Sentences with phrase «trains run on time»

If Luban's scholarship can be reduced to one ethical preoccupation, it is with the problem of the good bureaucrat, who does his job well but in service of great evil — the Adolf Eichmann who makes the trains run on time to carry Jews to the concentration camps.

Well, Mussolini may have made the trains run on time, but how many giant plastic slides did he build down the Spanish Steps?

But you know, even Mussolini couldn't make the trains run on time all the time.

As an example, an investor like Charlie Munger finds his «comparative advantage» in investing rather than «making sure the trains run on time» as an operator of a business like Matt Rose of Burlington Northern.

Mannix's job is a quotidian nightmare of putting out fires, making sure the trains run on time, preventing the embarrassing stuff from getting into the press and keeping the tantrums / temptations of the stars to a manageable minimum.

Benito Mussolini made the trains run on time; the people who supported his totalitarian view were recipients of a transportation system they could count on.

I told him that my father's Republican party made the trains run on time and his derails them.

«At least Mussolini made the trains run on time, every train has been late so far,» said Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa Sunday from the newly christened 96th Street Station platform.

In a remarkably short period of just over four years — which included one unopposed reelection in 2011 — Ulster County Executive Mike Hein has defined his office, staked out his turf, and brought order and direction (as in making the trains run on time) to where there had mainly been rule by legislative committee.

And while it's neither fair nor reasonable to compare the outdated legislative form of government (circa 1967 - 2008) with its modern executive successor, the fact is that Mike Hein has made the trains run on time.

The Mayor is doing his job superbly — making sure the trains run on time and everyone is doing their jobs according the the rules and guidelines.

That's a problem for a governor whose core political narrative is steady competence — that he makes the trains run on time and can wring accomplishments from a legislature split along party lines.

If a bunch of the city's movers and shakers have their way, Lhota will go from making the trains run on time to keeping the city on the right track.

And the reality is, more often than not, that mayors — tasked with making the trains run on time, picking up trash, plowing snow, solving problems — are taking on more and more responsibility.

If you want a man on a white horse who promises to make the trains run on time and then crushes you with his horse's hooves..

The fact is that Mussolini did not, in any economically significant sense, «make the trains run on time.»

«Mr. Kinsella will see that the trains run on time, that the graphics are co-ordinated, the phone lines are in and the election expenses legislation complied with.»

«Studies of CEOs have shown that those who are first - borns tend to run their companies conservatively — improving things by, say, streamlining product lines, simplifying distribution routes and generally making sure the trains run on time,» Kluger wrote in an article for TIME.

Like the Italians who used to declare, «At least Mussolini made the trains run on time,» this CEO's half - hearted attempts at paying someone a compliment were so feeble that it would have been better if she'd said nothing at all.

Not only do they make sure that articles make sense and the subjects and verbs are right, at many places — such as the media company in question — they write the headlines and make sure the trains run on time.

If it makes comfy mattresses that help people sleep better, for instance — or builds software that keeps trains running on time, and therefore lowers commuter stress — consider it a yes.

Paul Critelli, one of the program's teachers, told me that many parents feel overwhelmed trying to get two or three kids ready for school each morning, and that their instinct is often to «sacrifice the anxious kid» in order to avoid morning hysterics and keep the family train running on time.

Keep the roads in good repair and the trains running on time and keep your metaphysical beliefs to yourself.

They didn't have much of the stuff the Right likes, except maybe keeping the trains running on time.

«In the face of climate change can our engineers keep the trains running on time?

It's Cyril who corrals the seamstresses, keeps the trains running on time, and dismisses Woodcock's muses and mistresses when they're no longer of any use to him.

Of course, they have to «keep the trains running on time» — that is, attend to myriad managerial responsibilities, such as scheduling and budgeting — and good principals are adept at doing just those things.

In an era when long - distance travel was difficult and exhausting even when the trains ran on time, the weather was fair, and the roads weren't thick rivers of mud, Julia — and her four young children, who often accompanied her — risked disease, death and capture whenever they journeyed between home and headquarters.

We're grateful to our business colleagues who keep the trains running on time.

