Sentences with phrase «strong early performance»

Critics Consensus: Despite a terrific soundtrack and a strong early performance from Renee Zellweger, Empire Records is mostly a silly and predictable teen dramedy.

Critic Consensus: Despite a terrific soundtrack and a strong early performance from Renee Zellweger, Empire Records is mostly a silly and predictable teen dramedy.

Not exact matches

«We experienced strong Medicare Advantage enrollment growth and solid performance across all segments in the first quarter, with early positive indicators of medical utilization allowing us to raise guidance for the year,» said Brian A. Kane, Chief Financial Officer.

For example, a portfolio that starts out strong in retirement and has losses later will likely be in much better shape than one that has down years early, even if strong performance in later years brings its average return back in line with historical averages.

Early earnings season action, with strong results and weak stock performance, show that profits alone won't drive the market higher.

Moreover, one year earlier, in 2016, IJR was the stronger performer, outpacing VB by 800 basis points, serving as a reminder not to rely on past performance success with an ETF.

The solid early performance thus far marks a stark contrast from the low expectations, where analysts were expecting aggregate earnings to decline by 4.5 % on the back of the strong U.S. dollar.

04/18/2018 The strong momentum that the Dow Jones Industrial Average enjoyed early this week fadedtoday on a disappointing performance and prospects from International Business Machines (IBM).

Fortunately, high correlations with oil since earlier this year have meant strong performance for most of these riskier assets.

The labour market, meanwhile, continues to benefit from the economy's strong performance over 1997 and early 1998, and unemployment remains below the levels of a year ago.

«Emerging markets hedge fund performance has surged in recent months, led by funds with exposures to Latin America and Russia, driving the strongest monthly performance gains in over a decade, as commodities and regional equities recovered from steep early year losses,» stated Kenneth Heinz, president of HFR.

While it's too early to suggest a change in trend may be taking place after strong performances in most commodities this week, it

Emerging market hedge funds, particularly those investing in Russia and Latin America, have posted strong gains through early 2016 and lead performance through April, according to according to the latest Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Industry Report from Hedge Fund Research.

After putting in another match winning performance for Arsenal, depending on whether or not you agree with the player ratings from Just Arsenal earlier that is, Mesut Ozil continues to confound his critics and help to keep the Gunners in strong contention for the Premier League trophy.

There was a bit earlier in the season where the fans were chanting for Johnny Manziel, but a string of strong McCown performances mostly quieted those down.

The key to the Patriots» victory was a strong offensive performance by a proven combination: Tom Brady had looked away from Wes Welker earlier in the year, but the two were back to their old ways, as Greg Knopping of Pats Pulpit noted:

His earlier teams had many strong characters, who would sort each other out if performances were not up to the required standard.

He had missed an absolute sitter earlier and there were also strong performances from Ramsey, with a goal and an assist, and Joel Campbell with two assists, but the big striker edged it with his all round game as a target and hold up man under great pressure from the Liverpool defence.

While Jacques had been strong early in the season Schumacher fought back in the middle part of the year, thanks in part to brilliant wet - weather performances in Monaco and Spa, whilst Villeneuve didn't help himself by hitting the «Wall of Champions» in his home race.

Despite a shaky start to his career in Italy, where he was at fault for a few of the goals in some of his early appearances, Hart has bounced back with some strong performances for Torino.

«They put on a very strong performance but luckily we got the early goal after the break and I think that allowed us to get on the front foot for the rest of the game, so it's really a pleasing performance for all the girls.

nice tribute andy and no doubts he has been the player of the year, although i cant understand him being criticised early on because hes been an international from an early age and a regular with cameroon and i distinctly remember him putting in strong performances when on loan at a struggling charlton a few seasons ago... i guess he has become the example of why we shud be patient with the younger players and give them the time that has no doubt benfited him i remember reading an article from him after the city game when adebayour had his little outburst and i cudnt believe how dedicated to the club and fans he was when questioned bout his «friend» adebayour saying arsenal and the fans are his priority and dat is all i cant understand people wanting cameroon to fail just so we can get him back early after the commitment he has shown to us but if he maintains his form we wont see anytime soon!goodluck song and cameroon

3) Given our strong performance, we believe we can receive national support much earlier in 2012 if we start now

In an earlier blog post about Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster movie, Interstellar, I lauded the film for its ambition, its visuals and the strong performances of its cast.

This film, and his performance, have regained much of the momentum they lost early in Oscar season and now seem like strong threats all around.

Looking back at earlier films like City by the Sea or Stone, it's invigorating to see the effect a decent script and a strong performance to play against (from Frances McDormand and Edward Norton respectively) have on upping his game.

