Sentences with phrase «years building up to»

In 1969 Andrews, a New York based artist reared in rural Georgia, Korean War veteran, activist in the Civil Rights, anti-Vietnam War, and feminist movement, undertook a major cycle of works, creating one major work per year for six years building up to the Bicentennial in 1976, each work emerging from dozens of smaller paintings and drawing studies.

Ralph Steinman, a recent winner who passed away from pancreatic cancer, was so engrossed in his cancer vaccine research that he developed and tested an experimental treatment on himself in the years building up to the award [source: Altman and Wade].

There has been ongoing work between officials for the last two years building up to this December, involving 192 countries.

We eventually did in 1992 but it seemed impossible in the years building up to it, and he was ruthless.

The whisper of «one who was to come» from the earliest days of the Covenant grew into a deep chorus of religious fervour in the years building up to the birth of Jesus

The prime minster was asked why he thought the two - year build up to the Scottish independence referendum was too long, but his planned EU referendum could be five years away.

In the 10 year build up to Avengers: Infinity War, the common refrain was that all roads were leading to this momentous coming together of all the Marvel Studios heroes to face the mad... Read More

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He's visited countless thousands of homes over the years, which has allowed him to build up what he describes as an intuition that's «born over time and that you may not see in the moment.»

The company didn't venture into the realm of flavors sooner because it first needed to build up its staff, he says, adding that headcount has doubled over the past year.

In recent years, they have been encouraging developers to build up, rather than to spread out.

With a growing empire that reaches well beyond entertainment, the 47 - year - old opens up about the power of entrepreneurship, investing and the need to build wealth, leaving listeners with a three valuable lessons on how to take their success to the next level:

In an effort to build a creative economy, the South Korean government has invested heavily in its start - up ecosystem and last year appointed its first start - ups and small and medium - sized enterprises minister.

As a twenty - six year old who partnered with my parents in building our company after college and who is now a mom myself, I am beginning to realize some of the parenting habits my parents consciously or unconsciously practiced in raising my brother and I that set me up for a life in business (whether I knew it or not at the time).

Speaking with friends in the industry, it feels like a few years ago there was such a move by indie developers to build apps and put them up in the smart device stores.

Founded just 20 years ago, Under Armour has built itself up to become a significant rival to Nike (nke) and Adidas in North America, at first by building a sizable men's apparel business.

A young real estate CEO made a plan to build up his net worth and check out in six years.

Getaway, a three - year - old start - up that offers custom - built tiny homes nestled in the heart of nature, is betting on its 140 - to 200 - sq.

The run - up to Christmas is, of course, their blockbuster season, so the event is where they start to build buzz for the biggest games of the year.

As an example, about a year after VMR was up - and - running, everyone told me to invest in brand awareness but building a brand has little value if your flagship product can't evolve for your customers.

«Sarah's taking advantage of a unique confluence of events, building the relationships that start - ups today need to grow as fast as they can,» says Kevin Armitage, senior vice-president at FAC / Equities, the investment - banking division of First Albany Corp., which has worked with Gerdes during the past few years.

In the past two years, legacy technology giants IBM (IBM), Cisco (CSCO), Hewlett - Packard (HPQ), EMC (EMC) and Datapipe gobbled up SoftLayer, Metacloud, Eucalyptus, Cloudscaling, and GoGrid respectively to build their cloud stature.

Thanks to the cash cushion I built up over the years, I now know that I can cope with whatever the economy throws my way.

They've had 30 or 40 years to gradually build up savings.

Last year, the Building 8 lab was set up to help Facebook develop its own hardware and keep consumers locked into its ecosystem — the news feed, Facebook live, video calling and more.

I have known Jamie for many years and have been impressed with his dynamism as he has ramped up his restaurant business and built his worldwide brand through his various TV shows, all the while pouring his efforts into teaching people to eat better, drawing public attention to the poor quality of school lunches, and developing Fifteen, his restaurant and social enterprise that trains unemployed young people to become professional chefs.

