A third, conditional payment of $7.5 million in cash is due 18 months after closing, subject to certain milestones and achievements, bringing the total potential purchase price, as of close of business November 6, to $41 million.
Elon Musk's new Tesla compensation package is the CEO equivalent of putting your money where your mouth is: He'll only be paid out if he manages to raise the value of Tesla as a company to certain milestones, kind of like Kickstarter project stretch goals on a grand scale.
Not that they had a real conflict, but the Mariners were faced with the situation of wanting to try to achieve certain milestones while making sure players were well rested for the playoffs.
The only reason you want your children to hit certain milestones is to ensure that he or she is developing on schedule, a schedule that has fairly wide margins.
But I think it's important to have certain milestones that you're trying to achieve, to have certain work that you're trying to finish, even if you know that the conclusion of, for instance, the U.S.-India U.S.-India Civil Nuclear not be the endeal moving the U.S.-Indian relationship forwould
Noting how long it takes for your premature baby to reach certain milestones will help you to identify if your baby is developing normally (albeit more slowly) or whether there may be a deeper developmental issue.
He and others pointed out that while A.I.G. had made progress in its revamping, it had yet to pass certain milestones that would show it was ready to operate without government support.
Expecting to hit certain milestones at precise times is too limiting to accommodate a diverse scientific workforce.
Maybe they want to reach a certain milestone in some activity, or maybe they want to win the approval of another authority figure in their life (for example, a teacher or a coach) or their peers.
I used to put so much pressure on myself in my 20s to reach certain milestones by certain ages.
