Sentences with phrase «backed by a predecessor»

De Blasio differentiated between a proposal backed by his predecessor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Move NY, an alteration development by Sam Schwartz.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue (left), a two - term governor of Georgia who is a veterinarian by trade and ran a host of agriculture - related businesses, got the endorsement of former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the only Trump Cabinet official to be backed by his predecessor.

Marburger, a Democrat, was backed by a predecessor in the White House science post, D. Allan Bromley, adviser to the first President Bush.

Not exact matches

Yet in an echo of former president George W. Bush, Trump used words that ultimately came back to haunt his predecessor, by pronouncing «Mission Accomplished.»

Many employees today want to use it to put the «life» back in work - life balance, which may have been thrown off by workaholic predecessors.

But Gates and his predecessors at least agreed to play by certain rules: not to take the money back if they changed their minds, not to use it to further increase their wealth, not to use it influence the political system (although that rule has some loopholes), and so on,» Kwak explains.

Unlike many of his predecessors, Pochettino has won the backing of the vast majority of the White Hart Lane faithful, buoyed by the Argentine's faith in young players, the League Cup final appearance, and those eye - catching triumphs over Chelsea and Arsenal in the Premier League.

His predecessor Fabio Capello's reign was far too distant, and whatever his merits as a coach his reputation was compromised by the failures of the 2010 World Cup — which memorably included a performance against Algeria so bad that a bird was able to roost in one of the goalnets — and the toxic fallout from Chelsea and then - England captain John Terry racially abusing Queen's Park Rangers centre - back Anton Ferdinand, brother of England stalwart Rio.

Jose Mourinho is eager to bring Keane back to Old Trafford two - and - a-half years since he was sold to Burnley for # 2 million by Louis van Gaal, his predecessor as United manager.

He cited the mayor's failure on the Build It Back Sandy recovery program, which he referred to as «Build It Broke,» a name used by NY1 television, as a prime example of the mayor's managerial failure, unfavorably comparing him to his predecessor Michael Bloomberg.

Unlike its predecessor, Move NY's designers have cannily won backing from some outer - borough and suburban leaders by promising to lower tolls in the outer boroughs, at the same time it levies them on the East River bridges and along 60th Street in Manhattan.

Theresa May has added a new chapter by backing off from her predecessor's plans to strip the second chamber of its power to vote down statutory instruments — the main form of delegated legislation, which are vital to the UK government's extensive executive powers and to implementing Brexit.

Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi shot back by referencing Heastie's disgraced predecessor, Sheldon Silver.

But that's all the more reason to experience it and discuss it, and because it's backed by a really good light gun experience that is bigger and (on balance) better than its predecessor, this game is one of the most playable and interesting transgressive franchises the Japanese industry has ever produced.

The best of the cast, by far, is John Turturro, who brings back his Jesus Quintana voice in the body of a Spanish valet who served Deeds and his business predecessor Blake (Presnell).

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth, nebbish loser - scientist Hector Hammond (Peter Saarsgard doing that mega-creep thing he does so well) begins to run mildly amok after being infected by a vestige of power from the being that killed Jordan's predecessor, an alien force called Parallax (voiced by Clancy Brown) who feeds on fear, devours entire planets, and has its sights set on both Earth and Oa (in that order).

Overlong and overly busy but more emotionally powerful than its predecessor, it brings back the amiable Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), who doesn't fancy becoming head of the Viking clan ruled by his burly father, Stoick (Gerard Butler).

In City Journal, Charles Sahm urges New York City major Bill de Blasio not to roll back the accountability - based, competition - driven school reforms put in place by his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg.

Newly elected conservative leaders should be concerned about the authority handed to centralizers by their predecessors and investigate how to bring standards and curriculum control back into the hands of state leaders.

As revealed by teaser photos and spy shots, the AMG GT continues its predecessor's long - nose, slung - back cabin design, with a small rounded greenhouse behind the home of the M178 V - 8.

