Sentences with phrase «as embattled»

Read Mann's mails to Jones, where mike presented himself as an embattled scientist.

Not every scientist or professor is a public figure, but a scientist who writes celebrity columns for The Huffington Post and The Guardian, and appears in campaign commercials for powerful politicians, and stars in a big - budget James Cameron telly series with Matt Damon and Jessica Alba, and writes a book not about science per se but about an epic global struggle for truth and justice with him as the embattled hero can hardly claim he wants to be left alone with his Bunsen burners.

As embattled NFL coach Tony D'Amato, Al Pacino is, like his greatest post - «Godfather» creation, salesman Ricky Roma of «Glengarry Glen Ross,» a supremely skilled old pro in a world of questionable new standards.

Philadelphia's Titus Welliver stars as embattled Los Angeles police detective Harry Bosch and Jamie Hector (The Wire) as his partner, Jerry Edgar, in a series based on the Michael Connelly novels.

And of course, there's Michelle Williams, who gives a raw, severely underrated performance as the embattled mother whose son is kidnapped.

The tragic saga of Stan Lee continues as the embattled Grandfather of Geekdom finds himself entangled in yet another lawsuit.

Starring Viola Davis as an embattled family court judge with a fraught marriage of her own; Hayden Panettiere as a recent law - school grad flung into a custody case; and Catalina Sandino Moreno as the single mother at the center of the case who risks losing her two children over an ill - timed argument.

The Best Actress, according to FFCC voters, was Margot Robbie for her performance as embattled former figure skater Tonya Harding in the black comedy / biopic I, Tonya.

The film's world - building is more engaging than its plotting, which skews toward the generic as the embattled good guys set out on their last - ditch effort to save what remains of humanity; there's a sense, while watching Blame!

The arrest comes as the embattled VA fights to recover its image amid damning revelations it failed to deliver crucial services to veterans at multiple centers.

(CNN)- New York Gov. David Paterson is losing yet another top staffer as the embattled Democrat faces an ethics investigation and an inquiry into whether he intervened in an assault case involving one of his aides.

By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters)-- Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, said they are ending their marriage, more than five years after she stood by his side as the embattled Democrat resigned from office over a prostitution scandal.

In 2010, Obama said he hoped that Rangel, a decorated Korean War veteran, would retire «with dignity» as the embattled congressman was fending off ethics charges that later led to a humiliating censure by the House.

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another dimension on Thursday as the embattled factional chairman of the party, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff on Thursday inaugurated five committees for the conduct of a fresh primary election in Edo State.

As an embattled leader, he pitched the right tone for an embattled country.

There seems to be no end in sight to drama rocking the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party as the embattled former acting chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff returned to the secretariat of the party in Abuja in an attempt to gain entrance into the complex.

Ian Murray - who resigned as Shadow Scottish Secretary yesterday - hit out as the embattled Labour leader was repeatedly condemned at an angry meeting of his MPs.

AS the embattled Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State tackles the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his disqualification from its gubernatorial primary, some of his...

The field of candidates eyeing northeast Queens» 19th City Council District seat grew larger this week as its embattled incumbent, who will not seek re-election, faces an ethics probe on allegations that he had affairs with a former intern and former deputy chief of staff.

Cuomo's brother - in - law, shoe designer Kenneth Cole, resigned as the embattled leader of the AIDS research charity amfAR after the New York attorney general's office rejected a proposal that would have kept him in the slot, calling it «troubling.»

The elector would benefit from greater choice, fairness and representation - a Labour voter in darkest Surrey as much as an embattled Glasgow Tory.

All this differentiates Mideast Christians from American Christians, who strongly support Israel as an embattled democracy to which the West owes a moral obligation.

White South Africans, even during the recent years of increasing township violence and repressive emergency measure, present themselves to the world as the embattled custodians of civil order in a continent notorious for whimsical massacres.

«Ex-gay movement members, like other conservative Christians, view themselves as part of a positive transformation of American culture and religious life, often describing themselves as embattled or besieged by secular culture or the gay rights movement.

