Sentences with phrase «as champion of champions»

The winners are picked by the judging panel as champion of champions from category winners.

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But Bush's choice to champion literacy is also indicative of her persona — and legacy — as a whole, say both Gutin and James Engel, a presidential historian at Southern Methodist University.

The founder of Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, shared with «Managing Asia» in 2016 the leadership qualities that helped him champion China's rise as an economic powerhouse.

Anecdotes on how the pain of losing seasons as a rookie built the resilience to take risks and overcome fear necessary to become a champion.

But it would be great for service providers, who Poloz has identified as the new champions of Canada's economy.

And as a champion of globalisation, free trade and multilateralism, it will have strong support from the international community», the English - language newspaper added.

While it's free to download and play, devotees can purchase extra characters — champions, in LoL - speak — and buy them virtual clothing, known as skins, and plenty of other decorative stuff.

Perhaps most exciting of all, shortly after launching the company, Zidel was honored at the White House as a champion of change for her contributions to child care.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

The confluence of corporate self - interest and geopolitical considerations not only enabled Qualcomm to turn the tables on Broadcom, but canonized the San Diego company as a sort of national champion essential to battling China's might in the next - generation wireless communications technology known as 5G.

Way back in 2004, an icon of professional basketball named Kevin Garnett emerged as a future champion, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves through a Cinderella season.

Google is now positioning itself as a champion of free speech, a tricky claim for Microsoft to make as it continues to censor search results.

Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled their nation as they became champions of a noble cause.»

Other countries, such as the U.K., have gender diversity champions who have made excellent use of the bully pulpit, notably Lord Mervyn Davies, who is calling for 33 percent board participation by women by 2020.

Of course, we'd love to do anything we can to help arm you with the answers you need as you work through the final steps, etc...» While your champion still may not know what puppy conversation questions are in store for them, raising potential blockers early (and even forecasting the existence of the conversation itself) will prevent them from being blindsided, enhance their credibility within their organization, and result in a more frictionless and timely conclusion to your sales cyclOf course, we'd love to do anything we can to help arm you with the answers you need as you work through the final steps, etc...» While your champion still may not know what puppy conversation questions are in store for them, raising potential blockers early (and even forecasting the existence of the conversation itself) will prevent them from being blindsided, enhance their credibility within their organization, and result in a more frictionless and timely conclusion to your sales cyclof the conversation itself) will prevent them from being blindsided, enhance their credibility within their organization, and result in a more frictionless and timely conclusion to your sales cycle.

If not a champion for Justin Trudeau's deficit - spending plan, Poloz has emerged as important defender of the intellectual soundness of the young prime minister's big economic idea.

When the news broke late on Wednesday in Moscow, Russian and western media trumpeted it as the energy deal of the year: Glencore (glncy), the world's biggest commodities house, and the Qatar Investment Authority had agreed to buy a 19.5 % stake in Rosneft, Russia's national oil champion, for 10.5 billion euros ($ 11.1 billion).

As a father of girls he felt remorseful for the comment and ended up talking with Crosby about championing female founders.

Taking over as the new champion foreign - oil guzzler will be, of course, China.

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

As homeschoolers, the Devries feel like Ron Paul is «one of our best champions,» Matt explained.

Clinton has positioned herself as a champion of the 99 percent who understands their needs, but that's hardly credible considering that the Clintons made $ 28 million last year alone and get about $ 200,000 per speech.

Maye continues inspiring her family as a champion of inclusion and diversity in modeling while steadily advancing her career.

The loss will not be the end of the competition for 2000 Sydney Games champion Williams, however, as the 36 - year - old is bidding to win her fourth doubles gold medal with sister Serena.

One thing you won't hear him championing is the unfettered rise of artificial intelligence, which he once described as the «biggest existential threat» to humankind.

That's the last thing the leviathans want, of course, so they present themselves as champions of the new entrepreneur.

Leiweke is the former president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the international sports and entertainment company that owns the reigning Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings, the reigning MLS Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy, a stake in the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, as well as sport and entertainment facilities such as the Staples Center, the Home Depot Center, the L.A. Live entertainment complex, and other high - profile venues around the world.

