Sentences with phrase «so called opportunity»

Then there's the so called opportunity cost — maybe you could have been doing something more productive with your time.

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Similarly, Paul used the same opportunity to bring up Rubio's wavering on immigration, and his support of the so - called Gang of Eight immigration overhaul bill in 2013, where he voted with Democrats, including New York Senator Chuck Schumer, in favor of the bill.

Corporate has taken a liking to us, so when opportunities arise, we're the first ones they call.»

It's running a program for employers, of which about 60 have signed on so far, called 100 % Talent, to help them uncover gaps in pay and in opportunity, and to make changes where necessary.

By virtually every measure, prohibition of cannabis with high THC commonly known as marijuana and the variant with no recreational drug potential commonly known as hemp has cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars in missed business opportunities and wasted resources spent unsuccessfully fighting the so - called war on drugs.

But it didn't take long for Leung and his partners to stumble across what looked to be a mammoth opportunity: There was, he realized, an enormous craving for IT specialists who knew how to develop and manage web platforms that relied on so - called open - source software based on Linux — a non-propriety operating system beloved by Microsoft - loathing tech geeks the world over.

He noticed there was an opportunity to develop such modules, as well as virtual reality simulators, for so - called «ground school» training for helicopter pilots or the maintenance crews working on military airplanes such as the Royal Canadian Air Force's Hercules transport.

People who go into the work force expecting to find a 1950s - style General Motors will miss out on the more entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in the so - called gig economy, says Bastian Lehmann, founder of Postmates, a startup that delivers meals in 40 markets.

So you've been waiting around for the right opportunity to fall in your lap before you finally call it quits on your mediocre, old gig.

Ellison took many opportunities to boast about Oracle's new cloud services, like one called Cloud@Customer that lets customers run Oracle's cloud computing infrastructure services within their own so - called on - premise data center infrastructure.

It would also increase opportunities to test interest from investors prior to a fundraise, in a so - called test the waters phase.

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So when a venture capitalist called last fall asking her to lead a small cancer startup, she jumped at the opportunity to focus on a single drug — with no bureaucracy or politics.

In 2013, the company began offering employees the opportunity to take monthlong sabbaticals so long as the Martians, as they're called, felt the goal was worthwhile, according to Rob Rivenburgh, COO of the Mars Agency.

Ordinary metrics such as calls per day and minutes per call are a decent starting point, but they alone are not comprehensive enough to paint a complete picture of the skills of any particular sales rep.. So, consider incorporating lesser - used metrics into your performance tracking, such as voicemail - return rate, dial - to - opportunity percentage and dials - to - appointments ratio.

Sports equipment makers who aren't at least exploring the possibility of adding technology to their products are probably watching an opportunity slip away, given the public's growing interest in so - called wearables.

Process huddles focus on key performance indicators — such as first - call resolution for a call center or sales for a store — so that the team can discuss opportunities for improvement.

So if you drew a horizontal line and call that fair value like Ben Graham said, and then you draw a wavy line around that horizontal line and call that stock prices, the market is pitching us opportunities all the time between stocks that are way below fair value and way above fair value, the reason investors don't beat the market has nothing to do with the market is not throwing us pitches in that it's not still emotional, they are behavioral problem, there's agency problems, there is a lot of other issues going on but it's not because we're not getting really great pictures all the time.

«The Movants have had ample opportunity to intervene in the multiple cases challenging the so - called «Fiduciary Rule» in district courts around the country, in appeals in two other circuits courts, and in this appeal, which was decided by this Court more than a month ago,» the filing said.

Instead of running ads, they would define Scheer more slowly, over time, with a series of forced choices in Parliament, through government motions, much as opposition parties usually seek to define governments (you'll note that «define» in Ottawa politics is almost always pejorative by implication) through clever use of their occasional opportunity to define a day's parliamentary debate through so - called «supply motions.»

Weakness has been a clarion call to sell for so many, when it's really the buying opportunity that so few people recognize.

It was sort of based on job opportunity, something called «elite graduates» and data from Moody's (the same Moody's that rated many liar loans bundled as CDO's as AAA + so we know * they're * reliable).

«There's obviously huge opportunities there for us and we have extremely low share in that market overall and so we're putting a lot of energy there,» Cook said on Tuesday's call with analysts.

While a tight labor market provides definite advantages — such as employment opportunities for workers who have struggled to find a job — nonetheless, providing too much stimulus from either monetary or fiscal policy at this stage of the economic cycle could threaten to create a so - called «boom and bust» economy, which policymakers certainly want to avoid.

I did this professionally for so many at IBM through the employee advocacy program I created called the IBM Select Social Eminence program, affording me the amazing opportunity to work with social business leaders across the globe.

I've had the opportunity to listen to literally dozens of marketing speeches where so - called experts have said these two words.

Although the details of the two new bids remain vague, each would keep a so - called «stub» of Dell public, which would give shareholders who choose not to sell their stock the opportunity to profit if the company can execute its turnaround.

We call on Premier Horgan to immediately put forward his specific concerns and solutions on behalf of British Columbia around his perceived gaps in the Oceans Protection Plan so that we can move forward as a nation to protect our coastlines while advancing economic opportunity for British Columbians and Canadians alike.

Many of these visionaries have migrated their companies located in California and other parts of the world, to join a common dream, to achieve the reconstruction of a country and to lay the foundations for its citizens to see these new technologies as an opportunity to establish service and tourism companies that revolve around the so - called digital golds.

