Sentences with phrase «as stake president»

Christians do not believe in becoming GODs, Romney, as a Stake President, Bishop, knows of this doctrine, and as a temple - worthy Mormon believes he will be GOD in the afterlife.

But Romney, who has both led a Mormon congregation as a bishop and a regional group of churches as stake president, will speak to specific practices of his church and his experiences.

Romeny did once serve as a Bishop — he also served as a Stake President which means technically we should call him President Romney not Bishop Romney as far as church protocol.

Not exact matches

As President Donald Trump gets «very close» to a new Afghanistan strategy, there's more at stake than just military victory.

Several Democratic senators pressed billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Monday to clarify his role as an adviser to President Donald Trump, saying his position in the administration raised «alarming» questions about potential conflicts of interest with his stakes in the biofuels and pharmaceutical industries.

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.

Any move by France to sell most or all of its Renault stake could prove politically risky for President Emmanuel Macron, already under fire for letting national champions such as TGV train maker Alstom fall into foreign hands.

On the campaign trail, President Trump became known as «a different kind of Republican,» staking out a more protectionist stand on trade, and a more interventionist stance on antitrust policy than the typical Republican candidate.

Borrowing costs jumped following the surprise election of President Donald Trump, and Wall Street firms are being more cautious as new regulations kick in requiring them to hold a stake in the mortgages they sell off.

All with a stake in the global economy must hope that now, as has happened often in the past, a US president faced with the responsibility of governing preserves the valid core of campaign economic plans while making major adjustments.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high - stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been «very open» and «very honorable,» a sharply different assessment of a leader he once denounced as «Little Rocket Man.»

It would be named Cambridge Analytica (a name reportedly provided by Bannon, who would also have a stake in the company and serve as a vice president).

The Trump administration is staking out shockingly hardline positions in the newest round of NAFTA talks — raising new fears that the president doesn't want to renegotiate the agreement so much as set the stage for pulling out of it.

I am sure Mitt Romney served as an excellent Bishop and Stake President (another 5 year commitment I imagine).

Romney served as Bishop and Stake President for 13 years with no pay.

He was also a Stake President which to me really says something about him as a person.

Schneiderman, first elected in 2011, has over the last year or so staked out a claim as a blue state bulwark against the policies of President Donald Trump's administration, filing legal challenges to federal laws, executive orders and regulations.

Democrats in the narrowly divided state Senate have sought to stake out ground opposing (or «resisting» in the parlance of the political times) the Trump administration as well as pointing out their contrasts with Republican lawmakers, who they have sought to tie to actions by the new president.

Members of Trump's staff said the trip was mainly a humanitarian mission, but they conceded that the stakes were high for the president on his first visit to a disaster area that was inevitably seen as a test of his competence and empathy.

Fox is staking his reputation on free trade deals with the US, even as its incoming president based much of his campaign on criticism of free trade deals.

But, to argue with myself, two siblings who fight for their father or mother's approval — to them, those are the highest stakes in the world, and just as important as who's going to be the next president of the US.

«As everyone knows, our union is opposed to high - stakes testing and value - added model, but even when MaryEllen applied it as required under Florida law, she made collaboration her mantra,» said AFT President Randi WeingarteAs everyone knows, our union is opposed to high - stakes testing and value - added model, but even when MaryEllen applied it as required under Florida law, she made collaboration her mantra,» said AFT President Randi Weingarteas required under Florida law, she made collaboration her mantra,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

September 21st of each year, Founder's Day, which is the birthday of Dr. Nkrumah, is celebrated as a holiday in Ghana in honour of the country's first President for his unparalleled selflessness, dedication to the liberation of Ghana and Africa and his unending spirit of no - compromise in so far as Ghana's interest was at stake.

Liberals would no doubt once again seek to oust Klein and his members in party primaries — especially given the stakes of the coalition potentially continuing through the next election cycle — even as Democrats eye Hillary Clinton's likely run for president delivering down - ballot gains for them.

New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium on using the test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.

I had expected to ask questions, but very characteristic of him, the former President decided to walk us through a lecture touching on his days as head of state (military and civilian), some of the difficult and sensitive decisions he took, his observations out of political office, Ghana's present political scene, the challenges confronting the Ghanaian media and finally the issue at stake.

As expected, President Obama vetoed legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S courts, setting up a high - stakes showdown with Congress.

And when you think about everything I was able to accomplish with Nancy Pelosi at the helm in the House, all the issues that you care about that we were able to advance when she was the leader, I think you've got a big stake in making sure that we've got a Democratic House as well,» the President said.

