Sentences with phrase «years of abysmal»

The collapse of Sega's console production and subsequent years of abysmal Sonic titles gave plenty of time for tempers to cool, but it still came as a surprise when Nintendo revealed the two would finally share a screen in 2007's Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

For the third time this year, Saudi Arabia does not seem motivated to curb production as Iran's oil sector recovers, even as its less financially savvy OPEC comrades crumble politically and economically under the weight of two years of abysmal oil revenues.

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The market matters — and last year's abysmal IPO performance left a bad taste in the mouths of plenty in Silicon Valley, and beyond.

According to the Small Business Administration, the number of startups funded by VCs in 2012 was an abysmal 300 of the approximately 600,000 new businesses started in the U.S., that means 99.95 percent of entrepreneurs did not gain access to VC for their new businesses that year.

Chamath has never been afraid of controversially calling it as it is within the venture world, such as in his late - 2015 piece on what's wrong with venture capital, and is even part of the Golden State Warriors ownership group, which he joined in 2011, during an abysmal 23 - 43 run which seems a lifetime away from two years of triumph.

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney ruffled feathers earlier this year when he blamed the country's «abysmal productivity record» on a lack of investment on the part of risk — averse CEOs, maintaining that while government has done its part, «business, thus far, has disappointed.»

Given the abysmal start to the year, the defining question is whether this is another painful but temporary correction, or the start of a bear market.

«When handing Canada the Colossal Fossil last year we pointed to the unfair advantage in this competition that the carbon doping of the tar sands is providing for Canada since the Harper government's tar sands addiction determines its abysmal approach to climate policy.

Battery cages were the norm for egg - laying hens just a few years ago, but like gestation crates for sows — now banned in 9 states — chickens have an abysmal amount of room in battery cages, barely enough space to open up a wing.

The Giants» problem last year was abysmal starting pitching behind Madison Bumgarner, and they spent a ton of money to rectify that.

If many of the weaknesses that result to the many abysmal showings on the field consistently for years haven't been addressed....

During Purdy's first year in the big leagues he made only eight of 27 cuts to earn $ 46,600 and finish an abysmal 230th on the money list.

Despite a handful of uninspiring performances during the course of Inter's abysmal 2016/17 Serie A and Europa League campaigns, the 28 - year - old Croatian still managed to rack up 11 goals and 9 assists in all competitions.

I» very wanted to date again but dating at 52 years old is abysmal I am only interested in women my age or older, but what I am finding is very disappointing; women my age or older prefer to be alone with a friggin cat and have zero interest in any sort of committed relationship.

And now the big (gish) news: I'd sworn off all committees at my children's schools, but have been getting so worked up about the abysmal state of school lunches that when I read the email call to join the Food Committee at the school both of my kids will be at next year I made the perhaps - rash decision to join.

A secret message of the day is an oxymoron, and if we have had secret talking points throughout the last year, then keeping our talking points secret has clearly been an abysmal failure.

Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the price of oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on oil.All renowned rating agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 % by the end of 2016 after averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the lowest recorded total since 2011.

But he said a state takeover of Medicaid, which the counties have been seeking for 51 years, could be a «silver lining» in an otherwise abysmal bill.

By the close of their 8 year term, they increased urban coverage by an abysmal 2.5 % taking it from 56 % to 58.5 %.

When political analysts added up turnout figures from the Nov. 3 elections, they could find only one word to describe a year when a mere 24.5 percent of registered voters showed up at the polls in Erie County: Abysmal.

«The US embassy in London wrote off Gordon Brown within a year of his arrival in No 10 after concluding that an «abysmal track record» had left him lurching from «political disaster to disaster», according to cables released by WikiLeaks.

«Much of the abysmal performance of the Senate the past two years can be traced to the failed leadership of downstate Democratic Senate leaders, such as John Sampson and Malcolm Smith,» the paper opined.

The New Patriotic Party says considering the abysmal record of President John Mahama and his NDC government over the last 7 years, it comes as no surprise to them that President Mahama is resorting to the politics of division, as the only likely means by which he can win the 2016 election.

The Conservatives also endured an abysmal Westminster election last year, winning only one seat north of the Border despite spending almost # 1.3 million on their campaign.

But to hail this transformation as unprecedented is to do our mustachioed ancestors a disservice — an act of wanton disrespect made only more unseemly when one considers that they were born and lived and went to their graves without ever once waking up on a birthday morning, scraping the ice off their laptops, and receiving salutations from a distant land in the form of an abysmal, not - quite - functioning cartoon of chickens — one year it was elephants — either attempting, or pretending, to dance.

