Sentences with phrase «top of a string»

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The analysts» warning on iPhone shipments is the latest in a string of reports suggesting Apple's having trouble at the top of the market with its iPhone X.

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

But the iPhone's poor performance overshadowed a couple of other more positive surprises: iPad sales weren't as bad as they could have been and sales in Apple's «Other Products» division, which includes the Apple TV set - top box, Apple Watch, and Beats headphones, jumped after a string of declines.

He pointed to a string of Coinbase's top - level hires as evidence of the trend: Asiff Hirji, formerly of Hewlett Packard and TD Ameritrade, as chief operations officer; LinkedIn's Emilie Choi as vice president of corporate and business development; Twitter's Tina Bhatnagar as vice president of operations and technology; and Facebook's Rachael Horwitz as vice president of communications, to name a few.

But its string of successes has propelled Amazon to be one of the top five most valuable companies and made Bezos the second richest person in the world.

The Staples Singers had a string of Top 40 hits with Stax in the late 1960s, earning them the nickname God's greatest hitmakers.

pitas mozzarella string cheese, cut into thinner strips of cheese marinara sauce shredded mozzarella cheese toppings of your choice (diced peppers, pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, onions, etc..)

Add bacon slices and a handful of onion strings, then top with the remaining bun halves, toasted side down.

To clean the 4 ears of corn, simply grab the strings and husks together at the top and peel them off in one fell swoop.

Pasta filata cheese becomes elastic when heated and forms long strings when pulled — the key characteristics that consumers associate with authentic pizza cheese, and which make it such a superb topping on all kinds of hot dishes.

We found the sign indicating Manuel Antonio National Park and took a much better road to the top of a mountain where the string of small hotels began.

Subtlety is not a specialty of Ticonderoga Club: the dramatic, glossy mahogany bar is emblazoned with the words «AUDACITY,» «INTEGRITY,» and «CAMARADERIE» in hand - painted gold letters; mismatched barstools line the counter; oversized colored string lights and fake pine boughs adorn the top of the bar and the railing of the staircase that leads to the upstairs dining room; there's a stuffed bat hanging from a ceiling beam in the corner.

There are couple of Polish seasonal recipes that I have fond memories of and chłodnik is definitely one of them, along the dill potatoes, bób and yellow string beans topped with breadcrumbs.

1 pound beef steak, minced or ground 1 pound lean pork, minced or ground 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 small onion, minced 1 small bunch green onions, minced including the tops 1 clove garlic, minced 3 medium tomatoes, diced 1 tablespoon vinegar 1/4 cup raisins, minced (optional) 2 tablespoons capers (optional) 10 green olives, minced (optional) Minced hot chile pepper to taste (optional) Salt and black pepper to taste Vegetable oil 12 7 - inch square pieces of banana leaf for wrapping 3 cups grated fresh corn, excess juice squeezed out Cotton string for tying

Mild and tender, the buttery fish was served atop a bed of sautéed shiitake mushrooms that added more meaty mouthfeel to the dish, and both texture and flavor were further bolstered by a topping of crispy fried onion strings and diced scallion.

Lay the pear slices on top of the cheese, close up the meat and tie it together with kitchen string, making knots every 2».

12 wonton wrappers 1 ounce string cheese (about 1 snack size stick) 1 ounce sharp cheddar cheese, cut into three 1 - inch x 1 - inch squares 2 ounces brie cheese, cut widthwise into 3 pieces 1 fresh jalapeno, seeds removed and thinly sliced widthwise 1 green onion (just the green top), chopped 3 whole walnuts (shelled) 1 - 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar 1/2 cup canola oil (more may be needed depending on the size of skillet used)

Our stand - in skipper Koscielny has now moved to reveal that he still holds serious hope of returning to the top of the division, claiming this win will help his side to turn things around after a string of bad results.

Chelsea and City will be laughing at the string of surprise failures inside the top six this week, and considering that Arsenal were the only side to actually lose, we will have to consider ourselves lucky not to have lost much in the race for the title or the top four.

BRYN EVANS St. Ignatius - S.F. — Lacrosse — Senior Playing for the top program on the West Coast, Evans was an All - American attacker who Laxrecords.com named National Player of the Week honors in late April after Evans delivered a stellar string of games on the East Coast.

They try to start stringing together some Wins and stay near the top of the Standings as they go toe to toe with Team Kaplan in Week 4.

I too was one of the bunch who advocated for us to concentrate totally on PL and nothing else while we are top of league, I put a team forward made up almost entirely of second / third string players and under 21s.

I even thought top clubs were in for him.Some three or 2 seasons back many here were debating why he should be our main striker.As soon as you mention any other strikers name people would come out with stats and many things defending him.Even Wenger has defended him blindly in the past.People say Wenger's stubborn yeah.But don't we know that there's a reason why everything happens?Honestly speaking he's the reason why Arsene Wenger has failed to sign a top notch striker because he still believes in him.The funny thing is we signed Welbeck at that time who to me did nothing before to be the main man here.People keep saying Welbeck is hardworking and that he works his socks off.But the question is was that our reason for signing him.Welbeck being signed to challenge Giroud tells me a lot about Giroud's quality.Even Walcott (no offence to him) who has zero CF qualities was even chosen over him for a string of games and all in all I think he did well but has too many defeciencies for that role.We've compromised as a club and it'll come back to bite us.

