Sentences with phrase «wind at their backs»

Today, Senator Barack Obama arrived with a strong wind at his back in New Hampshire where, until late December, polls had placed him in a virtual tie with Senator Hillary Clinton.

«We accomplished a lot, but rather than having the wind at our backs, it's been in our faces.

You have the wind at your back.

Fed policymakers began this year with the wind at their backs, having pushed through a rate increase in December, the first such move in nearly a decade.

Today he credits much of his company's fast success not to himself but to having «a good wind at our back.»

From 2002 to 2007, the emerging world had the wind at its back, benefiting from an expanding global economy and trading system, limited price pressures, and growth friendly financial conditions.

For at least the last 20 years, businesses have had a wind at their back that has driven growth and forgiven many mistakes.

With this wind at your back, good was good enough.

In America, equity investors have the wind at their back.»

More than eight in 10 millennials said they were interested in sustainable investing, according to a recent survey by Morgan Stanley.1 Given that millennials are expected to have $ 19 trillion to $ 24 trillion in assets by 2020, sustainable investing may have some wind at its back.2

Adding, «In America, equity investors have the wind at their back.»

Wal - Mart entered the fiscal third quarter with wind at its back.

With the wind at their backs, the Superinvestors that Buffett highlighted in the article - Walter Schloss, Tweedy, Browne, and Sequoia - to name a few, enjoyed a spectacular run of outperformance.

I needed her to teach me about breastfeeding and bonding with my babies, I needed her as the wind at my back moving me further into my wholeness.

The Communists are bound to have the strategic advantage if they are promoting change, with the wind at their back, while the Western powers are desperately struggling merely to keep the barriers firm.

I know that John Paul II takes a dimmer view of American society than would totally gladden my heart; and I must confess that I have felt a certain cold wind at my back as I listened to him caution people in Latin America who do not even yet own shoes against falling into the trap of materialism.

Contrarian sports investors should «stay the course» and let Sports Insights» data help «put the wind at your back.»

Here are some ideas that should help minimize the sportsbook's «take» and help you «put the wind at your back».

If you are walking or running outside, begin your route FACING the wind so the return portion has the wind at your back.

Democrats clearly have the wind at their backs as we head into 2018.»

He feels the public wind at his back on his call for a rise to 50p for top earners.

«By the time she's elected to office, we will be able to generate the kind of momentum that the federal government will feel the same wind at their backs that Cuomo and Brown have felt,» Henry predicted.

That's in a strong housing market with the winds at his back.

«I think the governor is starting in a strong political place with the people on his side and the wind at his back,» Ross Levi, executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda, told the News.

«You want her to finish this primary with the wind at her back, because America needs a president who can pull things together,» Clinton said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Feeling the political wind at his back after years of reversals, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer pointed to Tuesday's Democratic electoral victories and predicted a momentum shift against the GOP tax bill.

It will be interesting to see whether Senate Democratic strategists sound more realistic during the 2015 - 2016 cycle than they did over the past two years, as well as how Republicans operate when they don't have the wind at their backs and a favorable map.

Can the Democrat win without a strong wind at his back?

It is too early to know the context for these races and which candidates will have the wind at their backs.

Joy: No no, we need a way of our system having the wind at its back.

Wind at His Back Grad student Trey Powers has hunted with hawks and raced yachts.

In the summer of 2009, during the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set a world record time of 9.58 seconds for the 100 - meter dash — but he did so with a slight wind at his back.

I love the Sun on my face and the wind at my back.

From its biturbo engine and aerodynamically refined body to its available air suspension, the E-Class harnesses the air to put the wind at your back.

And if you're an independent author — without a publishing house to put some marketing wind at your back — it's hard to imagine you not being interested in library patrons» growing fondness for ebooks.

Amazon offers not only a broader range of media, but a sense of the wind at its back and the ability to plug into the larger Android world.

Since we are trading longer term, we want the market wind at our back.

With the wind at their backs, the Superinvestors that Buffett highlighted in the article - Walter Schloss, Tweedy, Browne, and Sequoia - to name a few, enjoyed a spectacular run of outperformance.

Best of all, since the stock market generally rises over time (9.1 % annually since 1871), asset managers should theoretically have the wind at their backs when it comes to steady, strong, and highly profitable growth in sales, earnings, and cash flow.

When an asset management firm is growing, it has the wind at its back.

Volatility looks to remain at exceptionally low levels keep the wind at the backs of the equity index ETF's SPY, IWM and QQQ.

The Bottom Line: After a good start to the week, bulls failed to take advantage of the technical wind at their back and now things are lining up to be far more range bound at best.

Go long Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT): Much like JNJ, Abbott Labs is a diversified health care giant with the wind at its back.

Yet biotech, small cap, Internet and rapid appreciators do not have the same wind at their backs.

Volatility looks to remain at abnormally low levels, keeping the wind at the backs of the equity index ETF's SPY, IWM and QQQ.

Volatility looks to remain subdued keeping the wind at the backs of the equity index ETF's SPY, IWM and QQQ, despite their moves to new highs.

It's definitely a wind at your back, helping you along the way.

Munger believes the greater the quality of a company, the greater the strength of the wind at your back over the long term.

It is the kind of endorsement that gets the wind at your back,» says artist and foundation trustee Kerry James Marshall.

Now they have larger megaphones and a political wind at their back.