Sentences with phrase «than a few years down»

they look farther than a few years down the road.

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It was a blockbuster product for Nintendo a few years ago, but the company sold fewer than 900,000 in the last quarter, down from 1.4 million at this time last year.

Most people seem to think we're in a full recovery, gas prices are down, and more Americans travelled this Memorial Day weekend than have travelled in the past few years.

«Videoconferencing is a whole different experience today than it was a few years ago, and it's more affordable, which is driving it down» to smaller companies, says Brett Shockley, CEO at Spanlink Communications, a Minneapolis communications reseller that markets videoconferencing and other communications networks to small and mid-sized businesses.

Other than Gawker's tech website, Valleywag, which was shut down this year, there are few publications in Silicon Valley that will confront its tech moguls and overhyped start - ups.

We upgraded our view on U.S. consumer discretionary stocks last fall and still believe that households are in a better position than they were just a few years ago: Consumer debt is down while household wealth is up, gasoline prices are much lower than a year ago and the U.S. is creating jobs at the fastest pace since the 1990s.

With operating cash flow down by more than half over the past few years, management has a lot of work to do if its focus is truly generating higher returns.

So an «upside - down out of the gates» January is more than inauspicious — it's an outright «non-starter» for risk managers in light of the performance - challenged era of the past few years.

I held a few seminars in an attempt to push Gold as the best way to make money during a falling market (the general markets were down 40 + % in less than 2 years), but getting an order was like pulling teeth.

What's important in terms of gauging investment confidence is that the maturing Asia - Pacific industry has locked in on the virtuous capital cycle: Limited partners (LPs) have been cash - positive in the region over the past few years, meaning GPs continue to find ways to return more capital to investors than they are drawing down for new investments.

The year of 2014 had many bumps and grinds along the way, with larger or perhaps larger than expected harvests in some areas of the world, while in a select few markets the supply stream was down a bit.

Which mind you is not the same as my ideal was when I was 30, now my 50th birthday is fewer years down the road than I'd like to admit (3, THREE, trece, drei, trois!!!)

to sell season tickets and other sales, but at the end like this year, they spend 10M on Che, and sold quite few players, released some and Loaned out a bunch, brought the salary and wages down even lower than the year before, yet they lie like a dog that they are still in the market until the last day.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

In case you disagree, I'll break it down into few cases: first, he is injury prone (a la diaby type) with 198 games in over 6 years at 24 years while bellerin already had over 220games at 22 years despite breaking into the first team years earlier than the latter.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

If the Hawks lose Bud and bring in a scrub as head coach, this rebuild is going to last much longer than a few years and even then my belief in it being a successful rebuild goes down.

i personally don, t care, some fans think we should have won the pl i agree this was a good opportunity missed but there are reasons why the other big guns failed this season, maureen lost the dressing room and was fired, man city decided to announce a new manager, united few years ago decided to hire the wrong manager for the club, liverpool decide to succumb to the fans / media pressure and changed manager... it just shows that it all comes down to how a club is run so arsenal should be given credits for running the club the way they do (don, t get me wrong all is not perfect) they could have decided to sack wenger due to pressure but didn, t, wenger despite his flaws & the team going through a difficult patch partly due to injuries managed to keep the players on board and steer us to 2nd place, my point is that winning the pl is not a given right and i truly believe than this time around arsene heard the discontent fans and will make the signings necessary, COYG!!

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Passing on the crib and clothing to the next child instead of buying everything new a few years down the road is the only way some families can even afford more than one infant.

Another reason is that your kids are further apart in age, ie, more than 3 - years, then the RoomFor2 is a slightly better choice and, if you want something a bit more stylish, then the Joovy Caboose is hands down a better choice; with fewer features, it is lighter, shorter and more maneuverable.

Schemes like this always have some «deadweight» costs, but today far fewer people down - size their home or take out cash than might be considered economically rational (at the last count only 15,000 equity release products were sold in a year).

Following a few years of relative fiscal stability thanks to the economic recovery and bank settlements following the financial collapse, New York is staring down a budget deficit of more than $ 4 billion, an amount that could be grow because of cuts in federal health care spending and the tax overhaul.

Central government departments received fewer than 500 JR cases each year, broken down by department as follows:

Royal Mail wants to cut down the size of its workforce as mail levels fall - the average postbag today contains almost ten million fewer letters than just three years ago, it claims.

During his «Mondays with the Mayor» segment with NY1's Errol Louis on Monday night, he said that in 2017, the city drove down the number of arrests, noting there were roughly 100,000 fewer arrests overall than just three years prior.

