Sentences with phrase «tough year of»

This was a particularly tough year of choices with some categories easily having their own top ten or twenty - five and some I struggled to even come up with one.

She made it through a tough year of fourth grade, participated in an overnight trip to the Museum of Science (without me or Jon as a chaperone), and signed up for violin and made it through the concert (despite never practicing #badTigerMom).

Neither and i do nt think joachim loew wilm come but hes about the only guy but why are we even having this conversation competimg for 8 trophies in 8 years and won 5 thats top drawer you need atleast two years to redevelop your squad after missing champions league lets give him another year no new manager will have enough time with the team its a world cup year if we get a new guy we will start horribly it will be a tough year of wenger we will put the forces behind him to have a successful year and i see it happenong qe will spend and we will succeed

As for all you mother's, thank you, thank you, thank you for being such great mothers, and somehow, getting through the tough years of being a mother.

Andrew Reitzer faces the toughest year of his 14 years in the grocery business ahead of his expected retirement next year but he looks determined to not go out with a whimper.

Wenger has done well to get us through the tough years of stadium debt but the last few years has shown that he can not take us forward.

«Many of us were here during the tough years of the 80s and 90s.

One of Inwood's greatest strengths is that it has historically been affordable to working - and middle - class New Yorkers, many of whom stuck it out through the tough years of the 1980s & early»90s when drug - related crime plagued our neighborhood.

-- Seed Potato: While 2013 confirmed a significant improvement (OP margin of 5.3 %), the seed potato business has suffered two tough years of weather disruption (plus Algerian & Syrian issues)-- margins remain well shy of the 10.1 % average we saw in 2009 - 11.

After 8 - years I have just shy of $ 5k to help him through the tough years of life and no shock to my savings rate.

I am Thankful for < 3 Knowing the God of Possibilities who has never left me through the toughest year of my entire life loosing my home and everything in three storage units.

Not exact matches

«In order to meet the growing challenge of a tough market last year, I was forced to consider alternative options to keep my business viable,» said Dr. Alan Glazier, the company's founder and CEO.

«It was a tough year,» for us, he says, «mostly because we're making that big shift of turning away big - box retailers.»

Tough questions — like whether to leave you comfortable job or start your own business, move across the country in pursuit of opportunity or stick close to home, study economics or art, get down on one knee and propose or give it another year — cause many of us to break out in a cold sweat.

The 22 - year - old former child prodigy had a few big - ish wins, and a lot more tough losses, before she entered the Rio Olympics an unseeded representative of Puerto Rico this past August.

Its coal volumes have been falling for several years, and the combination of tougher environmental regulations and, in all probability, continued low natural - gas prices make it likely that the decline will persist.

Jean Coutu, the owner of his eponymous drugstore chain, made the tough decision this year to sell his iconic pharmacy business that took a half century to build.

It's tough to know what happened on Earth thousands of years before anyone started writing anything down.

But assuming that the rest of the world will continue to turn a blind eye to American profligacy is a risky bet, and it will get riskier if Congress keeps skirting the tough choices for the next 10 years.

The state of the economy, new legislation and an uncertain tax environment make adding staff one of the toughest decisions you'll face next year.

The Dell role lasted a couple of years before Legere joined telecoms company Global Crossing in 2001 as CEO, taking it through a «really tough» restructuring and eventually selling it to CenturyLink (then Level 3) in 2011.

The end of the year is always a tough time for entrepreneurs.

Danone announced a cost - cutting plan of 1 billion euros ($ 1.1 billion) over the next three years, due to changes in Europe and a tough environment in China.

After all, the average car on American highways and byways is now more than 9 years old after a tough downturn that has driven home the virtue of making do, says John Paul, a spokesman for AAA of Southern New England and host of the «Car Doctor,» a weekly radio program.

In London, it has fended off attempts by drivers of the city's famous black cabs to have the app ruled illegal, and transport bosses decided earlier this year not to impose tough new rules on the app.

While the renewable industry has gained momentum in recent years, «the battle certainly got tougher» with the election of Trump, said Dan Kammen, an energy expert at the University of California, Berkeley and science envoy for the U.S. State Department.

With the rush of prepping for the end of the year, taking stock of goals, and managing the to - dos and emotions of the holiday season, the end of year can be a tough time for business owners and employees.

The cold email is a tough email to write, but the right nugget of wisdom can save an entrepreneur years of headache and thousands of dollars.

While the tough job of organically growing Scotia's wealth management business had been underway for several years, the bank suddenly found itself with options to fast - track that growth.

Next year, the Teutuls expect to sell 250 of the tough - looking bikes.

Los Angeles, for instance, faces one of the nation's toughest challenges with homelessness, seeing an 11 % year - over-year increase as of January.

But the past few years have been tough on casual restaurants — a vast category that occupies everything between fast food and fine dining — as chains have surrendered market share to a growing wave of upscale fast - food brands like Five Guys and Freshii.

Any commodities business comes with some volatility — the oil and gas business has had a tough couple of years amid low energy prices.

But it was her turn as the tough - talking princess who defies the Evil Empire in «Star Wars» two years later that rocketed her into fame and turned her into a feminist icon at the tender age of 19.

Additionally, the first quarter of 2016 was a tough for Goldman, with volatile markets, regulatory burdens and fewer deals in the first half of the year pressing on its compensation pool.

Macmahon Holdings has reported a net loss of $ 217.9 million for the financial year, on the back of impairments to its assets during what has been a tough time for contractors and mining services firms.

Nintendo says it is working hard to ramp up production, with a target of 10 million units this fiscal year, but the Journal reports there are shortages of flash memory and batteries, and that the console's detachable wireless controllers have proven tough to make.

Fortescue Metals Group has ended a tough week for the iron ore sector by halving its projected capital expenditure for the 2015 financial year to $ US650 million, in response to the continued weakening of the iron ore price.

Local contractor Macmahon Holdings has returned to the black with a net profit of $ 1.7 million after a tough year in the mining sector.

Aging out of your teenage years is a tough transition for anyone, but today's birthday celebrant has had it harder than most.

In an election year, the Wells scandal is a Wall Street scandal that the average American is directly connected with (almost everyone has a bank account), and it can help the members of Congress look tough on the financial industry.

Over the years, Amazon has come under plenty of fire for being a tough place to work but it's also got some great programs, particularly around retraining.

This is further evidence that telecom players have a tough time competing in the massive public cloud space, where Amazon, Google, and Microsoft spend multiple billions of dollars a year on key infrastructure.

After a few really tough years, it's not surprising that small business owners and consumers are responding to signs of recovery with prudence.

Like Tough Mudder and Warrior Dash, the endurance test has gained a ton of traction in recent years.

«They are curious, energetic, and aren't afraid to ask tough and sometimes unusual questions... We both get interviewed dozens of times every year, but this was the most memorable one we've done in a long time.»

Over the past 100 years, Mercedes - Benz has earned quite a reputation for building some of the toughest and most solidly engineered cars in the world.

But, I can say that the millennial perspective, built from growing up with technology and coming of age in a tough economy, is invaluable to any company hoping to thrive now — and in the years ahead.

A May report by the Guardian detailed the tough work conditions at the company's Fremont, California, factory, revealing that hundreds of ambulances have been called over the past several years for injuries, fainting, and dizzy spells.

Last year I went to a huge multi-day event featuring more than 50 main speakers, dozens of seminar speakers, a wide variety of breakout sessions and workshops... fitting everything into a schedule was almost as tough as getting all the schwag into my carry - on.