Sentences with phrase «john major headed»

John Major headed off to play cricket, a sport I've never understood myself, but if I'd have had his political innings, I'd have taken a bed of hot nails in hell over carrying on a second longer than I had to.

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«The main risk today is complacency, without a pullback in major equity markets for nearly two years,» said John Husselbee, head of multi-asset at Liontrust.

As Sir John Major has revealed, they can have a real impact on what goes on inside the head of the prime minister.

Today, far more leaders are appointed through contested elections, not least thanks to the adoption of the Harare Principles by the Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1990 when John Major was prime minister.

Rival agency Hanover Communications is headed up by Charles Lewington, the smooth - talking former Conservative party press chief under John Major.

John Manzoni, head of the Major Projects Authority, told the public accounts committee earlier this summer that the current head of UC, Howard Shiplee, had been working only part - time after falling ill around Christmas.

Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE's campaign on Friday announced two major hires as he ramps up his staffing heading into the general election.

In the 1992 general election, John Major led the Conservatives to a narrow victory, resulting in Kinnock's resignation as head of Labour.

[14] He then returned to 10 Downing Street serving as head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit under the government of John Major from 1995 to 1997, [14] where he co-ordinated domestic policy development across government departments.

The former head of Government and Official Spokesperson for the erstwhile Armed Forces Revolution Council (AFRC), Major Boakye has chided former President Jerry John Rawlings asking him to wake up from his slumber and accept that the NDC has outgrown him.

Remember that photo from 1992 that showed John Major with his head in his hands?

He has been compared recently with Jim Callaghan and John Major as they headed towards electoral oblivion.

It is understood that Lady Hogg, former head of John Major's policy unit, is being considered.

John Thompson, a major action film producer and head of production at Millennium Films, died on Jan. 9 after a battle with leukemia.

Her father is Major General Sir John Swinton, a World War Two hero and former head of the Queen's household division.

John C. Fryer, the retired Air Force major general who headed the Duval County, Fla., public schools, has been named the president and chief executive officer of the National Institute for School Leadership.

On April 4, a terse letter signed by the heads of the major education lobbying organizations in Washington — teachers unions, school boards, superintendents, principals and governors — landed on the desk of John King Jr., the secretary of education.

After last year's pilot program, state Superintendent John White, who is in charge of implementing all this as head of the state Department of Education, announced a major course correction.

The BFI collection is one of the largest public collections of film costumes in the world and represents the work of many major costume designers such as Edith Head, Ellen Mirojnick, John Mollo and Sandy Powell.

At the request of John Calder, head of the Arctic Research Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and through the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, ARCUS developed this short informational brochure to introduce the SEARCH program, a major new interagency arctic research effort, to a general audience.

In his new role, John will head strategic efforts to elevate the business of Major, Lindsey & Africa and Allegis Partners.

The honorary and distinguished members of the Burton Awards Board of Directors include the following leaders in law: Former Chief Judge Richard Posner, 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; Judge Alex Kozinski, 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. Senator John Cornyn; U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.; U.S. Senator Mike Crapo; U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet; Supreme Court Justice Carol Corrigan of California; Yabo Lin, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; Jane Sullivan Roberts, Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa; Lisa Rickard, President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform; Elissa Lichtenstein, Director, Public Services Division, American Bar Association; Thomas L. Sager, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP; Les Parrette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Novelis Inc.; James M. Rishwain, Jr., Chairman of Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP; Betty Whelchel, Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA; and Stephen R. Mysliwiec, Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US).