Sentences with phrase «strategic points in»

The fan discovers your book in the course of playing the QuickQuiz since information about your book shows up at strategic points in the quiz.

Read the latest live updates International reaction In pictures Soldiers were seen at strategic points in Istanbul, with jets flying low in Ankara.

Decorate strategic points in the party room with cute clothes pins and ask the moms to tell you how many they spot.

So instead of focusing on the origin of the seizure, which we might not identify in time, we propose going after a strategic point in the network — a choke point that can cut off the abnormal activity.»

The idea is simple enough: pick a strategic point in the middle of everything you want to see and stay there, taking day trips and unpacking only one time.

Located in a strategic point in front of the Pacific Ocean, with direct access from San Jose...

Located in a strategic point in front of the Pacific Ocean, with direct access from San Jose and 1 hour and 20 minutes from The Liberia International Airport, lies this charming beach resort.

To qualify, organizations must demonstrate exceptional creativity and effectiveness; have reached a critical or strategic point in their development; show strong leadership and stable financial management; have previously received MacArthur support; and engage in work central to one of MacArthur's core programs.

Not exact matches

Barry Pellas, who oversees tech strategy and the development of strategic assets for digital transformation firm PointSource, points out that Amazon certainly could be using facial recognition to individually identify customers in its new high - tech store in Seattle, but does not.

«Many experts are pointing to the South China Sea dispute as the eventual outcome to China's Arctic involvement, but the strategic value of the Arctic simply does not make sense for China to engage in confrontational behavior,» Zhang said.

The strategic thinking that Lamstein used to get WorldWise up and running is a case in point of double - bottom - line thinking.

These included such bullet points as «Recent organizational realignment has strengthened focus on sales and revenue generation,» and «Well positioned in our markets, strong portfolio of strategic assets and committed to achieving revenue growth.»

There comes a point in the life of a startup when the very thing that spawned it becomes a strategic liability.

These methods are helpful in evaluating a business or a project from a strategic point of view.

The men's soccer team currently sits between Bahrain and Niger in the international rankings, but that's precisely the point, according to the CSA's strategic plan.

«Mobile app stores are an important entry point to the mobile Internet, and are therefore of great strategic interest to Baidu,» Kaiser Kuo, a spokesman for Baidu in Beijing, said in an e-mail.

Stephanie: I attended High Point University in North Carolina where I studied Strategic Communication.

I began working towards earning my Master's Degree in Strategic Communication at High Point University in January 2013 (almost done, wootwoot).

The learning model of UCLA Anderson's Executive MBA program emphasizes mastery of the fundamentals of business, proficiency in analytical problem - solving skills, plus the development of an explicit point of view on strategic leadership and on what it means to lead.

Kenney heralded Philly as being in a «Goldilocks zone» for Amazon, pointing to the city's talent pool, affordability and strategic location along the Northeast corridor.

The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ - NMS: HCKT), an intellectual property - based strategic consultancy and leading enterprise benchmarking and best practices digital transformation firm, has been invited to present at the 30th Annual ROTH Capital Partners Conference, which is being held on March 11 - 14, 2018 at The Ritz - Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, California.

All these measures point to that Beijing has committed in the «going global» as a long - term strategic trend, rather than a short - term arbitrage.

The Strategic Total Return Fund continues to hold a portfolio duration of about 6 years, meaning that a 1 % (100 basis point) change in interest rates would induce a roughly 6 % change in the value of the Fund.

Strategic Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3.5 years in Treasury securities (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the Fund by about 3.5 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), and holds about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

Analysts point to China as a growing source of aid and investment in the region, and there is a growing «comfort zone» between China and the region's small and medium countries which are increasingly unsure or distrustful of the credibility of the US as a strategic partner.

This transition allowed her to begin the path to a Master's Degree in Strategic Communication at High Point University.

