Now each agency operates in its own universe instead of leveraging its resources within the larger organizational framework.
So Mr. Meadows assessed his prospects, and decided that next time around, instead of leveraging his relative success, he would scale back.
Instead of leveraging its significant base in Hong Kong to build a brand and base in China, it will fade into obscurity.
Instead of leveraging Periscope's technology to immediately build out its own live streaming platform within Twitter, the company instead tried to operate Periscope as a separate entity – similar to how Facebook treated Instagram.
Someone at Iomega must of have realized this and so instead of leveraging the Internet's fine ability to distribute software, this method was enacted to make sure the bundled software would remain on the drive for all of time.
That perverse result is another illustration of a point I've made before, which is that lawmakers should have severed the country's dependence on employer-provided coverage instead of leveraging it in their bid to achieve universal health insurance.
Yet, instead of leveraging that toward the common good, we steer it toward a flat screen TV -- not the 32 inch, but the 50 inch; not the plasma but the LCD; not the HD alone but the one with 3D capability -- satiation.
Instead of a leverage ratio of 15, it would have had a leverage ratio of 72.
Instead of the leverage ratio, earnings-stripping rules specify an interest coverage ratio.
Instead of maximizing leverage on risky loans and high consumer credit limits, banks must now show examiners how they intend to access capital during another financial crisis.
