Sentences with phrase «root for winners»

It's human nature to root for winners and scoring, and recreational bettors love betting overs.

Traditionally, the public tends to prefer favorites and «overs» which makes sense when you consider that it is human nature to root for winners and high - scoring games.

It's human nature to root for winners and scoring, which is why recreational bettors typically gravitate towards favorites and overs.

It's human nature to root for winners and scoring, and the media's propensity to over-hype these teams only exasperates this tendency.

It's human nature to root for winners and scoring, which is why the public loves to bet favorites and overs.

Also known as «contrarian» betting, the logic behind fading the public is quite simple: It's human nature to root for winners and scoring, which is why we typically see the public pounding favorites and overs.

It's easy to root for winners and high - scoring games, but this basic human tendency can easily be exploited by oddsmakers.

It's human nature to root for winners and scoring, and the media's propensity to overhype these teams only exasperates this tendency.

I hate both the Bears and Packers equally, so rooting for a winner in this one is going to be tough =) I am definitely a fan of this Lemon Curd though!

Not exact matches

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The public loves to root for the high - scoring teams and winners.

«I intend to raise as much grass - roots support for his agenda as possible because the citizens of New York are the winners if he succeeds.»

Directed by David Gordon Green, JOE film brings Academy Award ® winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard - living, hot - tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble — until he meets a hard - luck kid, (MUD's Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender - hearted protector.

I'm rooting for Our Time Will Come, a nearly perfect WWII spy film that is very much in keeping with the HKFA's tradition of honoring extremely well - done genre fare (past winners include Police Story, A Better Tomorrow, Beast Cops, Shaolin Soccer, Infernal Affairs, Running on Karma, Election, Gallants, The Grandmaster and Trivisa).

Directed by David Gordon Green, the film brings Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard - living, hot - tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble — until he meets a hard - luck kid (Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender - hearted protector.

Lady Bird has a lot of people rooting for it, and there's pressure to award a woman filmmaker finally after Kathryn Bigelow became the first ever winner in 2009.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES Elizabeth Debicki, The Night Manager Regina King, American Crime * WINNER * Sarah Lancashire, The Dresser Melissa Leo, All the Way Anna Paquin, Roots Emily Watson, The Dresser

A crowd - pleaser tends to move at a rapid pace and has great appeal to popular, i.e. massive, tastes, and the people in the film that you're rooting for will, despite initial setbacks, come out as winners.

Danielle Allen's «Our Declaration» to receive 2015 Heartland Prize for Nonfiction Chicago Tribune, 10/28/15 «This fierce, remarkable winner of the 2015 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize has its roots in Chicago, in particular, in a night class of adult students, juggling jobs — or no jobs — child care, and the other pressures of life.

The two school winners received a $ 3,750 prize, generously sponsored by Business First Bank (Community Roots) and New Schools for Baton Rouge (Innovative Education).

We're rooting for Colum McCann or Jayne Anne Phillips for fiction (fun fact: the same reviewer who wrote about this year's Booker Prize winner, Wolf Hall, for BookPage also covered Lark and Termite — does that mean Jayne Anne's a shoo - in?)

We may root for the underdog, but we buy from the winners.

The winner is announced on Monday live on Channel 4 as per usual, and I'll be at the ceremony in Derry rooting for Yiadom - Boakye's enigmatic paintings of figures.

When students at UCL in London escalate actions on campus highlighting the conflict between the university's research and its investments, and exposing the close connections of university council members to fossil fuel companies; when pressure from scientists, climate activists and museum employees force oil mogul David Koch to step down from the board of New York's American Museum of Natural History; when the City of Cape Town comes under pressure to divest from the companies at the root of the city's water crisis; when Nobel Prize winners urge the prestigious Nobel Foundation to cut their financial ties to fossil fuel companies, we have exactly the kind of impact we aim for with the Fossil Free campaign.

WORK EXPERIENCE Alpern Rosenthal — Winner, SD Billing Analyst March 2005 — April 2013 • Managed customer invoices for sales made • Applied customer payments to outstanding amounts in invoices • Followed up on delinquent accounts • Ensure management of sales tax effectively • Responded to and resolved customer issues regarding accounts receivable and billing disputes • Performed root cause analysis on disputes • Made necessary adjustments to ensure all financial transactions are recorded appropriately in the billing system

Common Ground Foundation (Insert City, ST) 2007 — 2009 Executive Director • Launched foundation and directed all operations on behalf of Grammy Award Winner Common • Created and implemented marketing collateral to educate, engage, and inspire clients and supporters • Recruited key corporate, private, and industry players for Board of Directors and Advisory Board • Generated in excess of $ 500,000 in first year of operation through varied fundraising efforts • Obtained pro bono legal team saving foundation more than $ 75,000 annually • Directed youth outreach events furthering social service, education, and character development including Be Empowered, «A Minute» Campaign, & The Corner Book Club • Partnered with MTV, Kaiser Family Foundation, National Education Association / Read Across America, American Library Association, and nationally acclaimed singers, songwriters, and authors • Directed multiple charity concerts featuring Common, Kanye West, Ludacris, The Roots, and Nas