One can request a strategic delay in the examination of a patent application in order to defer costs or to wait to see if the patent will be infringed, but at the five - year point the patent is considered abandoned if examination is not requested.

Strategically Backed by Zhongcheng Group: In 2017, Point Loma established a long - term strategic partnership with Evenergy Co. Ltd. (Evenergy).

In many cases this is appropriate, and independent board members find the family's perspective to be invaluable from both strategic and operational points of view.

For now, the Strategic Total Return Fund continues to carry a limited duration of about 2 years (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the Fund by about 2 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), mostly in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities.

Kors pointed to milestones in its efforts to implement its Runway 2020 strategic plan.

Strategic Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3 years in Treasury securities (meaning a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact Fund value by about 3 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), with about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

But investors need to think in terms of percentage, not points, said advisor Darek W. Hunt of Aurora Strategic Advisors in Lumberton.

I even find myself a little mystified by why it was such a big deal back in the day, telling myself, «Well, of course they were going to reconcile at some point, and in certain strategic and economy terms they already had, so why the big fuss?

Furthermore, during the procession of the yearly festival she is taken to the borders in every direction (North, South, East and West) and a sacrifice is performed for her in order to energize her powers to guard and protect the colony and its inhabitants at all the strategic points of the geographic boundaries.

Images that ran in the state - run newspaper show dictator Kim Jong Un signing a military plan in front of a map titled, «Plan for the strategic forces to target mainland U.S.» The map also clearly shows missiles with arrows pointing to Hawaii, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess; once we begin to think of our faith in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or procedural transparency or proper leadership roles or managerial responsibilities and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or current and accurate and relevant identity / purpose / vision / mission statements or strategic and tactical plans or valid and useful performance metrics — at that point, we have become money changers and temple authorities, we have deformed from a community into an industry that requires exclusionary individualism.

The SFWSC sponsors nationwide tasting events throughout the year where trade professionals can sample the Competition's top winners; Competition winners enjoy discounts on point - of - sale and other printed materials through SFWSC's strategic partners; and winners are eligible to purchase medallion bottle stickers and to reproduce medallion imagery in their print and online promotions.

«There comes a point in many of these emerging brands» operational development where founders or investors recognize the value of operational support for better execution of existing operations or expansion to realize on a strategic initiative.»

Our approach in designing food halls is holistic, from helping guide early strategic choices, through design, development, and curating retail partners with the right point of view.

«For sure there are another four to six more stores that we can put in strategic places, but the real growth is going to come from looking at new types of touch points,» Mr Gardberg told The Australian Financial Review.

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Most importantly, the attack convinced the Japanese high command that they had to destroy America's remaining aircraft carriers... leading directly to the Battle of Midway, a strategic disaster for the Japanese and a true turning point in World War II.

While the UK has a history of ambivalence towards European integration, Cameron's official speech has placed the EU at a strategic inflection point in its development.

Assuming that decision - makers make cost - benefit analyses when deciding to use force, China's doctrine calls for acquiring a nuclear arsenal only large enough to destroy an adversary's «strategic points» in such a way that the expected costs of a first strike outweigh the anticipated benefits.

In the Kargil War, Pakistani soldiers took control of a very important strategic point, Tiger Hill.

Big, strategic, thought through ideas with broad support are needed: that's not been his approach in his first term, but maybe his comments in the small hours suggest a turning point.

The Guardian was correct to point out that «the real US objective is to move to a far more ambitious Start III regime, along with a formal settlement of the vexed issue of theatre missile defence — small and regional versions of the anti-missiles defence systems originally proposed in Ronald Reagan's strategic defence initiative» (22 March).

PD1: Privates aren't allowed to invest in «strategic» areas that I listed in my first point, unless the government makes an exception or a Mixed company (51 % controlled by the government).

All of this goes to reinforce the strategic point of this speech — that the benefits of mobilising public opinion in the rest of the UK outweigh the negative impact of the prime minister getting involved.