Sentences with phrase «shot at gaining»

Taiwan PC makers Acer and Asus on Monday took another shot at gaining a foothold in the tablet market, unveiling several new products running on Microsoft's much - anticipated Windows 8 operating system.

Giving students a non-biased, wide variety of opportunities through a specialised school portal will mean that every child is given a fair shot at gaining work experience, and theycan build expertise, skills and capabilities that can then be used across the job market.

But some stars are in alignment, and as Chubb's success shows, this is probably science's best shot at gaining and keeping public support.

He is widely viewed as the Republicans» best shot at gaining a statewide office.

«Our passion for better quality, more nutrient dense products leads us to brands who offer transparency in ingredient lines and supply chains who have a shot at gaining consumer buy - in,» Facchina says.

Not exact matches

The face - off between the two countries gained ground after Russia warned that any U.S. missiles fired at Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel enclave would be shot down.

While there is definitely a risk involved, Walter Updegrave writes in CNN Money that you «go with a portfolio that will give you a shot at realistic gains but you'll also be comfortable sticking with during major market setbacks.»

Oracle took another shot at Amazon's dominant cloud business, and claimed its own rival cloud is gaining share.

A few years later I was working a full - time job as a marketing and brand manager at a toy company where I got a lot of product development experience and realized I had gained enough knowledge to give this idea a shot.

BlackBerry's stock, which closed on Jan. 13 at $ 9.71, shot up 30 % on the news to close at $ 12.60 on Jan. 14, its biggest one - day gain in years.

Yet Mickey D's operating rebound goes deeper than simply accelerating sales gains, and so the stock has a good shot at outpacing the market from here.

The idea of arming teachers gained momentum after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in February.

I'm pretty bummed out because I think I had a very decent shot at winning first place this year since I gained a decent fan base last year, but as this is yet another situation out of my control, I'm going to look on the bright side instead.

At first, the gains will be relatively small — Giannis pushing the ball in transition with arms that look like a genetic mutation, Jabari pivoting around a defender to hit a spinning jump shot.

With players steadily returning from injury throughout the second half of the season and potential gains during the transfer window, the Gunners have a good shot at some Premier League silverware come May.

Jos was renowned for being good at the start (in 1996 he gained places in every race but one) and he shot up from a season - best grid slot of 14th to 10th by the end of the first lap.

I can wildly scream at you about concerning strokes - gained putting stats now, only for him to sleep on a three - shot 54 hole lead later in the week.

He gained a lot of attention last summer when he toured various college camps with Premier Players International, an organization set up to help European players develop and have a shot at playing in college.

This is different to previous seasons, whereby our wide men were looking to play as natural wingers, who gain speed and dribble at the opposition in order to put in crosses or shoot.

The team would try and get the ball to them, so that they could gain speed, dribble at defenders and then either shoot or put crosses in to the box.

In what will be a hotly contested race pitting Avella against other campaign heavyweights like City Councilman Peter Vallone and Leroy Comrie, Lobbyist Melinda Katz, and Senator Jose Peralta, despite the strong opposition Avella is said to be mulling a chance to stand out from the crowd to gain a foothold in boro - wide politics for another shot at Mayor in 2017.

Addressing a crowd of GOP officials and supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the NRA leader bemoaned that «the opportunist wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain» in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last week.

Deutch has gained some national attention after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School.

Cuomo, speaking at an event promoting a measure approved last month to make it easier for women to gain access to breast cancer prevention and treatment, called the Dallas shootings «a sick and mad act.»

Democrats need a net gain of 30 seats to regain control of the House, and the DCCC believes the 31 districts and candidates included in its «Red to Blue» or its «Emerging Races» program represent some of the party's best shots at winning control of the lower chamber.

He said «the robbers were unable to break into the bullion van, they shot at the bullion van but could not gain entry and had to leave after some fifteen minutes of heavy shooting.»

5 Important Tips for Your Next Mass Gain Phase Written By Justin Woltering Is this your first shot at getting big?

and yes, i think i gained 5 extra pounds just looking at those food shots, hahaha!

