The report refers to this as the coming of the 18-hour city, and uses the term to refer to cities like Houston, Austin, Charlotte, and Nashville, which are positioning themselves as highly competitive, in terms of livability, employment offerings, and recreational and cultural facilities.

In her experience, people in positions of power or people in finance or engineering do not tend to like the sound of the word.

And in my position as a professor at three different colleges, the actual problems in educating our young people and older students have deepened, while the number of people hired—not to teach but to hold meetings—has increased significantly.

This finding supported ConAgra’s decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

People have to receive higher education to qualify for a professional position.

ledge economy where professional roles change rapidly and many college students are preparing for positions that may not even exist yet, the skill set needed is one that prepares them for change and continued learning.

New positions are constantly created that require people to keep learning

The general principle is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to briefly stretch it in an opposite position.

This is an extremely vulnerable (脆弱的) position.

Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架艙).

I've been offered a much better position with another firm.

He has found a better position

I'll finish school in a few months, and I'd like a full-time position with more responsibility.

It is well positioned to compete with the giants.

now one more question if you don't mind, what position in the company appeals to you most?

Well, I'd like the position of sales manager if that position is still vacant.

"This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker,because they don't want to be viewed as aggressive or disruptive at work.

Mail companies are logistics companies, which puts them in a special position to help when disaster strikes.

This difference in handling conflict could be the deciding factor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not.

This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

The company pledged to cut 600 back-office positions, though some 150 workers in those roles would be reassigned to other jobs.

It helped Bluemercury establish its position worldwide.

At a time when young beauty shoppers are often turning to Sephora or Ulta instead of department store beauty counters, Macy's hopes Bluemercury will help strengthen its position in the category.

Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System ( ' , GPS).

And we also need to plan ahead so that we're in a position to deal with the likely levels of climate change which are already inevitable and even more so too for the levels that are likely if we don't get those global agreements.

As more data are collected and methods for analysis improve, researchers will be in a better position to identify how different experiences, behaviors and environments relate to each other and evolve over time, with the potential to improve people's produ

So I thought it would be wise to take out forward exchange cover to protect our position on the outstanding contract.

The ability to work well with others and collaborate on projects is a sought-after ability in nearly every position.

The Arctic sea ice holds a central position in the Earth's climate system and it's deteriorating faster than expected.

They didn't really articulate any position regarding the actual business plan.

What sealed Nokia's fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO, which he assumed in October 2010.