Sentences with phrase «dynasty who»

Raven Row is run by Alex Sainsbury, part of the supermarket dynasty who are major philanthropists in the arts.

Leslie Waddington had the backing of Alex Bernstein, a member of the Granada media dynasty who remained a business partner until his death in 2010.

The beauty of Lang Co was legendary among kings from the Nguyen Dynasty who came here to build their palatial complexes for vacation.

Featuring John Cusack, Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams and Sarah Gadon, the Bruce Wagner penned movie follows a family of Hollywood dynasty who are not quite living the glamorous, care - free life you might expect.

The trade fed a renaissance in southern Yemen that culminated with Sultan Amir, a member of the local Tahirid dynasty who ascended to the throne in 1489.

He is also supported by State Senator Gustavo Rivera — a reformer who ousted Bronx legend Pedro Espada, recently sentenced to federal prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit he controlled ---- and Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., the scion of another Bronx dynasty who parts ways with his infamous father on gay rights issues.

Put another way, this sport confounds sheiks and scions of American dynasties who drop millions of dollars in futile efforts to breed a Kentucky Derby...

A new perspective to the Museum of Islamic Art's collection by showing the connection between three major dynasties who mark the start of the early modern period in Islamic art.

Not exact matches

The group of politicians who were allegedly paid by Manafort were known as the Hapsburg Group, a reference to the famous Austrian imperial dynasty.

Israel had been born into fabulous wealth — the scion of a dynasty of commodity traders who hobnobbed with heads of state and captains of industry — but this fund was the chance to strike out on his own, without family baggage, and take his place among the titans of Wall Street.

On the other, he's part of an illustrious business dynasty as the cousin of Elon Musk, who was himself dismissed in the early days of Tesla as a hype artist, and who made doubters eat their words.

The saying apparently dates back to the Han Dynasty, but Chen attributed it to the person who popularized it in the 20th century: Mao Zedong.

Edouard de Rothschild, who owns a stake in Libération and is a member of the wealthy Rothschild dynasty, praised the paper's approach and later told French television that he would pay taxes in France «wholeheartedly,» taking yet another dig at Arnault.

Through the centuries, Yemen has been ruled by governors appointed by the Hijaz government, by successive Zaidi Imams, by the radical Shi`a Qarmatians, by the Turks, and finally by the present dynasty, founded by the grandfather of the present Imam, who is a descendant of the first Zaidi Imam who came from Iraq.

It was Adam who brought the church of the T'ang dynasty to its classical period of literary production in the second half of the eighth century.

Chinese rule was restored by the Ming dynasty, in AD 1386, who in turn was ousted in 1664 by the Manchu dynasty.

Included in the Niebuhr teaching dynasty were his late brother, H. Richard, the eminent Yale ethicist; his late sister, Hulda, who taught education at McCormick Seminary; and his nephew, Harvard theologian Richard Reinhold Niebuhr.

(CNN)- While controversy swirled around Phil Robertson Wednesday evening, the «Duck Dynasty» patriarch was at his longtime church, praying for a young woman who suffers from cancer, the TV star's pastor told CNN in an exclusive interview.

Two other examples were Matteo Ricci (1552 - 1610), who adopted the opposite path to de Nobili by assimilating into upper - class Chinese society during the Ming dynasty, coming to China in 1580, eventually undergoing a profound cultural transformation as a Confucian scholar; and Charles de Foucauld, who served in the French army in the Algerian war where he witnessed moving scenes of Muslim personal piety, leading him to regain his own Christian faith, and becoming in everything a Tuareg Bedouin nomad.

When the Umayyad dynasty became corrupt and was oppressing the people, it was a Turk from Khurasan, Abu Muslim, who had a hand in its overthrow.

There were also, in Seljuq times, many small dynasties headed by Atabegs, that is, Seljuq officers who as regents created independent dynasties.

Older historians were inclined to regard the «new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph» (vs. 8) as a reference to the re-establishment of Egyptian rule with the Eighteenth Dynasty (about 1570 - 13 10 B.C.).

Even with the failure of the dynasty in 587 B.C.E., the messianic hope awaited one who would one day rule justly on behalf of Yahweh.

Here excavations indicate that the city (earlier and under a different name, the capital of the Hyksos Dynasty) was destroyed in the sixteenth century when the Hyksos were expelled, that reoccupation probably began shortly before 1300 B.C., and that work went on there under the first two kings of the Nineteenth Dynasty, Seti I (about 1310 - 1290 B.C.) and his son Rameses II (about 1290 - 1224 B.C.), who gave his name to the city.

