Sentences with phrase «prods in»

Had CREA been doing a proper job with our PR — instead of building a national website -, a REALTOR should never feel motivated to respond to many of the prods in this publication — including this one from Mr or Ms JM.

It prods you in the opposite direction when stocks get expensive.

Since the Supreme Court declared school segregation unconstitutional, 28 millions of Black Americans and many whites, including tens of thousands of clergy and hundreds of thousands of youth, have marched, sat in, demonstrated and picketed, gone to jail, suffered beatings and the thrust of cattle prods in the struggle for human decency and equality.

The film bravely prods in directions rarely explored by anyone, looking at the hollowness of the sex addict, while laudably refusing to give a simple explanation for his actions.

He pushes and prods me in one direction, which is a direction I don't want to go.

Or he «helps» his partner carry feedsacks by letting him do the carrying, and prodding him in the rear end with a pitchfork, as if it were a cattle prod.

Whereas the Barcelona I remember where always poking and prodding in the opponents half.

First the Argentine reacted quickly to Sami Khedira's flicked header to prod in at the back post then, less than three minutes later, he turned in the middle of the pitch, drew three Spurs men towards him and released Paulo Dybala.

Eriksen received a pass from Dembele 30 yards out and found Dele, who turned away from his marker before slipping a superb ball inside right - back Jack Stephens for Son and his low cross was prodded in by Kane.

But I think that most of the time, moms prod them in that direction, even if they don't realize they are doing it.

But for people who do have a faith, their faith can be a helpful prod in the right direction.

Inside, the phone - hacking scandal is being poked and prodded in parliament, like a...

From there it wasn't a huge technological step to the purely mechanical clock, prodded in large part by the twin developments of the Industrial Revolution (factory workers needed to show up on time) and the railroad (it would be nice if 10 o'clock in London meant the same thing everywhere in England).

Bake for about 1 hour (cover with foil if beginning to brown too much), or until firm to a gentle prod in the centre.

Though Rachel felt like an outsider in Louisville, all she really needed was a prod in the right direction to get a foothold in the dating scene.

But here's the thing, I don't need prodding in order to find reasons to be excited: Coogler is a fantastic young filmmaker.

With little more than a few basic pointers, you're prodded in the direction of a hulking robotic construct, pounding its way through an urban wasteland.

States labored for decades to put such standards in place, prodded in 1994 by the federal Goals 2000 Act, then in 2002 by the No Child Left Behind Act, with its insistence on annual testing and consequential accountability.

I saw this used as a cattle prod in a freezing works in 1982.

Her blog is so often the fire under my feet, the prod in the back to be and to write authentically and courageously.

I should think that Amazon's marketing folks could be prodded in that direction, if the market told them it was needed.

This is especially true for dogs with behavioral issues who have enough issues without also needing to be poked and prodded in a strange environment.

Prodding in the ear could damage the eardrum or push an unwanted, foreign object further into the ear also causing damage.

Then, top that off with your pet being poked and prodded in places where the sun doesn't shine by unfamiliar hands and you've got an overwhelmed and possibly scared pet on your hands.

from think mojo Couple days back Kathy Sierra posted on telling stories, gently prodding in her inimitable way for us all to look at our own, and revisit where we get the passion from.

All the while research on energy uses and efficiency continued and efficiency of industrial processes, home heating, water heating, appliances, lighting, etc., improved, prodded in the case of household uses by thoughtful efficiency standards.

But he said that it wasn't until the 1980s that these ideas gained more urgency among a broader group of earth scientists, prodded in large part by emerging evidence that the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was altering the world's climate.

Yes, I am 62 now and that is a sign I believe, not of aging, but Our Lord prodding Us in the right direction

Not exact matches

Carefully plan for the launch and future growth and prod the local team in the new market, but set realistic and attainable goals for the new division.

In other words, what I was doing was putting the dinosaur on a diet and prodding it with a stick.

Before long, items like track jackets and the shell - toe Superstar sneaker were surging in popularity, prodding management in 2000 to split its apparel division into two segments: sport performance (athletic gear) and sport style (fashion, which includes Originals).

The crazy, real - life story of how the CEO of electric - car maker Tesla dazzled, seduced, squeezed, bluffed, manipulated, and prodded his way to epic state incentives to build a massive battery plant in the Nevada desert.

My boyfriend and I often find ourselves prodding and poking when the other gets lost in their phone and stops listening.

When he prodded (right - handed) Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook to pull his lead elbow (left arm) through in his throwing motion, Whitfield crouched behind the Spartan standout and told him, «Just imagine there's a midget talking shit right here.

Prodding your people to be less conflict adverse can lead to real benefits, according to Thompson who cites recent research that shows, «brainstorming groups that engage in open debate, challenging each other in benevolent ways, perform better than groups that don't have any debate at all.

In the currency markets, the differing messages of the world's major central banks on inflation and monetary policy prodded the dollar higher against the yen ahead of a series of appearances by U.S. Federal Reserve officials this week.

In fact, the smartest entrepreneurs are constantly searching for them — poking, prodding, and experimenting — to find new ways to fix what they may not have even realized was broken.

At a retreat in California's Yosemite National Park for Yahoo's top brass and managers, Mallett took the stage and prodded the several hundred attendees to change the way they did business.

How can designers save us from entrapment in a hall of mirrors, where we are never surprised, never challenged, never prodded to progress or change our minds?

He said, «The dumbing down of America is manifested in the culture deprivation of our academia that have taught these kids the lies, media that have prodded and encouraged and provided these kids lies.»

Borzi, assistant secretary of the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration and chief architect of the fiduciary redraft, told Investment Advisor in an exclusive interview in mid-March that while brokerage industry trade groups have been prodding the DOL and SEC to collaborate on their fiduciary rules so that they end up with «one fiduciary standard,» having identical rules just isn't possible.

Shareholder Proposals on Information Requests Only Shareholder proposals have rightly played an important role in prodding companies both to adopt governance measures and to disclose campaign spending, often following a model developed by the Center for Political Accountability.

To try to prod companies into expansion next year, the Senate bill would allow companies to immediately deduct all capital investments in 2018.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) is recruiting activist hedge funds to take a stake in General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and prod GM into a merger, according to a Wall Street Journalreport.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared his support for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline in a speech to the Calgary Petroleum Club in October 2013 while also criticizing the Conservative government's approach to lobbying for the pipeline in Washington D.C. «They have poked and prodded, annoyed and irritated the Obama administration at every turn.

I think Stumpf has done a terrible job managing this situation (both before it became public and especially in recent days by reluctantly (only after being prodded) taking responsibility for the situation).

The index was designed to prod the government pension fund to allocate more of their assets to Japanese stocks as they invest more in equities generally.

Traditionally recited in the evening at the close of vespers, it prods us to reflect upon how we have responded, this very day, to God's call.

The only trouble with the people at that church was that no one had ever before believed in them, pushed them, prodded them, loved them as Bessie did.

With the promise of wild flowers and empty trails, he prodded the men to spend the afternoon's waning hours in the countryside.