Sentences with phrase «there is a major hit»

And when there is a major hit, there is absolutely no guaranteed that books will be sold.

Not exact matches

Many of the folks I spoke with said that they wished their whole team had been there for the presentation and a few suggested that it would be great if I could put a blog post together that hit the major themes in my presentation so they could share them (along with their own thoughts and notes) with their own shops.

There is only one major country that puts out economic targets and then successfully hits them.

And then when those stocks hit major milestones [which fortunately a few of them do if they go up 20x in value, or 50x, or 100x], there's no one calling us from NPR or CNBC saying, «Hey, we'd love to have you on to talk about a 100 - bagger.

I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its like putting a band aid on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper than that to the root cause, I know lots of religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.

No one could, for instance, no matter how fine his eyesight or physical coordination, hit a major - league pitch with a cylindrical bat if there were not some prior attunement on his part to the subtle spiritual force that flows through all things, a sort of Zen cultivation of the mindless mind, in which the impossible is accomplished because it somehow simply accomplishes itself in us.

There are also dozens of other ways you can twist or turn statistics in order to show Trout's prowess at this stage of his career, and 1,000 hits marks just one major point where he can be compared to other greats.

Plus, as the first major hits achievement, it's a decent way to check in on someone's career trajectory based on when they got there.

Even if a player avoids major injury, there are only so many hits they can take at the college and NFL level (though that number varies from person to person, obviously) before they start wearing down.

There was the shot the burly Braves catcher hit in his major league debut, on April 3, a towering fly off Phillies righthander and two - time Cy Young winner Roy Halladay.

There will be 48 teenagers who hit.300 in Rookie League, and maybe three of them will be in the majors in six years.

For the year, all Rodriguez had done was take the major league lead in home runs (17), RBIs (49) and runs (43); become the first player to hit eight homers in Yankee Stadium in April and the first to drive in 10 runs in a game there; and move within two homers of becoming the first player (chart, page 41) to hit 400 before his 30th birthday.

This is, after all, the same crop of players that ended last season so strongly, and with no major departures in the summer, there was no reason to think we wouldn't hit the ground running once again.

The two major drawbacks are that it is very time - consuming and there it can be very hit or miss until you practice it for a while.

We danced in an L&D room in Dallas while our homes in Arlington took a major hail hit but no one cared — there were bebe toes and big sisters and a whole lotta love.

There is even a Treaty article explaining that the Commission should provide assistance, or in urgent cases allowing protectionism, where a non-euro EU member state is hitting major balance of payment problems — as Greece leaving the euro in crisis surely would.

DAILY POST recalls that there was a scare in the APC camp in the build up to the election with major disagreements and defections hitting the ruling party in the state, leading to the defection of the leader of the party in the state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba and other party heavyweights leaving to the SDP.

It was the last of the major approvals needed, though there are still some issues on the local level to work out before the shovels can hit the ground.

«Although there is a sort of sandblasting going on in space all of the time, both from man - made and natural debris, we've only had two operational spacecraft ever hit by man - made debris (that we know of) that sustained any major damage.»

Tippett and Allen both emphasized that their forecast can't say when and where tornadoes will hit or that there won't be a major outbreak that could cause serious destruction.

However, there are many ways to manipulate your routine and training intensity for the purpose of overcoming lower pecs shallowness and adding more volume to your chest such as using dropsets, rest - pause sets and negative reps. And if you want a well - developed chest, hitting both the lower part of the pectoralis major and the pectoralis minor is a must.

There's just not enough fiber or cellulose to slow absorption down, and remember, starch has many more glucose molecules than even table sugar, so it hits your bloodstream fast, causing a major spike in insulin to get it under control.

There are literally thousands of routines also on the web, find one that fits and try to hit all the major needs, a push exercise for upper body, a pull exercise for upper body, a core exercise, a shoulder exercise (push and pull) and a leg exercise or two.

But there is one major problem... We can't keep the weight on the bar for very long before the weights must be stripped so that we can continue to hit our designated number of reps per set.

There is nothing better than some sunshine hitting my pale (palest) skin and flowers blooming however I get major wanderlust fever during this transition!

We danced in an L&D room in Dallas while our homes in Arlington took a major hail hit but no one cared — there were...

