Sentences with phrase «year than the spring»

There's no better time of year than the spring.

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While dozens of hedge funds have sprung up this year to invest in the white - hot digital currency market, this one, known as Arrington XRP Capital, is the first to be denominated in a crypto - currency rather than dollars or euros.

Last spring, Salesforce (crm), which sells customer management and sales software to big companies, committed to spending $ 400 million over four years to host new software on AWS rather than in its own data centers.

This year, in addition to lobbyists, food producers and a panel of experts, more than 28,600 members of the public weighed in during the 75 - day public comment period in the spring.

Rather than show her latest spring looks during the recent New York Fashion Week, the 41 - year - old entrepreneur was fending off a lawsuit from her ex-husband and business partner.

Even though Spring is less than a year old, Spring would cost significantly more than that to buy.

But even though Amazon's valuation reached a pricey 75 times earnings last spring, it has since returned 73 % in just a little more than a year.

That may seem like a bold prediction, but consider that Gemvara, which is just more than a year old, had a $ 10 million run rate at the end of last year and, as of this spring, is venture capital funded to the tune of more than $ 25 million.

According to a study commissioned by his company and conducted by IHL Group, «out - of - stocks» accounted for $ 634.1 billion in lost retail sales for the year ended in the spring — 39 percent higher than in 2012.

Although one underwriter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the SEC last year, on the whole the bankers of our small - company group behaved better than that: as of the spring of 1997, not one of their issues had gone under.

The number of home sales that closed this spring were slightly higher than a year ago, but the lack of listings clearly held the market back.

«As an early gauge of spring buying activity, purchase applications for the last four weeks were all higher than the corresponding week a year ago, up an average of 4.8 percent on a year - over-year basis.»

The number of homes for sale did increase slightly in February, which always happens as the busy spring market approaches, but supply is still down more than 8 percent from a year ago; supply is up on the high end and far lower on the low end of the market.

Inadequate flood protection infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave about 3 million m3 of silt in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.

It's looking like an unsettling spring in Canadian housing, a market that has proven far more even - keeled and less scary for investors in recent years than in the United States.

The Juwai survey also revealed that 12 percent of UK real estate agents have already been contacted by Chinese buyers who plan to visit during Chinese New Year, and that 54 percent of UK property agents expect the 2017 Spring Festival season to be busier than 2016.

This year's entry, April, feels more autumnal than the spring title suggests, but the results are predictably stunning: alluring, moody folk tunes unconcerned with traditional song structures (or time limits).

It includes a chapter on domestic life that reviews how and where single men lived; a chapter on associations such as the YMCA and YMHA, which sprang up in these years to offer support, wholesome company, and structure to bachelor life in the city; a chapter on bachelor - frequented institutions (a rather more dignified term than most readers would choose) such as the saloon, the pool and dance halls, and the barber shops.

Offerings at Spring Harvest this year will be invested in the future of the organisation rather than... More

Spring Harvest has raised more than # 10m for charities in the last 20 years.

Many of the wounds have since been healed, but Rev Malcolm Duncan, the chair of Spring Harvest's planning group, says that this year's Spring Harvest theme is about more than making superficial statements: «Unity can be robust, it can involve difficult conversations and direct confrontations.

The survey, released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, finds that most people in many predominantly Muslim nations remain optimistic that democracy can succeed in the Middle East, more than a year after the Arab Spring began sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa.

I came across you last spring, and have made a good collection of your recipes... more than from anywhere else in my 29 years.

Notably, this response was larger than the effect observed for smaller managed spring flow events in previous years.

It takes a little more time and attention than a quick weekday breakfast, and it's loaded with all the green and crunchy things that spring provides to us this time of year — sugar snaps, snow peas, asparagus, greens and broccoli.

«Lamb» is the term for a sheep under one year old (also known as spring lamb); «hogget» (also called yearling lamb) is more than one year old, while «mutton» is two or more years old.

Icelandic Glacial is the super-premium natural spring water, bottled at the source from Iceland's legendary Ölfus Spring, which was formed more than 5,000 years ago and is shielded from pollution by an impenetrable barrier of lavaspring water, bottled at the source from Iceland's legendary Ölfus Spring, which was formed more than 5,000 years ago and is shielded from pollution by an impenetrable barrier of lavaSpring, which was formed more than 5,000 years ago and is shielded from pollution by an impenetrable barrier of lava rock.

A dry winter / spring across many parts of Australia resulted in higher than expected turn - off in the second half of 2017, which is likely to result in another restricted year for cattle flow in 2018.

LIVERMORE John Concannon, Fourth - Generation Vintner, Concannon Vineyard This year's harvest started about a week earlier than last year's due to a warmer summer and a drier spring, giving us a nearly perfect growing season.

The baths have been marvelously restored, and the hot water supplying them comes from the same hot springs the Romans used more than 2,000 years ago.

They entered the 2015 - 16 with a little less buzz than some of the other top Teams from a year ago, and last Spring likely had something to do with it..

Gabrielson is built more like a full - grown Kodiak than a cub and hit some impressive drives in spring training, yet his home run totals in five years as a pro are not noteworthy.

During an extra-inning spring training game last year, they used four pitchers younger than 24 who cracked 95 mph on the radar gun: Dreifort, Valdes, Chan Ho Park and Antonio Osuna.

Carrasquel looked better this spring than he has in some years, but he is a shortstop on the downgrade.

Even though Babiak more than held her own, and will be one of the top golfers in the Bay Counties League - East this spring, she wasn't happy with her first year in high school golf.

Because coaches are especially loath to give out concrete information this time of year, spring ball is for speculation, and no position is the subject of more speculation than quarterback, where several high - profile jobs are up for grabs this offseason.

A group of Scouts Gathered behind home plate before a Royals - Red Sox game this spring and determined that 1) the American League West is the best it has ever been: 2) the AL West is stronger than any division in baseball in the last 10 years; and 3) the AL West has the three best teams in baseball: Oakland.

Altuve could have left sooner than the rest, but he signed a franchise - record, five - year, $ 151 million extension during spring training, keeping him around through 2024.

At least one nation springs a surprise and advances more deeply through the tournament than many expect — with Costa Rica perhaps providing the biggest shock last time around — and Morocco could be that team this year.

While I still don't think it's enough for us to last a full year, I do think I grew more than I ever have before, and we might make it till spring, at least.

In recent years, the 8 - acre Jaycee Park pond in Cary has become more than a quaint spot for families to gather for fishing, ice skating or just throwing a few bread crumbs to the ducks that gather each spring.

That and the group's Fair Diddley arts and craft show in the spring raised more than $ 165,000 last year.

It feels so much later than last year, but this was a different winter and spring, to be sure.

And, if we are lucky, which we certainly have been more than not in year's past, a gorgeous spring - like day, with the sun beating down on us.

Starting Monday, the Chicago Park District will host the 2nd annual Spring Break Swim Blitz, a follow - up to the swimfest last year that taught more than 13,000 students to swim.

«We're excited to be offering more Nike Lytton Sports Camps than ever this year and even adding Spring camps for adults and juniors,» stated Ian Hamilton, CEO of Sports Camps Canada.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's president said that she will retire next spring after more than a decade in the post and nearly 40 years at the museum.

Now, as the Arab Spring, if we can still call it that, has entered its second year, it seems to be less persuasive than ever before.

Over recent years the number of homeless people has soared, camps of rough - sleepers have sprung up around the UK and, according to the charity Shelter, more than 100,000 children will spend this Christmas in temporary accommodation.

New York state's education commissioner says the Common Core tests to be given in the spring will be shorter than in previous years.