If there are still any VCs out there who are not intimidated by Sand Hill Road newcomer Andreessen Horowitz, they will be now.
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It turned out that the concrete was made using beach-sand that was not properly desalinated, rather than more expensive quarry-sand.
"It's quite tough sand and not as soft as it could have been, " he added.
Burying your head in the sand is not an option.
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In a stroke of good fortune, this place, Pinehurst, happened to be located in a part of North Carolina known as the Sandhills, because underneath the grass everything was sand, not soil.
Britain and the rest of the world have discovered that burying your head in the sand does not work, and now each of them, is having to pay a heavy price for ostrich policy.
The term science-help is also not a line in the sand between good and bad books.
If a pencil and notepad are up for disintermediation, why not a few folks on Sand Hill Road?
"It's not a line in the sand for me, " replies Mr. Rubio.
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Increasing oil sand production will not necessarily increase gasoline production.
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For humans are merely one form among many, which the world produces over and over again, not only in everything that lives but also in everything that does not live, drawn in sand, stone, and water.
How we get there -- I'm not going to get into -- draw lines in the sand about what specifically we would support or not support.
There is no marine pollution, the ship is not damaged but stuck on the sand.
Doctors need to say, "We're not sticking our head in the sand, we're going to follow this" and can operate if it gets worse.
Do not bury your head in the sand and hope it will go away-such inaction never works and may increase your risk for a lawsuit.
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Rather than ape Grand Theft Auto, why not give us a big open sand-box Medieval city to explore, with pirate-infested waters, knights in shining LEGO armor, and dragons in the nearby wilderness?
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My impression is that the men socialize with one another and build on these connections better than the women do on Sand Hill Road, not to mention Wall Street and corporate America.
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The big message which I think needs to be screamed from the rooftops of the county courts is this... if you get into difficulty with your mortgage, do not bury your head in the sand.
Believe it or not, the cleaning must be sufficiently scrupulous so as to ensure that not a single grain of desert sand is transported out of the Middle East, lest it carry bacteria or diseases back to U.S. shores.
The ban against the drink was a politically-motivated appeal at emotion, sure, but standing up for high-alcohol content, hyper-caffeinated swill that puts teens and college kids in hospitals at much higher rates than other drinks is not a proud line in the sand for a chef to draw.
Bury your head in the sand and hope it does not happen to you, or back-up, buddy.
You're sticking your head in the sand if you're not cautious right now.
It is purposely untidy, as if grooming were a sin, with lots and lots of raw, jagged bunkers filled with distinctly not white, not gleaming, but rather dirty brown sand as if dug by erosion.
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Every investors dreams of finding the next Google ( GOOG), but unless you work on Sand Hill Road, you do not have access to these deals until they are already brought to market via IPOs.
The two mothers of Sand's three children were not in the courtroom for Thursday's proceeding, but Obedin has said he has contacted them and claimed their priority is for Sand to be free to earn a living so he can repay his debt.
If record-low temperatures, snowstorms and blizzards are getting you down, why not rejuvenate for a long weekend of sun, sand and eye-popping natural beauty?
Down at Calabar's river-front marina, not far from Taylor's hilltop residence, sand and gravel worker Chris Love(ph) says the former Liberian leader is welcome to stay in Nigeria.
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Although feet were designed to walk barefoot on Earth's natural surfaces (grass, sand or gravel), they were not prepared to endure the concrete, asphalt and steel that covers so many landscapes today, Thompson said.
Only those with their heads buried deep in the sand can believe that climate change is not upon us and that fossil fuels are not changing this planet in ways that will make life difficult for our children and their children.
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