Compared with the boot of its predecessor, capacity is increased by 76 litres to 500 litres with the back seats at their rear-most position (versus the Golf's 380 litres and the Estate's 605 litres).

If the C7 ZR1 breaks that barrier, it'll beat the previous - generation C6 ZR1 by at least 20 seconds, as its predecessor set a lap time of 7:19.63 back in 2012.

Featuring a 300 ppi E Ink Carta HD display (6 inch) for text in razor - sharp definition, water protection through nano - coating, and the tap2flip function for easy page turns by tapping on the back of the device, the tolino vision 4 HD has all of the highlights that readers love about its predecessor, the tolino vision 3 HD.

Just like its predecessor, the tolino vision 3 HD is also waterproof and equipped with tap2flip, a unique function of e-readers that allows you to conveniently scroll to the next page when holding the reader with just one hand by tapping with the fingertip on the back of the device.

Unprecedented level and puzzle design and an engaging story backed up by a fantastic multiplayer campaign made this a sequel that not only lived up to its predecessor but exceeded it.»

Light of Hope does away with the full 3 - D perspective which harken back to its most recent predecessors, which were the first Harvest Moon games developed by Natsume after their split with Marvelous Entertainment (It begs repeating: The series known in the West as Harvest Moon now is different from Bokujo Monogatari, the original farming sim franchise that now goes by Story of Seasons stateside).

Gamers had mostly moved on to the SNES by 1992 and weren't going back to its 8 - bit predecessor no matter how good the games were.

As assumed from the recent PlayStation Experience trailer, Ni no Kuni II will have a more action - oriented combat system compared to its predecessor where the characters are backed up by little creatures adorably called Higgledies.

Suddenly, SEGA vowed to win back fans» trust by maintaining quality over scheduling and the launch of Fire & Ice was subsequently delayed by a whole year, with promises made about incorporating fan feedback into what would become a better and faster - paced game than its predecessor.

Their works, which range from a nude body covered by a wall of long hair captured via selfie stick to a couple of tricky mirror shots, will be displayed alongside contemporary selfie - inspired works and their predecessors from as far back as the Old Masters era.

So we're back to exchanging angular momentum between the lithosphere (crust + solid mantle) and the core, mediated somehow by the asthenosphere, the same picture as in Dickey et al 2011 and its many predecessors: «Previous investigators have found that the LOD fluctuations are largely attributed to core - mantle interactions.»

Many of them had the name of one shop, passed to them by their predecessors back home.

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Back in 1927, our predecessor, Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Company, was formed by GE to provide it with Workers» Compensation insurance in Massachusetts.

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The device will be backed by a 3750 mAh battery which is disappointing because its predecessor Honor V9 and even the Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 10 series has a 4,000 mAh battery.

You've probably noticed by now that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL don't look too far off from their predecessors, at least on the back.

Unlike its predecessor, the K4 Note comes clad in a polycarbonate back surrounded by metal rims and this instils a premium look for the device.

The Xperia XZs comes with the same processing package as its predecessor, including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor backed by the Adreno 530 GPU, but the RAM has been bumped up from 3 GB to 4 GB.

The light purple color of the leaked device rests on a matte finish and while the renders don't appear to strongly hint at a glass back, one should still be part of the package, with Samsung's upcoming Android flagship being widely expected to continue boasting wireless charging capabilities supported by its predecessors.

Asus has kept down the cost of the ZenWatch 2 by smartly cutting some corners compared to its predecessor, such as foregoing an all - metal design in favour of a plastic back plate and omitting sensors like GPS and a heart - rate monitor.

Now, photos of the iPhone 7s» purported display assembly have been posted to Weibo by reliable user K Tech, and they reaffirm earlier rumors: It appears as though the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus will look just like their predecessors, but with glass backs instead of aluminum.

Similarly, the new G4 improves on the shortcomings of its predecessor by offering a better camera, faster hardware and brighter display.The G4 is available in two variants, one with a polycarbonate back with diamond effects and the other with a leather back, which gives a more premium feel to the device and also doesn't catch fingerprints.