Sentences with phrase «short of a windfall»

While you're probably not going to make a massive change in your finances, short of a windfall like winning the lottery, there are plenty of things you can do to ensure you're bringing in enough monthly income to live comfortably.

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If Google signs up a lot of new merchants for the holiday season, and Google downplays tools that filter traffic and encourages merchants to «go all out» on the big generic keywords, this could be a short - term windfall for Google.

The logic behind this (as I remember it from one of Clegg's speeches) was that by the time the child reaches 18 years old, a lump - sum windfall may deliver a short - term benefit but will be of little use in the long - run if they had a poor education.

In the meantime, geologists don't question the economic motivation of their windfall of short - term grants — they just work the field and hope it lasts.

Other recipients of the windfall include Charles Ruggles, Gary Cooper, May Robson, Gene Raymond, and in the shortest, most perfectly - pitched episode (directed by Ernst Lubitsch), Charles Laughton as a clerk emboldened by his newfound freedom.

Hopefully with the recent windfall of financial operating costs and money to burn, they will get something juicy going in short order.

Amazon introduced Kindle Unlimited, which enables customers to pay $ 10 a month and borrow as many books as they like — with the caveat that only some titles are in the program, which pays $ 1.33 for a borrow instead of the royalty an author would normally see (except for Amazon imprints and trad pubs, which see their full royalty on a borrow); a windfall for those writing 10K short stories or serials, but not so great for those with novels, hence limited participation.

Short of a financial windfall — like a large inheritance or winning the lottery — you'll need to make a conscious effort to spend and save wisely if you want to build wealth.

I am relieved to hear that a trip to Las Vegas is not on your short list of options for your sudden windfall.

For the same reason where I once rejoiced when one of my portfolio members was taken over at the prospect of a short - term windfall I now have very mixed feelings, as it is one less attractive investment for my money.

On Windfall Island you meet the talking boat you'll be traveling on, and complete a short quest to find a sail for it, which you then map to one of the buttons on your controller.

[I] n the short term contract attorneys doing document review get a windfall but it may come at the expense of their long term prospects.