Sentences with phrase «at ousting»

Geoffrey Lean, who writes for the Telegraph, speculates that the inexplicably raised quota may be a political gesture on the part of Norwegians, aimed simply at ousting Japan as the top whaler.

We've seen plenty of valiant attempts at ousting established high - end vehicles like the aforementioned Bimmer and Jag, most of which fail.

Ramos» challenge made headlines this year, as he received endorsements from a number of civil and gay rights groups who saw him as a good shot at ousting Diaz, who feircely opposes gay marriage.

The departure of Hoffman from the field, even though his name will remain on the Conservative line in the general election, «damatically» improves the chances of the GOP nominee, Matt Doheny, at ousting Owens.

(He's the Republican businessman making a second attempt at ousting Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop on Long Island.

The most noteworthy thing is that it exists at all, which underscores the fact that the SRCC thinks Como might have a chance at ousting the freshman Democrat.

And if Barack Obama throws some of his weight into this, as it looks like he's going to, it'll be really interesting to me to see if there's kind of a counterweight to that anger, that anti-incumbent anger, that ends up supporting some incumbents (In many cases, that would be Democrats) and whether that's enough to offset some of this anger that seems to be aimed at ousting incumbents, including many Democrats.

After taking a pass on challenging Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand himself, Rep. Peter King is now serving as the honorary chairman for one of the three Republicans who have decided to take a crack at ousting her: Bruce Blakeman.

Not exact matches

Just look at recent CEO oustings such as J.Crew's Mickey Drexler, Uber's Travis Kalanick, Zenefits» Parker Conrad, or Betterworks» Kris Duggan.

With the ousting of former potty - mouthed CEO Carol Bartz, the long - in - the - tooth Internet corporation looked like it had a fighting chance at relevance earlier this year when it hired former PayPal president Scott Thompson to take the reins.

Gianluigi Buffon was understandably upset at the penalty call that wound up ousting Juventus from th...

Considering that his ousting from the starting eleven was more or less a humbling experience for the Polish international, I believe that he will take it on the chin, cut down on his errors and prove himself at the club.

After ousting the Sixers, New Jersey beat the Bucks 106 - 100 in Game 1 at Milwaukee.

As far as managerial oustings go it hasn't been the smoothest in South Wales, but there's not need to panic at the Liberty Stadium.

Republican Harry Wilson, who, as a largely self - funding political newcomer, came within just under 4 percentage points of ousting Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli last fall, has not said anything publicly in response to a NY Post report that he's being talked up as a potential 2012 challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, but he already has at least one GOP county chairman in his corner.

Mayor Bloomberg had a sit - down this afternoon at Gracie Mansion with the black elected leaders of Central Brooklyn — the first meeting of its kind in the wake of the 2009 election, in which former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson came far closer than expected to ousting the (now three - term) billionaire.

Some of Corbyn's opponents in the party are now looking at the London mayoral election as their first best chance of ousting him.

First of all, they spent a lot of money to get Avella, a former NYC councilman, into the Senate, and his victory was a big deal at the time, particularly since Avella's former colleague, NYC Councilman Jim Gennaro, had come so close to ousting Padavan in 2008.

Two years ago, Cohen came within 730 votes of ousting Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, who opted to retire at the end of 2012 rather than seek re-election.

However, he was re-elected to Parliament for Bexleyheath and Crayford at the 2005 general election, ousting Beard by 4,551 votes.

Tony Blair stood by his defence of the Egyptian military for ousting the country's first democratically elected president this morning, as the army blamed a «terrorist group» for a shooting which has left at least 34 people dead.

(For the record, Samuels called on Pilgrim - Hunter to drop out of the race, noting at the time the more narrow the field against Espada the better the chances are of ousting him).

Richard McKinnon.the idea the far left ago are still trying to save face that they nearly destroyed the party in the early 80's are only letting young student momentum types, takr over some Moribund areas, or ousting hard working councillors from positions by getting their mates to tun up, is more obvious, they're not doing it because not enough people want Blair at th Hague, in fact some blairites were dead against Iraq, some blue labour types want Blair at The Hague, the far left would have gone done their path, had nine of this happened, they waited for their chance 2010 we were bunt out, 2015 was the first time, after we'd lost power in history, where we didn't have a civil war, we showed loyalty to Ed M, and look what happened, the hard left are using tricks, on having their open meetings with motions, or getting George Galloway backers to turn up to meetings, momentum, even have kill Blair protests, via Socialist worker

In addition to the messaging challenge of ousting a two - term governor for a political insider, Mr. Cuomo has proved adept at locking up campaign cash from institutional Albany, the same donors those challengers would likely have to rely upon.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses news that President Donald Trump dictated his son's statement on a meeting with a Russian lawyer, the ousting of Anthony Scaramucci, and President Trump's comments at a police rally last week.

While the Liberal Democrats are obviously a long way below the share of the vote they achieved at the General Election, they have recovered from the despairs of Kennedy's ousting and, if anything, the trend now seems to once again be in their favour, with the last three published polls all showing small increases in their support.

Democrats said the mechanics of ousting Silver aren't clear — if he resigns, he would be replaced immediately by Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (D - Rochester)-- but members are returning to the Capitol at noon Tuesday to try to take the next step.

At the time, the site created quite a stir by ousting some of the long - standing, top dating sites in the US in this highly - regarded ranking, so I had to check it out and see what the hubbub was.

No specific sales figures were cited, but with Black Ops ousting Gran Turismo 5 from the top spot, where it had held firm at 6.

We need only look at California, where renewable power is at risk of ousting the state's last nuclear plant from the grid — and raise carbon emissions in the process — to see where ill - judged energy policies are leading the country.

Upon his resignation, Nixon was given a Presidential Pardon by President Gerald Ford, an act which was very unpopular at the time, but is today viewed by some as an act of healing the nation (keep in mind, Nixon won all but Massachusetts in the last election so his ousting was deeply hurtful to the nation.

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