They discuss gaining filming access, getting natural reactions at the school, their gentleman's agreement to show Coach Bill the film before releasing it, the journey of shooting 500 hours of footage over the course of nine months in Tennessee,

In the case of the Jaguar XJ6, the solution has been to create another XJ6 that, while losing some of its predecessor's classic styling, gains contemporary verve and a shot at becoming the next classic Jaguar.

We at Pocket - lint can only dream of gaining entry to Virgin Atlantic's flagship Clubhouse at Heathrow Airport.How we yearn to take a dip in its spa pool, relax at the cocktail bar, shoot some pool and some 8 - bit aliens in the den, or chill on the roof... Read more

Given such undersized projected rates of return, you can't afford to give up any more of your gain to fees than you absolutely have to if you want to have a reasonable shot at attaining and maintaining a secure retirement.

AA percentages are just a shot in the dark at the best, so nothing is gained by exactitude.

Some investors are willing to risk losses in order to have a shot at higher gains.

A better approach: go with a portfolio that will give you a shot at realistic gains but you'll also be comfortable sticking with during major market setbacks.

When it comes to investing for retirement, you need to create a diversified mix of stocks and bonds that's compatible with your tolerance for risk and that has a reasonable shot at generating the long - term gains you'll need to build a nest egg that can sustain you throughout retirement.

Join the Drillers for the first installment of City Vet Hospital Bark and Park, presented by Tulsa SPCA and City of Tulsa, Save our Streams this Wednesday, June 17th at 7:05 p. Gates open at 6p and fans with dogs should present their shot records at the Oil Derrick or Arvest Entrance to gain entry with their furry friends.

Join the Drillers for the next installment of City Vet Hospital Bark in the Park, presented by Tulsa SPCA and City of Tulsa, Save our Streams this Wednesday, July 29th at 7:05 p. Gates open at 6p and fans with dogs should present their shot records at the Oil Derrick or Arvest Entrance to gain entry with their furry friends.

The good point in these games is that the player will be gaining good analytical skills to analyze the distance and the force the player would require shooting at the target.

By shooting rockets at your feet you can blast upwards or shoot to the side to gain speed and using the right stick rockets can be fired in any direction.

As a shoot»em up you're equipped with a standard shot, which in most situations is fairly ineffective, as well as an energy blade, which is an excellent means of gaining control of a seemingly lost situation, and a lock - on targeting system similar to that of Panzer Dragoon, which can take out multiple enemies at once.

It's not a small change, but at the same time this is how Avatar and Tintin were shot, and it's how the CG industry works because they know how much you gain from shooting face, voice and body at the same time.»

In Spyro's case, he is able to upgrade from throwing a single fireball to being able to shoot three at a time, as well as gaining the ability to fire one huge supercharged blast.

This has caused them to be used in order to gain «gamer cred» by people who are looking for an easy shot at the culture.

With upgrades, it gains the ability to shoot four pretty powerful shots at once, though this shouldn't be your primary focus with Gamora.

There's Smash, in which the aim is to smash your opponent's backboard, 21 tasks you with being the first player to score 21 points, Elimination has the player with the lowest score being eliminated at the end of each quarter until there's only one left, and Domination asks you to take shots from a certain spot in order to gain control of it, with points rising quicker if you are controlling more than one at once.

The two players (or the single player and an AI) will frantically move in the small interior of the spacecraft they travel in, shooting a gun at a cluster of enemies before re-orienting the shield to gain a moment of respite to then fire the superweapon and get a chance to use the drive to get away.

It's a cool little risk / reward strategy that will allow you to shoot up the leagues at the risk of losing some of your monetary gain, but it's fun all the while.

During the later 1960s, Andy Warhol emerged as the Damien Hirst of his day, gaining fame and notoriety in equal amounts for his iconic celebrity screenprints, his conceptualist film work, his increasingly sleek art production methods and his self promotion - at least until he was shot and seriously wounded on June 3, 1968.

Another motivation for such attacks may be that education itself is viewed as an antidote to the spread of extremism, and suppressing education may be seen as a means of gaining control over the population — a theory expressed by Malala Yousafzai, from Pakistan, who, at the age of 15, was shot in the face on a school bus for advocating for education for girls.