It is not hard to see the result, in America and Western civilization generally, as the embattled simplicities of a life - affirming libertinism and a life - denying asceticism complicate all attempts to answer the question whether it is safer to choose abundance than scarcity.

Liz Bowman latest high - profile departure as embattled Environmental Protection Agency administrator fights ethics allegations

While gains were spread across sectors, autos were among the top performers on Friday as embattled Italian carmaker, Fiat Chrysler, rebounded from the previous session.

Banco Popular shares slumped over 18 percent on Monday as the embattled Spanish lender hit the bottom of the benchmark.

Not exact matches

Before Bentley's Corner Barkery (now rebranded as Bentley's Pet Stuff) became a crown jewel in Marcus Lemonis» small business empire, embattled owner Lisa Senafe, along with her husband, Giovanni, appealed to The Profit for help.

Those new unicorns include companies such as French ride - sharing service BlaBlaCar, e-commerce player Jet.com, and the recently - embattled fantasy sports site DraftKings.

The FF 91, as the electric vehicle is called, wowed attendees and managed to calm concerns surrounding the embattled, Chinese - backed company — for now, at least.

The embattled prime minister of Malaysia, facing mounting political turmoil and a parade of inquiries at home and abroad into a sovereign wealth fund that he oversees, is now coming under the scrutiny of American investigators as well.

And a series of recent deals actually bodes well for the embattled drug maker as it nabs significant multipliers on the assets.

Matt Damon may have become a critic of Obama, but many celebrities still support the embattled president, as seen with Obamacare.

The appointment of Christian Sewing as Deutsche Bank's chief executive officer to replace an embattled John Cryan after less than three years — and three turnaround plans — answered just one of the questions hanging over the struggling institution.

It gives Trump's daughter and advisor, Ivanka — an entrepreneur and advocate for women in the workplace who organized and attended the roundtable — a chance to change the conversation surrounding her embattled apparel brand, which retailers such as Nordstrom, Macy's and Sears have dropped.

During a conference call to discuss first - quarter results for his hedge fund firm Pershing Square Capital Management, Ackman described an «intensive» process over the past few weeks as he and a handful of his employees have worked with the embattled drugmaker in its search for a new leader.

Indeed, you wouldn't have detected elation in the nasal, Midwestern tones of Procter & Gamble's embattled CEO, Bob McDonald, as he answered questions after the ritual presentation of the quarterly numbers on Jan. 25.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

Malaysia's budget due at 4 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) may be the toughest yet for embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak as he struggles to balance declining oil revenues, spending priorities and a growing political scandal.

Fox News host Sean Hannity, after being revealed as a previously secret client of President Donald Trump's embattled personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was criticized on his own show by legal expert Alan Dershowitz.

Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, co-founders of the company now known as BlackBerry, are considering a bid that could save the embattled smartphone maker.

DEA assessments have painted broad swaths of the US as territory under the control of Mexican cartels — chief among them the Sinaloa cartel, an embattled organization previously run by Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman.

Spicer, the embattled White House press secretary, resigned on July 21 after telling Trump he vehemently disagreed with the selection of Scaramucci as White House communications director.

LONDON (AP)-- Rebekah Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, resigned Friday as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers, becoming the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal at a now - defunct Sunday tabloid.

HALIFAX — Embattled tech giant BlackBerry announced the closure Thursday of its offices in the Halifax area, eliminating more than 300 high - paying jobs as part of a global push to cut costs.

The incident comes as Minnesota deliberates over the construction of the embattled Enbridge Line 3 project, which would run from Hardisty, Alberta, to Superior, Wisconsin.

Leonard Asper says his heart and mind never left the media business, even after his May 2010 resignation as CEO of financially embattled CanWest Global Media.

This is the first production vehicle that Faraday Future has unveiled, and it is largely seen as a make or break situation for the embattled company.

With a newly revanchist Russia as its only ally, the future for the embattled territory of Abkhazia looks increasingly uncertain.