minute left before Brewer knocked down four straight free throws to clinch the victory.

Both Portia Woodman and Alice Richardson showed their electric pace and it was Heather Fisher who had the final word of the first half - her try gaving England a five - point advantage at the break.

I would've been happy at the start of the season to have a four - point advantage at this stage.

Lionel Messi won the much - anticipated duel with Radamel Falcao to fire Barcelona to an impressive 4 - 1 victory over Atletico Madrid and a nine - point advantage at the top of the Primera Division.

Chelsea 2 West Ham 0 Chelsea, for a few hours a least, can enjoy a six - point advantage at the top.

As a result, the Bianconeri are just one point behind the Naples outfit, and they could potentially gain a two - point advantage at the top, should they secure a victory over Atalanta in their game in hand.

A stunning second - half of the season coupled with a drop in form for archrivals Barcelona has led to Real Madrid opening a four - point advantage at the top of the table with only a handful of matches remaining in the season.

Not exact matches

«We can not forget that the point of a free - trade agreement is to advantage those within the agreement — not to help outsiders,» Ross wrote at the Washington Post last week.

To that end, here are five strategies to give yourself every advantage in spite of the biases most of us will face at some point in our careers.

And as has been pointed out, the oil crash hammered energy companies, but cheap oil and the low dollar (in Canada at least) should have spurred non-energy exporters to take advantage of those ideal conditions.

The early mover advantage closes at that point.

That survey showed Carson (at 26 %) to have a four - point lead over led Trump (22 %), although Carson's advantage fell within the poll's six - point margin of error.

«The electoral advantages of anti-immigrant politics will only shrink over time, suggesting that Republicans should at some point — perhaps before the next presidential election — begin to embrace comprehensive immigration reform,» says Mark Price, a labor economist at the Keystone Research Center, a nonpartisan economic policy think tank in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The cable companies are almost gleeful in pointing out the advantages their service will have, with the press release asking viewers if they're tired «of endless scrolling» or «outdated series» — clear digs at Netflix.

«It's taking advantage of a unique situation right now, but the incumbents will catch up at some point.

At a time when analysts are concerned that Verizon (vz) may be losing its advantage of having the highest quality wireless network, the carrier is looking to «differentiate from competition» in other ways, McAdam said, pointing to the Internet video offers from the other carriers.

The next time you encounter a buyer or seller who strongly insists on a certain point, pick at it and take advantage.

Competitive advantage: A superlow price point and a catchy marketing campaign engineered by a branding expert with experience at Kraft and Nabisco.

Indeed, he said other jurisdictions, notably Hong Kong and Utah, also offer more streamlined entry points for investors than Canada does — without relying at all on the typical cost advantages of a developing economy.

If you have a new laptop, scientific calculator, or other expensive tech item on your wish list, use time to your advantage and set up price alerts now so you buy only when the price is at its lowest point.

The Irvings are more than ready to take advantage, plotting a new $ 300 - million deep - water export port at Mispec Point that could see them become the most significant Canadian energy players outside the oilpatch.

Points can be used to book travel at participating airlines or hotels with no blackout dates taking advantage of a fixed value per point.

The point I'm trying to make... I will continue to make monthly buys at market highs and market lows as over time it all averages out and being a dividend growth investor I'm looking to take advantage of time in order to maximize my compounding returns.

The main advantage for borrowers at TD include flexible choices between points and lender credits, as well as a high rating for customer satisfaction with its mortgage servicing.

You could be well on your way to opening a Menchie's frozen yogurt franchise sooner than you think At some point during your exploration into the franchising world, you've come across Menchie's, the biggest self - serve frozen yogurt franchise worldwide, and you've realized how many advantages there would be if you were to start a Menchie's -LSB-...]

Critics of investing in individual stocks in an IRA point to the fact that capital gains tax (currently 15 % -20 %) is likely lower than your income tax level (20 - 40 %), so you lose that long term capital gains tax advantage in an IRA since you get taxed at your income rate.

For borrowers, leveraged loans offer two significant advantages over high - yield bonds: They are cheaper, by about 100 basis points on average at the moment.

As a result, I just keep investing while building up my cash reserves to take advantage of lower prices at some point.

