Sentences with phrase «because local businessmen»

At first, it invested public funds directly in shipyards and factories because local businessmen and bankers, accustomed to quick returns from trading, shied away from such ventures.

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The latest Web video from the state Democratic Party is a highlight reel of some of GOP / Conservative gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino's more memorable — and controversial — statements, dating all the way back to 2008, when the Buffalo businessman said the local school superintendent had been hired only because he was black.

Under rules for traditional public schools, it would be difficult for a businessman like Jackson native Jim Barksdale, a former executive at FedEx and Netscape, to teach a business or computer science course at a local high school because he lacks state certification.