Triebel is optimistic that the U.K.'s so - called «advice gap» — in which investors can not or will not pay fees associated with financial advice — presents an opportunity for Wealthsimple's lower - cost robo - advisor service.

Religious people are so concerned about the so - called «culture war» that they're out there voting for the greatest enemies of the well - being and opportunity of the working - and middle - classes.

As Christians, I don't know if I'd call it a «responsibility» or «job», but it's our opportunity to have received such an amazing gift and out of our love for our creator, we cherish, admire, and protect it, and glorify Him by doing so.

A story sustains the precariousness and openness of the situation until it reaches its end, and does so by virtue of that power of imagination, or what I called memory that penetrates the future, to envisage a stretch of time as both sequentially related and also developing through human opportunity, intention, decision, and being acted upon.

Moreover, as Montgomery Watt notes, in the Qur» an, God loves all humanity and has sent to each community a prophet - messenger calling on them to serve God — so all people are given an opportunity of attaining «the great success», which is life in Paradise.

I will find so many opportunities to be faithful to the Lord, to my own self, to my family, to my season of life, to my calling, to my path, to my ideals, to my friends, to justice and mercy.

And so every time a statement is made or a caveat given, every time an opportunity is denied... every time you are left feeling smaller or told that you bear less Image, remember that you have been called to more than this.

I am so grateful — for all these opportunities, of course, but mostly for the kindness of other people: the reader who shoved a $ 50 Starbucks card into my pocket at a signing; the flight attendant who gently patted my arm; Dad's idea to make my favorite comfort food for dinner and Mom's faithful execution of pork loin, rice, and fried apples; Marvin and Brandon at Belk; Dan's shoulder; a call from my sister; readers who pile into minvans and drive many miles just to talk, friends who understood why, with all this good publicity, I would just need a good, long cry.

This can also by all means be regarded as ensuing in the interest of a more inclusive analysis of the human being, as an opportunity for the theoretical comprehension of the so - called «primitive» experiences which even human beings have — and indeed to a large extent in every case — experiences which, as a rule, reach the level of consciousness only, for example, in a dull bodily sensation, in the feeling of various degrees of general psychophysical «presence,» etc..

They see it almost as an insult, because they know about the millions of so - called christians in America who judge others by political affiliation, by income, by race, who only help people who are similar to themselves, who only befriend non-christians when it helps them or if they see an opportunity to convert, etc. - in short, the millions upon millions of Americans who call themselves christians yet do not even attempt to follow the teachings of Jesus.

But most so - called Christians see Jesus as a profit - making opportunity, or as a way to enforce their privilege on others, an excuse to persecute the helpless for their «sins.»

There are still opportunities out in the field to pick up some great fruit so just give me a call and let me know what your needs are.

Other speakers emphasised: the impact of cheaper and more accessible digital technology on identifying as well as solving problems (Mr Salesh Kumar and Dr Washington Otieno); the importance of realising the nutritional and economic value of food as well as accounting for the environmental impacts of food production (Dr Karen Brooks); and the opportunities for novel products from so - called waste, such as phosphorus recycling (Dr Dana Cordell); Novaq (Dr Cedric Simon); and anaerobic digestion (Dr Bernadette McCabe).

The rise in vegetarians and so - called flexitarians — occasional vegetarians who reduce meat consumption because of health, animal welfare or environmental issues — is translating into specific opportunities in cheese aisles across France with cheese emerging as a popular replacement for meat, according to Caroline Roux, an analyst for Mintel.

Martial will get his opportunities with the Premier League, Champions League and the domestic cups on the agenda this season, and so Mourinho will likely be pleased to hear that he's set on staying, and he'll hope that he can continue to contribute when called upon.

I am yet to see the trophies from Poch, Klopp, Kolhman, Padres, etc most of whom have had chances upon chances and as much opportunities as AW in the last 5aeasons but zero trophies,,, even the so called Mickey Mouse trophies.

just let those people who believe ALL GUNS BLAZING are going to be very disappointed his twitter source is a complete fraud was offered opportunity to do interview on benzema transfer to arsenal but he declined this proves his so called source is a silly 10 year old kid just looking for attention.

But I think his mum needs to tell him to collect the number of all arsenal's players and call each one of them and tells them to f ****** shoot more often cuz they have so many opportunities but 98 % of them will prefer to pass instead and that can be really frustrating.

Ospina is even worse than Cech.How lucky Ospina was to have not experienced many seasons of terrible defending like Szczesny did.He would've been exposed on countless occassions.Now the so called useless Pole is on his way for stardom if he takes his opportunities seriously.

This may be the biggest garbage article put on here sorry for the offense i like the site but this shows the lack of heart and appreciation and sadness of arsenal fans no love we've been spoiled for so long we cant lose with honor anymore we made it to a cup final a long way to go for any group i did nt see mu there or liverpool or tottenham and we beat a tough chelsea side in semi final to make there and lost a tough match to the best epl team by far this season and our fans are such poor losers we couldnt even stay to congratulate the team for making it that far and giving us the opportunity to go how embarrassing and sad and then try to say no desire i mean lets realistically analysethe game and not listen to so called manchester united scoundrs like Neville who never once cared more about arsenal than a piece of mud and then try to disassemble the team after a tough lost what kind fans are we.

«I look at those close calls as a positive sign for having given myself so many opportunities in our national championship and I believe that I'll have more opportunities,» Mickelson told reporters Tuesday at Pinehurst, where, in 1999 playing with Payne Stewart and about to become a first - time father, he notched his first of a record six runner - up finishes.