Sentences with phrase «putting stakes»

So the townspeople started putting stakes in the Regnitz River to create the island and build the town hall they so badly wanted.

But slice the data slightly differently, and you'll find an unexpected trend: The group of business owners who are really putting stakes in the ground are women veterans.

Under the leadership of chairman and right - wing radio host Steve Bannon, the company has «put a stake through the heart of Andrew's legacy,» Shapiro said.

«Five or six years ago,» says Pat Perkins, VP of Marketing for HMS, «we really started putting a stake in the ground in terms of Hendrick - generated original content, in terms of utilizing social and digital platforms... and in the process we defined what success would look like, and developed a series of checklist and filters that would guide us in evaluating projects.

This puts the stakes of the dispute on par with other epic early - days battles such as the one between Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and the Winkelvoss twins.

He still owns 1.15 million shares, putting his stake in the company at about $ 26 million.

Individuals at my company will put stakes in the ground and let ideas evolve after they've been touched and retouched.

You've got to put your stake in the ground.»

The IRS told Yahoo earlier this year it would not rule on whether the company could avoid a tax hit when putting its stake in a separate entity, which it planned to name Aabaco.

This puts a stake in the heart of the pernicious «2 / 28s,» which carried low, «affordable» rates for the first two years and killed you with higher rates in year three.

While it has been quiet on the cryptocurrency trading side, one or more regulator will put a stake in the ground.

Often, we see organization put a stake in the ground about a particular tactic or strategy with respect to social media and digital marketing.

And on Friday Goldman Sachs put a stake in the ground.

«We do make a couple ales that are of German descent — that's our history — and so that's sort of where we've put our stake in the ground,» he says.

«You've got to put a stake in their heart, and then you still wonder if it's in there.

The organization will use those additional funds to promote the game's character and culture — «to put that stake in the ground that says, «This is what we are,»» says Stenersen.

I'll put my stake in Ryan for the better payout and perhaps a bit of a chip - on - his - shoulder mentality following the loss in the Super Bowl.

«This is where my administration would put a stake in the ground if we had a billion dollars,» Miner said.

McNutt hopes the retraction will also help curb what she sees as a rush - to - publish mentality among scientists that puts staking a claim above scientific rigor.

Big pharmaceutical companies often put stakes in promising start - ups.

«This is putting a stake in the ground that says U.S. policy is committed to ending the epidemic,» says Warren.

«Put a stake through its heart, bury it in a coffin filled with its native soil — do whatever you can do to keep it from rising again,» he says.

To take action is to put your stake in the ground and say, Yes, I've arrived.

If we are going to reinvent the supermarket, we must put a stake in the ground that can become a benchmark against which new, informed and passionate brands can develop their products, and shoppers can choose with safety and informed consent.

I want to put a stake in the ground here and hopefully you and I will talk again about how excited I am about product and how I think there is a modern version of product to bring to the market that is ours to go after.

«My hope is that it'll allow millennial women who want relationships to actually put a stake in the ground and say «This is what I want, this is the type of treatment I want, and this is what I expect.»»

It was time to put a stake in it.

In what is easily the funniest episode of the series, Mulder and Scully recall the string of bizarre events that led Mulder to put a stake through young Ronnie Strickland (The Sandlot's Patrick Renna) after mistaking him for a vampire.

«I had seen that spot free up for quite a while, and I said, «I think it's time to put a stake in the ground with a new theater.

I don't think it's gonna happen at all, definitely not with me,» Fuqua shrugs, putting the stake in what has always been a pretty tenuous project.

Let's put a stake through the heart of these claims because they are simply not true — and paint a distorted picture of the challenges America's schools are up against.

First, we need to put a stake in the ground that equity does not just «happen» because of new approaches or good intentions.

One of the many lessons that I have learned at HGSE is the importance of putting a stake in the ground as a leader, and clearly stating my intent and intensity.

With the last round of ESSA plans rolling in this fall, states have put a stake in the ground.

«It is time to put a stake in the ground to challenge misguided policy issued absent an open, transparent process,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association.

While we saw some good examples of districts and CMOs putting a stake in the ground over a smaller number of high - impact instructional leadership practices, we were surprised that many districts self - assessed that they were busy working to evaluate and support principals without a clear and shared vision of what they meant by instructional leadership.

Our growing network of urban Catholic schools has put a stake in the ground: We are no longer purchasing textbooks for math, English, science or social studies.

«It suggests to me, that we needed, as a profession, people to put some stakes in the ground and say look, here is the mark, now let's talk about how we get there.»

They put a stake in the ground around third - grade reading and made some «big bets» to improve the odds for early school success,» said Ralph Smith, managing director of the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading.

As I looked across the country, I quickly realized how rare it was for a research institution to be putting its stake so firmly in the world of practice.

I don't know if reliable data can be gathered to put a stake in the ground.

Last year, LA also put a stake in the ground with the Connected Car Expo.

It allows you to put your stake in the ground and own your own little corner of the internet.

You may be ready to put a stake in vampire lit, but read this first: It's dark and dangerous, bloody and brilliant.»

Lenovo is putting a stake in the ground that a mainstream business notebook should have an essentially crash - proof SSD, and we can't disagree.

I had faith that the company's healthy dividend and its growth would continue and put my stake in the ground.

So you're sick of your job and you're ready to put your stake in the ground as an entrepreneur in real estate....

Charleston Animal Society put a stake in the sand in 2012 when they created No Kill Charleston, a three - year initiative to achieve no - kill status.

«We thought it was time to put a stake in the ground and say, «This is what we all need to do,»» said Gregory Castle, the organization's co-founder and CEO.

I'm here to put my stake in the ground, pick a side, and declare there is NO reason to get the Preferred anymore.