Sentences with phrase «road was my best year»

My first year on the road was my best year financially, but I didn't have the balance right.

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«My two year old was a very good girl on a road trip recently so I told her that I would buy her a treat.

I'm not really certain at the moment whether I think that smart cars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywheare the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywheAre Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhere.

A few years ago, a male graduate student told me that he would go work in the middle of a mosquito - infested swamp if that was the job that would guarantee him the best opportunity for a lucrative career down the road.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

A few years ago, Yes To hit a bump in the road (well, HUGE obstacle might be more accurate).

After a year on the road, the rolling boba tea shop was so successful that the duo decided to hang up their noisy food truck keys for good.

Merger agreement in hand (and the money in escrow), Cline spent the next five months on the road trying to win over CEA's investors, who were looking for a growth company that was well - positioned to go public, preferably with a strong management team and a few years of audited financials.

This was the gaming territory's 18th straight positive month and its largest such increase in nearly four years, suggesting Macau is well on its road to recovery after Chinese president Xi Jinping's anticorruption crackdown.

The big news is that Waymo's self - driving cars — previously known as Google's self - driving project — navigated public roads without human intervention four times better than it did last year.

A successful investment, however, is ultimately based on the ease in which investors can cash out at a price that is well above their investment purchase price — even if it is years down the road.

You may have some time on the road to do some reading next year though and Quotidian Mysteries will be a good one.

So we better find a way to leave «tolerance, respect, and freedom» as our best legacy for our future, mixed, generations (maybe a couple of hundreds years down the road), because they will have to get along among themselves — and it will be a very diverse America indeed.

From controlling the foreign Affairs of Afghanistan after the 1st Anglo - Afghan war to drawing the Durand line between the Pashtuns after the 2nd Anglo - Afghan war, Why should the Afghans trust the British when the forefathers of Afghans fought against the Empire and today you send your royal family member on military expeditions in Afghanistan, why good have you done for any other country you have entered into militarily - what good can you do for Afghanistan when you have never been sincere with Afghans, Afghan never bought the story of Britain entering the war to eliminate poppy fields, the world is aware poppy production increase where British are present and Afghans know very well the British empire introduced poppy growing over 200 years ago to Afghanistan for transport through silk road and on to Hong Kong.

Rather than wallowing along the long road to the empty nest syndrome that seems to be lingering ever closer (okay, we still have a few years to go), I thought it best to drown myself in thoughts of barbecue - friendly foods — pasta salads, massive green salads, cocktails, grilled sides and grilled corn on the cob.

It's here where, for many years, Doña Anita Espinoza has been providing a haven for adventurous travelers in the form of rooms, updates on road conditions, and her famous lobster burritos and omelets, as well as other seafood dishes.

WHILE THE BLAZERS» current road trip, which includes visits to Boston, Orlando and New Orleans, will reveal plenty about how good the team really is, the city of Portland has, after years of disillusionment, reembraced the franchise.

They took down UTSA when the Roadrunners were looking like the best team in the conference, handled Louisiana Tech on the road with a backup QB *, and needed bad breaks to miss out on a second win over Kentucky in as many years.

The Browns face a stout schedule this season, and their division rivals are improved as well, so it will be a tougher road for Pettine in his second year.

That slender lead was good enough for Parent, even though the Bruins repeatedly stormed his cage the rest of the game in an attempt to avoid not only the end of the cup road but their first shutout of the year.

If everyone is ok with going 7 - 5, 8 - 4, or at best, 9 - 3 every year while almost always losing to top 20 teams, especially on the road, and getting creamed in a New Year's day six bowl game when they get an invitation then by all means, keep Keyear while almost always losing to top 20 teams, especially on the road, and getting creamed in a New Year's day six bowl game when they get an invitation then by all means, keep KeYear's day six bowl game when they get an invitation then by all means, keep Kelly.

The Horned Frogs have played Oklahoma well under Patterson — a 20 - 17 road loss in 2013, a 24 - 17 home loss in 2012, a 35 - 10 loss in 2008 (which was closer than just about anybody else came to slowing down Oklahoma that year), a 17 - 10 win in 2005 — and should have the athletes to match up with Oklahoma's offense.

His career highlights at S.I. include road trips in search of sports on the equator, the world's most dangerous sport and Roman gladiators as the first sports superstars, a lengthy meditation on Don King's hair, the second - ever descent of Africa's Zambezi River, a weighty essay on the 580 - pound sumo wrestler Konishiki, an investigation into the questionable around - the - world run by Robert Garside, a look inside the mind games at the 1987 world chess championship between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in Seville, Spain, three weeks in the Sahara covering the 2002 Paris - to - Dakar Rally, a trudge through Panama's Darien jungle retracing Vasco Núñez de Balboa's 1513 expedition, and a journey into the world of Jeopardy! His essay on George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees» line of succession was called the «scoop of the year» in the 2008 Houghton - Mifflin collection The Best American Sports Writing.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert is keen on a reunion with 27 - year - old Norwich defender Russell Martin, who has played under the Scot at Wycombe as well as Carrow Road.

