Sentences with phrase «sharp end for»

The stylus had one sharp end for writing and a small wedge on the other end that worked like an eraser.

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When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced an end to the company's work - from - home policy in early 2013, she was met with sharp criticism for taking away her employees» flexibility.

A sharp sell - off in bond markets this week spilled over into global equities with jitters that a near 30 - year run bull run for fixed income could be coming to an end.

After the peak prices at the end of 2016, there was a sharp drop which inclined me to unload my gold and silver miners for a hefty profit.

For example, arrears rates are higher in mining - exposed regions, which have generally experienced a sharp fall in demand following the end of the mining investment boom.

At the end, there's a section of unpedantic and very useful notes (Johnson, in the Poundian manner, has a sharp eye and ear for apt quotations to weave into his lines) and a bit of background on the figure of the Green Man.

(4:23) For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two - edged sword.

We have sharp rhetoric about social justice, but the preferential option for the poor is an open - ended exhortation, not a precise moral demand like the condemnation of taking innocent life as an intrinsically evil act.

When Eddie Osterland was studying for his diploma at the University of Bordeaux's famed Institute of Wine, he recalls that wine tasting was always done at 11:30 a.m. — when one's palate is sharpest — and ended at noon.

Many cold soups begin with raw ingredients and end with raw ingredients, only getting a quick puress in a blender - tomato gazapcho, for instance - but I found that a quick cook of the vegetables makes for a softer flavor that allows the lemony basil and earthy avocado to standout rather than play second fiddle to pungent onion, sharp garlic, and grassy zucchini.

Rinse and trim ends of beets and wrap them in foil, place them on parchment covered baking stone and place in the oven for approximately 1 hour, until at sharp knife easily cuts through.

Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats Nutrition -1-2-3: Three proven diet wisdoms for losing weight, gaining energy, and reversing aging The Happiness Diet: A Nutritional Prescription for a Sharp Brain, Balanced Mood, and Lean, Energized Body The Diet Cure: The 8 - Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Gain, and Mood Swings — Naturally

The flaw in one would be the strength in the other, they could push each other and Gundogens forward passing would mean they could partner each other... Would be easier to keep them both match sharp when we can bring one of them on (end up have both Coquelin and Gundogen on) for the last 20 mins of a game to hold a lead while still playing attractive football ^.

They had a plethora of sharp shooters waiting for their shot on the perimeter, and they hit a lot of them, but they didn't have enough to stop Team Darcy from getting into the paint on the defensive end.

Theo Walcott was very sharp and played a key role in both of our goals while Olivier Giroud was a constant threat and tokk his penalty well but I have plumped for Ramsey in the end because he did start and finish that goal and was back to his bustling best.

We don't want David Moyes Mark 2 or for that matter Brendan Rogers who hasn't been at the sharp end of football for the past 3 years or so.

But for most NFL passers, the late 30s bring sharp drop - offs and the end of the road.

In Philadelphia Arena bout (which drew surprising SRO crowd) 20 - year - old Philadelphia Lightweight Len Matthews made short work of fifth - ranked Johnny Busso, first knocked him through the ropes for mandatory eight count, then ended it all in first round with a sharp left hook.

We're approaching the sharp end of the awards season, and the race for the FIFA Ballon d'Or is getting a little bit spicy.

Given that his age hasn't stopped him from fighting for wins and championships over the last few years, you'd imagine he'll continue to fight up at the sharp end right until the end of 2020.

Expectations will no doubt be managed until winter testing and the season opener, but the 2018 Formula One season does mark a significant bridge for McLaren to cross; away from the difficult Honda partnership and back towards the sharp end.

They clearly created more chances but after the first goal they lost their sharp edge and thus that ended in a bad performance for them.

The team, languishing in mid-table obscurity, made a sharp dash for the Champions League qualification spots but were pipped by Malaga in the end.

Not surprisingly, the media feeding frenzy has resulted, anecdotal evidence suggests, in a sharp drop in youth football registrations for this fall's season, with parents fearful that playing football will almost inevitably expose their kid to an unreasonable risk of injury (which, of course, is patently untrue; more than 7 million kids in the U.S. currently play football, very few of whom, statistically speaking and despite a few well - publicized cases - are likely to end up committing suicide because of the hits they sustained playing the sport, and millions upon countless millions who have played football over the past century without apparent ill effect).

