Sentences with phrase «up to the summer of»

He has recently completed a novel, as yet unpublished, and is working on a follow - up to The Summer of 1787 that will explore the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868.

Louis was at the height of his professional abilities, having painted many Stripes in the months leading up to the summer of 1962.

Not exact matches

«If that rhetoric continues to heat up over the summer, that's going to create some degree of uncertainty as to whether the U.S. would become a bit more closed or introduce trade friction with its trading partners,» de la Durantaye says.

Look to the case of Tim Romero, a Tokyo - headquartered entrepreneur who, earlier this summer, «gave up» and closed ContractBeast, a startup that produced software for people who make software, when it hadn't gained a significant following after just seven months in business.

The main building, renovated and expanded starting in 2004 to the tune of $ 30 million, includes parking space for two tour buses, and during the summer months the hotel hosts Live at the Sunset Marquis, a web series spotlighting up - and - comers performing poolside.

That means all eyes are fixed on a duo of splashy summer releases — Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Paramount's Baywatch — to hopefully make up some ground.

«However, a slow start does not portend a slow overall summer as many have predicted,» he added, «though if the ebb and flow of this season's fortunes thus far is any indication we may have to buckle up for a pretty bumpy ride.»

This summer, Clinton released details of that plan, which would include tax credits up to two years for businesses that include profit sharing as part of their employee compensation.

Another week of hot, humid summer weather (sorry Australia) means more freezing offices where I have to bundle up.

We have two fantasy football teams that huddle up at the end of every summer to form teams and make picks.

In the summer of 1945, the six women were sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground to learn how to use IBM punch cards and wire up plug boards.

«According to the most recent assessment, the steady oil price recovery since summer 2017 and renewed interest in growth opportunities has led to oil majors catching up in terms of exploration activity this year, both in the shale industry and offshore deep water,» OPEC said.

Her list of ten questions for a life check - up are intended for use at the half - year mark, but can easily be adapted to suit a bit of summer self - reflection.

That summer, according to an account in Chinese court documents, thugs working for Gao beat up a group of men whom they mistook for another gang that had robbed them.

Warm weather, vacation distractions, and a general easy feeling can add up to productivity declines of 20 percent, according to one study released last summer.

To back up that belief, insiders have bought up huge swaths of Le Château stock since the dark days of last summer.

First Round Capital contributed to SinglePlatform's initial $ 1.2 million round of financing, and followed up in a second $ 3.25 million round last summer.

Davidson came up with the idea this summer, when she volunteered on a farm in upstate New York to mourn the sudden death of her best friend.

You can stock up on hot dogs and soda for your barbecue; find summer clothes, like tank tops and flip flops, at Dick's, JCPenney, and other clothing stores; and many of the books and movies being offered appear to fit the Independence Day theme, including the Totally Hilarious All About America Activity Book from Exchange, which you can get for 25 % off.

Since Pai, a Republican, has a majority of votes on the Commission, he is likely to go ahead with his plan to rip up the rules later this summer.

Boire, who took the reins last summer, added that the retailer has benefitted from efforts to diversify its offerings and ramp up its educational toys and gift businesses, sales of which grew 12.5 % and 13.8 % respectively in the quarter ended Jan. 30.

China's government has been evasive about economic matters from this summer's stock bailout to its efforts propping up the value of the yuan.

Last summer, Senators Angus King and Roy Blunt tried with the Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, which calls for a committee to come up with a plan to review, simplify, and cut federal regulations.

(Poets & Quants)-- While most of his MBA classmates at Stanford Graduate School of Business rushed off to lucrative internships with some of the world's most prestigious firms this past summer, Matt Ivester holed up in the school's library.

Viacom's Paramount is the only major studio other than Fox to post a stronger summer this year than in 2013 and even it is only up 8 %, to $ 464.9 million, mostly on the strength of TMNT and Transformers: Age of Extinction, which had the summer's strongest opening weekend.

Just as blockbusters are put out en masse during the summer months to reach out - of - school teenagers and young adults, videogames are traditionally released during the winter holiday season — when parents are more apt to spend $ 60 on a new game or up to $ 300 for a new system.

