Sentences with phrase «act as a group»

But when the group is huddled around a piece of butcher paper, the paper acts as the group's «corporate memory.»

So again, it's an unfortunate necessity that we unite and act as a group like religions, corporations, or unions do to exert our power in the political realm.

«This programme will explore how a community faces up to the choices involved in living in an era of cuts, and examine the way in which people act as a group when confronted with limited resources and difficult decisions.

Following its establishment in 2002, Bailey took the position of Secretary of The All Party Parliamentary Group for Steel which acts as a group to promote the interests of the steel manufacturing industry and the communities that work in that industry.

Clark Duke is the nerd of the group who acts as the group's voice of reason.

Instead, they took their concerns to Callaghan, they said, because they were more comfortable acting as a group.

An important part of your role during a guided reading lesson is to act as a group member, rather than always being the questioner.

School climate is also commanding greater national attention under the Every Student Succeeds Act as groups work to include school discipline practices and other measures that can help make new ESSA accountability systems more accurate, robust and reflective of the daily challenges and opportunities in education.

After the collapse, the men decide to act as a group, sharing rations and praying together in the underground room they called «The Refuge.»

The main point here is that price movements are non-normal because market players act as a group.

By «emergent phenomena» I mean what happens when people act as a group pursuing the same strategy.

That was really the beginning of the American painters acting as a group.

Both of course — but crucially, it was not large groups of people acting individually — it was large groups of people acting as groups, together.

Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it,» makes me believe this entire field is no longer acting as a group of PUBLICLY funded researchers in search of the truth.

In December 2014, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) issued guidelines applicable to group insurance policies and schemes executed by institutions acting as group organizers or master policyholders — the scheduled commercial banks regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), NBFCs with certificate of registration from RBI, and National Housing Bank (NHB)- regulated housing finance companies.

In the event we no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer, we may in the future be able to rely on the «controlled company» exemptions under the NYSE corporate governance rules due to the concentration of voting power among our founders and the ability of our founders to act as a group.

This training / supervision day will provide opportunities to further develop skills in the interventions of Group Schema Therapy by participating in demonstrations and acting as group therapists in role - plays with coaching from two of the developers of Group Schema Therapy.

My office has amazing people that share ideas and concerns and act as a group of colleagues that want to make each other better.

Not exact matches

«The FCA and PRA are not alleging that he acted with a lack of integrity or that he lacks fitness and propriety to continue to perform his role as Group Chief Executive Officer,» the company said Friday, adding its board «continues to have unanimous confidence in Mr. Staley.»

By bringing together people of different backgrounds, you gain the ability to escape a single group's echo chamber and avoid errors caused by groupthink; the power to act as a connector or translator between different circles; and the immense creative potential of combining ideas from different fields.

McCampbell acted as the targeting coordinator and piloted one of the planes in a massive assault with planes from three task groups.

Wikileaks, in a brief statement Friday on Twitter, made the same point: «Discovery is going to be amazing fun,» said the anti-secrecy group, which has been accused of acting as a cutout for the Kremlin.

Well, that brings up the second surprise: The presence of armed guards tends to dramatically increase the likelihood of violence and injury during a robbery, as the Center for Investigative Reporting found when it analyzed detailed FBI crime incident reports from 2007 to 2011 — which the group got through a Freedom of Information Act request.

But Sabancı's power in the region is undeniable: A member of Siemens» supervisory board, she began acting as co-chair of the Business 20 (B20) Trade Task Force — an outreach group for the G20 economies — earlier this year.

The results of the auction were described as «historic» by the acting head of policy at environmental group WWF Scotland.

The judge, Maria Sizintseva, said they acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

Along with JPMorgan, more than a dozen banks, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Credit Suisse Group AG, have acted as brokers for buying and selling Bitcoin XBT on Nasdaq's Stockholm - based exchange, according to Swedish online bank Nordnet AB.

Michael McGeary, political director at Engine, a tech advocacy group, says the JOBS Act «could be a real boon for young companies,» particularly those located outside VC - dense areas such as New York and Silicon Valley.

The 34 - year - old is also accused of acting as an Isis recruiter and being responsible for drawing several other British extremists to join the terrorist group.

Jeff Howe, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, who was one of the first professionals to use the word, defines it as «the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.»

At a hearing in Moscow's Tverskoy District Court to decide whether Magomedov and his associates should be detained before their trial, Judge Maria Sizintseva said they had acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

Of course, when the federal government and states make changes to hunger programs, it has a direct and hard - hitting impact on the groups that act as a safety net.

Tariffs ultimately act as a good thing for a small group of industries and harm everyone else.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but French President Francois Hollande described it as an act of terror.

This group of Uber employees flew into Miami for 10 days in part for a work retreat, and in part to act as a kind of advance squad, whose duties include networking with hospitality workers, scouting venues, and recruiting Miami Uber drivers.

Cendy is one of millions of immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children — a group known as «DREAMers» by advocates of the Dream Act, a federal bill first introduced in the Senate in 2001 to allow them a pathway to permanent residency.

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. and SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. are acting as financial advisors to SoftBank Group.

The Raine Group LLC is acting as lead financial advisor to Sprint.

Although the home office acts as a supporting arm helping to facilitate Masterminds, the groups generally function on their own and independently determine structure, membership, agendas, and meetings.

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The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

Fujitsu America, which provides technology and business support to affiliated companies, has yet to answer the complaint or make an appearance in the case, and a company spokesman declined to comment.Lawsuits such as this one are just the beginning, said Marcia Wagner, a principal at the Wagner Law Group who represents plan sponsors and vendors under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act.

In the letter, the group argued that the act draws a «clear distinction» between those who should be licensed and those who should not, and will function as an «excellent model» for states to follow.

As discussed above under «HRC and GNC Use of Compensation Consultant,» the HRC has retained Cook & Co. to act as the HRC's independent compensation consultant for purposes of compiling Peer Group data and otherwise advising the HRC on compensation matterAs discussed above under «HRC and GNC Use of Compensation Consultant,» the HRC has retained Cook & Co. to act as the HRC's independent compensation consultant for purposes of compiling Peer Group data and otherwise advising the HRC on compensation matteras the HRC's independent compensation consultant for purposes of compiling Peer Group data and otherwise advising the HRC on compensation matters.

The Forum, a group of corporate CEOs and university presidents, identified and acted on issues of national concern to the business and academic communities such as international competitiveness, technological innovation, and education and training.

Group dynamics, reports EHS Today, especially impact sick leave in smaller offices, such as via «presenteesim,» a term describing the act of coming to work despite illness.

At a special White House event this week, members of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), along with a contingent of Road Team Captains, a group of professional drivers who act as industry «ambassadors» as part of a national outreach program, met with President Trump to discuss a range of issues affecting motor carriers, including health care.

In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit Tea Party advocacy group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting as her General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board at inception.

Do we simply accept a smaller government and ever shrinking support for veterans and other groups or do we as act to halt and reverse the direction that the federal government is heading?