Sentences with phrase «staked in the ground as»

One of the many lessons that I have learned at HGSE is the importance of putting a stake in the ground as a leader, and clearly stating my intent and intensity.

So you're sick of your job and you're ready to put your stake in the ground as an entrepreneur in real estate....

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Founded as a regional airline, HNA evolved into a powerhouse, with stakes in Hilton Hotels, Deutsche Bank and the airport ground services company Swissport.

The first type, as I indicated, was simply a sharpened stake in the ground.

The end is to ground a theory of truth; the immediate means to this is the doctrine of the unfading everlastingness of all occasions in God; the proximate means then becomes the doctrine that God prehends actual occasions as they are becoming, as they are contemporary with the appropriate moment in his developing consequent nature; finally, the remote assumption grounding this proximate means, and hence the whole edifice of Whiteheadian interpretation at stake here, is the assumption that God is everywhere and hence includes the regional standpoint of every temporal actual entity.

Democrats in the narrowly divided state Senate have sought to stake out ground opposing (or «resisting» in the parlance of the political times) the Trump administration as well as pointing out their contrasts with Republican lawmakers, who they have sought to tie to actions by the new president.

Silver Award: Alex Kuffner The Providence Journal «Rising seas, rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The best of the four is Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's «Mississippi Grind,» starring Ben Mendeloshn and Ryan Reynolds as a pair of lovable loser gamblers going all - in on a gambling trip designed to earn the stake for an infamous poker game.

«I started thinking about the president as a public intellectual, someone who sticks a stake in the ground and says this is what an institution should be.»

Their members have a huge stake in how schools are run, as well as a ground - level view of what really matters in the classroom.

As we continue to study choice - based policies in K — 12 education, one challenge we must confront is the push - pull created by high - stakes accountability measures designed to assess schools, students, and educators, based solely on test scores — an area where choice proponents and opponents often find common ground.

Dressed in battle fatigues, she had students marching, chanting slogans, and dropping to the ground to do push - ups for not completing assignments as part of a four - week math boot camp to get seventh graders ready for Mississippis high - stakes tests.

«It suggests to me, that we needed, as a profession, people to put some stakes in the ground and say look, here is the mark, now let's talk about how we get there.»

The Obama - Duncan activism (in which President Barack Obama refused to kowtow to most Democrats as well as Republicans) staked out ground that is almost certainly going to be lost with the Republican control of Congress.

Fully redesigned from the ground up, and substantially re-energized in form and function, the all - new third - generation 2016 Honda Pilot stakes its claim as the new benchmark in the three - row mid-sized SUV segment.

Fully redesigned from the ground up, the all - new third - generation 2016 Honda Pilot stakes its claim as the new benchmark in the three - row mid-sized SUV segment.

Jun 17, 2015 — Fully redesigned from the ground up, and substantially re-energized in form and function, the all - new third - generation 2016 Honda Pilot stakes its claim as the new benchmark in the three - row mid-sized SUV segment.

I think that having a stake in the ground at this early stage is important and making sure my work is available on as many platforms as possible helps grow our audience.

As project manager Colin Dwan puts it, «Fallen Earth has great technology and tons of content, but we needed to put a stake in the ground about all the features that were absolutely necessary to ship with.

It'll drive some stakes in the ground for what to expect to see as confirming / refuting evidence in the decades ahead.

Most modern wells that use fracking are, in fact, horizontal wells, but the industry welcomed the governor's veto as staking out middle ground.

As a matter of fact, he had so many and he used them so often that ultimately I put a stake in the ground and set a goal of living an «idiom free» existence.

My background is in high stakes Plaintiff litigation against insurance companies such as United Healthcare, so my point of view in asset protection is grounded in the practicalities of the litigation war.