Sentences with phrase «seated figure of»

In 1922, the American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931) achieved immortality with another monumental public sculpture - the seated figure of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

, and the very grand Lee Krasner's very grand Seated Figure of 1938 — 39, an oil and collage on linen — oh my goodness!

Not exact matches

The Catalyst global survey measured women's share of board seats at stock market index companies in 20 countries (Canada's figures come from companies included in the S&P / TSX index).

Like many small businesses, Fresh was accustomed to what you could call seat - of - the - pants onboarding: There were a few formal procedures, but it was largely an impromptu affair, a sensibility that newbies would figure things out as they went along.

According to Catalyst's figures, women held just 19.9 % of board seats at S&P 500 companies in 2015, up slightly from 19.2 % in 2014.

In addition to the growing list of political figures set to take a seat next to Colbert on air, the new late - night show's first week will also include appearances from tech industry titans, including Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

In a world where even the lowly buggy whip has moved into the online realm (seriously, Google it), Yellow Media, that provider of inexpensive booster seats also known as the Yellow Pages, has been buying up rival phone directories and figuring out ways to make its antiquated business model work by slowly, so slowly, moving its services online.

The Fed's FOMC is concluding another two - day meeting today and will issue its latest policy statement around 2 p.m. EST, as the idiots on financial tv sit on the edge of their seat trying to figure out which word or syllable has changed from the last policy decision statement.

Prices were traditionally the purview of the second - most - powerful figure in a retail organization: the head merchant, whose intuitive knack for knowing what to sell, and for how much, was the source of a deep - seated mythos that she was not keen to dispel.

When they took their seats in front of me, I figured that my viewing of the movie would be ruined.

The encounter «awakened all sorts of deeply seated fears in Lewis, not least his fear of women... [H] e became a child, a little boy who was being degraded and shaken by a figure who, in his imagination, took on witch - like dimensions.»

The scene was a very attractive one — this grandfatherly figure seated with a crowd of children gathered around, against the magnificent backdrop of St Peter's.

This privately funded statue was meant to strike a similar note of reconciliation, offering not a triumphant commander - in - chief but a strangely «diminutive» figure seated on a bench beside one of his young sons.

As Rick spent most of his adult life helping arts organizations, including symphony orchestras, figure out how to promote themselves («putting fannies in seats,» he'd say), he surely had heard a lot better renditions of the Vivaldi and both he and I knew it.

I got so anxious last night thinking about the fact that I haven't booked hardly any vendors, that Thomas and I hunkered down with a bottle of wine and spent our Friday night scrolling through Pinterest, emailing vendors, figuring out seating arrangements, and looking at wedding shoe inspiration.

and then I spent most of the eight hour plane ride rearranging the playlist because, for some crazy reason, that was more important than finishing the seating arrangements or trying to figure out who was going to make the overpriced bunch of flowers I was going to carry down the aisle.

Most nights I'm flying by the seat of my pants, trying to figure out what we can eat for dinner that doesn't take long to make.

Clean the bathrooms, mop the floors, watch 15 episodes of Dawson's Creek season 5 from the DVR, make a trial run to the hospital, figure out how to install the car seat, bake 2 Thanksgiving desserts to freeze (and pull out like I'm some amazingly prepared preggo host when everyone comes over), spend ALL THE MONIES at the Sephora VIB sale...

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

An official attendance of 59,510 was given, but a figure much lower, some reports suggesting around 20,000 seats were left empty for the fixture.

anyway looking at the figures of kroenke's new stadium i have to say its abig gamble which along the way «fingures crossed» suppose this continues (empty seats no champions league) and pressures mounts on him maybe jus may be our russian may benefit from that and arsenal and us the fans as awhole.anyway its a far fetched thought.....

Club director Marina Granovskaia is the figure head of the footballing operations, and she has been overseeing the search for potential replacements — and sources close to the club have confirmed to me that they have had no shortage of suitors looking to step into Conte's hot - seat.

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do some research to figure out what best wuite your child and please do it quickly since your child has reached the weight limit of her infant car seat

And while you'll learn to read your baby's cues and figure out if he likes the bouncy seat or the rock n» play better, sometimes the best parenting tips are things you may never have thought of on your own.

