Dating back to 1998, he used to write checks, largely on his own behalf, including making early investments in Google and PayPal, that established his early reputation as an investor with all the right connections.
Sectarian feelings have been kept in check, thanks largely to the Shia and Kurdish leaders.
Early on, after a lunch in New York, an investor at Accel Partners, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent V.C. firms, wrote him a million-dollar check based largely on his track record.
After reading it I know more names of thriller writers than I could previously recite, and have a small list of writers I'd like to check out — largely on the basis of their settings or plot premises — but I am no closer to knowing "how cops, crooks, and cannibals captured popular fiction".
But you've never had brandade like this, partly because the in-house curing of the cod is so delicate, keeping the brininess in check, and largely because it's emulsified with olive oil and mixed with whipped potatoes of an ethereal and buttery order.
As we are going to show, the number of QAM symbols that LORD must check is largely affected by M, the cardinality of the constellation, which can even reach hundreds of points.
Back in 2009, the folks at Bullpen saw the delta between the number of seed deals and Series A checks growing, largely because more companies were getting funded.
Mary personally supports more extensive background checks but largely for "moral, narcissistic reasons" since it "makes us all feel good but will not deter such tragedies".
FACT CHECK: This is largely true.
As he told me, what his wealth amounts to is a giant pile of "claim checks" on the world's resources, claim checks that are largely "worthless" to him but potentially valuable to others.
