Sentences with phrase «against chairs at»

The 983 bln pound asset manager will vote against chairs at UK companies if boards have too few women.

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Aguirre doesn't think former SEC Chair Mary Schapiro stood a chance against the entrenched forces at SEC's enforcement division.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R - TX), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees trade policy, met Trump at the White House twice last week to make the case against the tariffs and suggest alternative proposals for how to revive American steel.

Chris Martin, a care aid who chairs the HEU local at Nanaimo Seniors Village, has filed a grievance against what she saw as escalating harassment of union workers there.

Legal & General Investment Management said on April 17 that it will vote against the reappointment of chairs at large UK - listed companies if less than a quarter of the board are women.

This morning in my chair with my littlest girl curled up against me, nursing, and my Bible laid open, I read, «Can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore?

CNN: My Take: Catholic bishops» election behavior threatens their authority Vincent Miller, Gudorf Chair of Catholic Theology and Culture at the University of Dayton., argues that «By putting voters in a «with us or against us» bind, some of America's bishops have risked eroding their own authority.»

Chair of the Accord Coalition, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, said: «Accord is regularly made aware of qualified teachers who are excluded from jobs at faith schools, including serving members of staff who are forced to leave their post for behaviour deemed to go against a school's religious tenants, such as for seeking a divorce.

At least it wasn't as bad as last year's chair throwing episode McCaffery pulled against Michigan State.

The boat goes sideways, at what feels like a 90 - degree angle to the surface of the water, and our chairs slam against the side of the boat.

At first I tried to push in my wonderful rocking chair, but I quickly discovered it was like pushing against a brick wall.

«This study goes against everything that's been published for several years now from very reliable clinicians and researchers about the potential hazards of supplementing exclusively breast - feeding babies with formula,» says Dr. Kathleen Marinelli, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the chair - elect of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee.

Lawmakers grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development chair Wednesday at a budget hearing, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to charges against several former associates of the governor.

If you want to dispute me, convince me that Peter Babalola who has picked gauntlet against Diekola at senatorial meeting is not the same man, the then Olagunsoye Oyinlola's Chief of Staff, who forcefully removed chair meant for Aregbesola at 2006 Oroki Day in Osogbo, where he allegedly instructed thugs to kill him should he wait further at the program.

They sat at a table, then one of them slammed a chair against the floor.

Mr Davies is now chair of the Welsh Select Committee at Westminster but he cut his political teeth campaigning against Mr Flynn in Newport.

At the November 30 meeting, all 10 community board chairs in attendance, in addition to Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Councilmember Rosie Méndez, voted against de Blasio's proposals.

Bryant continued: «This decision is ludicrously premature when the CPS is still considering corporate charges against News Corp, when the House of Commons privileges committee has still to rule on whether three News Corp executives lied to Parliament, as claimed by the select committee when it was chaired by John Whittingdale, and when the Leveson inquiry has to still to complete the second part of its work into the events at the News of the World.

Activist and Author David Mixner Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Jarrett Barrios Board Chair of the Empire State Pride Agenda Frank Selvaggi Human Rights Campaign New York Marriage Director Brian Ellner Former Chief of Staff to Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Deputy Campaign Manager to John Kerry for President Steve Elmendorf Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress Winnie Stachelberg Democratic National Committee Treasurer Andy Tobias Former Clinton White House Advisor Richard Socarides Academy Award Winning Producer and AFER Board Member Bruce Cohen Gill Action Fund Executive Director Patrick Guerrero Gill Action Fund Deputy Executive Director Bill Smith

Baroness Helena Kennedy; Camila Batmanghelidjh of Kid's Company; Eve Ensler, founder of V - Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls; Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary College and chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Foundation; the barrister Rupert Grey, the environmental campaigner George Monbiot and; to stop things getting dull, the comedians Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins.

At noon, Assemblyman David Weprin, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Correction, will be joined by fellow Elected Officials, members of clergy, and advocacy groups to speak out against the Executive Budget proposal to reduce visitation days for inmates at New York State's maximum - security prisonAt noon, Assemblyman David Weprin, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Correction, will be joined by fellow Elected Officials, members of clergy, and advocacy groups to speak out against the Executive Budget proposal to reduce visitation days for inmates at New York State's maximum - security prisonat New York State's maximum - security prisons.

New York Governor Cuomo's economic development chair was grilled by state lawmakers at a budget hearing Wednesday, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to charges against several former associates of the governor.