Before moving to Texas this summer to head up the Texas Farm Service Agency, Judy Canales served as the Administrator for Rural Business Development and Cooperative Programs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This isn't the first we've heard of Tesla's intention to develop a ride - hailing service, as Musk brought it up in his «Master Plan, Part Deux» released over the summer (emphasis ours):

Overall, the 2014 summer box - office totals are down about 24 % from last summer with just this final holiday weekend left to try to make up some of that difference.

The campaign, which launched back in the spring, has been gathering steam over the summer, and a couple of weeks ago McDonald's added TV ads to back up what had been a slow - build digital effort.

Logsdon points out that the slate of films lined up for 2015's summer season is impressive, with a sequel to the wildly - popular Avengers franchise expected along with reboots to the Mission Impossible, Terminator, and Jurassic Park franchises.

Katie Shea, co-founder of CitySlips, a New York start - up that sells foldable ballet flats that fit in a purse, says although she hasn't had a break in two years, she plans to take a trip this summer.

This summer, waves of media coverage pushed up the currency's value from the original US$ 1 per Bitcoin to more than $ 30.

As the weather warms up, many of us are starting to plan those summer vacations and get - a-ways with family and friends.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver chalked it up to a «summer lull,» but the numbers suggest a trend that can't be dismissed as simply seasonal.

We all know that music can affect our mood — pumping us up before a big event, helping us get in the productivity zone, or providing a soothing soundtrack to our lowest moments - but a stack of recent studies also shows music can affect us on an even deeper level, making us more generous and empathetic, and less biased, reports Summer Allen in Greater Good Magazine.

Every boss of a summer intern should make an appointment with her her intern to do a mid-internship check up and it should begin with the following question: «What did you expect to do or learn at this internship that hasn't happened?»

Moreover, the program has hosted more than 40 forums and speakers for the incubator's start - up teams this summer, Gaiss says, and at one of them Casinelli met a programmer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was able to talk him through a problem he was having.

Tratt is using much of the $ 3 million raised this year to flesh out the development team (11 employees and counting), improve the product (a web - based version rolled out this summer) and offer above - and - beyond customer service (Haiku Deck employees like to surprise customers who make a support request by picking up the phone and calling them).

Last summer, Renaissance scooped up Subtext, an e-reading startup whose technology enables students to have a discussion about a book within the digital pages of that book.

Google employees take ski trips and go on summer picnics, and while these aren't things a company can do every week, getting out of the office is good to give employees a break and help keep motivation levels up.

If you listen to public chatter, it's going to be a toss - up between Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen, the long - time favourite among economists, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, whom the Washington Post «s Ezra Klein says is at the top of Barack Obama's short - list.

But even as the market faltered in the summer, and worries about the global economy erupted, the pace of corporate combinations continued; in fact, it appeared to speed up.

I grew up in West Vancouver, and on the last day of school each summer I'd go to the barbershop and get my hair shaved off, so I wouldn't have to worry about ticks.

Dozens of people dressed up as Pikachu, the famous character of Nintendo's videogame software Pokemon, dance with fans as the final of a nine - day «Pikachu Outbreak» event takes place to attract summer vacationers in Yokohama, in suburban Tokyo, on August 16, 2015.

So if you're looking for inspiration on how to be productive when business drops off in the summer, check out Young Entrepreneurs Council's round up of 12 founders» responses to the question, «What odd jobs and tasks do you work on for your business during a slow season to keep busy and prepare for a busy time ahead?»

A survey of 600 white - collar American workers from Captivate Network found that productivity drops a hefty 20 % during the summer, according to a Business Insider article with a headline that pithily sums up the findings: «Some Shocking Facts About How Much Lazier Workers Get During The Summer.&summer, according to a Business Insider article with a headline that pithily sums up the findings: «Some Shocking Facts About How Much Lazier Workers Get During The Summer.&Summer.»

In the summer of 2008, Hilmarsson had to stop making and shipping his yogurt for three months in order to raise money to buy the equipment necessary to ramp up production.

Sears Holdings has lost more than $ 8 billion in the last five and a half years, and this summer, Lampert had to step up to provide an additional $ 300 million in debt financing for Sears, half of whose shares he controls.

There were also reports that he would leave after the president's equivocal reaction to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, last summer, and media outlets speculated that he might leave after the tax bill was passed or when Trump passed him up as chair of the Federal Reserve.