Sentences with phrase «striking out as»

If you're striking out as an independent contractor, promotion is important.

For all that, it's refreshing to see Phaedrus admit to striking out as much as he does; there's no energetic forcing of success here of the kind you might find in some websites today.

The start - up was launched in response to the increasing number of women lawyers striking out as sole practitioners and who also wanted to embrace flexible working conditions.

After striking out as a bartender, Cuban decided to found his first company, a computing consultancy called MicroSolutions.

Doing so may be more difficult once you strike out as an entrepreneur because a lenders and landlords like people with steady jobs.

Many MLB players absolutely refuse to face pitcher Jennie Finch because they know she'll likely strike them out as she has with countless All - Stars such as Albert Pujols.

It was at this minimalist discotheque Bowie first struck out as a lost human being in the world he hoped to avoid as a spaceman.

He will not strike out as much as Gentile or hit into as many double plays.

It had been more than 13 years since any Diamondback pitcher had struck out as many in a game.

I couldn't agree more with post # 1, Bosco, and post # 2, Izengabe: time to strike her out as possible AG choice (given what we know now).

As to why the proceedings were filed in Texas rather than in the libel - suit - friendly United Kingdom, they said that «any action brought against the BMJ and Mr. Deer in London would have been immediately vulnerable to being struck out as an abuse of process.»

People often feel so intimidated by meditation that they automatically strike it out as something they should do but can't find the time, money or circumstances for.»

Emily Browning is the (suspiciously perky) depressive who strikes out as a singer; Olly Alexander the geeky guitarist prepared to ride on her coat - tails.

But I still struggle to discern a reasonable artistic argument for having Hobbs hit a game winning home run at the end of The Natural rather than deliberately strike out as he does in Bernard Malamud's novel.

It launched two years later with $ 100,000 from each of its 19 founding states, then struck out as an independent, nonprofit operation.

The risk - takers who won the contest had plenty of other money in other vehicles and they were willing to risk the TFSA capital for a big win, fully understanding it's as easy to strike out as hit a grand - slam home run.

I realized that the time was right to return to Rome and strike out as an independent curator.

In another decision (2014 ONCA 608, dismissing appeal from 2014 ONSC 1300), the Court of Appeal agreed that the plaintiff's action against a criminal lawyer should be struck out as an abuse of process.

For those who did not leave on the best of terms, such as Alicia, an attorney who left her firm to strike out as a solo practitioner in the same field as her BigLaw employer, the lack of a relationship with her prior firm has not been hugely problematic:

Further, it is clear that PHA 1997 proceedings will not be liable to be struck out as an abuse of process offending the principle that generally a claimant must present all their case in one go and will be prevented from presenting claims later on that could have been presented in the earlier proceedings (Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100, [1843 - 60] All ER Rep 378).

Cleeves v University of Oxford [2017] EWHC 702 (QB); QBD, April 5 2017; [2017] ELR 303 A former student's claim for damages against a university was struck out as an abuse of process

It would only be in an exceptional case that an application to an employment tribunal will be struck out as having no reasonable prospect of success when the central facts are in dispute.

The trial judge held that the proceedings should be struck out as an abuse of process: «This is not only an example of forum shopping but of issue switching which the court should not be prepared to tolerate.»

Not exact matches

That means tweaking your habits, workspace, or daily interactions to create both opportunities to share what strikes you as awesome with others, and being open to checking out whatever moves and impresses others in return.

Organized as a follow - up to January's Women's March on Washington, the one - day walk - out — called the International Women's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wear red.

Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

That includes his Avant co-founders Paul Zhang, 28, and John Sun, 30, both of whom started out as college interns at Enova, then transitioned into full - time employees, before striking out on their own to start Debteye, a personal financial management software company in 2011.

And, as it turns out, French weddings vary quite vastly from American ones and the differences are pretty striking.

Idea Crossing should focus on that concept and forget about buzz marketing, which has been out there for some time and strikes me as an afterthought.

And they can strike out of the blue, much as it did for NBC correspondent Tim Russert, who died tragically in 2008 when a heart attack gave way to sudden cardiac arrest.

Ryanair Holdings Plc faces its first - ever strike as crews in Italy prepare to walk out as part of a push toward unionization.

This particular billboard strikes me as the least effective kind of advertising, as in the sort that points out your product's biggest weakness.

Then, as if Emanuel's administration wasn't already besieged, the local teachers» union announced this week that its members had overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, which would put some 400,000 students out on the street.

Should RIM ever hemorrhage employees seeking to strike it out on their own, venture capital firms such as Chaplinsky's would benefit.

One bloodless approach to upgrading your sales force is known as «three strikes, you're out.»

When the U.S. tone strikes a discordant note however, there are opportunities to look to Canada and Mexico as platforms for North American trade, in the event the U.S. pulls out of NAFTA and decides to go it alone.

Strike Energy's share price has been on a white knuckle ride over the last few weeks as investors desperately try to work out if it is going to be the next large cap gas producer in Australia, or fail whilst daring to create a new technical frontier in the search for coal seam gas riches.

Cesarini also worked for 12 years as a regional manager and operations director for Domino's, helping other franchisees grow their businesses, before striking out on his own.

She frequently spoke out about the prison's treatment of her as a transgender woman and, in September 2016, went on a hunger strike until the army agreed to provide her with gender reassignment surgery.

The deal was struck as the Barrick subsidiary looks to sort out the export ban as well as a US$ 190 - billion tax bill from the Tanzania government.

US F - 15s have carried out a similar number of strikes and dropped nearly as many weapons as the A-10s.

As for health care, there's evidence that the employer - based system and the absence of stripped - down «entrepreneurs» plans» deter people from striking out on their own.

As molecular biologist Rana Dajani explains in a 2011 Nature editorial, the political and religious environment in most Arab states currently «fails to sustain creativity, curiosity and striking out into the unknown — all of which are essential for science to flourish.»

As I also warned in 2007, investors relying on a «put option» from the Federal Reserve are likely to discover that the strike price is way out of the money.

According to a report from Gabriel Sherman at Vanity Fair, Trump sees himself as being at «war» with Amazon and Bezos and is considering a number of ways to strike out, including canceling Amazon's potential multibillion - dollar contract with the Pentagon to provide cloud computing services and encouraging state attorneys general to investigate Amazon's business practices.

Professionals with MBAs and corporate experience are attempting to strike out on their own as never before: Michael Lutz, for example, is a physicist and Stanford MBA who worked at Hughes Aircraft and Raychem for 15 years before he joined up with a Silicon Valley guru to launch a new venture.

Government action to influence the price of goods might strike Canadians as out of place in the Conservative playbook but Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Tories are acutely concerned about dispelling the notion they're the party of «big business» as they target middle - class voters.

As the loss on the Dow approached 100 points, I was struck by the sudden support and flattening out of the decline.

However, the last time that the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees walked out for a one - day strike in November 2013, UC San Diego Medical Center and Thornton Hospital, now called Jacob's Medical Center, moved 171 medical procedures, including 100 elective surgeries, to different days as a reported 840 employees picketed near both facilities.

One recent New York Times homage to the phenomenon compared dropping out to «lighting out for the territories to strike gold,» with one young executive describing it as «almost a badge of honor» among startup entrepreneurs.