Sentences with phrase «stand in the back of»

Gary Cohn, the National Economic Council director who announced his resignation on Tuesday after failing to persuade Trump against the tariffs, stood in the back of the room.

Gandhi, as the leader of 150,000 Hindus in South Africa, knew that Mother India with its hundreds of millions would ultimately stand in back of him.

Your child can stand in the back of the toy and push it around if he or she wants to, or ride on it and propel using his or her legs instead.

Do you tend to stand in the back of the room rather than take a seat at the table?

Standing in the back of the cave, with the lights off is almost a transcendental experience.

The auditorium was filled to the brim, with attendees finally sitting on the steps and standing in the back of the room.

Since I had no idea how this worked, I pictured that I would be standing in the back of some area in the room.

For instance, you are in a sandwich shop grabbing lunch and you are standing in back of a very cute guy.

So there I was at the end of the film, standing in the back of this hypothetical screening, applauding emphatically.

They just stand in the back of a few scenes, make a few remarks about sex with their sister and their mother (eww) and take part in the utterly pointless singing numbers.

She directs him to stand in the back of the room.

The two characters stand in the back of a classroom while one explains that it's teaching beginners how to use their e-readers.

Standing in the back of the truck, you get a great view of the scenery around you.

Jim White, a tall, serious - looking man wearing a dress shirt and neatly pressed slacks, spends much of the conference standing in the back of the room with his arms folded, listening to the presentations.

A person standing in the back of a pickup truck loading a piece of equipment is injured when the equipment is dropped on his arm

Not exact matches

Mr. Thiel has long stood out in Silicon Valley for his vocal libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.

Additionally, they noted that those who were more likely to push back against their superiors as children «also have higher levels of willingness to stand up for their own interests and aims, a characteristic that leads to more favorable individual outcomes — in our case, income.»

But for Legere (it's pronounced «ledger»), wearing T - Mobile's distinctive color palette is all part of a serious business strategy he introduced when he joined as CEO back in 2012 — and a way to stand out from much larger competitors AT&T and Verizon.

China's Huawei said it backed Apple's chief executive Tim Cook in his stand - off with the United States government over breaking into an iPhone, but stopped short of saying explicitly it would adopt the same stance.

They were grabbing a quick lunch in our restaurant, so on my break I went to Mary Mac's, which is the last standing tea room in Atlanta, and got them a fat piece of true peach cobbler and brought it back just as they were finishing lunch.

According to Gartner, most companies in this space plow an average of 20 % of their revenues back into R&D; Kinaxis's R&D spending stands at 17 %.

Just as the Republicans won back control of the Senate in 2014 in part by criticizing the Obama administration's lackluster response to Ebola, the GOP could get hit this fall for standing in the way of Zika funding.

Tesla's sudden change in fortune stands in marked contrast to Fisker Automotive, a competing alternative car company now on the verge of bankruptcy and at the center of controversy over $ 192 million in federal funding that it's unlikely to pay back.

Check out the location beforehand, getting a feel for the size of the space and the setup (whether there's a podium, microphone stand, etc.) Lindner suggests having people in the audience that you know, with whom you're comfortable, so there are friendly faces who can smile back or nod reassuringly.

However, once in a while you have to stand back and look beyond today to determine what's in the best interest of your business and yourself over the long run.

Johnston, welcoming MPs back to work after a month - long delay, opened the speech by noting that «the eyes and ears of Canadians turn toward this Parliament, in trust that those who stand here in their place will relentlessly advance and uphold the ideals that are inclusive, honourable, selfless, smart and caring at every turn without fail.»

Back in October, the panel allocated only 1 % of government funds to such a measure; today the number stands at 14 %.

We're on a moving sidewalk and this guy standing in front of us has all these old school tattoos, back pack, boots... he was a hardcore looking dude.

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

This TV stand does away with the furniture part of the equation in favor of two legs that you'll screw into the holes on the back of your TV so that the TV can stand on any old table.

«It stands to reason the eight schools in the official Ivy League account for 10.7 percent of total capital raised and 7 percent of companies - talking undergrad numbers here - to get at least a first round of venture financing, as pedigree accounts for a lot when it comes to backing a first - time entrepreneur,» he wrote.

When the Congressional Budget Office reported that the AHCA stood to strip 24 million people of their health insurance, Congressional Republicans divided into two camps — those who disliked the bill for fear that it would harm their constituents (not to mention their own electoral prospects) and those who did not feel that the bill went far enough in rolling back the «socialism» of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

It's healthy in today's climate to have diversified offerings, as long as they are all connected back to the brand's promises and stay true to the essence of what the brand stands for.

And since a few financial institutions played multiple roles in the market, some of the banks that were paid to back ABCP now stand to actually make money from its failure.

At a very high level, I'm investing in ventures where I believe we stand a chance of getting our money back within a timeframe we're willing to wait, getting a return on capital (including financial and impact returns), and investing in someone we trust.

«The poor performance of the Wii U has dented its standing, but Nintendo has come back from similar poor sales in the TV console business before,» he says.

Staffers could stand in the way of Pruitt's ambitions to cut back on the agency's role, slowing the potential damage of his appointment.

With trade war anxiety rising, it's worth taking a step back to get a sense of where the market stands in terms of valuations, and what could lie ahead if trade policy around the world turns more protectionist.

Now its 2016 and Hillary Clinton can't say anything about what really happened in 2008 for fear of being accused of being a back stabber, so instead she takes the attacks that she is for Wall Street and the Banks even though she actually lost the 2008 democrat nomination because she stood up for the impoverished homeowner and not for wall street.

With the NRA and NRA - backed politicians becoming a focal point of the conversation around gun control, people and companies are standing up to say «enough» as they join in the rapidly growing NRA boycott.

Once you have completed the ten months of payments, your credit will improve, and your account will be back in good standing, regaining your financial aid eligibility.

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in its financial reporting system».

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in in its financial reporting system».

Here at The Atlantic, my esteemed colleague Alexis Madrigal has already weighed in on the debate: According to dozens of guidebooks dating back to the early days of the internet, imho stands for «in my humble opinion.»

If this authority had existed in 2008, Bear's bondholders would not now stand to get 100 % of their money back, with interest, as they presently do, and Lehman's disorganized liquidation would have been completely unnecessary.

Just prior to Mr. Porter's lecture, I had the honour of standing on stage in front of more than 600 business leaders to unveil our new logo, which we have been working on since our Members voted overwhelmingly to change our name back in January.

in good standing, & give back of current eligible device in good & functional condition.

The GOP leadership of the Florida House and Senate quickly stood with Scott in backing a broad package of legislative initiatives, including funding for increased school security and setting up a new process to take guns out of the hands of those deemed to pose a danger.

Too many of us stand back from that, we invest in ETFs without wanting to engage, and we chase average returns because we commit average effort.

I always get nasty comments when I point them out, but survivorship bias looms large when we forget that the few famous entrepreneurs — even the hundreds of relative unknowns in the Sunday Times» Rich List — stand on the broken backs of uncountable also - rans.