Even the late Margaret Thatcher, who championed the sale of state - owned companies such as British Telecom and British Gas, backed away from privatizing Royal Mail during her tenure as prime minister back in the 1980s.

But he was once seen as an early champion of the little guy.

«However, BlackBerry has significant competition in this area with a number of handset manufacturers championing an array of low - cost Android devices as well as Nokia's Asha 501.

Over 50 years ago, one of the earliest champions of brainstorming, Alex Osborn, a U.S. advertising executive, developed rules for the practice — such as banning criticism and encouraging freewheeling — which he published in his 1953 book Applied Imagination.

The America's Cup champion and founder of database giant Oracle, is chasing Jeff Bezos at the moment, but he could very well supplant Amazon as the preeminent cloud services provider.

She was recognized for her role in leading one of the most successful food manufacturing companies in Latin America, as well as her leadership of Kellogg's largest acquisition in the region (Ritmo Investimentos - Parati) and for championing Kellogg's efforts in sustainability.

And as a champion of globalization, free trade and multilateralism, it will have strong support from the international community,» the English - language paper added.

Prosecutors began to uncover a string of corruption scandals in 2014 and 2015, involving both private and state - controlled companies, like Petrobras, the nation's oil and gas champion, as well as current and former elected officials — namely, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

She is also a champion for diversity within the organization and serves as a member of the Women@Google board and is an executive sponsor for HOLA, Google's Latino Employee Resource Group.

Consider: the arsenal of effective (and less risky) HIV medicines has ballooned, the stigma associated with the disease has declined (although, as activists note, much work remains to be done on that front), and awareness campaigns centered on HIV / AIDS have gone from what was a fringe movement just 30 years ago to a cause championed by top public figures and companies around the world.

As China's growth show signs of cooling and the Communist Party prepares for its all - important 19th Congress, a cadre of reformers led by CBRC chairman Guo Shuqing is warning that these swashbuckling global buyers aren't national champions but lightning rods for financial risk.

As Tiger Woods returns to the famous greens of Augusta, the four - time Masters champion is not only bringing a fresh round of excitement to golf but a significant financial impact on nearly every aspect of the game.

Writing on his blog, Battelle champions the banner advertisement — that relic of the early Internet that many consider obsolete — as an artifact in the «archaeology of the future.»

Regarded as one of the greatest players professional golf has ever seen, he won a tremendous number of events on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour from 1955 - onwards.

US President Donald Trump has marketed himself as a champion of working people.

However arguments around the «burning question of our time» as Munk Debate moderator Rudyard Griffiths expressed it, was a chance to view champions on both sides of the economic trenches go at it hand to hand.

As the unexpected success of Leicester City and Tottenham in the Premier League this season has shown, England's top clubs face an increasingly difficult job finishing high enough to secure entry to the lucrative Champions League.

Though Warren Buffett has long championed dividend stocks as part of his investment philosophy, when it comes to his own company, Berkshire Hathaway (brk - a), the investor has been loath to pay dividends.

The other problem with Trudeau and Morneau styling themselves as champions of the working class is that they may forget that they, and a large fraction of the people they know, are fabulously wealthy.

In 2014, P&G announced it would sell what turned out to be 116 of its 166 brands — a housecleaning that included several acquisitions championed by Lafley himself, such as Wella, bought for $ 7 billion in 2003, and Clairol, for $ 5 billion in 2001.

Since founding Salesforce in 1999, Marc Benioff has earned credibility as a serious philanthropist and, more recently, as a champion of gender equality and diversity.

(So, all told, each category will have five finalists, one of whom will be chosen as the grand prize champion.)

But determined Italian champions Juve drew level seven minutes later, with one of the finest goals seen in a Champions League final, as Croatian forward Mario Mandzukic beat Real keeper Keylor Navas with a perfectly executed overhchampions Juve drew level seven minutes later, with one of the finest goals seen in a Champions League final, as Croatian forward Mario Mandzukic beat Real keeper Keylor Navas with a perfectly executed overhChampions League final, as Croatian forward Mario Mandzukic beat Real keeper Keylor Navas with a perfectly executed overhead kick.