Predictions to keep the interest rates down, the pound up, housing affordable, healthcare services improving by X, inflation down, and social harmony up and the trains running on time... to fulfill their own «predictions and promises» then they might actually earn THEIR wages for a change and gain a lift in credibility.

The athletes were magnificent, the crowds were enthusiastic, the trains ran on time and the place looked great.

Management entails keeping the trains running on time, administering the practices and procedures, ensuring adherence to policy, and not allowing any rocking of the boat.

An event manager who keeps the trains running on time...

Not exact matches

«What we've had to do at Harry's is actually think out multiple years ahead and say, how big do we want to be, in 2018 and 2019 and 2020 and start buying equipment today so that it gets put in place and we can train people on it and we can have them up and running by the time we're that size.»

«We do well in the Northeast Corridor in the peak times, but we have a lot of trains that run off peak, which is an opportunity for people traveling on leisure,» McKelvey said.

If you're on a tight budget and need someone who can hit the ground running, it may be more cost - effective to get along with an unfilled position than to hire someone who not only won't be productive from Day One, but will also take up another employee's time to train, lowering overall productivity.

To give investors confidence again, someone needs to be empowered to run Tesla's factory as a full - time job they actually like — not one they're willing to do between building high - speed trains, or rockets, or riding a roadster to Mars on an intergalactic road paved with comet cocaine, while talking themselves out of a fortune.

With all these bright, trained women running around, its» no wonder complementarians have a difficult time applying their own restrictions on the roles of women in the Church.

But then one more train of thought: Just as I was swamped in the raging Galilee and the issues it raises, I ran across Scott Stossel's review of Stumbling on Happiness, a book by Daniel Gilbert, a Harvard professor of psychology who studies happiness (New York Times, May 7).

Perhaps it was a benefit of Atlético's hard - running style, maybe it was the result of Diego Simeone's training regimen that he enforces on the team, but whatever it was, as time in regulation wore down and went into extra time, it was clear that Atlético had much more left in the tank than Real Madrid did.

Please don't dominate the rap Jack If you've got nothing new to say If you please go back up the track This train's got to run today I spent a little time on the mountain I spent a little time on the hill I heard someone say better run away Others say you better stand still....

the team looks well equipped, but whats the point if injuries keep occurring.fact that giroud does nt run much all the time may be a contributing factor to his fitness.as some dutch fitness coach mentioned, wenger should restropect on his training regime and do the needfull.that is more important than buying players.....

The above does not indicate on how your will get to Southampton Central beyond Southampton Parkway, although looking at the trainline it appears that there will be trains running into Southampton Central, although the journey time appears to be anywhere between 15 - 26 minutes (as opposed to the usual 8 mins)

OG wont do well in the FA cup final if he starts, Villa will hold a high line against Arsenal they cant park the bus there defence is crap, for OG its simple he hasn't got the pace or strength, you need a man who can run at the defender not hold the ball up, because of Okore Giroud will have an awful time he faster and stronger i think if Giroud is on he will be man marked (Okore's bitch all game) if you don't believe me watch the training footage of him manhandling Benteke...... Not an easy task.

Now that Raymonde had a reason to return to the courts, she began training once more, at night after work in the factory, on courts with few lights (the Germans had forced France to run on Daylight Savings Time).

As if losing to then rock - bottom Blackburn wasn't damaging enough to morale, with United relinquishing their five - match winning run in the process, reports suggesting Wayne Rooney was among several disciplined for turning up to training after Boxing Day worse for wear can only have a detrimental affect on the atmosphere in the dressing room − a dressing room which could best be described as dormant at the present time.

They ran on time like Swiss watches, like German trains — it was insane.

Luckily my husband and I worked with an agency in our area who took the time to educate us on the benefits of an open adoption verses a closed adoption and in our training sessions with them we realized being open was a very good thing for everyone in the long run.

But, it's especially good to keep in mind while you're sleep training, since your patience will likely be wearing thin and tensions will be running high and people will start to comment on how you're sleep training or why you're sleep training or the times they tried sleep training.

Potty Training is a developmental skill that children acquire in time, so if they are not able to connect all the dots, then asking them to go on the potty each time is like asking a child to run when they can not yet walk.