Sentences with phrase «well against any of»

CDR never played particularly well against any of Doc's teams, nor did he play well against the Clippers shortly before Doc was brought aboard.

Additionally, the Panthers have rebounded on the defensive end exceptionally well against some of the best offensive rebounding teams in the country.

And it wouldn't even be much of a political risk for him to turn his back on the WFP — not with polls showing him running 2 - 1 or better against each of his prospective Republican opponents.

«Amazon's brand, user base, and digital media offering would position a tablet well against some of the other options out there,» Sebastian told Reuters.

I had my first taste of real combat, and even though I came away a little more confident in my abilities as a marauder, I knew that I would have to level my character up more if I wanted to match up well against some of the more terrifying beasts lurking among the hills of Eorzea.

Not exact matches

As well as disputes over stretches of a 3,500 km (2,200 miles) border, they are bumping up against each other in the Indian Ocean and squabbling over Xi's signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.

TORONTO, May 1 - The Canadian dollar fell to a four - week low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday before paring its decline, as Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said the outlook for the domestic economy is good despite the overhang of high household debt.

«Until the financial performance of B Corps become more numerous and better known, the fear of loss will weigh against their access to credit.»

Dollar bulls in London took advantage of the holiday in most of the rest of Europe to push the currency to almost $ 1.20 per euro and helped it make good ground against the Swiss franc and the data - dented pound.

So it's like, how good can you make that brake pad against extreme reentry conditions, and minimize the cost of refurbishment.

Although we already have a full buying guide to the best smart speakers, we thought it'd be fun and helpful to pit the Google Home and the Amazon Echo against each other in a battle royale for the title of best smart home speaker.

Against a background of more volatile markets and worries that some of the biggest hedge fund managers are nursing losses this year, many in the audience focused on the smaller, better - performing investors like Oleg Nodelman.

Other top government officials, like foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, have worked to water down the threat of further sanctions against Russia as well.

«It's a feel good measure,» said Democrat Sharon Har, one of four lawmakers who voted against the bill.

The lead investor may negotiate better terms, defend against unfair dilution by negotiating with venture capitalists during follow - on financing, mentor the company and represent small investors on the board,» says Nick Tommarello, the co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform WeFunder, in a letter to the Committee of Financial Services shared with Entrepreneur.

Against the conventional wisdom of continual digital progress, printed books might very well be with us for the long haul for reasons that aren't entirely logical.

The new service could help such retailers take advantage of Google's voice assistant - based shopping services, so they can better defend themselves against Amazon «s advances in this space.

While it's never a good idea to bet against Mother Nature or gravity, the good news is that many of the things most likely to bring your business down are man - made and sometimes the product of your own actions or — more likely - inactions.

The transfer shares a good part of the blame for the financial squeeze that leaves young adults unable to afford a family of more than one or two children, as journalist Duncan Hood discusses in «The war against the family.»

The bitterness between various members of the Latner family is one that's been well documented, with adult family members filing lawsuits against each other in the same way teenagers might tussle over the TV remote.

Vulture, or Adrian Toomes, played by a very well - cast Michael Keaton — who probably got this role for appearing as another man with wings in «Birdman» — is one of the rare villains in the MCU that has a personal vendetta against the superheroes who doesn't feel like a desperate tie - in.

This allows for significantly better uptimes for your e-commerce site, with the added benefit of a stronger safeguard against DDoS attacks, which attempt to overwhelm your site with traffic to essentially shut it down.

With Blue Ant, MacMillan appears to be tacking against the torrents of broadcast television dreck at the bottom of the dial by targeting two coveted demographics, the first of which is thinking, affluent baby boomers: its portfolio includes content about the cottage lifestyle, travel, and PBS - style documentary programming through the Canadian version of the Smithsonian Channel, as well as a nature channel called Oasis.

Our goal is to have sophisticated owners of teams that can operate at a high level, know how to build businesses, know how to build sports, and who aren't going to be working against each other, but are going to be collaborating in the best interests of fans around the world.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington, according to accounts from well - placed senior military officers.

Whitman is well - known in state and national politics as well, having worked on presidential campaigns for Mitt Romney and John McCain, and having run against Jerry Brown in 2010 for the governor of California, a race she ended up losing.

While the trained Velociraptors go against all rules of science, it is a good twist.

It could be that because we've brought more cases in the last few years against some well - known names that that's interpreted as a crackdown, but that's simply more a reflection of the fact that time has gone by since we've updated the guides in 2009 to make it clear it applies to social media marketing.

This didn't sit well with a lot of fans in South Korea, and protests had been breaking out all the way up to last Sunday's friendly match against Sweden.

You would think that cracking an egg against the side of a bowl is the best way to avoid eggshells from getting into your food, but that method actually splinters the shell and creates more errant shells.

The development of the Barcelona Principles is a good starting point, but traditional PR must become more data focused to yield better results and compete against other marketing disciplines.

If Eggland's Best does commit to taking this stand against animal abuse, of course we would praise them.

«If the strikes of April 6, 2017, end the Assad crime wave against Syrian civilians, good,» Hof said.

Weidmann is a very good man but I think there's a lot of ammunition being built up against him,» David Marsh, chairman of the London - based think tank OMFIF (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum), told CNBC Thursday.

«Since the early days of single - serve coffee, we have successfully competed against well - resourced companies,» the statement said.

Sohn is one of the most anticipated hedge fund events of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

Mr. Siegal is perhaps best known for his victory in defense of high - profile private equity financier Benjamin Wey against federal criminal and civil securities fraud and money laundering charges.

I was told I would price myself out of the market, I didn't have enough recent media coverage to compete against well - known speakers, blah, blah, blah.

It will be interesting to see how the Huawei Mate 10 Pro fares in the US market, where it will be competing with the likes of the iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, as well as against other fan favorites like the OnePlus 5T.

In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

Mobile phone proliferation, cloud services and social networking have coalesced into the perfect pressure situation, where people are now more aware than ever that they are generating a good deal of data that can be turned against them.

The best way to protect against that, Woodman says, is to build a moat around the company in the form of its content ecosystem.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly advanced and more widely adopted, we'll start to see a lot of companies - big and small - turning to AI in order to come up with better data strategies and win customer adoption, and to better compete against their competition.

The rationale was strength in numbers; its combined membership of 300,000 would be better poised to fight back against increasingly hostile employers, as well as governments that have neutered stoppages as a bargaining tool through back - to - work legislation.

Industry experts and retailers credit music fans for the focus on vinyl, saying a small backlash against digital downloads has led some customers toward searching out higher sound quality, as well as the more authentic experience of physically putting on a record.

WASHINGTON — Seeking to intensify pressure on Russia, President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, targeting President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support.

«It also operates to accuse Ms. Clifford of committing a crime under New York law, as well as numerous other states, in that it effectively states that Ms. Clifford falsely accused an individual of committing a crime against her when no such crime occurred,» the suit says.

Rage and fear can move you to take action against an unacceptable set of circumstances, and that's good.

Also unsurprisingly, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George, dissenter - in - chief at the bank, voted against the motion to stay the course, citing «economic and financial imbalances,» as well as, further down the road, «an increase in long - term inflation expectations» as reasons for concern.

What's more, his polarizing lack of political correctness can also work against him among women and minority businesspeople, leaving the door open to his rival Clinton, whose small business platform and reputation for getting the job done may very well win over undecided voters.