Sentences with phrase «at garnering support»

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«When executives tell me that flattery doesn't work and that people can see through strategic efforts to garner their support, I cite extensive evidence showing that we are generally quite poor at discerning deception,» Pfeffer explains.

He was not only vice-chairman at CIBC, but had also been tapped by Enbridge to garner First Nations support for the Northern Gateway pipeline.

Because ICCR members and staff have been filing resolutions for over four decades, we have a great deal of expertise in how to write a strong shareholder proposal that will pass muster at the SEC and how to garner shareholder support at the AGM.

Lyla Springate and her friends Sreeja Bhowmick and Eva Sarah Patten — who call themselves the Planet Savers — started a petition to garner support for meat free food to be served at their primary school, The Firs, in Sale, Cheshire, on Mondays.

Carolina has garnered a similar level of public support in Las Vegas, receiving 79 % of tickets and 68 % of total dollars wagered at the William Hill sportsbook.

After the All - Star break the Celtics were just 14 - 19 ATS, yet they continued to garner public support.

Garnering the least amount of support among parents is a requirement that schools have a certified trainer or other health professional at both practices and games.

At a time where I breastfeed my son, I take solace in knowing there are other mothers who may be far from me, but also believe that feeding the baby in that way is a wonderful thing and I can garner support from that and my husband.

At the same time, Flanagan had narrowly won election to succeed the scandal - tainted Skelos against DeFrancisco, who garnered the support of upstate lawmakers.

An opinion poll released in January showed the race tightening with Museveni garnering 51 % support with Besigye at 32 % and Mbabazi at 12 %.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who launched his AG campaign last weekend and headed out for his first - ever upstate swing, has already garnered sufficient support to get him on the ballot at the GOP's upcoming convention.

While trying to expand other bases, power at home atrophied, and in the end Quinn was unable to garner enough support even in her home base.

The reality is that trying to pick a horse in the NYC race is tough, despite recent polls that suggest NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has a shot at garnering enough support to avoid a runoff.

Still, as Bob McCarthy noted in The Buffalo News, the field on the Democratic side to replace Grisanti is muddled at best, with former County Legislator Chuck Swanick backed by officials in Albany, but not garnering support from the county committee.

The controversial bill has garnered 30 sponsors at the council, but it does not have the Bloomberg administration's support.

Both Republicans and Democrats are scheduled to hold their conventions May 23 - 24, at which any candidate who garners 25 percent or more of the weighted support of delegates will appear on the primary ballot.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party Candidate for New York State governor, acknowledged that his worker - championing party will probably have to start winning more elections at different levels of government before they can hope to garner major union support.

While there has been resistance to the project at St. Nicholas Houses, the project at Washington Houses has garnered some community support.

A pronouncement by the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, that the controversial Osugbo cult was just an association that should not have the power to hijack traditional rulers» corpses at death, has garnered support from some prominent Yoruba traditional rulers and subjects of the Ijebu monarch have equally sided with his decision.

I spoke briefly with Antonacci, and while he declined to disparage Wilson, he also questioned whether the political neophyte would be able to garner sufficient rank - and - file GOP support to get onto the ballot at the convention.

Perez said at the time the DNC's job is «to help Democrats who have garnered support from voters in their community cross the finish line and win.»

Garnering support for climate action is most effective when it takes into account personal values and religious convictions, speakers said at DoSER's AAAS Annual Meeting symposium on «The Paris Agreement & Leveraging Religious Support for Climate Policy» in Boston, Februsupport for climate action is most effective when it takes into account personal values and religious convictions, speakers said at DoSER's AAAS Annual Meeting symposium on «The Paris Agreement & Leveraging Religious Support for Climate Policy» in Boston, FebruSupport for Climate Policy» in Boston, February 19.

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The second film's success was perhaps even more staggering than the first: The Godfather, Pt. 2 garnered six more Oscars, including a win for Coppola in the Best Director category; Robert DeNiro won his first Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor field; and the movie itself became the first and only sequel ever to win Best Picture honors.Next, Coppola began adapting the Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness, transferring its story to the heart of the Cambodian jungle at the height of the conflict in Vietnam.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Law garnered both a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, further cementing his reputation as one of the more promising up - and - coming actors on either side of the ocean.After a turn as a Russian marksman facing off against a Nazi sniper in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Law returned to sci - fi with his role as love machine Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg's eagerly anticipated A.I.In addition to his acting commitments, Law kept busy with Natural Nylon, the production company he founded with Sadie Frost, Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor, and Jonny Lee Miller.

