Sentences with phrase «taken by most of»

As a parent writing to President Obama explained, in a letter posted at the Washington Post blog of Valerie Strauss, «We have something very important in common: daughters in the seventh grade... Like my daughter Eva, Sasha appears to be a funny, smart, loving girl... There is, however, one important difference between them: Sasha attends private school, while Eva goes to public school... Sasha does not have to take Washington's standardized test, the D.C. CAS, which means you don't get a parent's - eye view of the annual high - stakes tests taken by most of America's children.»

That's a radically different approach than the one taken by most of their competition — which again might provide a nice contrast in the First Four.

This grand vision in turn required not only that Whitehead's original line of thought, unredacted by Hartshorne, Christian, Leclerc and Cobb, be recovered (a task Lewis shared with Jorge Nobo), but also that the problems that Whitehead faced, as Whitehead envisioned them, and his various attempts at solution (ending presumably in the views published and taken by most of us as the last word on the subject) be likewise exposed and rethought.

Not exact matches

Surveys taken recently by banks and small business advocacy groups show that at most, a third of small businesses plan to expand their staffs in the next 12 months.

While most employees at least want to take full advantage of those hard - earned days off, less than half take the time to plan out their vacations each year, according to Project: Time Off, which is sponsored by the U.S. Travel Association.

That means superseding physical constraints like having an actual hospital by harnessing the power of mobile technology, making the act of taking your medicine less of a hassle, and peering into our very biological building blocks to wage war on the most intractable maladies.

Some haven't been happy about it, while others are gleefully trying to take full advantage of the media attention generated by the biggest (and most embarrassing) story to hit Toronto in decades.

It's the unexpected sources of stress that take you by surprise and harm you the most.

You can simply begin by taking note of what the most successful leaders in your industry wear, and find the version that works best and is most flattering to you.

Perth continues to take out the title of Australia's most affordable capital city when it comes to buying houses and apartments, driven by lower property prices and low interest rates, a report released today has found.

Take a look at the infographic below generated by San Francisco - based startup organization Funders and Founders for more stories of how many of the most successful entrepreneurs got started by looking at their own problems and finding a solution.

But the photos below, produced using color transparencies taken by various photographers between 1939 and 1941 and compiled by the Library of Congress, show the period and the people who endured it in vivid color — offering a new way to look at one of America's most studied historical eras.

But Glencore, under London Stock Exchange reporting obligations, said it would only contribute 300 million euros in equity (taking a tiny equity interest of 0.54 %, and even that only «indirectly»), while the rest of the money was provided by «QIA and by non-recourse bank financing,» the latter being a loan that effectively insulates Glencore against most of the risks of owning Rosneft shares.

«Most of our companies are atoms leveraging bits» — lab science aided by computing power — «and they generally take more capital and a longer time horizon to hit those key milestones,» says Lindy Fishburne, executive director at Breakout Labs and managing director at Breakout Ventures.

South Korea, one of the world's most notable tech markets, has taken a small first step in developing policy around robot ethics, but there's much more that will need to be put in place — by all countries.

Holiday season is upon us, which means you will probably be surrounded by family and friends, eating tons of amazing food, and, hopefully, taking some time to reflect on what you are most thankful for.

Change is a gradual process, and most big changes are made by taking small steps every day over a long period of time.

«In The Little Book of Behavioral Investing, expert James Montier takes you through some of the most important behavioral challenges faced by investors.

I call myself «Chief Brand Anthropologist» of Turnstone, because I'm fascinated by the connections that can be made when taking the time to observe how people interact, their postures during tasks, the tone and volume of someone's voice when they enter a space and the level of mobility various teams require to be the most productive.

«Shifting from animal meat to the plant - based meats developed by Beyond Meat is one of the most powerful measures someone can take to reduce their impact on our climate.»

Written by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, this book describes how you can take control of your life and career so that you can make the most of it.

Written by Philip Auerswald, a professor of public policy at George Mason University and a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy is due out in April, but you can get a taste of Auerswald's most optimistic take on the entrepreneurship and global economy with this video of an animated, 10 - minute talk he gave recently to lawmakers.

The most recent regulatory action taken in the hopes of reigning in unjustified CEO pay was a rule implemented by the SEC last year, which requires companies to publish the ratio of CEO pay to the median salary of other workers at the firm.

And as a nice side - effect, it provides protection against Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS), the most common brute force method that bad guys use to take a website down, by simply routing web traffic around the stoppage.

