Sentences with phrase «weak performance at»

While we spent recent years pretending that a teacher might lose his or her job because of an 8th grader's poor test results, we gave short shrift to the reality facing the 8th grader: a lifetime of truncated opportunities dictated by weak performance at an incredibly young age.

Despite the weak performance at its established U.S. stores, the company raised its full - year guidance.

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Growth at HBO provided a boost that made up for weaker performance from some of Time Warner's other TV operations.

«The disappointing performance in export activity suggests that the loss of export competitiveness from the strong dollar and the weak global backdrop are becoming a net drag on U.S. economic activity,» said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York.

If we look instead at the employment - to - population ratio — a better measure of the economy's job - creation performance — Canada's recovery is actually slightly weaker than those of the U.S. and Britain.

If we look at the index's constituents, we find that six metals — aluminum, copper, zinc, gold, silver and nickel — have been the top drivers of performance this year, thanks to a weaker dollar, China's commitment to rein in oversupply and heightened demand.

At the start of the third quarter consumers eased off on spending at department, electronics and furniture stores as retail sales stalled in July, marking the weakest performance in six months, Commerce Department figures showed yesterday in WashingtoAt the start of the third quarter consumers eased off on spending at department, electronics and furniture stores as retail sales stalled in July, marking the weakest performance in six months, Commerce Department figures showed yesterday in Washingtoat department, electronics and furniture stores as retail sales stalled in July, marking the weakest performance in six months, Commerce Department figures showed yesterday in Washington.

SkyCity Entertainment Group, New Zealand's only listed casino company, has posted an 18 per cent lift in first - half profit as improved trading at its key Auckland casino offset a weaker performance from its Australian and high - roller businesses.

SkyCity has posted an 18 per cent lift in first - half profit as improved trading at its Auckland casino offset a weaker performance from its Australian units.

The release was a bit of a Goldilocks report for the market, as it continued the narrative that the economy is growing at a healthy pace, but the weakest performance in consumer spending in five years punched a hole in the inflation bubble that hurt the market early in the week.

Organic sales growth trends held steady at a 1 % decline, and while that performance met management's reduced outlook, it was still quite weak.

At Corinth, the oral performance of the letter has particular significance to the Pauline apostolate; since Paul's bodily presence had been deemed weak, Paul establishes a new presence, that of Paul - in - the - letter, which, when embodied by the reciter, gave Paul restored visibility in the community.

This is simple a very intelligent child can solve this problem.Firstly today our keeper was very poor however i know he will come good.By the way why is Paulista no getting his chance.What i have observed about arsenal since we signed Mertesacker from day one and since he started playing is that Mertesacker hardly gets involved you will usually see him a few times because he does not want to get caught out.e has always been a weak link in the defence even in his greatest performances here.When i see us playing with a high line and he is there i always laugh.It is just a mistake waiting to happen and i can tell u that it will happen again this season.Secondly why is Ramsey Cazorla and Ozil playing in the same line - up in a 4 -5-1 formation.That is just not right though it will win you some matches due to individual brilliance.It wont work at all.Lastly the least i say about Giroud the better i am not judging him on one game.One would imagine if he was not french and like chinese will he be getting these chances under Wenger.To me he will always be an average player and i will stand by my word even if he has good games.

It's worth noting that he's been at least partially liable for Duke's weak defensive performance this season.

Arsenal was given one of the weakest team in this CL competition.Everybody expected a win, like by big margin but the whole match there was no fight and desire.The game was so poor at all front last night.City and Man Utd played their hearts out even though they were defeated.Man Utd players witnessed a horrific injury to their team mate, that will affect their focus and rhythm but they fought with desire to win the game till the end.City were the better team than Juventus, they played really good.I have even read an article on Sky that states even though Man utd and City is defeated they still can qualify the group stage, thats how their performance were reassuring.But Arsenal were really poor from starting the game till end.Zagreb got their first win in CL since 1999, that says it all.

With the injuries to Monreal and Koscielny and a weak performance by their stand - ins at the weekend, Mavropanos may even find himself making his senioe debut very quickly indeed!

There were many matches where it looked like he was the only one trying to make something happen and those around him went to sleep.He wants everyone to play with his strong mentality but little does he know that Arsenal is mentally weak team.Do you think Alexis can repeat this sulking in other top clubs?It's only Arsenal that opens themselves uo for such things in they way we behave and play.That being said I don't see the point in keeping a player who doesn't want to play for you but a rival.It's just sick.If I was Wenger I would've sold him but at am not.But mark my words we will be vindicated by his performances for another club just like the rest who left.

His performance at Monaco was a little over average, scoring just over one goal every two games in a star studded team playing in a weak French league.

, debuchy was france 1st choice before he came to us.why is theo walcot under performing?look at bellerin, the guy is going backward, he is not the type of player we new 2 seasons ago, his performance against beryan when we defeated them 2 1 at emirate the same player couldnt track down ordinary richalison.we keep blaming this players, though some are average but ARSENE WENGER does nt develop players, the dressing room is lost, our players are mentally weak, everything we do is outdated, wenger needs to go, our fans in london are not doing enough to make these people know what we fans are going through, i fear for nelson too, cos that guy is exceptional, but soon fans will start condemning him, and its not his fault, how do you expect him to develop when hes being played out of position?WENGER MUST GO!!

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

The research contradicts the findings of earlier studies, including one by researchers at Florida Tech in 2003, which suggested that heading in soccer may result in the short term in weaker mental performance, including a decline in cognitive function, difficulty in verbal learning, planning and maintaining attention and reduced information processing speed.

