Sentences with phrase «taken on a string»

He took on a string of lucrative private sector jobs, working as managing director and head of public finance banking at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, from 1982 until 1995.

On the short side, the story mode took around four hours to complete, but after all that, there was still the arcade mode that has players taking on short levels with the goal of getting the highest score possible, as well as the duel challenge where players take on a string of showdowns in a row using only five lives.

Some of these change the journey forcing you to go stealth, others attempt to present an ever evolving mission structure by taking you on a string of quests.

Your story is very common with full - time parents who left the corporate world to raise their families and now want (or need) to reenter the workforce, and with those who were laid off and were forced to take on a string of lower - paying jobs to pay the bills.

Not exact matches

ABBA won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with «Waterloo» and had a sequin - spangled string of hits including «Dancing Queen» and «Take a Chance on Me» before splitting up in 1982.

Customers are talking more than ever — review sites, social media, or on a company blog's comment string — but few business owners are listening and taking it to heart.

Fine explains, «as a former interior designer who never took a business course and didn't know what Ruby on Rails was a year ago, it's sometimes surreal when I hear words like «agile process» come out of my mouth, or the never ending string of VC and MBA terms that we now use to discuss the «health» of the business».

Mr. Hawking wins easy battles against uneducated (in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic ideas of God, and this is very common in all scientists.

Steve Martin: The job of the church (and the pastor) is to take a hard line on sin (not gays) any sin, all sin... and then hand over Christ and His Sacraments... freely... with no strings.

The job of the church (and the pastor) is to take a hard line on sin (not gays) any sin, all sin... and then hand over Christ and His Sacraments... freely... with no strings.

Had the Crusaders» remaining force at the end of the First Crusading march been a little more numerous, had they taken Damascus and a string of towns on the fringe of the desert, the whole history of the world would have been changed.

He went through all that trouble getting strung up on a telephone pole, and still, you can't just take him at his word.

Had the Crusaders» remaining force at the end of the First Crusading march been a little more numerous, had they taken Damascus and a string of towns on the fringe of the desert, the whole...

Frugality, like anything else, can be taken too far, in other words, the Vikings may have missed out on a few real difference makers by being a bit too tight with the purse strings.

it truly has been the summer of twitter agents and mostly itk's this window that plus our tension at being strung along by wenger does nt help our nerves much lol, but makes our fanbase and club a massive target from such people whether they are arsenal supporters or not, but it will soon be over so i think that they will all start to wind down this week, as the days go by then one last big explosion on the last day then die of the for winter till jan. take a bow the following people whether itk or twitter agents muzzi ozcan (with his «transfer of the season» quote priceless memz dogi (following along behind muzzi when muzzi died of a bit he picks the a baton it seems.

Cardiff, meanwhile, also picked up a useful midweek point after battling from behind to take a point away at Brighton, although they largely had Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall to thank for a string of fine saves on the South Coast.

After Michigan fell to Iowa on Saturday, Cardale Jones, a former Ohio State QB and current Buffalo Bills third stringer, took some shots at the Wolverines:

regarding the stadium, all economist knew that we had to expand on the capacity or we were going backwards, the board took a vote, it was passed that we would develop a new stadium, accounts were produced bank loans were excepted, AW was asked if he can take on the huge task of staying in the EPL with a shoe string budget, he excepted the challenge did a great job until we got rich but AW LOST THE ART OF SPENDING and forgot how to manage top players,

After Michigan fell to Iowa on Saturday, Cardale Jones, a former Ohio State QB and current Buffalo Bills third stringer, took some...

Ospina was arguably the most important Arsenal player on the pitch when we took on tonight's opponents PSG in Paris back in September as he kept us in the game with a string of fine saves which allowed Alexis Sanchez to rescue a point with his late goal.

The string of interesting Thursday Night Football matchups (something I never thought I'd write) continues in Week 7, with the Kansas City Chiefs traveling to Oakland to take on the Raiders.

Gunfest, This is the thing though bro, throughout all the years that you, kel, gunnerboss, myself and others have been on here shouting our lungs out that we were being led to this eventuality, that we were being taken for mugs and strung along, well I can only speak for myself, but Wenger going out in a blaze of shame isnt what I wanted, or currently want.

First choice goalie Woods cut his finger open after wrestling with the string on his tracksuit bottoms with a penknife and was unable to take part in the match.