By the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were, by most measures, entirely out of his leaguBy the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were, by most measures, entirely out of his leaguby most measures, entirely out of his league.

The company is selling a thing (the kit) by saying it can provide «health reports on 254 diseases and conditions,» including categories such as «carrier status,» «health risks,» and «drug response,» and specifically as a «first step in prevention» that enables users to «take steps toward mitigating serious diseases» such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and breast cancer...» Most of the uses «listed on your website, a list that has grown over time,» the FDA writes, «are medical device uses [for the] Personal Genome Service.»

The same way that a bank deemed too big to fail might take greater risks — having the knowledge that its most severe mistakes will be underwritten by somebody else — so, too, can signing your name on a marriage licence offer a sort of insurance policy that changes your behaviour.

We'll most likely never know exactly what information Cambridge Analytica obtained from Facebook users — but by taking a look at Facebook's old way of doing business, we can hazard a guess.

Most large online - media outlets — particularly those who publish a lot of bandwidth - intensive video — use third - party content - delivery networks or CDNs such as Akamai or CloudFlare that take care of managing the load caused by a surge of web traffic.

Women are also taking longer to pay off student debt, according to a report completed this year by the American Association of University Women, despite being more likely to enroll and earning higher grades than most of their male peers.

By sending you discs when you want them, and taking them back when you're done, the subscription service is ideal for gamers who want to make the most of their systems.

Jurich's first reason to skip car ownership is perhaps the simplest — commuting by car is objectively awful (really, study after study ranks it as one of life's most misery - inducing activities), so given that she lives in a place that provides alternatives, it simply makes sense to take them.

But it took only a few minutes on Ubuntu's extensive and well - organized online forums — you'll find much the same for most major distributions of Linux — to get a simple, step - by - step recipe for the job.

Small - business owners offer health benefits for a variety of reasons: they're genuinely concerned about their employees being taken care of, it's mandated in their state or they want to be more competitive to attract top talent (a large majority of employees consider a health plan to be the most important benefit they can be offered, according to a survey by the National Business of Group on Health).

Only 30 % of Americans think that what is good for business is good for society generally, and 65 % of Americans think that most of the world's biggest businesses have taken unethical actions like dodging taxes; that view is widely shared by people in the survey, which was conducted in September.

Though my guards bustled me about rapidly to keep me from becoming a sitting target for kidnappers, they did take me for an hour's walk on the Lido, one of the most beautiful strands of fine - grained, wave - washed white sand I've ever seen, lined by formerly luxurious villas, not one of which had retained four intact walls or glass in their windows.

By taking control of the dreamscape, you can theoretically do anything your imagination allows, most commonly, soaring like Superman around your self - created world.

While most photographers will give your business a once over, if they miss that cluttered desk of yours by accident, it would take ages to fix those images digitally.

It wasn't a revolutionary idea — college kids and moonlighting teachers have done it since the time of Socrates — but by vetting tutors, most of whom are state - certified teachers or professionals like CPAs or engineers, Lucas took a lot of the guesswork out of private tutoring.

After all, as the one - time head of one of the world's most respected academic institutions, you might expect Levin to decry the subpar educational experience people supposedly receive by taking a MOOC.

Taken together, they're perfect examples of the way Trump has come to target women antagonists by attempting to shame their most private behavior.

The headset already can be used to control most ordinary functions in common software, such as word processing and spreadsheet programs, by taking the place of a mouse — the cursor simply follows your gaze, and you can think your way into triggering the equivalent of a left or right mouse click.

The most effective way to close the gap between your current retirement savings and future needs is by taking advantage of a combination of the above options.

PsyBlog also offers a list of those jobs least likely to be taken by psychopaths, and, as you'd expect, most are intensely focused on empathizing with or caring for others.

Take advantage by offering a walking tour or bus tour that highlight the most exciting, historical aspects of your community.

Then, make the most of your savings by taking advantage of catch - up contributions in your retirement plans.

According to a study by Deloitte, the most loyal employees feel they receive a lot of support, encouragement and training to take on leadership roles.

If you're like most technical recruiters we work with (we have thousands of customers), you're probably frustrated by the poor LinkedIn profiles of most developers, the fact that they don't respond to InMails, and that it all just takes way too much time.

CNBC's «Secret Lives of the Super Rich» takes a look at the most expensive watch ever sold at auction, formerly owned by actor Paul Newman.

This full view of Earth, taken by the satellite in January, is arguably one of the most detailed whole views of the planet.