Sentences with phrase «short of picking up»

At this point, M can do pretty much everything an actual human assistant might be able to do, short of picking up your dry cleaning.

Should those conferences realign at current strength, short of picking up a new seat, they would still need Felder to join them in order to form a majority coalition.

And with the Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy having just enjoyed a stellar campaign in the Premier League and being a lot of people's choice for the Player of the Season, despite falling just short of picking up the golden boot, it seems churlish to be negative about the latest Arsenal transfer rumours.

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Well, we picked up 45,000 mining jobs in a very short period of time,» Trump said on July 17 at a White House event showcasing American - made products.

If you haven't picked it up yet, it's well worth a read in full and is packed with examples of how our knee - jerk decision - making machinery can lead us astray, as well as techniques to short - circuit bias.

Early in his presidency, he exaggerated that the country had «picked up 45,000 mining jobs in a very short period of time,» adding that he planned to do away with onerous regulation surrounding the industry.

On its own, this strategy likely won't satisfy even long - term shareholders, and in its time of trial Talisman has picked up some shorter - term players with a penchant for shareholder activism.

It is really about picking up nearly 2 percentage points more of yield while waiting for Mr. Carney to act on rates, at which time, it would be best to switch to shorter duration holdings.

But cash isn't such a bad thing in a rising rate environment as the yield pick up rather quickly on money market accounts or you can roll some of that over into higher yielding short - term bonds.

If $ SMH can set a higher swing low and close above Monday's high on a pick up in volume, then it may attract enough buying interest to break the short - term downtrend line and test the highs of the base:

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When you need a pick - me - up or dose of motivation, go to this short book.

In the case of NEO, those who buy and hold are in the short - term rewarded with GAS, but not as much, perhaps, as can be earned through picking up the RPX token, by comparison.

Given the uncertainties of interpretation, it seems unwise to put too much emphasis on changes in employment over short periods; viewed over the past year, employment has been sluggish, and does not appear to have accelerated further since the initial pick - up in the September quarter 1996.

In this blog post, I explain why stocks appear ready to move lower, then follow - up with a brief video analysis of a few stocks and ETFs that are setting up for potential short entry in my daily stock picking newsletter.

Crhis, to pick up on HJ's suggestion, I guess it is too much to expect that «Chris» is short for «Christine» and that you are a shapely 30 year - old redhead with DD breasts, a hyperactie $ ex drive, a fear of emotional commitment and a few hours to spare, hey?

I've seen people pick it up in short discussions, but more often it takes days or weeks of reading and discussion to «get it».

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson: This touching, delightful, and short collection of verse, sung from the perspective of a child, is bound to make your eyes a little cloudy — a great one to pick up when your heart and soul get overwhelmed.

So when I picked up A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, I was in danger of reading it with an open mind.

I've been looking for different cuts of meat to try and the short ribs looked great so I decided to pick up a few pounds.

With Nikki we made the short drive from her house to Va La Vineyards, and then onto an organic mushroom grower to pick up a case of portobellos (which we would throw on the grill later).

Long story short, after dealing with so much illness between 2011 - 2015, I kind of lost the identity of blogger, and picked up the identity of being a patient.

But if you are short on time (cajeta is no quick caramel sauce, it's a labor of love), you can just pick up a jar at the Mexican food aisle of the grocery store or at the Mexican grocery.

There are so many amazing and complex red wines coming out of that region that I always have a hard time picking a favorite... So I'll generally open up at least two bottles with dinner so that we can all sample and choose which one we like best paired with the short ribs.

Dry Ingredients: Pick and choose from the list, or use them all If I know I will be short on time in the morning, I will make up a container of dry ingredients the night before and store in the fridge.

Team Apuli who had been tied with them in the Standings picked up a W last week, so in terms of short - term goals..

He started Game 1 of the NLDS, came back in Game 4 on short rest to help keep the season alive, and then came back on ultra-super-short rest in Game 5 to pick up the save.

Which will work in the short term but eventually fails again in the long run, one thing i have also learnt is if muscles are not warmth up properly before a kick about, quick turns or burst of speed will put a strain on the tissues, most of our players have those skilll sets and are therefore liable to pick up injures,

Cleverley picks the ball up near the halfway line, running to just short of the edge of the penalty area, before unleashing a great strike.

50 yard TD pass — Holding Pick 6 — Illegal contact Sack — Roughing the passer Break up a pass — Blow to a defenseless receiver 3rd down stop short of first down — some small penalty to give them 5 yards and a 1st

We need a dependable back line (and goalkeeper) that are coached and drilled to defend.Even the simple and obvious seen foreign to us at times.Ever noticed how awful we are at defending corners?The number of times when we are caught out not picking up when teams take a short one against us - it's schoolboy defending that makes a mockery of what we actually do all week on the training ground.

GT, the problem with Walcott and Le Coq is, I suspect they are afraid of picking up another injury that could sideline them for another long or short spell.

Chelsea on the other hand have seemingly recovered from their minor blip, and will be confident of picking up a result against a Villa side massively short on confidence.

Short of goalkeeper, Ranger's reserve custodian Tom Sinclair was loaned to Celtic and went on to pick up a Glasgow Cup winner's medal in the process.

Gyokeres made himself useful in the final third, coming short on a number of occasions to pick up the ball and find a team - mate - and the Swede got his reward for his early work in the 33rd minute when he broke the deadlock for the Seagulls.

This news comes as bad news as the Gunners, Artete picked up an ankle problem in training, although it is not certain how long he will be out but his absences will leave Wenger short of options.

Boston College pulled off the upset as short underdogs in Blacksburg despite picking up a grand total of 11 first downs.

The Magpies» excitement of having picked up a win on the weekend, may be very short lived.

After picking up some sort of injury against QPR Saturday, Vermaelen may miss out on a chance to score another against the Cottagers, leaving the Gunners even shorter at the back.

Had he been stopped short of the first down, New England likely kicks the field goal, which would have covered the 7.5 point spread (25 - 17) or if Blount picks up three more yards on his big run the Pats score a touchdown covering the spread (29 - 17) for all bettors.

However, Fulham's away flaws have really come to light in such a short space of time and haven't picked up an away point since early December when they drew 1 - 1 at Burnley.

Pick up the long end of the sling and pull it through both rings and back down through the bottom ring, just like you did with the short end.

That's the only brand I seek out again and again; otherwise I'll pick up whatever WW pasta is on sale and comes in one of the shorter pasta lengths.

She's had short stints in a highchair the last couple of days & picks up & drops finger food & doesn't yet attempt to get it in her mouth yet.

If it is a surgery or a short - term course of drugs, consider pumping and dumping, supplementing with stored breast milk or formula, and then picking up breastfeeding again once the drugs have cleared your system.

Normally by the fourth night we were back in a routine and getting good sleep... if it is only a short trip you may just have to roll with the early wakeups and get out walking until the rest if the household was up... we are now back home and all those sleep disruptions have not caused any damage, just keep the basis of a routine and you can pick right back up where you left off...

If you're not into baking or are short on time, try picking up a gingerbread house kit, most of which just require decoration.

Peter likes to read too and is regularly seen picking up a book and reading for short periods of time before moving on to something else.

In the Greeley and Gresham schools and others we visited and in most of the elementary school lunchrooms throughout the city, children pick up their trays and file along a short cafeteria line that offers a serving of meat or an alternative, a vegetable, bread, fruit and milk.

Typically, these methods suggest putting your baby to bed when he's still awake and allowing short periods of crying punctuated by comforting (but not picking up) your child.