Arsene Wenger rarely takes League Cup seriously and we can expect a second string side playing on tuesday night against Nottingham Forest which gives the home side a massive opportunity to get a Premier League scalp.

A string of Premier League clubs have spoken to Arsenal about taking Jack Wilshere in January, both permanently and on loan - but he is confident he can become a key figure for The Gunners again.

# 455777796 / gettyimages.com Arsenal will take on Hull City at the Emirates Stadium this weekend in what could turn out to be a tough encounter for the Gunners, following a string of injuries that have left the club in crisis.

The one thing I do love about Sam Allardyce, and positives traits with» Big Sam» are at a premium, is he won't allow his players to dwell on their early disappointments for one second, so expect a fired up and highly strung Blackburn side to take to the field for Saturday's clash with Manchester City.

More than 3000 reds will make a short and joyous trip to one of the great cities of Europe to watch United take on Benfica away from home after a visit to lock horns with their biggest rivals Liverpool at Anfield and before hopping on the bus again to face Yorkshire - based Huddersfield Town in a string of three massively difficult fixtures away from the comforts of Old Trafford.

You take a ring — preferably your wedding or engagement ring — and tie it on a string (you can also use a needle instead of the ring).

With the new report on phthlates in boxed mac and cheese, string and pre-shredded cheese I need a quick, easy, and healthy mac and cheese that won't take 10 + minutes to fix.

I know many people are angry and upset but if they enjoyed their craft and took pride in their work then surely they would want to move on from threading a pendant on a string and to challenge themselves to make something more complex and unique.

Nuby Soft Silicone Teether Sophie The Giraffe Teether * Toogli Teether Gem (taken off string and put on Booginheads paci strap) Honest Company Baby Teether -LCB- affiliates -RCB-

Beyond colorful papers in kid - friendly patterns, this kits includes add - ons like sticker animal features and string to take their folded creations... MORE to the next level.

In 2015, a string of attacks took place in Tunisia that had a major effect on tourism, a main source of income for the country.

Malliotakis» maternal grandfather owned a string of gas stations on the communist island, but they were taken away from him after the revolution, Malliotakis told The Post.

«New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo built his envy - of - the - nation string of approval ratings on huge support from the other party — unheard of in today's era of take - no - prisoners partisan politics,» said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

In short, string theory predicts that the laws of physics can take on an enormous variety of forms, and inflation can create an infinite number of pocket universes.

We wouldn't accept this kind of visual disruption when we sit down to watch television — The West Wing doesn't begin with a string of time codes and copyright notices — but somehow we're supposed to take it for granted on a computer screen.

If this line of reasoning is correct, then there are physical processes taking place on some distant surface that, much as a puppeteer pulls strings, are fully linked to the processes taking place in my fingers, arms, and brain as I type these words at my desk.

In the years since he took his stance on HIV, he has seen his resources dwindle, but he has also been cut loose from the strings that come with public funding.

He took a string of part - time UNICEF contracts during his first two graduate years, and when those came to an end he served as a teaching assistant for a course on developmental cooperation and poverty reduction in his university's economics department.

For 88 years, U-M medical students have taken to the streets of Ann Arbor on the first weekend of December, collecting donations from passers - by for children's charities and giving out colorful paper - and - string tags for donors to wear proudly on their coats or bags.

Take a clean piece of muslin cloth, or kitchen paper towel, and pop it over the top of the glass and put a rubber band, or piece of string around the edge, securing it on the top.

People who fly, drive, play string instruments, talk on the phone and take part in many other ordinary activities also rely on animal products.

Hairstylist Adir Abergel completed this take on a ponytail with black string, offering a cool alternative to the trend.

No strings attached, no commitment, just a new take on my skincare routine for the new year.

Today I'm taking you on a short visual tour of Cordoba, a precious gem strung on the silver thread of the Guadalquivir.

An elevated take on childhood friendship bracelets, Ruifier's Visage Friends collection features the brand's revered emoticon - inspired motifs strung on colourful woven cords, easily adjustable with a sliding bead.

The string lights really take it to the next level, and I love the letters on the side of your shed.

I eat my lunch (Greek yogurt, string cheese, a turkey sandwich on sourdough, and an apple) while looking at edits for a paper and Skype messaging another coworker about the mental health toll this job takes on all of us.