At least two candidates who ran against Johnson for speaker will also get plum positions: Sources say Robert Cornegy of Brooklyn will chair the council's Housing Committee, and Mark Levine of Manhattan will chair the Health Committee.

Governor Cuomo's economic development chair was grilled by lawmakers at a budget hearing, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to corruption charges against several former associates of the governor.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

Against that backdrop, leading scientists — including NSABB Chair Paul Keim, a microbiologist at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff — began promoting the idea of a moratorium.

«This pathway is very important in balancing immunity against pathogens and tolerance against self,» says Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of Microbiology and Immunology at MUSC, co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, and senior author for this study.

That's according to Louise Ritchie at the University of Edinburgh, who visited 20 care homes in the UK and found that chairs were often pushed against the walls in lounge areas giving the rooms «no real purpose».

«Every kit holds the potential to solve a heinous crime,» says Linda Fairstein, one of the foremost experts on crimes against women and a vice chair at Joyful Heart.

The two ways that seem to be most effective are lying on the ground and resting the feet on a couch or chair at a 90 degree angle OR lying on the ground or bed and resting the legs straight up against the wall (more difficult).

Mention was made of Senator John Waltzer (D, North Carolina), the chair of the Armed Services Committee hearings, who was against the CIA's shadow organizations (he considered them «irrelevant at best or unconstitutional at worst») and covert intelligence operations.

A vocal opponent of this reform, Dr. Mark Naison, history professor and chair of African - American Studies at Fordam University and co-founder of the Badass Teachers Association, railed against what he called the «Walmart - izaton of Education.»

D.C. Council member David Grosso (I - At Large), who chairs the council's education committee, said he wasn't aware of the specific complaints against BASIS DC but made clear that the law applies to all of the city's traditional public schools and public charter schools.

Mike Lee, Chair of Durham's Board of Education, spoke at an Oct. 3, 2017 event against a proposal to include Durham schools in the new Innovative School District.

RASR (Racer's Against Street Racing) Task Force Regis Finn at B&M Racing and Performance Parts chairs the groups and can be reached at [email protected].

Author Fair session chair Philip Jones of The Bookseller gets at this well in Old possum's piece of publishing wisdom when, while noting that McCrum has «two feet stuck in the past,» he also warns against «staring at the stars»:

The men in the dining chairs are half turned from the film, looking back towards the projector, their eyes narrowed against its glare, studying the figure at their center.

But in a rickety arena on a Friday night, Jim Benning discovers the forces of good still have a chance against the forces of evil, at least in swan - diving, chair - slamming lucha libre Mexican wrestling.

I would have preferred a larger desk against the window, moving the chair around so I could look out at the view while working

In 2004, Paul (now Lord) Myners, then chair of Tate trustees, informed me, during a Stuckist demonstration against the Turner Prize, that our show of paintings at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool was «a travesty» and that «painting was the medium of yesterday».

3 Legged (1997) came out of us just messing around, firing the machine at each other, standing against a wall or on chairs.

Here's a «Your Dot» contribution pushing back against apocalyptic depictions of the collision between humans and the climate system — written by Peter B. Kelemen, the Arthur D. Storke Professor and vice chair in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University.

Greenpeace International's chair, Kumi Naidoo, whose #Arctic30 activists face 7 years in prison under hooliganism charges for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic, also put the blame at the door of the fossil fuel industry:

At one point It spends many pages repeating a conspiratorial accusation against William Niernberg for his role as chair of a NAS committee assessing the CO2 issue in 1983.

Launched at Milan design week, the chairs featured in an exhibition by Hay, Sonos and WeWork, where contemporary furniture and products were juxtaposed against the ornate details of the historic Palazzo Clerici building.

Ivy League geologist Dr. Robert Giegengack, former chair of Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke out in 2007 against fears of rising CO2 impacts promoted by Gore and others.

His experience includes preparing pleadings at all stages of litigation, including in state and federal appeals, as well as serving as second chair in a federal trial against a foreign sovereign.

«Most people, when they buy a homeowners policy, they assume they are fully covered against a relevant risk,» says David Marlett, chair of the department of finance, banking and insurance at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. «If the bank didn't require them to get flood insurance, then they might think they probably didn't need it.»

Someone accidentally moved her chair as she was going to sit down at work, causing her to fall and hit her neck against a desk.

Mr. Gary Zalepa Jr., is / was running for CREA Director at Large with two years under his belt already and holding the esteemed position of MLS Technology Council Chair — ergo his back being raised to any protestation against CREA.