There was—and there is still an idea that working self-determined hours on contract, rather than holding a full-time job, is the future of American employment.
It will leave Vivendi in control of its five biggest assets for the first time, rather than holding lots of minority stakes.Unlike many media groups, Vivendi does not encourage its businesses to find synergies.
These rulings constitute a secret body of law, anonymous sources told the Times: rather than holding spies to account, the FISA court is starting to resemble a parallel Supreme Court.The job of the 11 judges who serve on the court seems to have "changed very dramatically" in recent years, says William Banks, a law professor at Syracuse University.
If journalists wanted to spend their time exposing breast enhancements rather than holding politicians to account, all the better.
Iger asked questions rather than holding forth.
Most hospitals rely on rapid re-supply of platelets from the Blood Service rather than holding stocks.
Breaking news stories were now launched on to the Guardian's fast-growing website, rather than held back to meet print deadlines in the time-honoured way.
"It is proposed that moving forward, pay will be linked to the level of responsibility that the person holds, rather than time served.
The controversy, therefore, between the liquidity preference theory which regards interest as a "bribe" to prevent people holding money rather than bonds and the time preference theory which regards interest as a bribe to persuade people to postpone enjoyments to the future can be resolved by placing the former in the short run and the latter in the long run.
Accept that habit, rather than lack of time, is holding you back.