The kids and I took advantage of the weather and hit the pool last week, it's so nice during the winter months, there's hardly anyone at the pool, typically I'm getting splashed in the face by squirt guns, so needless to say, a quiet, empty pool is a major treat.

There are no obvious hits in its lineup, though the studio has once again enlisted major or critically acclaimed directors, including Imitation Game helmer Morten Tyldum (for the sci - fi film Passengers), Paul Feig (for a female Ghostbusters reboot), Antoine Fuqua (a Magnificent Seven remake co-written by True Detective's Nic Pizzolatto), Ron Howard (Inferno), and Ang Lee (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk).

Director Gore Verbinski is reteaming with Bruckheimer and Depp on this movie, and there's no reason why this can't be a major hit for Disney.

There's also a ton of great non-Halloween releases, including two major Sundance hits, summer box office smashes, and a neat complete series TV set.

Developer Platinum Games shopped the concept to numerous other publishers, but they quite sensibly pointed out that despite rave reviews the original was not a major hit and there was little likelihood that a second one would be either.

It hits all the major moments within Collins» grim novel, but there's very little emotion to it, as if director Francis Lawrence is just ticking off boxes as he goes along.

This is a critical time for Suzuki.If the new Grand Vitara minisport - utility vehicle is a hit, Suzuki will likely survive in the brutal U.S. market.If it fails to catch on, there could be major trouble for the Japanese company that originated the mini - sport - utility boom with the old Samurai back in the mid-1980s.

The Kobo Mini and Glo e-readers hit the market on Monday and already there are massive shipment delays with major retailers Best Buy and Chapters / Indigo.

Where for most authors, 99 % of authors out there, authors like me, who are not going to hit a major best seller list no matter what they do, I say play the long game.

Granted, there are major changes coming in publishing because of disruptive technology hitting big companies not capable of handling the changes.

The Motorola Xoom has been a major hit at CES, and to go along the the tablets» 3G / 4G capabilities, there is a rumored Wi - Fi only version to be released in April.

There is certainly no reason why it would be hit that hard in Canada where, as I understand, it is the major e-book retailer of EPUB format.

Just because you can swing a baseball bat and hit a baseball doesn't mean you can play in the Majors, and after spending almost a half hour browsing through App World looking at the PlayBook apps, I'd be stretching it if I said there was more than three apps that I think I'd want to download.

Since 1930, there have been 8 major hurricanes that have hit Belize.

When major swells hit it can sometimes be huge at spots such as La Carola and Loberia hitting a legitimate 8 - 10 ft Hawaiian scale though 4 - 7 ft is more common, and fortunately there are some softer options like El Canon, Tongo Reef and Manglecito to find shelter.

This dive sites here are teeming with marine life and there are two major species that draw divers from all over the world to hit the water here; Manta Rays and Mola Mola — aka the Sunfish.

«There definitely have been some major hits,» said Brian Kelly, founder of ThePointsGuy.com.

There are two main ones — one that is a full day and hits all of the major ruins and sites (60 - 120 PEN; ~ $ 20 - 40 USD per person), and another tour that goes to Maras, Moray, and the Salineras salt flats (60 - 120 PEN; ~ $ 20 - 40 USD per person).

Today (Sunday) is the busiest travel day of Thanksgiving weekend, and although there is a nasty storm blowing through the center of the country, it's not poised to hit any major airline hubs, so hopefully we'll have a good end to the holiday weekend.

Yeah the Halo 4 pop took a major hit when CODBO2 came out but the fact is there are millions of casual ppl that want the arcade shooter that is COD.

First up there are major traversal changes coming, with jumping and climbing set to impact the way players interact with the world «a big way», with vehicles, helicopters, and base building also set to land before the game hits 1.0.

This was a surprise to me: There's a new version of the hit 90s trivia game You Don't Know Jack coming to just about every major platform.

Dark Day Interactive - is a small indie Development company, based in Australia and the United Kingdom, with past experience in the video game market, with the current release of Once Bitten, Twice Dead on PC, and iOS hits like Sky Island, the team has taken there past skills and knowledge from other projects and combined them into one tight company, answering to no major publishers, only making games they love, for the community and helped shape by the community.

Creatively we hit a home run, but our other major goal was to prove that there was a space between indie and AAA games that could work commercially.»