Russian tech execs met in Moscow in early October to discuss how to build up their industry, which has lagged for years, as the country imported whatever it needed, largely from the U.S. (where many Russians now work in Silicon Valley).

«True, there are encouraging signs of economic recovery in those advanced economies most affected by the global financial crisis which erupted in 2008... [but] the report finds that those economic improvements will not be sufficient to absorb the major labor market imbalances that built up in recent years.»

Now, CEO Jeff Jacober — who founded the company in 1996 with bank loans and his own savings and nurtured it into a business that does $ 15 million a year in revenue — needed cash to build up enough inventory to service the big pharmacy chains.

The Kingdom has plans in place to build up to 300 cinemas across the country over the next 12 years, announcing on Wednesday that AMC (amc) signed the first cinema operating license in the country.

His performance Wednesday revealed his willingness to bite the hand that feeds, ridiculing representatives of Wall Street's biggest banks who tried to pinpoint how he'd live up to his promises to build more Model 3 sedans and generate cash in the second half of the year.

While many of the space industry's heavyweights — Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic — spent 2016 talking up their respective ambitions to go to Mars or build a space tourism business, Moon Express might be the company closest to getting humans to a place they haven't visited in 44 years.

Building on their firsthand experiences, Hammer and Champy show how some of the world's premier corporations use the principles of reengineering to save hundreds of millions of dollars a year, to achieve unprecedented levels of customer satisfaction, and to speed up and make more flexible all aspects of their operations.

That means the American government building a nationwide 5G network within just three years — a timespan that includes the recreation of a «telecommunications manufacturing base in the U.S.» There would need to be new national standards for deploying the infrastructure, in order to speed up the process.

Three consortia have been shortlisted to come up with detailed proposals for Western Australia's first public private partnership for schools, with the winner to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools over 25 years.

What's more, those three big streaming services are also facing a growing list of competitors, including some with very deep pockets, as Apple and Facebook have reportedly committed to spending $ 1 billion apiece on original series in the next year to build up their own streaming video businesses.

Using a dating technique that measures how much radiation had built up in the flint since it was heated, Hublin and his team say the ancient bones belong to people who lived roughly 300,000 - 350,000 years ago.

A similar exclusion zone had to be set up less than three years ago, when a German bomb was found in an East London building site.

But Google has announced it will build 100 prototypes of that autonomous two - seater, working to refine its technology, and reports circulated in late 2014 that Google was seeking an automotive partner to bring that car to market, though it may take up to five years to do so.

He bought the factory buildings for $ 190,000 and expects to spend two million dollars over the next year in getting the factory up - to - speed and the first wave of 2,000 bikes into stores.

If Buffett has hit a lull, that's only because the comparison he has built up for himself over the years is tough to top.

But, I can say that the millennial perspective, built from growing up with technology and coming of age in a tough economy, is invaluable to any company hoping to thrive now — and in the years ahead.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-- Information technology outsourcing company Infosys announced Thursday that it will build a campus in Indianapolis to continue an expansion in the United States that is expected to provide up to 3,000 jobs for the city in the coming years.

Every year, REI donates to many national conservation efforts, but the company also roles up its sleeves and enlists volunteers from the REO coop members, customers, and employees to build trails, clean beaches, and restore habitats.

Obama referenced America's race to one - up the Russians in space exploration during the 50s and 60s: «We built a space program almost overnight,» he said, «and twelve years later, we were walking on the moon.»

That promises to unleash some of the pent - up demand that has built up during the past few years.

Most unsettling to the investor is the potential destruction of global partnerships that have been built up over the past 70 years.

Start - up Agility Robotics is building a robot as part of a last - mile delivery solution that could be in use in the next two to three years.

In today's divided world, this book brings readers a fundamental message to show more love to those we lead, deliver compassion, develop people in a more intentional way (think about how Jesus built up his followers over a deeply committed three - year period), and finally, be willing to forgive.

Now, researchers are warning that this vast, fiery cauldron could be ready to blow once more, with pressure building up over the past 67 years showing no signs of easing up.

Moreover, an education system built around four - year degrees may not be up to a new world requiring continuous retraining in new skills.