Harvick and Keselowski had the two best cars a year ago at Atlanta; Harvick won the pole and led a race - high 292 laps, while Keselowski took the checkered flag after Harvick was penalized for speeding on pit road during his final stop.

Richardson's sideline bona fides are well - established in the book, but the real focus is on the hard road the combative coach traveled in his life and career, especially during his years in Fayetteville.

According to our BetLabs software, road teams receiving less than 20 % of moneyline wagers have gone 100 - 136 on the year, which is good for +14.87 units and a 6.3 % return on investment (ROI).

Now, we've been given a much better look at not only the superspeedway aerokits that will be used by IndyCar next year but also on road / street and short ovals too.

The 37 - year - old Fanelli, whose personal best is a very serious 2:14:16, puts on his road show about 20 times a year at races of varying lengths and also runs a few serious races in regular gear.

I think he'll be a damn good road grader in a couple of years!

According to last year's Sagarin rankings, all five road teams were better, and only Dayton - Idaho State is particularly close.

By the time Debuchy needs replacing, 2 years down the road we should buy someone that will compete or is better than Bellerin.

I was wondering if you subtracted the favorites and the day - game road teams from the SI Best Bets for the year, how much the ROI would increase?

According to last year's Sagarin rankings, all five road teams were better, and only Morgan State - Nicholls State and Jacksonville - UC Davis are close.

The role of the fans at this juncture it our club's history appears lost of most individuals who frequent this site following a victory... I'll explain further, but first I must state that I have cared for this club dearly for the better part of 35 years, so my critique is both measured and carefully considered... there is certainly nothing wrong with celebrating a victory, regardless of the circumstances, but making wild predictions or fawning over players after a lacklustre win solves very little, if anything it enables those in charge to continue down the road too frequently traveled

Highest ceiling is probably the best criteria, because you are selecting who will have the most value to you several years down the road.

Throw in the fact it was the first game after a length road trip, as well as people's unhappy feelings towards the dismal start to the year, and it was sort of a perfect storm of discontent.

Its well documented that Arsenal have had money to spend for about five seasons its just the refuse to spend it maybe the firs 3 or 4 years were tough BUT these last 5 seasons we have just decide to go down a road of buying cheap players Look at wengers salary How do you justify that if the club has / had no funds??? It just doesn't add up.

The 30 - year - old was at the centre of the majority of his side's good work at Vicarage Road at the weekend, a sign that he may be finding some form after an admittedly difficult 2017.

The Saints have only picked up 6 points on the road and it is up to their best creative players to come up with something really special to turn the corner and Pellegrino should be counting on the wizardry that 24 - year old Boufal is capable of producing.

The 34 - year - old was one of the best players for the Gunners as they battled past Watford by 3 - 1 at Vicarage Road.

United are in good hands, the three trophies, two of them major last season have shown just what Mourinho has brought to the club over the past year and if that success continues, United could be back on the road to glory, which is something we all want to see, especially to show the ABU's (anyone but United brigade) that Manchester United are back and normal service has resumed.

There were a couple of little bumps in the road at winter testing, but Red Bull are heading into the season in a better place than this time last year.

Premium members have access to our ticket assistance program (for more info, see the Tickets FAQ page), road trips to Ashburton Grove, and are eligible for a few free giveaways each year, as well as occasional discounts at the Arsenal store that are granted by Arsenal to members of their official supporters clubs.

That signing was the signal for the black clouds that have sat permanently over Elland Road for the last two years to begin to lift, revealing a little chink of light that signalled the good times may be returning.

While Washington is admittedly playing better ball on the road lately, they've been suspect for the year overall.

Pickford is widely considered one of the best English prospects around and the 23 - year - old local lad, born down the road in Washington, will have plenty of Premier League suitors as his side slip down a division.

thanks to «generous» gift of 40 + little petshop toys from neighbour up the road, i decided to do a toy cull (had an assignment due as well)-- barely did I get toys in pile and photographed for ebay than they were the NEW favourite toys of their life — seriously some of these have not seen the sun for about 3 years or more, and when was the last time my kidlets wanted to do jigsaw puzzles??

Betters was struck about 6 p.m. March 1 by a Mercury Marquis driven west in the 2200 block of Irving Park Road by a 41 - year - old Johnsburg man who was not ticketed, said Hanover Park Deputy Police Chief Dean Norman.

HOPE LIEN: Well we had, yeah we had tried to get pregnant for a while and tried a lot of different natural medicine to enhance fertility and after few years of trying that and it wasn't happening we just knew that we had, we always had known that we wanted to adopt, and so it just became really obvious that instead of going down an unknown road of different fertility treatment and things like that that we want to do adoption.