The opposition parties claimed the appeal revealed Labour's unease at Brown's weak performances in the leadership debates.

The exchanges at PMQs today saw a painfully weak performance by Ed Miliband, with an assured David Cameron thinking on his feet to throw in a couple of good one - liners at his opposite number's expense.

Following a review of the available evidence and a public discussion involving the program's faculty, staff, and trainees, the exam's ability to predict student performance seems «weak at best» while it significantly disadvantages women, minorities, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, writes Scott Barolo, director of the Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS), in the announcement.

Weak forearms and wrists and less than optimal performance at exercises that can maximize your biceps, triceps, back and chest growth.

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The movie portrayed her personality and as a legend of a woman posed as a man to enter the monastery and become Pope.German actress Johanna Wokalek was pretty good for that role and the other performances were decent as well.The portrayal of the time, crowds and the cities was below average, but very effective, since it was a low - budget movie, the image and lighting quality was not always good.The weak point of the movie was in the rhythm, which at times was uneven, and went from fast to very slow, but still it was never boring because of the strong plot.

Knightley may be the weakest link amongst a cast that includes Adam Brody (Scream 4), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult) and Martin Sheen (The Amazing Spider - Man), however even at her most mannered her performance is far from her worst.

She's never turned in a weak performance, but as the world - wearied matriarch of a politically troubled family, she is at her stirring best.

As for Day, who worked with first - time feature director Richie Keen on the TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, it's not that his performance was weak, but rather that I just didn't care about his character at all (despite the fact that he was given an overdue pregnant wife and young daughter as justification for why it was critical that he keep his job over others who had been let go in a massive, nonsensical layoff).

Over at USA Today, Susan Wloszczyna has come to the conclusion that, in a fairly weak year for film with a less - than - competitive Best Picture slate to show for it, the performance categories are where it's at this year: The real action this year is in the acting.

Washington does well in his performance as Bobby but it feels like he phoned this one in, which I think says either a lot about the weak script or shows how good Denzel really is at acting.

It might have a typically game performance from Mark Wahlberg at the center, and a few fitful laughs, but the rest of it seemed aimless, lazy and offensive without being transgressive (say what you like about the mostly weak «The Dictator,» but it sets out to hit more taboo subjects than «Chinese people speak funny.»)

Word of mouth will be buoyant and we need only look at The Princess Bride, one of the most beloved fantasies of the past quarter - century and an indirect Stardust ancestor, for a prime example of a movie whose weak box office performance is but a distant memory.

Despite a couple of (mildly) weak performances, Chicago succeeds in providing wonderful entertainment and transporting the viewer into a time of debauchery, illegal booze, and jazz, while at the same time not depressing.

· Student performance at charter schools is showing signs of improvement over time (mainly because of the closing of weak charter schools).

Conversely, Poland and Slovakia are particularly weak at educating students from families with less education, given the performance of those from families with high education.

Will they be «adaptive» (via computer or otherwise) to kids at different levels of achievement or will they, like most of today's tests (see discussion here at the seventeen - minute point), do a weak job of differentiating performance at the top and at the bottom of their range of difficulty?

Martin West, a professor of education at Harvard, states that «weaker scores among voucher recipients may be a result of the fact that public school performance is improving, particularly in the District, where math and reading scores at traditional public and public charter schools have increased quickly over the past decade.»

Graduation rates, Regents test scores, drop - out rates, the progress of minority students, the performance of the weakest 9th grade students — you name it, and the results, as evaluated and tabulated by the respected university - based scholars at the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, were very strong, even remarkable.

Sure, Supt. John Deasy has managed to at least talk the talk on systemically reforming the district (even as he makes rather weak moves as striking a deal with the AFT's City of Angels local on a teacher evaluation plan that does little to actually measure the performance of teachers based on their success with the students they instruct in classrooms) and has even allowed for families at 24th Street Elementary to exercise the district's own Parent Trigger policy and take over the school.

In particular, significant labor market premia can be earned in a variety of more technical certificate and Associate (AA) programs, even for those with weak earlier academic performance, but instead many disadvantaged (and other) students choose general humanities programs at the AA (and even the Bachelor's or BA) level with low completion rates and low compensation afterwards.

So the question is: With regard to clutches at least (and probably brakes and tires) is it commonplace for the higher - performance materials to have a shorter working life, even on weak bikes like a 300 - particularly when the driving habits are the same?

A weak or erratic output signal from a wheel speed sensor can cause poor performance or lack of power from a stop or at low speeds.

just keep listening to those indie devs that tell you how beast the ps4 is... lol, while the games keep coming out looking worse than things I was playing 6 years ago I just mentioned sheer power draw there smart guy its one thing that can easily be looked at, and it is quite telling it lets you know that the ps4 is relatively weak, hence a game like bf4 is sub-1080p, still has tons of aliasing as ps4 is NOT powerful enough to utilize proper AA techniques, the draw distance is reduced, performance is less than ideal, shaders are weaker, textures are muddied and blurred

Among midrange unlocked phones, the Asus Zenfone 2 delivers faster performance for about $ 50 more, and the latest Moto G has a customizable design and better camera starting at just $ 180, but its performance is weaker than the Alcatel.

Looking at performance, the Latitude 7280 does quite well with one weak spot found in the solid - state drive (SSD) for our version.

- Generic design - Weak chipset yields poor performance in games and benchmarks - No fast charging - UI may be oversimplified for advanced users - 720p display does not belong in a 2016 smartphone - Loudspeaker is loud but distorts at maximum volume

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