The Levante stopper has followed up a wonderful season in La Liga with a string of impressive displays for his country, topping it off by saving Theofanis Gekas» penalty to send his nation through to their first ever World Cup quarter final.

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Has already been in magical form in the first two games of the campaign, notching up a string of assists and producing top notch displays both at Wigan and at home to Reading.

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However, Klopp could still be the most readily available in the next few months, with Manuel Pellegrini under pressure after a string of defeats have left the club fighting just to retain their spot in the top four.

Eventhough am not a big fan & all i feel if he's able to buy Lemar & a centre without selling Alexis we might end up in the top 4 or even steal the title from the favourites this season because AW said he'll prioritize the EPL over the UEL that means he might be using a second string side for the Europa League while the favourites lose their players to injuries & fatigue because of the Champs League.

Strung out along the steep headwall near the top of KT - 22, spectators and competitors watch a racer dart through a gate on the first pitch of the men's giant slalom course, considered one of the world's finest racing trails

The report by John Cross in the Mirror futher goes on to state that contract talks are in an advanced stage and that an announcement will be made at a more appropriate time — perhaps when the team manage to string a couple of wins together or manage to creep into the top four at the end of the season, although the latter looks unlikely now.

Wenger needs to play our best 11 in string of games only way to build a team likes of iwobi ox coq Walcott Ramsey ok for league and fa cup but none close to quality needed to challenge top teams... Truth is this psg team would not be in contention in EPL... But point will do

Basically mert Ramsey coq giroud Walcott should be second string but in most games 4 of these players start... that makes us a second level team... Mert has to be one of the worst central defenders in any top team in Europe....

On paper you would think that playing Forest would be an easyish task, considering they have won only one of their last 8 games in the Championship, but League form goes out of the window when it comes to the FA Cup, especially when Wenger is forced to play some second string players to help the First XI team regain some strength for the Top Four challenge.

Liverpool's current goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has come under serious criticism this season for a string of inconsistent performances, and Brendan Rodgers is likely to try and bring in another top notch stopper to compete with the Belgian for the no. 1 jersey.

Jones's reasoning was that if Olmedo and Company could beat Ashley Cooper and Mal Anderson, then rated the top amateurs of the world, as they did in Brisbane last December, then they should have little trouble with the second - stringers Captain Harry Hopman had assembled after Cooper and Anderson turned pro.

With all this in mind Koscielny is right to suggest that whilst «we are Arsenal» and no doubt we will pull the strings together to get the «top four job» done, Arsenal have been left behind by their rivals in the Premier League in terms of challenging at the very top.

A bitterly disappointing end to Euro 2016 for the Atletico Madrid star, but after a slow start, he bagged the Golden Boot award with a string of top performances and wonderful finishes.

Arsene Wenger needs to take a look at his tactics and formation, much like Antonio Conte did after we beat Chelsea back in September, which led to their amazing string of wins which propelled them to the top of the table, and now look assured champions this term.

He has certainly been the most important as he has rescued them from countless dismal defensive showings with a string of top class saves.

Making top 4 for the last twenty years, the majority of that time on a shoe string budget while losing all our best players every year is a marvel and massive achievement.

Add a top class striker and we have a solid midfield and a great attack, with Ozil pulling all kinds of strings.

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of endless gallic bullshit....4 th place junkies wetting themselves over 3rd place finish should realise that other teams will be strengthening in summer definitely the others in top 4 and always a surprise or two outside... wenger has f @@@@@ us over for ten years now selling top players and bringing in a string of jokers... yes that changed with ozil and sanchez... but giroud coquelin and monreal while all decent and can help us to another 4th place but not beyond that (coquelin could still be a top class player but ai nt there yet) walcott and podolski will never deliver and merteshaker would not be in any other top 15 team in europe... so the idea that the squad is on the cusp of greatness is moronic and confirmed by end of season performance... we need four quality signings but i would settle for two (attacker plus DM) and an upgrade (left back)..

Now you know why we call him the senile fraudster... an old man masquerading as a coach but in reality he is just running a con game, stringing fans along with the promise of «soon competing at the top level» while enriching himself and his master Kroenke.

This Gunners side looks to have lost all confidence after a string of defeats saw them beaten in the Carabao Cup final by Manchester City and winning a place in the Premier League top four this season also looks in serious doubt.

The brightest spot for the club is of course the meteoric rise of Eyptian striker Mohammed Salah who has had a string of dazzling performances, and now with 24 goals is the joint - top scorer in the division with Tottenham's Harry Kane.

As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years

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 playerof 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 playerOF SPENDING and forgot how to manage top players,

The fact that Szczesny played a blinder for Roma in their own final Champions League group game, with his string of top class saves almost single handedly keeping them in the competition, is another bonus for Arsenal and surely working under the brilliant Petr Cech will do the Pole some good.

Two wins and a string of podium finishes meant that after 11 of the 16 races he was just three points behind McLaren's Alain Prost at the top of the table - not much of a deficit with five races still to go.