In spiritual battle, you don't want to say, «Well, I'm saved and secure forever, so I can lower my defenses, put down my shield, go live any way I want, and let the enemy
take his hits at me — because «Hey, I've got my helmet on.»
In relation to football, how many of today's players were not only taking hits on the field, but also
taking hits at home and in the neighborhood.
In game action, just wondering what will happen when the knee
takes THAT hit at full speed has to be a lot to deal with.
The man whom Blair calls his «soulmate», Bill Clinton, relates in My Life (2004) how he learned to
take a hit at an early age, when a ram butted him over and over, nearly gutting him.
Governing parties of all colours have regularly
taken a hit at mid-term elections: welcome to the perils and pitfalls of government, my friends.
But initially I really
took a hit at zone 4 / 5/6.
It's well worth
taking the hit at the pumps and going for the CLA 250, too: the 2.0 - litre turbocharged petrol engine offers the same torque output as the diesel, is smoother and comes with 4Matic four - wheel drive as standard.
Refinement really
takes a hit at speed, as does ride quality about town, and in order to benefit from the Leon's extra frugality you either have to cover plenty of motorway miles or have very sharp eco-driving skills.
But surprise, my portfolio didn't
take a hit at all - for once!!!
That's not to say that both stocks and bonds won't
take a hit at some point.
Unfortunately even with the amazing visuals, the framerate does
take a hit at certain points.
In spring 2010, the western Atlantic bluefin tuna
took a hit at the height of its spawning season: Scientists estimate that BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico killed between 10 and 20 percent of juvenile western Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Well, it turns out Samsung is still ready to
take a hit at...
Companies like Asus and Huawei went ahead and launched notched devices while
taking hits at...
Bitcoin prices are
taking a hit at press time, and could suffer a deeper pullback over the weekend, the price charts indicate.
TL; DR: Texas Republican state legislators gave up millions of dollars just to
take a hit at Planned Parenthood.
Not exact matches
That has prompted investors to
take another look
at the widening interest rate differential trends between the United States and Europe which
hit the highest in nearly 30 years
at 236 basis points last week, and protracted weakness in the greenback.
In the five years before he joined the company, Vevers (who doesn't have a driver's license)
took frequent Amtrak trips to deepest America,
hitting vintage shops
at stops along the way.
At the office, this means working harder and longer, and being the first to
take a
hit if things go south for a spell.
«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.
Expectations are high the Bank of Japan may boost its government bond purchases
at its April 3 - 4 policy review, the first under new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who has vowed to do whatever it
takes to
hit the BOJ's new 2 percent inflation target.
To promote the movie, the folks
at 20th Century Fox have cooked up a somewhat unconventional marketing strategy: while
hitting all the usual social media bases (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram),
Taken 3 is also being promoted on LinkedIn.
We'll
take a look
at some of them, from renowned fashion designer Vera Wang, who didn't design her first dress until she was 40, to writer Harry Bernstein, who authored countless rejected books before getting his first
hit at age 96.
Our bodies can only
take so many sneezes on a flight before our immune system
takes a
hit and we find ourselves spending our hard - earned vacation days staring
at the ceiling of a hotel bathroom.
Revenue growth
at the 37 - year - old maker of storage systems had
taken a
hit, pressured by the cloud and the commoditization of hardware.
Last year, a handful of spots
hit on topics such as immigration and diversity but
took measured tones aimed
at appealing to a broad range of viewers, Taylor said.
«Particularly with oil prices
hitting lows
at some point in the first quarter... lots of sub investment - grade firms could be under a lot of stress, and for those with stronger balance sheets, those companies could
take this as an opportunity to buy and acquire assets,» Deshpande said in a phone interview.
«It
took me three months to
hit Submit, because I kept stopping — «Oh, I should create an employee incentive program and a formal handbook,» and «Oh, I should look
at my vendors to see which are giving back to their communities,»» says LimeRed Studio's Emily Lonigro Boylan.
No Canadian economist will agree with Mintz — most say that it could
take years for the S&P / TSX composite index, now sitting
at under 12,000, to
hit 15,000 points again — but they are generally optimistic that the market upswing will continue.
«We are not pursuing A.I. to beat humans
at games,» said Nadella,
taking a subtle
hit at competitors like Google and IBM, whose A.I. technologies got some attention for beating humans
at the ancient Chinese board game Go and on the game show Jeopardy.
Unlike other kinds of loans, there's no prepayment penalty to worry about so you won't
take a
hit for chipping away
at the debt ahead of schedule.
Whatever the issue and regardless of who is actually
at fault, occasionally someone steps forward to
take the
hit.
Southwest Airlines Co. will probably
take a $ 77 million
hit in the third quarter because of its major presence
at Houston's William P. Hobby airport, Becker said.
United Continental Holdings Inc. is likely to
take at least a $ 265 million financial
hit from Hurricane Harvey because of the carrier's reliance on Houston as one of its biggest hubs, an airline analyst said.
While it's worthwhile to continue measuring email opening rates, click - throughs and website
hits, make 2015 the year that you commit to
taking a deeper look
at your customer and prospect interactions.
Management
took a big
hit too: More than 40 percent of the people
at VP level or higher departed, says Prober.
At some point, people will discover, like the individual who has been lulled into believing he can live beyond his means forever, that their standard of living will have to
take a rather sudden
hit to the downside.
Bitcoin plunged
at the end of a rocky week,
taking the digital currency briefly below $ 11,000 and down 47 percent from its record high
hit Sunday.
Valeant shares, down 10 % on Monday after a Wells Fargo research note said its board and management «have made decisions that may have put Valeant
at significant business and reputational risk,»
took another
hit when Bloomberg News reported CVS's decision.
While these mini Mensa types skimmed their psychology books and
hit Georgetown's popular hangout the Tombs promptly
at 4 p.m., I memorized, was tutored and had every conceivable study buddy willing to
take even a little pity on me and none of it happened over a beer.
After a healthy run earlier this year, shares of Salesforce
took a
hit in June, falling 8 percent before finding a floor of support
at the stock's 50 - day moving average, a technical indicator that smooths out a stock's random price fluctuations over a given time.
As for the Vine stars
at the club, they look slightly more awake as McKnight
takes the stage and performs Bonnie Raitt's 1991
hit «I Can't Make You Love Me,» though one Vine star asked me later «what song even was that?»
With the bank's stock
hitting new lows and customer service ratings in the gutter, it's time to
take a hard look
at what needs to happen to turn Bank of America around.
Take Amazon, for example: by looking
at consumers» shopping patterns, Amazon can make educated guesses about what a particular consumer might be interested in, tailor its website accordingly and then
hit that consumer with targeted ads.
At the same time, Catalonia could
take a potential
hit, as 35.5 percent of Catalan exports are to the Spanish market.
After decades of spectacular growth, the chain appears to be
hitting the wall: same - store sales - growth is sagging in Canada, where Tims is suddenly facing tough new competition from McDonald's new McCafé rebrand, clearly aimed
at taking a big gulp out of the market leader's coffee sales.
Instead of
hitting that nice gym
at your next four - star hotel stay, which you can do
at home,
take a moment, walk outside, breathe the local air, and just people watch while you
take a break between those Skype meetings.
Steven Schwartz, an analyst
at Raymond James, points out that the company has seen a turnaround in its investments, which
took a big
hit after the recession.
If profits were down over the summer, it's better to
take a slight
hit on gross profit rather than generate no sales
at all.
The company's rounds of layoffs have mostly targeted middle managers and staff
at the company's headquarters, an approach that ensures that the customer experience doesn't
take a
hit for the sake of cutting costs.