Sentences with phrase «years of struggle in»

But the foundations of our religious - freedom law were put in place after years of struggle in colonial and revolutionary America over the relationship between church and state, religion and politics.

As 2018 sets out a time of new excursion and opportunities, regardless of whether you'd be rolling out on major life change, it might likewise be a year of struggle in keeping yourself at a manageable balance, taking into account all aspects of life: health, work and emotional well - being.

All The Time After years of struggling in impecunious obscurity, a very old friend of mine recently had a bit of success in his business.

Think back to the Tsarnaev brothers, whose parents, after years of struggling in the United States, returned to Russia, leaving the younger brother under the influence of his elder, radicalizing brother.

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In the U.K. and Brazil, where it is downsizing to the tune of hundreds of locations, the company has struggled for years.

It confounds me that in a year of record lending by the Small Business Administration, entrepreneurs still struggle to get the financing they need even when all indicators point to the opportunity for growth.

Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the sitIn 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the sitin less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.

After years producing premium electric vehicles in smaller volumes, it is struggling to ramp up the production of its Model 3 sedans.

About 30 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs spent the first few years of their careers developing a strong foundation in finance, according to a study by consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles.

In the intervening years, I watched in disbelief as the Timberwolves struggled to win more than half of their regular season gameIn the intervening years, I watched in disbelief as the Timberwolves struggled to win more than half of their regular season gamein disbelief as the Timberwolves struggled to win more than half of their regular season games.

Ride - sharing app Lyft, which has seen its market share surge in the last year as rival Uber has struggled, is expanding outside of the U.S. for the first time with plans to launch in Toronto.

And even as exports have struggled, a measure of China's trade in services is at its highest level in almost a year.

But Groupon has struggled significantly since then, and after posting a loss of $ 81.1 million in the fourth quarter of last year, its board axed Mason.

Wynne, who is struggling in the polls, must call an election by June of next year.

Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

Those kinds of struggles had led 53 percent of those small businesses to apply for funding or credit lines over the past five years — and more than one in four said they had sought loans multiple times.

Its investment unit has struggled over the last couple of years against increased market competition, in both trading and deal advising.

Gates is certainly not alone in the entrepreneurial world — in fact, most successful entrepreneurs, especially in the tech sector, were only able to reach those heights after years of struggle and countless failed experiments.

We have access to thousands of accounts spending billions of dollars on PPC advertising, and over the years consistently found that small to medium - size businesses struggled to manage their accounts in a way that was cost effective and earned them the best results.

Long associated with older industries, Osaka has struggled to get out of the shadow of Tokyo as a start - up hub, but it has upped its game in recent years with new start - up investment funds, downtown university campuses, incubators and pitch events.

Working out of a dozen corrugated - metal buildings in a dismal windblown patch of desert in Mojave, 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, it has rolled out 26 new types of manned aircraft in 30 years, many of them rule - breaking and innovative; most big aerospace contractors, by contrast, struggle to get a single new aircraft out in an entire decade.

After having struggled with her weight for years early in her career, Peters lost 70 pounds by carefully restricting the amount of food she ate.

Like many of the big cryptocurrency exchanges, Poloniex has struggled to service an influx of customers over the past year, as has been well documented in complaints on online forums.

Lack of planning can lead to plenty of financial struggles, from late payments and credit problems to extra months (even years) in debt.

This got him thinking about the hack day that had led him to Twitter — and then about the two years in which he had struggled to build anything, despite having plenty of money and all the hype in the world.

«We're on our second or third generation of entrepreneurial executives now,» says Charley Polachi, managing partner of the recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles / Fenwick Partners in Lexington, Mass. «They've been moving around for a few years.

The findings, based on an online survey of 26,000 consumers in 26 countries, are potentially good news for major smartphone makers, which have been struggling to maintain the rapid growth of previous years.

Cabela's has struggled with declining sales of apparel and footwear and has reported same - store sales growth in only one quarter in more than three years.

The sudden proliferation of wireless computing technology in recent years has opened a new front in the struggle for work - life balance, a battle many managers and employees feel they are losing.

Walmart first partnered with JD.com two years ago as both companies struggled to overcome the retail dominance of Alibaba, and Walmart last week announced that it would drop Alibaba's Alipay services in stores in favour of Tencent's WeChat payments.

A year ago, Alex Hennick, the president of ADH Sales, was struggling with a marketing problem at his four - person appliance wholesale business in Toronto.

The chain is also likely benefiting from the struggles of close peer Chipotle Mexican Grill (cmg), which has struggled in the wake of a food - safety crisis that started last year.

Adweek applauded Duracell's «Island Without Power» ad talking about Puerto Rico's struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, saying,» «Island Without Power» is an example of a brand doing activism right in the wake of political upheaval and natural disaster in a year when many brands got it very wrong.»

The MBA program at McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management doesn't have a minimum GPA requirement; Don Melville, the school's director of the MBA and master's program, says applicants who struggled in their undergrad years aren't doomed to rejection.

Lad acknowledged that some startups are struggling to raise money, reversing years of relatively easy money in the technology industry.

Despite his having one of the most successful starts in coaching history (including two NBA championships for the Warriors in his first three years as a head coach), the team has struggled of late.

With speculation mounting that Twitter (twtr) will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10 - year - old social networking service — which has long struggled to define its core purpose — may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who ends up paying for it.

Since claims of sexual harassment in the workplace ignited the #MeToo movement last year, companies have been struggling to handle accusations against star employees.

After years of trying to turn rubber into something useful that wouldn't freeze rock hard or melt in the hot sun, Charles Goodyear was struggling.

Barring the most dramatic rewrite of the U.S. tax code in 20 years enacted last week, Trump and Republican lawmakers have struggled to pass legislation.

U.S. department stores have struggled to attract shoppers in recent years because they have failed to introduce new ideas and products, the managing director of Harrods told CNBC Friday.

Deutsche Bank's investment unit, in particular, has struggled over the last couple of years against increased market competition, in both trading and deal advising.

Legislators in a handful of oil - rich states are struggling to do the seemingly impossible as the 2016 fiscal year draws to a close this week: balancing their budgets, as required by law, despite massive declines in revenues due to falling oil prices.

The bank has been struggling to shake off issues with its reputation after several years of scandal, the most recent of which centered on allegations of unlawful whistleblower mistreatment in early 2017.

Rive, a hyperenergetic, fast - talking 37 - year - old, says he has a plan to get there, which includes building one of the world's largest solar - panel plants in Buffalo — a move even many of his supporters say is crazy at a time when solar manufacturers have been struggling.

After years of economic expansion, the Turkish economy is set to continue struggling in 2017 on the back of growing terrorist acts, lack of structural reforms, falling tourism figures and increased political uncertainty.

Invariably, when we tell the story of how the band survived 10 years in the New York and New Jersey bar scene while struggling to get a record deal, people want to hear war stories about shady club owners and how we dealt with the implied «mob scene.»

Together over the course of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.

After years of struggle, the golf cap company stands out in a crowded market with a customized approach to selling.