Sentences with phrase «something is in the offing»

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I think that a lot of people in the US think that tax evasion and tax avoidance is something that happens in a far off place with palm trees and ocean breezes.

That was a project started quite a while ago with the r / IAMA mods with the aim of making something physical and beautiful to show off in the real world.

Lately, I've found that even the mission - critical business ideas that make it through my first set of filters have to address another elephant in the room: the question of whether this startup is building something that's going to become a free - standing and independent business or whether it's developing a great feature that is going to be swallowed up, ripped off, or rolled over by one of the big guys in their space in the near future.

If the investors don't want to put their money down, something in your plan might be turning them off.

It's believing in something bigger, and allows you to take the focus off yourself.

Starting off with my favorite holiday of the year, Halloween is one of the most mindless holiday marketing months and I am not talking about zombies; though when I read some of these Facebook pages it makes me wish I was one... What I mean is that it's relatively easy to research and find quality content that can be used to boost interest in your cause, so why not do something more ghoulish?

Even though its roots are planted firmly in the mystique of its uncompromising off - roading prowess, the G - Wagon has now become the SUV of choice for the posh suburbanite or the Hollywood starlet looking for something «different».

To further help, RI's tech support solution is a combination of in - house and third - party, but Eisenhardt is careful to point out that even third - party support uses RI's own QA process, rather than something off - the - shelf (which can make for an inconsistent consumer experience).

But the real reason Walmart would bother with its own app is simple: helping Walmart improve the in - store customer experience, something key as it tries to fend off Amazon.com and a resurgent Target (tgt).

«From the start, there was so much energy and buzz in the room that I knew we were really onto something, and after three or four workshops, I quit my job to get Ladies Learning Code off the ground.

In some cases, buyers are really angry about something else, or they're just looking to blow off steam and you're the unlucky person on the receiving end.

In doing my research, I realized that virtually every site I visited used the same words to describe what they did and most started off by saying something like «we are different to other financial advisers».

Suddenly, I'm living in the old folks home, trying to do something like god knows what, to get something off the ground, not having any idea what we were doing.»

They should understand the milestones you need to reach in order to meet the financial goals you've set together, alert you when they see something off with the direction your business is headed and help you get back on track.

If doing a project is going to stretch me too thin to take care of other obligations, then I'm either going to spend money paying someone else to take something off my plate, or I'm going to short - change someone in my business or personal life.

«You can't pull off something like this in Russia unless Putin says it's OK.»

Ultimately, I was able to pay it off, but I felt guilty throughout — and I learned that something that's too good to be true is never a possibility in the real world.»

«Let's face it: There is something wrong with our system when I can leave [Harvard] and make billions of dollars in 10 years, while millions of students can't afford to pay off their loans, let alone start a business,» said Zuckerberg.

Apparently, audiences were not interested in seeing a nearly three - hour - long movie about a robotic alien truck eluding the clutches of an intergalactic bounty hunter by joining forces with prehistoric robot dinosaurs — that would be Transformers: Age of Extinction — or that one where Tom Cruise is repeatedly killed while fending off an alien invasion... or something.

What's interesting about our industry, infomericals, is when something takes off, it just really becomes the dominant brand in the industry.

In our experience, it's better to come off as a little too sprightly than too brusque: style and punctuation matter, and even something as simple as an exclamation point can lighten the tone.

If you're looking for something that can handle more technical paths, though, I'd wager you'd be better off investing in a more close - fitting shoe.

«When I'm meeting people for the first time, I ask about something they're excited about right now, or what they do in their time off, rather than asking «What do you do?»»

He said that he was talking about the idea of killing off the character since the fourth or fifth episode of season eight but that it was something the showrunner Scott Gimple could have had in mind for a while.

Now, of course, if this is something that takes normal companies two weeks to accomplish and under your leadership it took six months, you might want to leave off the dates, but otherwise put them in when it makes sense.

Mercedes - Benz recently dropped off this 2016 CLC300 4Matic test car clad in a groovy matte «Magno Dakota Brown» paint job for Business Insider to drive (matte - finish cars are something of a trend now).

As soon as I hear something like, «They worked for IBM,» or «They went to Harvard,» alarm bells start going off in my head because those are the wrong things to be looking at — at least as far as job qualifications go.

«In our case we started off with consumers and citizen scientists, understanding the microbiome, and we found something in our data set that was really stunning and valuable,» she sayIn our case we started off with consumers and citizen scientists, understanding the microbiome, and we found something in our data set that was really stunning and valuable,» she sayin our data set that was really stunning and valuable,» she says.

Every year when this game comes up, one Group of 5 school is charged with proving to the world that they can play with the marquee teams in the country, and I want to see the Golden Knights pull off something special here.

This is the most straightforward approach, in which a contribution is made to a project or cause, and the donor doesn't receive anything in exchange other than a good feeling for supporting something in which they believe (and perhaps a tax write - off).

Unless you're participating in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program or something similar, you will pay a price for having part of your loans written off.

«You really have to think long term and build something you believe in and stay focused on the vision and the plan and know it's ultimately going to pay off.»

«The biggest turn - off is if someone says they are «best - of - breed» or something similar in their given profession,» says Monica Roy, recruiting manager at a Seattle - based marketing and tech consultancy POP.

It's nice to receive a little something extra, but when the novelty of money wears off, motivation has to be stirred in other places.

When evaluating a collectible item, consider that furniture makers were experts in their day, so anything indicating otherwise is likely a clue that something is off.

Once that's accomplished, pay - per - click marketing can become an additional tool in the arsenal versus something the company is overly reliant upon and paying a bounty on to fend off competitors.

«So Jeremy Grantham could well be onto something in his recent blow - off thesis,» he wrote.

It goes something like this: Sure, you might spend money you don't quite have, and have to work your ass off, but in return, the industry — the market — will soon be pursuing you.

Something is off in our society when we spend more time worrying about the color of a dress as opposed to climate change.»

«Everyone's suffering in the Holocaust including, obviously, all of the Jewish people affected and the miserable genocide that occurred is something that we consider to be extraordinarily sad and something that can never be forgotten and something that if we could wipe it off of the history books we could.

However, if someone acts unprofessionally when he's nervous, know there's a chance those habits will reappear in other stressful situations (i.e., that this person will be late or say something off color in important meetings too).

Though the company's earnings improved in the fourth quarter, analysts are cautious about whether or not wearable tech fashion is something Fossil can really pull off, as MarketWatch reports.

Instead, reserve some time and energy to do something that simply makes you feel good in the moment, whether it's reading a book, watching a movie, going for a walk or taking an entire day off from work.

The weather in Taiwan is pretty hot, so this is a good treat to help cool off and not feel guilty about eating something sweet.

Working to get better at something you already do well is good, but working to get better at something you don't do well — or cant do at all — can pay off in a huge way.

Another way to do — to get out when there is that lull in the conversation, say, «Hey, I want to introduce you to someone, I think you'll have lot in common» and then take that person over there but make sure the person that you are dumping that person off actually would get something out of that conversation because that would just be rude — if there was anything there.

I mean, everyone's suffering in the Holocaust, including obviously all of the Jewish people affected and the miserable genocide that occurred is something that we consider to be extraordinarily sad and something that can never be forgotten and something that if we could wipe it off of the history books we could.

Russell Perry, chief executive of Keane, an advertising agency in Arizona, understands these fears from working directly with clients, many of whom are afraid to take the leap in creating something off - kilter, especially if the firm offers a more buttoned - up product or service.

«They've managed to pull something off that's pretty rare in retailing.»

(In other words, he practiced law until he paid off his student loans and then found something he was more passionate about.)