It's also possible that the beginning of the next 11 - year solar cycle — which is marked by the emergence of dark blemishes called sunspots at high solar latitudes — may simply be delayed by a few years, rather than shut down for decades.

So, even though he had fewer years of experience than the client thought they needed, I put him forth as a candidate, confident that no matter who would later sit down to investigate this guy's brand, they would only come up with more evidence that he had a strong foundation and presence in this growing field.

Although large freight railway traffic (measured in carloads) is down 19 percent this year due to the recessed economy, it grew 47 percent between 1990 and 2007, and railroads have been more fuel - efficient than trucking for at least the past few decades, according to the Association of American Railroads.

For more than 10,000 years, migrating fishes — Atlantic, chinook, and coho salmon, American shad, blueback herring, and striped bass, to name a few — have returned in astonishing abundance to the great rivers up and down the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

MACINTOSH: The planet is always going to be more massive than Jupiter, but it will definitely cool down to Jupiter - like temperatures in a few hundred million more years.

A few years ago I came up with a brownie recipe modeled after Outback Steakhouse's «Chocolate Thunder from Down Under» and holy smokes was it amazing (after much tweaking...) I'm really not a fan of honey in anything other than tea so I used just a tad of maple syrup because the dark chocolate bars I used had some sweetener as well and I don't really like an overly sweet treat.

I also loved that the down insert would now be getting more use than just a few weeks a year.

Perhaps less than you did last year though since you will be busier - narrow it down to a few select interests.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, one of the most dumbed down action films of 2001 gets the sequel treatment (that everything is getting this year), turns out to be one of the few that actually works better than the original, if only slightly.

Unfortunately where I live it can be very difficult to track down films in languages other than English (only place that properly stocked them and classic film closed down a few years ago), but this one definitely seems to be worth the extra effort to track down a copy.

However hazy some of the later - down - the - list nominees might be, the front runners and potential winners are looking more locked up than they do most year before the nominations are even announced, with few big battleground categories.

(The 2017 edition, although slimmed down from last year's program by a reported 20 %, boasts no fewer than 255 features.)

For male teachers with fewer than three years of experience, the estimated change in the probability of switching districts for a 10 percent increase in salary is 2.6 percentage points; for men with three to five years of experience, the estimated change for a salary increase of the same magnitude is 3.4 percentage points; for still more experienced male teachers, financial effects trail off, down to essentially zero for those with more than 20 years of experience.

They found that, of the teachers who were ranked in the top 20 percent of effectiveness in the first year, «fewer than a third were in that top group the next year, and another third moved all the way down to the bottom 40 percent.»

«That simple request cut the number of requests from 30 down to fewer than ten,» said Younger, noting that the need for such requests has dropped even more this year because the fifth - sixth grade teams have adopted a team - teaching model.

In New York, fewer than one - third of students were found to be up to Common Core English Language Arts standards in the 2012 - 2013 school year — down from 55 percent on non-Core aligned tests the previous year.

This year, no group has to travel more than a few feet to get into a workshop, after teachers complained they were losing too much time traveling up and down the stairs.

They report that «one study found that across five large urban districts, among teachers who were ranked in the top 20 % of effectiveness in the first year, fewer than a third were in that top group the next year, and another third moved all the way down to the bottom 40 %.

But a few years back, Chevrolet corporate stepped in to «help» the process and the livery designs were toned down to the point where today, the only major changes year to year other than sponsors are the front quarter panels.

As you can see if you scroll down to look at last year's results, I received data from fewer authors, but for more titles than last year: 55 authors, representing 625 titles total.

If you think about some of the blockbuster movies of the last few years, such as Star Wars, they've all released films about a year apart, rather than waiting for the buzz around the films to die down.

If my product isn't working, I'd rather get that information a few months after I finish, rather than 3 - 4 years down the road.

The cost per book for PoD is also going down, a few years ago, the PoD printing cost was higher than the retail cost of an offset print book, then it dropped so it was lower than the retail cost of a similar sized book, but without sufficient margin to allow you to sell to bookstores at 50 % list price (let alone deal with the returns).

This can be dangerous — it's easy to get tricked by the savings and order more books than you could possibly sell — but if you have serious plans to hit the con circuit or otherwise know you can regularly move a small number of books, increasing your print run by 100 or 150 copies can be worth it if it lets you bring the cover price down, even if selling through them takes a few years.