Sentences with phrase «years underscores»

The increase in value of farm land in the last five years underscores that fact.

A class action lawsuit that was allowed to go forward by a federal district court earlier this year underscores the importance of employers following the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when conducting background checks, and working with background screening firms that help educate employers on following basic procedures.

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That figure drops by about 50 % in a non-movie year, Hasbro said, underscoring just how important film and television content can be to drive sales for toys.

PARIS, May 3 - Thriving demand in China boosted sales at Birkin bag marker Hermes in the first quarter, underscoring an upbeat start to the year for some of the luxury sector's biggest names.

«We are confident that a thorough review of our track record over 30 years will underscore our commitment to upholding high broadcast standards, and will demonstrate that the transaction will not result in there being insufficient plurality in the UK,» the company said on Thursday.

Homicides there are up 400 % so far this year, underscored by the discovery of 14 bodies in a mass grave in June.

This year, for example, 38 percent of customers reported that they compare prices online and in person before buying, underscoring the need for e-retailers to be aware of competing in - store prices, and vice versa.

The Democratic president, re-elected in November, unveiled a more combative approach during the end - of - year «fiscal cliff» taxes and spending drama, exploiting disarray in Republican ranks that underscored Washington's legislative dysfunction.

«In recent campaigns around the world — from India and Indonesia across Europe to the United States — we've seen the candidate with the largest and most engaged following on Facebook usually wins,» Zuckerberg himself wrote earlier this year, starkly underscoring his company's electoral clout.

The strategy's weakness last year was only underscored by the sales increases at Walmart (wmt) and Amazon.com (amzn).

«This underscores the fact that it takes time, especially because expenses grow faster than many Americans can save during the homebuying, family - raising years,» McBride said.

«US companies are dropping IPOs and selling themselves at the highest rate in three years, underscoring the gap between volatile financial markets and a booming merger business,» The Journal says.

The numbers, provided by comScore, also underscore The Post's commitment to provide engaging experiences across all platforms, with mobile and desktop visitors seeing big increases year over year (80 % and 26 %, respectively).

This underscores their efficiency and innovation in drawing on oil reserves that were largely out - of - reach as recently as 10 or 12 years ago.

Underscoring the slowdown, China said on Friday that growth in the first three months of this year fell to 6.7 percent, a seven - year low.

Together, those developments underscore that even as Europe's debt turmoil enters its third year, no clear solutions are yet in sight — despite recent signs that a new lending program by the European Central Bank might be easing financial market pressures.

The importance of understanding how drivers interact with autonomous or semiautonomous vehicles was underscored year ago when a Tesla owner was killed while driving his 2015 Model S in Florida with the car's Autopilot system engaged.

However, deconstructing this year's performance by the S&P 500 Index in the chart below helps to underscore the potentially overlooked concentration risks that a home - biased approach can represent.

The lesson that valuations are important to long - term investment outcomes is underscored by the fact that the S&P 500 has lagged Treasury bills over the past 13 years, including dividends.

The fragility of Italy's application — high levels of debt, runaway deficits — was underscored the next year when Italy was expelled from the exchange rate mechanism and came close to running out of money.

There are objective reasons to be optimistic, including ongoing labor market improvements — underscored by falling unemployment and underemployment rates, as well as solid job growth — combined with the Federal Reserve's expectations that conditions will permit further interest rate hikes this year as it continues to move toward policy «normalization.»

Both social networks saw their consideration - likelihood to visit the site - rise significantly since the beginning of the year too, underscoring each site's growing draw and in Facebook's case, domination, as major online destinations.

As icing on the cake, operating income surged 30 % for McDonald's U.S. business, underscoring the profit potential that exists this year amid better sales and McDonald's actively slashing expenses and re-franchising restaurants.

The document, which was obtained by The Washington Post, underscores the growing chasm between congressional Republican leaders, who have maintained for months that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III should be allowed to proceed, and rank - and - file GOP lawmakers who have repeatedly battled the Justice Department during the past year.

Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world's biggest bond fund, is forecasting that advanced economies will stall over the next year as Europe slides into a recession, underscoring mounting investor concern about the global economic outlook.

This display from Hasbro's 2017 shareholder presentation illustrates Hasbro's 10 - year dividend record and underscores that the company considers its dividend a «capital priority.»

FinTech's significance is underscored by the exponential growth in venture capital investing in the sector in recent years.

Minister, the ongoing controversy over small - business tax rules underscores a point that our association, and many independent tax experts, have been making for years: it is time to review Canada's tax system with the goal of strengthening the incentives for investment and growth.

Year - over-year and sequential quarter growth in both North America VPG and contract sales underscores the success of our marketing and sales strategy and the continued customer appeal of our Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program.

Of symbolic significance, the negotiations were wrapped up in Tokyo, underscoring Japan's leadership, and the announcement came exactly one year after the US withdrawal.

He said: «Their suffering underscores how over seven years of conflict in Syria, the international community has failed to protect the innocent.

«This underscores what we've known for years — that LifeWay is a great place to work.»

In the last years of his life his influence was further underscored in that others began to write books about him — a trend that was to intensify after his death so that now we see a steady stream of theses, monographs and studies coming out each year, though we still await the authorized biography to be done by his old friend John Howard Griffin.

«This underscores what American Atheists has been saying for years - that every person in America knows more nonreligious people than they think they know,» Silverman says.

It has been more than sixteen years since Pope John Paul II issued Ex Corde Ecclesiae, underscoring that the Catholic university is born from «the heart of the Church» and should faithfully serve the Church's faith and mission, meaning the faith and mission of those who are the Church.

If the first few days of 2015 are any indication of how the year will progress the next 12 months are so far looking glittery and warm — filled with equal quantities of vegetables and ice cream, underscored by full on work and much needed play, but a bit hangry and punctuated by laughable (as in I'd laugh if I weren't so hangry) service.

Working Class Heros The popularity of real dairy reflects a broader movement among today's consumers that underscores the extent to which they're «so much more interested in where food comes from, and how it's produced, as compared to the consumers of years ago,» says Barbara O'Brien, president, Innovation Center for US Dairy.

Half the gain occurred in March, underscoring the month's strength relative to the rest of the year.

Food Business News named it «trend of the year» in 2015, a fact that further underscores the recent and seemingly meteoric rise of clean label.

The theme for the 50th Anniversary is «The People, Passion and Perseverance,» underscoring wine country's history, while highlighting the entrepreneurs who pour their hearts into growing quality grapes and making premium wines year after year.

but also underscores, that this happens each year.

So rather than unlocking some new, MVP - caliber frontier, I think it's more accurate to say this season in Houston has underscored how incredible Harden has been several years now.

Landry's comments underscored the feeling of most pro football personnel men that as a whole this year's crop of collegians was a poor one.

And again, to quote being in the top 4 for 17 years as some achievement simply underscores your level of ambition and understanding of the resources at our disposal.

He underscored his point by asking them to raise their hands if they had won 33 games last year and reached the Elite Eight.

Going through our photo archives from the past nine months obviously brought out a lot of memories and underscored just how good a year Bay Area high schools had in 2013 - 14.

The tragic deaths of two otherwise healthy 17 - year old high school football players from hyponatremic encephalopathy in 2015 (5, 6), however, underscores the need for more education towards translating evidenced - based science into practical advice for athletes.

The Ahmanson Foundation gift underscores the importance of maintaining services for years to come, which help children and their families attain safety, well - being and permanency.

There are unique considerations regarding the needs of infants during the first three years of life which are highlighted by contemporary knowledge, underscoring the impact of early experience on the development of human infant brain and mind»

For the deputy minister to say he stayed with us for 27 years and thus knows us inside out can not be underscored.