Kevin Phillips, who published The Emerging Republican Majority in 1969, is the author, most recently, of American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush (Viking).

Faith and religious enthusiasm were replaced in many cases by obscurantism and superstition, and the true charismatic was almost obscured by hereditary dynasties of zaddikim who lived in oriental luxury and exploited the credulity of the people.

With the aim of teaching those who wish to learn, Anne - Sophie Pic imparts her own wisdom, as well as that she has inherited from one of the most renowned cooking dynasties in France, into each and every dish.

Reason why Team Lazarov can win it all — They have several players who are a part of a Dynasty in the Men's League so they understand how to navigate through the Playoffs and they also have 2 of the best female Hoopers around.

Newly in control of this dynasty is junior quarterback Scott Frost, who succeeds Frazier, one of the most effective college football players of the last decade.

... the turncoat who signed Albert Belle to a $ 55 million contract to play for the White Sox, the lunatic who might break up the Bulls» dynasty, the malcontent who sued the NBA to protect his own TV Revenues?

And Wes Santiago, a former rival from a former rough - touch dynasty, Sugar Hill (no longer extant), who at 50 looks like he could take NFL minutes.

Ford, who will attract plenty of attention from recruiters in the years to come, has an opportunity to make a splash as a sophomore with a section title and the possible start of a dynasty.

There will never we another Ferguson, Wenger, or all the past greats who were in love with their clubs and built dynasties.

The mistake, though, is to chain that dynasty to the identity of the manager, who is always the most sackable person at the club.

He displayed his leadership DNA his very first year in the league and went on to success and in the process built the foundation for the most formidable dynasty in the modern NBA the Golden State Warriors who by the way are strikingly similar to the dysfunction of the Knicks today when he took over for them and for whatever reason everyone here hates him and doesn't want him to come home to lead his hometown team.

On came Vinatieri, who kicked a 41 - yard field goal with four ticks remaining, and it was time to ponder the Patriots» potential for a dynasty and their quarterback's ascent to gridiron icon.

All this plus some goalkeeping family dynasties, the keeper who missed his train and the youngsters who made an impression on their debuts.

Jose has a big job on his hands this season to prove he is capable of building a dynasty and proving he is one of the best of all time, like Ferguson, Shankly, Stein et al, rather than a manager who can bring short term success before moving on.

The NFL no longer has dynasties like the 1980s San Francisco 49ers, who won four Titles in 10 years, or the 1970s Steelers who won four in six.

«It's difficult to understand why you, a polished veteran campaigner, scion of a political dynasty and king - designate, would fear a simple businessman from Buffalo, who candidly has never been in a debate in his life — except maybe in a bar,» Paladino wrote in the missive, which appears in full after the jump.

Ephson, who had always insisted political dynasty is alien to politics in Ghana, noted on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.3 FM on Monday that Samia couldn't make inroads into the elections, since «there is a limit to how much she can use her father's influence to win an election»

Dynasty politics may or may not be an apt description here as they are represented by Oliver Mundell, son of the current Scottish secretary David Mundell who holds the equivalent Westminster seat, after a little local difficulty over his selection.

«A man who is not part of a political dynasty or funded by corporations or the 1 percent,» the ad's narrator says.

The Governor, who also spoke when he hosted members of the Awolowo dynasty at the Lagos House residence in Ikeja, said like himself, new generation leaders have a lot to learn from the ideals and principles of Pa Awolowo if they intend to impact positively on the lives of the people they govern.

Bush is the patriarch of one of America's most prominent political dynasties and is father to former US president George W. Bush (2001 - 2009) and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who was a Republican contender in the US presidential primary.

An election ratifying a single candidate who has already been chosen before the election, for example, in the ratification of the constitution of an existing monarchy which is transitioning to a constitutional monarchy in which the new constitution identifies the existing monarch or dynasty by name, does not count as a «contested election».

Historically, banking types and family dynasties are tight about their secrets, or at least they aren't running around to Jerry Springer like hollywood celebrities to tell all the mundane stories about what who was thinking about what, and if they should've eaten their vegetables.

It's difficult to understand why you, a polished veteran campaigner, scion of a political dynasty and king - designate, would fear a simple businessman from Buffalo, who candidly has never been in a debate in his life — except maybe in a bar.

William F. Walsh, the former Syracuse mayor and member of Congress who was the patriarch of a local political dynasty, died Saturday at his home in Marcellus, according to his family.

The senator, who's part of a political dynasty in Alaska, was upset in the August 24 primary by once - longshot attorney Joe Miller, who enjoyed strong support from Tea Party activists and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.