Sentences with phrase «at the urging of»

You may know their startup story, too: how Alberto Perez, the company's creative force, and Alberto Perlman, the CEO, met at the urging of Perlman's mother to discuss Perez's idea for a business that made fitness fun.

Both Grillo and Berlusconi campaigned against the austerity measures implemented by technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti at the urging of Germany's conservative chancellor Merkel.

Medal of Honor recipient Macario Garcia took a low - level position in the Veterans Administration at the urging of activists and President Harry Truman.

Singapore's main growth in financial stature came after the government, at the urging of the Bank of America, decided in 1968 to allow banks to accept deposits in foreign currency.

He fears that the shorts will keep hounding Silvercorp, possibly at the urging of complicit hedge funds, unless it can demonstrate its innocence of the fraud allegations in court.

The decision came at the urging of John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff, according to a Times report.

At the urging of banks, credit unions and other financial institutions, Congress is seeking easing some of the regulatory requirements the bill created.

With state money in hand, companies looked beyond their borders, at the urging of the government.

This reportedly came at the urging of brand new chief of staff John Kelly, who recently replaced Reince Priebus.

Shortly thereafter, Mr. Kalanick, partly at the urging of Mr. Gurley, agreed to sell Uber's China business to Didi, with Uber taking a stake in the resulting entity.

In the campaign, Conway first worked for Senator Ted Cruz, but when Trump became the nominee she moved over to his campaign, partly at the urging of the Mercers.

He did not see Spicer as particularly telegenic and preferred a woman for the position, asking Conway to do it and also considering conservative commentators Laura Ingraham and Monica Crowley — who ultimately stepped down from an administration job because of charges of plagiarism — before settling on Spicer at the urging of Priebus and others.

Okeechobee, FL, routinely closes and hands over entire public side streets to allow expansion of church campuses / At urging of local monied «fundamentalist believers» including major insurance agency heads and realtors, city just approved a full scale commercial restaurant open to public on COG campus without changing tax status or collecting fees.

But at the urging of his children, Katsaris gradually stopped fighting.

Only at the urging of a former student, wiser in these matters than his teacher, did I give the novel a second hearing.

However, whereas progressive Christianity interprets this to mean that the church must remain aloof from involvement with political parties and economic interests, the fourth church, at the urging of its forceful thinkers, supports the best systems available.

In 2004, Ramirez turned to the clinic at the urging of his mother who wanted him to talk about his homosexuality.

I said that the government (comprised of many people) at the urging of a significant portion of the population (comprised of even more people) made the decision that the care of indicidual citizens is more important than absolute corporate freedom.

In 1925 he was assigned the task of editing the mostly unpublished philosophical papers of Charles Sanders Peirce (donated to Harvard by Peirce's widow in 1914 at the urging of Josiah Royce).

The Mission had launched in 2010 at the urging of Brian Ward, Evans's former youth pastor in Dayton, Tennessee, 45 minutes north of Chattanooga.

Two years later, at the urging of the chief academic expert on the program, Messmer finally applied.

Although this was done at the urging of members of a Jewish ruling class, Jesus was actually popular among the common Jewish people in the area.

In 1960, Noonan joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame Law School at the urging of the university's president, Father Theodore M. Hesburgh.

We catch glimpses, however, of how Jesus» teachings could provide a new way for us to live together: in the U.S. Marshall Plan's assistance to former enemies following World War II; in the recent work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa; in the World Bank's partial forgiveness of the debts of poor nations at the urging of church coalitions.

At the urging of six Andover Seminary graduates of 1825 and at the entreaties of a number of clergymen, the United Society initiated the participation of interested Churches in the formation of an American Home Missionary Society.

It took almost another fifty years for Massachusetts to declare religious liberty within its boundaries, but the first irrevocable step was taken in 1788 at the urging of Isaac Backus, the Baptist minister.

The FDA's decision to prohibit of bisphenol A (BPA) comes at the urging of Rep.

McCarty has been making the cakes since 2010, but only started sharing them on Instagram at the urging of his wife, Tracy Conti McCarty, who he met on Myspace.com in 2006.

After the game, at the urging of Kings players and executives, Ranadive took the microphone and addressed the crowd.

After working in high schools in Oklahoma and Colorado, he was offered the coaching position at Haskell in 2009 at the urging of his retiring mentor and former Haskell coach, Ted Juneau, who coached KU All - American Danny Manning in high school.

At the urging of his mother, Helen, Mashburn sought a second opinion.

At the urging of Martinez, Rodriguez has joined a group of about a dozen Yankees who socialize and dine together after games.

At the urging of those who have worked closely with us, we decided to write a book of best practices that we hope will be shared widely so that more schools and families can benefit from what we have learned.

That's why we couldn't help but notice this story about Frankly County superintendents and school principals who — at the urging of Massachusetts State Education Commissioner Mitchell D. Chester — are exploring the idea of offering breakfast - in - the - classroom.

The Park District Board unanimously voted down the proposal for new directors last week at the urging of Commissioner Charles Hegarty, who serves as the district representative on the museum board.

At the urging of his wife — a lifelong educator, and Greenville County Schools employee — Joe began working as a Food and Nutrition Supervisor with Greenville County Schools in 2007, working his way up to his current position of director.

Dear Abby: Three years ago, unknown to me, and at the urging of some «friends,» my wife tried cocaine.

In fact, it was one of the first items on my baby registry at the urging of my older family members.

Hostess, its lenders and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union agreed to mediation at the urging of Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain of the Southern District of New York, who advised against a more expensive, public hearing regarding the...

The library board granted approval last year, but the Park District board unanimously rejected the proposal in January at the urging of Commissioner Charles Hegarty, then the district's representative on the museum board.

At the urging of the nurse who taught our baby classes, I «accidentally» dropped several into the diaper bag while we were at the hospital.

In Canada, legal adoption began in Ontario in 1921 and secrecy in adoption was enshrined in 1927 at the urging of a lobby group of adopters.

(Remember how Congress, at the urging of frozen food manufacturers, agreed to continue treating pizza as a school food vegetable?

At the urging of state lawmakers and from Tioga Downs itself, Cuomo called for a new casino siting and licensing process for the Southern Tier.

Israel is not waging open warfare on DAESH at the urging of the US State Department it is rumored.

That's why McCarthy, at the urging of the Independence Party, started a grassroots campaign to re-elect Richards.

It has been speculated that he switched his candidacy from LG to governor at the urging of state GOP Chairman Ed Cox in hopes of siphoning off support from Lazio.

Maloney and Florke, a real estate and design executive in New York City for The Rural Connection, Inc., got engaged this past Christmas Day at the urging of their kids — in fact, their youngest daughter had specifically asked Santa Claus to let her fathers get married.

Dirschberger resigned at the urging of County Executive Mark Poloncarz after police began investigating.

At the urging of Senate Democrats, the State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, and other law enforcement agencies are investigating whether these payroll documents constitute fraud.