Early word has been strong for his performance but the film is said to be a «non-awards player» but we here remain hopeful of the film's quality.

Indie coming - of - age dramedies are a dime a dozen, but early reviews have praised Norman for setting itself apart through strong performances and a genuinely moving story — not to mention its sweet soundtrack, by indie rock star Andrew Bird.

Tye Sheridan delivers a strong and rare performance for such a youngster, and McConaughey deserves special mention because he has clearly broken free of his early career Him - Bo roles, and can now be considered a legitimate actor.

Potter evokes the feel of early «60s London fairly well, conveying the heroine's sense that revolution may be the only alternative to impending doom; and Potter gets strong performances up and down her cast (though it remains strange throughout to have so many Americans playing Brits).

Continuing the year of the vet, earlier we saw strong performances that could attract voters» attention from a past winner, 70 - year - old Helen Mirren, in Woman In Gold (a film The Weinstein Company has already started campaigning for its star); and 72 - year - old Blythe Danner getting a full - bodied leading role in the hit adult indie I'll See You In My Dreams which has grossed over $ 7 million so far for new distributor Bleecker Street, which will probably be encouraged to launch an Oscar campaign on her behalf.

It's a darker comedy than The Little Hours, released earlier this summer, but Plaza delivers a strong performance from a very strong script.

Robbie's performance is strong, transforming Tonya's early joy and hope into a sort of performance itself.

This romantic melodrama features a very strong performance by Lola Kirke, but the film itself goes off the rails early.

Filled with excellent performances, strong camerawork (featuring some truly creepy extended close - ups) and claustrophobic pacing, Get Out is an early feather in 2017's cinematic cap and a calling card for years to come.

Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, 2016), which reached America in early 2017; one of Kristen Stewart's strongest performances, and an audacious mix of Dardenne Brothers style realism — as Stewart rushes from one assignment to another for her narcissistic, demanding boss — and an intelligent, restrained use of CGI for the supernatural part of the film, to create a really one - of - a-kind genre mashup.

The gains in test performance in the early 2000s were driven by particularly strong gains for the lowest performing students.

Accelerate Progress on Education Boston Globe, June 10, 2013 «By every indication, including early indications of academic performance, we've made a strong start with these policies on choice and innovation.

The result has been a more effective academic program, with a greater emphasis on STEM education; a strong early education program, and successful efforts to raise student academic performance and participation in Advanced Placement courses.

In earlier grades, word identification fluency (WIF) is also a strong predictor of early reading ability, but again, not a perfect one (Fuchs, Fuchs, & Compton, 2004; Schatschneider, 2006) This means that screening instruments that rely on single measures such as ORF or WIF will provide fairly good information about student performance, but alone they can't provide information at levels needed for an effective RTI process (> 90 % sensitivity; > 80 % specificity).

Early feedback may be especially essential for new teachers, given that teachers» performance in their first year is a strong predictor of their performance in later years.

Research on early indicators of high school performance finds that passing courses and GPA in the middle grades and even earlier in elementary school are among the strongest predictors of high school outcomes (Kurlaender, Reardon, & Jackson, 2008; Neild & Balfanz, 2001; Zau & Betts, 2008).

Delaware, which serves a proportionally larger population of black students than the nation serves as a whole, exhibits a similar pattern with respect to the white - black achievement gap in reading — stronger early - grades performance, but below - average overall performance by eighth graders.

Stronger brakes wouldn't go a miss to match the performance available, however, and a more natural feel early in the pedal travel would help moderate retardation better, too.

The special rally version of the Falcon and Comet and early AC Cobra sports cars of 1962 used a high - performance version of the 260 with higher compression, hotter camshaft timing, upgraded connecting rods, valves with larger diameter valve stems, stronger valve springs and a four - barrel carburetor.

If you want a bit more performance, though, the BMW Z4, especially earlier cars with a six - cylinder engine, would be a strong alternative.

The all - new Alfa Romeo Giulia is a true driver's car, offering beautiful Italian styling and stunning performance, and so we're delighted to see strong early interest in the car.

«Thanks to energetic summer and early fall sales for numerous titles, growing downloadable audio sales, and strong performance from our third - party distribution clients, HBG's revenues through Q3 are solidly ahead of 2016.»

Plus, in discussion our exclusive look at the digital sales rankings for the month, Wayne and Cunningham tackle the controversial early release of digital titles that's come with expanded platforms like Amazon's Kindle as well as whether strong print performances for digital - first books will change up their strategies moving forward.

Fortunately, high correlations with oil since earlier this year have meant strong performance for most of these riskier assets.