Word: sticking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Still, high-profile departures like theirs could lead fresh talent to think twice about signing to one of the majors. And persuading established artists to stick around is especially tricky when labels are asking for a bigger slice of the revenue pie. Traditionally, when record companies signed an artist, they bought into the promise of an album; an act's other sources of cash - its concerts, say, or merchandise sales - weren't any of the label's business. But now, with album sales plummeting, music companies are chasing juicier income from touring and branded goods. Part of that revenue stream...
...popularity lies in an entirely different region of the country.“Lacrosse is an up-and-coming sport here,” Fred Duboe says. “It’s nowhere near the level of the East Coast where kids grow up with lacrosse sticks in their hands. Jason grew up with a baseball bat in his hands.” Until high school, the sophomore’s athletic interests stayed consistent with those of the community—baseball, football, and hockey. Playing on a variety of local and traveling teams as a youngster...
...It’s a break for us to improve again,” Ko said. “Hopefully we can take one of the teams there. That would be great.” Although this streak of losses has been rough on the team, Harvard will stick with its current lineup and look for better results in the Ivy League season. “We’re sticking to our guns,” Green said. “The key thing is our schedule. Our girls are beat up and we’ve been playing...
...short-handed goals.“Just because they came easier than usual last night doesn’t mean that’s going to be the story every night,” co-captain Dave MacDonald said. “We’ve just got to stick to our game plan, and I think we strayed a little bit tonight.”Even as it looked like Harvard might at least have a chance to keep the game close heading into the final period, letting in a short-handed goal at 19:34 marked the crescendo...
...greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. On Friday, E.U. leaders ended their two-day Brussels summit by throwing their weight behind a more precise timetable for those goals. Still, not everyone is convinced they showed enough backbone to ensure that they stick...