Sentences with phrase «which gets things»

In a speech to K&L Gates legal firm (Pro Bono: The Finest Eloquence Is That Which Gets Things Done) on 13 January 2009 the attorney general said that «pro bono work is part of every good lawyer's DNA».

Gold Passport members aren't given MGM's Noir level which gets things like guaranteed restaurant reservations and «best seat in the house».

Administration officials said the true deficit number at the start of the process was $ 4.4 billion and that keeping state spending to the 2 percent cap level — which got things down to a $ 1.7 billion deficit — took a combination of spending cuts and proposed tax increases.

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However, firms are a bit different than many other businesses in the sense that — at least from what firms tell us — they find it more difficult to measure their current processes, the amount of resources required to perform certain activities, and the speed with which they get things done.

Not exact matches

We initially backed that with our own reserves, which was a very scary thing to do, but then we got a lot of interest from insurance companies.

The only thing the U.S. has gotten to Mars's surface is a robot, and no humans have been to the moon — which is about 1 / 170th the distance away — since 1972.

They understand that achieving great things means getting more done, taking excellent care of their bodies and thinking in ways which promote greatness.

Huffington does four simple things, which you can start doing right away: She gets enough sleep, exercises, meditates and eats healthy food.

When things go bad, our world gets shaken up, which requires us to grow, see new things and start afresh.

«But he keeps winning these Democratic primaries, and he's getting the support of a majority of Democratic voters despite his views that are clearly not Democratic, which tells me that the things he says transcend politics and if there is not universal acceptance, there's more widespread acceptance for his beliefs and viewpoints than I think people realize.»

Eventually you'll see that these apps that initially, especially like Tinder was very much geared towards hookups, it will end up moving up market and really disrupt the whole traditional online dating area, which I think is the most interesting thing going on right now because as we get better and better at our recommendations, as more people get on the platform, I think people will find less and less a need or desire to use things like a Match.com or Okcupid.

«So according to the Joint Committee on Taxation — which is the official scorekeeper of these things — every single person, every rate payer, every bracket person gets a rate cut,» House Speaker Paul Ryan told conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday.

The fact is, stories on Apple products inevitably get tons of readers, which means a few things.

Let's add staff, or let's spend some money training staff or getting them updated skills — all of those things which are really difficult to do when you are in a busy environment,» he says.

They were asked to rank themselves at that moment in time on statements like: «I feel like most of my life lies ahead of me,» «My future seems infinite to me,» «Time is slipping away,» and «I have a lot of time in which to get things done.»

«I get bored easily,» he said, «which is one thing that originally drew me to Crossfit years ago.

Like so many books about innovation and the exciting world of tomorrow's business, it's a little buzzwordy and breathless, which can get stale quickly — and when you're talking about the future, stale is the last thing you want to be.

But, with all that done, I get to spend my time on truly the things which are the most enjoyable to me, and which I'd like to think are the most important for me to do for the company!

Here's where things get interesting: those students assigned to the boring task performed far better when asked to come up with additional uses for everyday items to which they had already been exposed.

Pop culture critics, who tend to be attracted to the thing that's most popular, mostly ignore the most popular shows on TV, which are lower - brow fare crafted to get high ratings.

People are used to risk, but now you've got uncertainty which is a qualitatively different thing.»

I have constraints in that I have to meet quarterly numbers, which is a good thing — it's certainly good discipline — but it's a bad thing as well because if I wanted to invest, for instance, a $ 100 million to just make my brand name more accepted for two quarters and in the third quarter I'll get traction, that's not an option I would consider without a lot of pull.

Which is exactly the kind of thing Buffett does so well, whether it's showing up at a football game in essentially a costume, playing a ukelele at the annual meeting, or explaining how he'd gotten his investment idea by sitting naked in a bathtub.

Having some standard to get to, whether it's a word count you'll write or just a number of days for which you'll do a thing, sparks that tiniest bit of competitiveness and energy.

«Airlines have started to charge for more things, but with an airline rewards credit card, you can get things like your first bag checked free and priority boarding,» says Erik Larson, president and founder of NextAdvisor.com, which provides consumer - oriented research on credit cards and other products.

There are a couple things I don't like, which I'll get into in a bit, so let's jump into what you need to know about the iPhone X.

Among other things, it is working hard to get publishers and advertisers interested in its Facebook Audience Network, which allows ads outside of the Facebook site or app to be targeted to users based on the data that the social network has about their interests.

This whole «good deed» thing got me thinking about how in the startup world there are also a multitude of ways in which the best of intentions can easily lead to bad decisions and lousy results.

As bad as things get, there's one place in Moscow that reminds Russians that things could be a whole lot worse: the city's Cold War Museum, which opened a few years ago in a converted bunker.

I must have sent off hundreds of emails, which created a runway for me to really get things going.

Then you'll have a buffer day before the real deadline for stepping back and getting some breathing space from the project, which will allow you to see everything clearly and perhaps even catch a few things in need of tweaking.

Which leads me to the biggest thing I learned from the experience: I had earlier viewed getting rid of books only as losing something.

Among other things, qualifying investors can get tax relief equal to 30 % of the cost of those shares, to be set against their income taxes owing for the year during which the shares were purchased.

With just about every other device having its on / off switch on top or on the side, it's a difficult thing to get used to, which is why I've actually become a fan of the G3 ′ s KnockOn feature.

The bigger a cake gets, or the more top heavy it is, you have to introduce Rice Krispies, plastic piping, nuts and bolts or wooden bases in order to stop gravity from doing her thing, which is almost impossible.

This often sarcastic phrase makes you sound as though you're only willing to do the bare minimum required to keep getting a paycheck, which is a bad thing if you like job security.

HP stock took a drubbing, which is why things appeared to get muddier over the weekend.

The leaves are changing colour, the nights are drawing in earlier and the weather is getting colder - which means one thing - spiders are heading back indoors to lurk in the darkest corners of your home.

Gordon and his wife have discussed the idea of buying a safe house — something more secluded and modest than their current White Rock home — to which they could escape when things get bad.

Which leads to the real reason the women's roundtable might actually change things: Sitting around the table were a group of capable, smart, accomplished businesswomen who defied all manner of odds to get there.

That means if something goes wrong with the service, there can be delays in getting things fixed, which leads to customer frustration.

For one thing, the discount retailer does not have the same clout with drugmakers as CVS (which also operates pharmacy benefits manager giant Caremark), impeding its ability to get the best prices and make a profit.

A subscription service called Shoes4you failed recently, and many observers blamed the local concept of jeitinho, which gives a wink and pat on the back to consumers who uncover ways to get things for free.

And when the revised version of the bonus lottery comes out — the airline tried to get rid of the employees» regular bonus in favor of a lottery in which only a few would win — do you imagine things will be better or worse?

And he saw big things for other cryptocurrencies too: «Ethereum, which I think just touched $ 500 or is getting close, could be triple where it is as well.»

I've got a running task list called «near - term,» which contains things that I want to get done during the next one to two weeks.

So, not only are people getting paid less, things are getting more expensive, which makes people feel both frustrated and poor.

Later, sitting around ornate game tables (which Kallos acquired from the Imperial Palace after that casino got a makeover and a new name), they learn things like paying out bets, pacing games, and offering insurance when the dealer turns up an ace at blackjack.

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