It's not easy to get a Ph.D., and there's often a feeling, upon emerging from the abysmal stagnancy of graduate school, of «What exactly do I have now in exchange for those 5 to 10 years of my life?»

I discovered SheIn a couple of years ago, and honestly there have been a few huge hits... and some abysmal misses.

Her career continued in this manner for the next few years, Owens getting ever - larger roles in generally better movies (though not always — the same year in which she worked in the Launder - Gilliat production of The Happiest Days of Your Life, one of the funniest movies ever made in England, she also appeared in the abysmal Old Mother Riley, Headmistress).

Carrie is an abysmal remake, not able to best its predecessor in any discernable area, and not able to distinguish itself from any other of its many imitators over the years.

Judging from its abysmal box office of less than thirteen million, most people didn't see Strange Magic when it was released earlier this year.

Twelve years after the franchise was relaunched with the abysmal Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (and with Arnold out of office and making fun action pictures again,) producers David Ellison and Dana Goldberg boot up the dormant killing machinOf The Machines (and with Arnold out of office and making fun action pictures again,) producers David Ellison and Dana Goldberg boot up the dormant killing machinof office and making fun action pictures again,) producers David Ellison and Dana Goldberg boot up the dormant killing machine.

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In the 2007 — 08 school year, nearly 30,000 schools — or 35 percent of all public schools — joined that abysmal list; this was a 28 percent increase in the number of «failing» schools over the previous year.

In 2012, after years of worsening test scores and abysmal graduation rates, the Lawrence Public Schools system was taken over by the state of Massachusetts — and the answer to all three of those questions later turned out to be «yes.»

In his first two years as principal, Central had such abysmal scores on the state proficiency exam given annually to juniors that it was in danger of being closed under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

While 67 percent of 14 - and 15 - year - olds with speech and language impediments transferred to regular ed, only 25 percent of kids labeled as having specific learning disabilities and an abysmal 13 percent of those labeled as being emotionally disturbed did so.

And while discussing per - pupil funding, let's acknowledge how abysmal it has been for the last decade despite constant claims by Governor Scott, Speaker Corcoran, and Senate President Joe Negron that this year's «record - level» $ 7,408 per - pupil amount is «unprecendented» and «historic»; adjusted for inflation, the $ 7,126 from 2007 - 2008 would need to be $ 8,415 to have the equivalent purchasing power, a fact anyone can check with the U.S. Department of Labor's CPI Inflation Calculator.

It's been a year and a half since a legislative committee heard testimony from education and business stakeholders about innovative ways to bring North Carolina principal pay up from its abysmal rank of 50th in the nation.

By Lindsay Wagner It's been a year and a half since a legislative committee heard testimony from education and business stakeholders about innovative ways to bring North Carolina principal pay up from its abysmal rank of 50th in the nation.

The newspaper reported that when Taylor ran the school, performance was abysmal - with a four - year graduation rate of only 36 percent and only 29 percent of students passing the English Language Arts Regents exam.

But in light of Corvette's abysmal sales and tremendous financial loses over the years (2nd only to Cadillac) and GM's overall poor state of financial health..

In the wake of abysmal sales, the Edsel was discontinued just a few months into its third model year.

In recent years they purchased Polaroid and The Sharper Image, two other companies that have a track record of shoddy products and abysmal customer support.

I wasn't aware the pool of eligible titles was so abysmal this year that this book somehow rose to the top.

These are abysmal numbers and unless the average American is making millions of dollars a year, a 5 % savings rate is just not going to cut it!

The best way we can describe the 4th Quarter, overall, is a great end to somewhat of an abysmal year.

With a current enterprise value of $ 120 million, it's fair to say that the return on deployed acquisition capital over the past six years has been abysmal.

The owners of each dog claimed regular wellness veterinary care, but none went beyond a discount vaccine clinic and based on records, none had been actually examined in years (there is an abysmal legal loophole in Florida that allows vaccines to be administered to patients by technicians or assistants without an examination as long as a licensed veterinarian is in the building).

Despite the new technical advancements of the console, only hardcore fans bought the console on day 1 and sales were abysmal for the first year with heavy competition from Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii and even Sony's own PlayStation 2.

Whilst 2009 was a good year for gaming in general, the lack of first party Wii games was a real disappointment; as was the abysmal quality of the shovelware cluttering up the store shelves.