The film has also garnered a Best Supporting Actor nod for Woody Harrelson at Academy Awards on March 7.

Redmayne was hardly the only male actor to surprise — at the supporting end, Tom Hardy scored a nomination for his turn as the villainous Fitzgerald in «The Revenant» after not garnering much pre-announcement heat.

Rafelson edged out Federico Fellini for best director; Black overwhelmingly won best supporting actress, garnering more than twice the votes of her nearest rival, French actress Françoise Fabian (star of My Night at Maud's).

For the inaugural video in our new series Under the Influence, Barry Jenkins — whose sophomore feature, Moonlight, won big at last night's Gotham Awards and just garnered best director and best supporting actress from the National Board of Review — stopped by the Criterion library to share his passion for the films of Wong Kar - wai.

She garnered further critical acclaim for her performance in Todd Haynes» romantic drama Carol (2015), for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama and the SAG, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Whiplash has been garnering rave reviews ever since it wowed at Sundance and JK Simmons «Best Supporting Actor» win at the Golden Globes has added to the buzz.

The finished product was well received, earning important awards — best actress for Duvall at the Cannes Film Festival and best supporting actress for Spacek from the New York Film Critics Circle — and garnering enough enthusiastic reviews to revive Altman's career after the critical and commercial failure of Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), his previous picture.

The film didn't garner as much of a response at TIFF as some were expecting, and since it's not necessarily a commercial draw, it will need a groundswell of critics support in order to become a major contender in the awards season.

But Queensland Government Education Minister Kate Jones slammed the proposal, arguing the Minister had failed to garner support from the states and territories at a meeting in Adelaide last week, which discussed the Federal Government's proposed test.

Since NEA officials announced their intentions at the union's annual meeting in New Orleans last month, however, they have garnered little public support from other major education groups.

Positive student climate and behavioral supports at ALBA also garnered a School of Distinction honor from the State of Wisconsin.

Education Week, October 4, 2011 «TFA's rapid growth and success in garnering financial support from public and private sources exhilarates some — and angers others,» writes Professor Susan Moore Johnson and Morgaen L. Donaldson, an assistant professor in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.

It takes seriously African Americans» turn to state governments for support in the late 1800s, examining why public education was an issue that could garner at least some interracial cooperation.

«In fact, based on my initial discussions with my colleagues, I doubt any of the consultant's proposals could garner a majority of the Board's support, at least as they are.»

If Mr. Rahim can garner the support from the two activist funds and drive cost cutting while providing better leadership at the firm, shareholders could be rewarded.

We hope to change opinions, garner more support, rope in more like - minded people to push the cause forward, one step at a time.

We have garnered great success at the most prestigious group of French Bulldog club shows in the nation... The French Bulldog Club of America National and Independant Specialty shows and supported entries.

Games like Injustice: Gods Among Us are huge enough to garner much attention, yet small enough for the head honchos at Microsoft to skip right over in their quest to acquire new dev support.

I'm still skeptical about the mainstream and home console uptake of VR and 3D gaming in general, but then again I haven't tried the Oculus Rift, which has been garnering support left right and centre since its unveiling at E3 in June 2012.

A Change.org petition titled «Renounce Kenya's fraudulent Representation at 56 Venice Biennial 2015 & commit to support the realisation of a national pavilion in 2017» was subsequently launched and garnered 397 signatures.

Since launching Art Wars at Saatchi Gallery in 2013 in aid of The Missing Tom Fund, the initiative has garnered support from major artists worldwide including Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, J&D Chapman, Alison Jackson, Yinka Shonibare, Antony Micallef, D * Face, Mr. Brainwash and Retna.

She oversees an initiative to garner support for enhancing scholarship and the design of a new lab at the museum.

Since 2003, the Meatless Monday campaign has gained significant attention, garnering celebrity support and filling Twitter with its hashtag at the start of each week.

And as for those pesky environmentalists, the developers plan to garner their support (or at least lessen their opposition) for the new cities, hotels and factories in the desert by proceeding according to sustainability principles (these principles, according to The Marker (Hebrew link) are: no construction in nature preserves, preservation of ecological corridors, basing new development on renewable energy and meeting environmental regulations.)