Sadly one of the toy bars on it broke and for safety reasons (sharp plastic on the end) in went on the curb.

For anyone who has been at the sharp end of a colic - ey baby, that description doesn't really do it justice.

Note: Pipe cleaners have sharp ends, so fold the edges over before giving them to your child; remember that large beads and buttons can be a choking hazard for children 4 and under.

Welcome to the Sanni Republic of Laughter — but for only those not at the receiving end of his sharp and searing strokes!

Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd, who campaigned for a Welsh Assembly in both the 1979 and 1997 referendums, has told tonight's Sharp End why she now thinks devolution was wrong.

Leaving the EU, he said, was a «vital opportunity for us to be able to develop policies that will protect the people that often find themselves at the sharp end of global economic forces and of technological change.»

Everything seems so preternaturally sharp, so full of potential for too much thought that she aches for her shift to end.

It can attach right to your belt for easy carrying, thanks to the belt - holder on its sheath, which also makes this model safe and easy to carry, ensuring that you won't get cut or stuck with a sharp end.

OK, so much for getting organized, but what about the sharp end of multitasking?

To investigate the anatomy of the eye and its ability to perceive color, he inserted a bodkin — a sharp instrument for making holes — between his eye and the bone, «as neare to ye backside of my eye as I could & pressing my eye with ye end of it... there appeared severall white darke & coloured circles.»

A diplomatic row between the European Union and the Israeli government could spell a sharp loss in funding for Israeli science as well as the end for countless collaborations with European scientists.

Still, Naidoo says that more research is needed to show that the technique works for other species and human populations — especially poor and marginalised people who are often at the sharp end of confrontations with wildlife.

«Because of the sharp angle of the typical overhand throw, there ends up being a much smaller window for the ball to go in.»

Thanks to Rich Bradley for working hard in 1987 to make the 40 foot functional for the first groups of teachers, and the telescope mechanics for keeping it that way, Carl Heiles for inspiring us to observe neutral hydrogen, a true staple of our educational programs for teachers and youth, Bill Radcliffe (do you remember the time you single - handedly took the front end off the telescope???), Nathan Sharp, and Dave Woody for coming to the rescue when the 40 Foot needed a technical swift kick, Skip Crilly for updating the telescope and getting rid of pesky RFI, and all of the astronomers who have enlightened teachers and students over the years.

UC San Diego Health and Sharp HealthCare form a joint liver transplantation program, expanding and enhancing services for patients with end - stage liver disease.

Note that the loci represented are biased towards loci previously ascertained to show sharp allele frequency differences between both ends of the subspecies distributions, and even for some of these we are able to detect introgressed alleles.

Most importantly, hidden at the end of the paper was an analysis for cancer: «In sharp contrast to CVDs, cancer correlates with the consumption of animal food (particularly animal fat), alcohol, a high dietary protein quality, high cholesterol levels, high health expenditure, and above average height.»

We delve into each of these so that, by the end of this interview, you'll have great tips for your diet, nutrients, exercise and other techniques to help you be sharper, more focused with improved memory.

Personally, though I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of using this product I still will not foresake my sharp flicks by using this pen over liquid liner for the very ends of my wings.

For the sharp - eyed, Nigel Slater makes a cameo near the end as a chef at the Savoy.

What makes «Roger Dodger» hold its own is the razor - sharp script by Dylan Kidd (who also directs for the first time), and the decision to focus more on the fall of the rakish teacher than the rise of his student — even if in the end it turns back to Nick and the question of whether he is an alternative model of man, or just another Roger - in - waiting.

In his older age, for the notes he can't hit (that F - sharp at the end of Live Another Day comes to mind) he simply substitutes volume for pitch.

She has written screenplays in the past, including the 2011 «Fright Night» remake, and rather than necessarily seeing the books «Sharp Objects» and «Dietland» as one - off films, she saw the open - ended possibilities for making them into series.

Star Joel McCrea, Harris says, is clearly a stand - in for «middle America,» a sharp but provincial guy in need of convincing that the woes of overheated Europe merit an end to U.S. isolationism.

Sherlock is sharp, funny, and so suspenseful by the end that waiting until 2011 for more seems unfathomable.

Festival director Alberto Barbera, who is responsible for selecting much of the festival programme, acknowledges the issue, but is confident that several of the films in his lineup will be in the reckoning at the sharp end of awards season.