«At one point I recognized that Warren Buffett, though he had every advantage in learning from Ben Graham, did not copy Ben Graham, but rather set out on his own path, and ran money his way, by his own rules...» I have just quickly glanced at Bronte Capital's blog post, but I am sure Todd Combs and Ted Weschler were not hired because they lived and died by Buffet's word but rather because they manifested the teachings of value investing in their own styleAt one point I recognized that Warren Buffett, though he had every advantage in learning from Ben Graham, did not copy Ben Graham, but rather set out on his own path, and ran money his way, by his own rules...» I have just quickly glanced at Bronte Capital's blog post, but I am sure Todd Combs and Ted Weschler were not hired because they lived and died by Buffet's word but rather because they manifested the teachings of value investing in their own styleat Bronte Capital's blog post, but I am sure Todd Combs and Ted Weschler were not hired because they lived and died by Buffet's word but rather because they manifested the teachings of value investing in their own styles.

The advantage of POD is that people can buy your book online and the printer will ship it to them, and you simply get a check at some point.

I differ also from the various middle positions, which hold that there are some good things in this culture (like greater freedom for the individual), but that these come at the expense of certain dangers (like a weakening of the sense of citizenship), so that one's best policy is to find the ideal point of trade - off between advantages and costs.

Whiteheadians seem able to imagine such ecstatically spanned unities - across - time on the so - called «microscopic» scale of the «specious present,» but give up on the idea as the scope of the temporal disclosure space is widened to the scale of human lifetime and of generations.7 But worse than this from the point of view of Heidegger's temporal problematic, by submitting the ecstatic unities of their «specious presents» to the before / after ordering and metric properties of linear time, at least in terms of their mutually external relations and arrangements, they give back ontologically every advantage they gained from the use of an cc - static - temporal disclosure horizon in the first place, even though it was only the single horizon of presence.

That's the point at which a fertility advantage can really count.

Informed opinion, however, agrees with Gunnar Myrdal in An American Dilemma that there is a vicious circle at this point.8 Denied the cultural, educational, and economic advantages held by others, underprivileged groups tend to remain in this status, as in America the restriction of Negroes to unskilled labor and meager educational facilities has prevented their advancement to positions of leadership comparable with the more privileged.

The Catholic at this point has the advantage of a rosary which tells him what prayers to say and how many.

One of the company's strongest advantages dates back to 1999, when it did something no other wholesaler at the Huntspoint Market had done up to that point.

The financial advantage Reports reveal that about 81 percent of affluent shoppers have rewards points or dollars at their disposal.

The South Florida craft brewery will take advantage of brewing and canning capacity at Ballast Point, another Constellation - owned company, and launch its product in cans for the first time.

Additionally, Szpigel said Blue Point Brewing would take advantage of expanded capacity at its soon - to - open brewery in Patchogue, New York, and launch its flagship Toasted Lager brand in 18 - packs as well as 25 oz.

The backcourt was unable to get the ball in to Hetzel and Snyder often enough to take advantage of numerous Mountaineer ball - handling errors, and the Wildcats left at half time trailing by four points, 32 - 36.

A win this weekend against Manchester United, who are claimed to be rotating players for our crunch tie at the Emirates on Sunday, will move us within two points of the Red Devils, whilst having played once less, and would give us the advantage over them in the race.

At the end it was all three points for the host Arsenal as some element of home advantages and personnel qualities counted in favour of the hosts on the field of play.

Sumner stands tall for a point guard at 6» 5», using that height advantage as a rim attacker.

In terms of domestic form, City couldn't be happier after a 5 - 0 demolition of Newcastle saw them take advantage of Chelsea's slip - up against Burnley and reduce the deficit at the top of the table to five points.

As Grant Brisbee pointed out on Monday, MLB finally got things right when it comes to World Series home - field advantage, and the seasons of the Dodgers, Nationals, and Indians are proof of that: Who has the top record does matter, and the Dodgers are, one game at a time, wasting the incredible lead for it that they had built up over the summer.

Things aren't going to get any easier on Sunday, as Villarreal host league leaders Barcelona, who currently hold an eight - point advantage over Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish top flight.

If this game was any closer, the team's inability to take advantage of chances at the charity stripe would be a major discussion point.

Los Blancos lead the Spanish champions by seven points at the top of the table currently, but with Atleti having home advantage at the Vicente Calderon Stadium there is no reason they can't triumph in this one.

Whether he plays or not, I believe the boys will put in a tough disciplined performance, and as long as the Referee and Officials put in a good fair shift, I see Arsenal edging it 1 — 0, or maybe 2 — 1, and after the disappointment of dropping 2 points in the 90th minute at Anfield, with our 3 goal difference advantage going into the match, we'll still be top of the pile on Monday morning.

Juan Mata secured all three points for Manchester United at Norwich City on Saturday, taking full advantage of a Sebastien Bassong defensive mistake.