In a statement Monday, LIRR President Helena Williams said that «as a key stake holder» the LIRR is «delighted» to participate in the plan.

Cuomo says the issues his father named, as a counter point to then Presidents Ronald Reagan's philosophy of government, resonate again today, but he says this time it's «the very soul of America» is at stake.

With her beloved family at stake, not to mention Gale's, Katniss doesn't bat an eye when agreeing, but there's something about her innate defiance that unsettles the President, and hence, the next games the 75th annual ones, won't find their tributes from the general populations of each district as is the custom, but rather from the pool of victors, making the battle all the more deadly, and Katniss more worried about Peeta than herself.

As Americans continue to debate about a compulsively tweeting president, strict immigration policies and efforts to manipulate an often easily distracted media, «City of Ghosts» provides a grim reminder of what journalism should look like, and why its stakes are literally life and death.

«I started thinking about the president as a public intellectual, someone who sticks a stake in the ground and says this is what an institution should be.»

Those efforts, Your Environment president William Donofrio told Education World, instill in students the belief that they are loved and valued by the community as a whole and help them realize that the community has a stake in their success in school and in life.

As the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, has put it, «high - stakes testing will no longer be the be-all and end - all of our kids» education.»

As a presidential candidate, Obama bashed No Child Left Behind, former president George W. Bush's main education initiative, saying that obsession with high - stakes standardized tests was no way to run an education system.

«Collective bargaining rights allow educators, like me, to speak up for their students on important issues such as class sizes and high - stakes standardized tests,» said CTA President Eric C. Heins.

The Obama - Duncan activism (in which President Barack Obama refused to kowtow to most Democrats as well as Republicans) staked out ground that is almost certainly going to be lost with the Republican control of Congress.

As a parent writing to President Obama explained, in a letter posted at the Washington Post blog of Valerie Strauss, «We have something very important in common: daughters in the seventh grade... Like my daughter Eva, Sasha appears to be a funny, smart, loving girl... There is, however, one important difference between them: Sasha attends private school, while Eva goes to public school... Sasha does not have to take Washington's standardized test, the D.C. CAS, which means you don't get a parent's - eye view of the annual high - stakes tests taken by most of America's children.»

This 18 minutes includes information on the educational policies supporting the history of high - stakes standardized tests in the U.S., how educational policymakers (including U.S. Presidents G.W. Bush and Obama) have unwaveringly «advanced» this history, how our nation's over-reliance on such test - based policies have done nothing for our nation for the past ten years (as cited in this clip, even though they have really done little to nothing for now more than 30 years), how and why the opt - out movement is still sweeping the nation, and the like.

In a Closing Keynote address to some 500 attendees, education historian and NYU professor Diane Ravitch, an NPE founder and Board President, accused current education policies mandated by the federal government, such as President Barack Obama's Race to the Top, of making high - stakes standardized testing «the purpose of education, rather than a measure of education.»

Company president Tetsuro Aikawa and executive vice president Ryugo Nakao will resign as penance for the scandal, though CEO Osamu Masuko will stay on until Mitsubishi transfers its 34 - percent controlling stake to Nissan.

The process began for the contestants in the spring, when applications were collected from more than 100 eager industry members under age 40, each a leading executive such as president, CEO, COO, or vice president with ownership stake in their companies.

Various updates appended The best thing about the Paris climate conference known as COP21, which began today with a round of position - staking and prodding speeches by President Obama and dozens of other world leaders, is that dealing with global warming has become normal, and that's a good thing.

Even as negotiators meet in Marrakech, Morocco to take the next steps to avert dangerous human - caused climate change — and, even as the U.S. decides whether or not to elect a president who is skeptical it is happening — a new study has highlighted the sharp stakes involved, particularly when it comes to the ongoing rise in global sea level and the dramatic but uneven way in which it could affect the world's coastlines.

Benita Dodd, vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a nonpartisan research organization, told The Daily Signal in an email that the state's 6th District race was largely civil despite what many partisans saw as high stakes.

In 1991, the company acquired a stake in a project run by Dumont Nickel, a company for which McIntyre also served as president.

Given the seriousness of the problem — people's lives are at stake — President Obama must appoint a new FDA Commissioner as soon as possible who can begin to assert strong leadership on food safety.»

Mercer told clients in a letter Thursday that he would be stepping down from his role as co-CEO and selling his stake in Breitbart to his daughters — including Rebekah Mercer, a Republican donor who served on the executive committee of President Donald Trump's transition team.