I've personally tried various other models and this is the only one that really has thought of everything (except one major thing which I'll explain further down in my review) It has a really nice deep seat, over the shoulder padded straps (super important when the littles figure out how to push themselves up in a seat.

Consistent and loving care is key: «The difference between children without consistent relationships with parents (or parental figures of any kind) and well - parented children who are fed formula (instead of breastmilk) and put in bouncy seats (instead of slings) is huge.

I figured if an airline would not guarantee a young child be seated with their parent or guardian, they were in violation of their own unaccompanied minor policies.

You've done everything that you can so far — picking out a good car seat, figuring out which baby carrier or stroller will be the best for your family, deciding whether to breast or bottle - feed, researching the risks and benefits of co-sleeping vs a crib.

Most nights I'm flying by the seat of my pants, trying to figure out what we can eat for dinner that doesn't take long to make.

But I figure, if I'm already throwing out a bunch of wipes and diapers, what's so wrong with throwing out a few extra toilet seat covers or paper towels.

While you spend time figuring out what crib, stroller and car seat to buy for your baby, don't forget about the importance of purchasing the right baby bottle.

I LOVE that they give you an option for get both of these a such a reasonable price and that I comes with car seat adapter so that i didn't have to try and figure out if I got the right one or not.

Of course, polls are polls, and senior party figures are rightly treating them with caution, particularly an extrapolation by Professor John Curtice that gives the party a dozen seats, which would amount to 11 gains on their present tally of just one (Scottish secretary David MundellOf course, polls are polls, and senior party figures are rightly treating them with caution, particularly an extrapolation by Professor John Curtice that gives the party a dozen seats, which would amount to 11 gains on their present tally of just one (Scottish secretary David Mundellof just one (Scottish secretary David Mundell).

Let us keep the figure of the Five - pointed Star always upright, with the topmost triangle pointing to heaven, for it is the seat of wisdom, and if the figure is reversed, perversion and evil will be the result.

New enrollment figures from the state Board of Elections show that in 11 NY House seats, the difference between enrolled Democrats and Republicans is less than 40,000, which means a number of tight congressional races this fall.

These candidates, usually well - known or popular figures, are referred to in Russian as parovozy (locomotives), and have no intention of taking up seats in the Duma.

Akshar was seated behind the stage at the Trump rally were a number of VIP figures were also sitting.

After the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the increasing presence of women in the Parliament, occupying seats alongside «warlords» and other prominent male figures, has been a progressive step.

Gillibrand spent considerable time wooing the labor - backed party along with other so - called «progressive» interests (the LGBT community, black and Latino stakeholders etc.) Her initial selection by Gov. David Paterson to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Hillary Clinton was met with considerable skepticism — and, in some cases, flat - out hostility — from a number of key liberal figures, who subsequently either considered challenging her in a primary themselves or encouraged others to do so.

These figures would represent a Labour to Conservative swing of 9.2 % across Wales as compared with the 2005 general election, when the party gained three seats - Monmouth, Preseli Pembrokeshire and Clwyd West.

But without some dramatic developments between now and May, the number of North West seats making the switch looks certain to be in single figures.

Adams, chairwoman of Community Board 12, said she decided to run only after Sanders declared for Congress, figuring the seat was open.

If the swing since 2010 implied by these figures were to be replicated everywhere the SNP would sweep the board with 54 of Scotland's 59 seats, while Labour would have just four.

The SNP's remarkable achievement of winning 56 of Scotland's 59 Westminster seats in the General Election cemented Sturgeon's position as the dominant figure in Scottish politics.

The campaign group Saving Labour has claimed that the polling translates into a loss of 44 seats for Labour, while angry Labour MPs have seized on the figures as further evidence that Corbyn can not lead the party to electoral success.

I arrived at these figures by taking a weighted average of the revised vote shares in each seat, weighted by the revised turnout figures.

Moreover, the discrepancy in the Likud figures with the pre-election polls just five days out from the election is equivalent to 43 seats in the House of Commons.

It is notoriously difficult to convert opinion poll figures for the share of the votes into the number of seats likely to be won at a General Election.