• Given how prolonged some of these conversations have to be, many people argue that the key problem has been the financial incentives: we pay doctors to give chemotherapy and to do surgery, but not to take the time required to sort out when doing so is unwise.

    NEWYORKER: Letting Go

  • The former Heisman Trophy winner and sportscaster beat the criminal rap in 1995 in Los Angeles, but is now doing time in Nevada for attempting to take back his football memorabilia from collectors in Las Vegas at gunpoint.

    FORBES: Looking At Options On A Day Of Strange Confessions From O.J. To Google

  • In my experience, 95% of the time, operating executives who take on these outside directorships are doing it for their egos.

    FORBES: All Operating Executives Should Never Serve On Any Outside Boards

  • The key to making a smart choice is to take your time and crunch the numbers, just as Lily is doing.

    FORBES: Is A Used Car Still A Good Deal?

  • It could still take some time before it is perfectly clear how Bristol has been doing these past few years, when it was buffeted by patent expirations of top-selling products such as cancer drug Taxol and anxiety medication BuSpar.

    FORBES

  • The good news is they can take less time than the random ball-whacking many golfers are already doing.

    WSJ: The Wrong Way to Practice Golf | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

  • And the trade and investment council that we've set up will further explore ways in which we can synchronize our economies so that entrepreneurs and businesspeople who want to trade and want to produce products, want to take advantage of opportunities in both countries, will have an easier time doing so.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • An overemphasis on cycle time creates incentives for IRS employees to take actions quickly, even where doing so produces inaccurate results or delays the final resolution of problems.

    FORBES: The IRS Employee Evaluation System Harms Taxpayers

  • We all get in the run up to general elections hundreds and hundreds of requests to fill in questionnaires, to sign declarations, we could spend our time doing nothing else, a lot of MPs quite honourably take the view, that's it, they, they just don't engage in that.

    BBC: News Online

  • It is, then, a fantastic time to consider what corporations are doing to solve these issues and take a leadership role in their resolution.

    FORBES: Giving Thanks: Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility

  • There is always a lag before new technology lifts productivity growth, because it takes time for firms to reorganise their business to take advantage of new ways of doing things.

    ECONOMIST: A thinkers’ guide | The

  • Players that want to join groups and take on boss monsters for shots at special loot and work up gradually over time by doing quests, buying packs with in game currency, and acquiring gold to spend in the Auction House, that option is there too.

    FORBES: Kings and Legends Is Pay-To-Win. It's Also A Metric Ton Of Fun

  • It is also to prevent the government -- give safe space to the Afghan government as it continues to take control, and to give us a time to train up Afghan national security forces, which we are doing.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney

  • "Like boxing, it's about convincing your opponent you'll do one thing so you draw them into doing the wrong action at the wrong time, or in the wrong place and then take advantage of their error to hit them, " says Ms. Halls.

    WSJ: The Finer Points of Balancing Fencing and Family

  • But before I was officially ready to take the home-ownership plunge, I reached out to my family and friends for advice and spent some time doing online research.

    FORBES: What You Should Know Before Buying a Home

  • While housing construction and other building will take time to return to pre-financial-crash levels, the repair and restoration side of this industry is doing well, particularly since those who have had their buildings foreclosed upon are stripping gutters and other exposed metal for recycling.

    FORBES: Stable-Higher Aluminum Expected From Participants, Delegates At Conference

  • Then again, maybe that is what the ICA should be doing, and it is now time for some of the other bigger, more established institutions to take a look at themselves?

    BBC: ICA's hip replacement

  • We believe those hearings can be done in a time frame that allows senators to do the duty of due diligence and understanding and being able to question the nominee, but doing so that can get the nominee seated in time not just to hear cases, but to take part in the choosing of which cases the court will hear.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定