Sentences with phrase «begun by my predecessor»

Indiana Governor Mike Pence — Republican Mike Pence came into office in 2012 hoping to continue the destruction of public education begun by his predecessor Mitch Daniels.

Not exact matches

Rome started appointing faithful bishops and they began to accept and adopt the resources lay people had created often in the face of lamentable opposition by their predecessors.

This column has several times commented on the extended honeymoon the present Holy Father has enjoyed in liberal circles; as Piers Paul Read commented in The Spectator, traditionalist Catholics had begun to be «dismayed» at this: «Had Pope Benedict forgotten what he had said in his address at the funeral of his predecessor... about the danger posed by moral relativism?

By Monday this year's new stadiums had each hosted two series, and the Tigers» Comerica Park, the Astros» Enron Field and the Giants» Pacific Bell Park had begun to exhibit personalities distinctly different from their predecessors».

I like many La Liga Blog readers first knew about Tito Vilanova from seeing him take over as Barcelona manager in 2012 although I began getting properly into Spanish football thanks to the Barcelona team run by his predecessor, Pep Guardiola.

The film starts to pick up after it begins borrowing liberally from The Omen, even more liberally than the film's two predecessors which, as freak - accident horror films, are by definition Omen clones.

WHY: Remakes are rarely as good as the original, but Antoine Fuqua's «The Magnificent Seven» succeeds where so many have failed by retaining the spirit of its predecessors while also distinguishing itself just enough to stand on its own, beginning with its refreshingly diverse ensemble.

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).

Beginning in FY 2015, Congress prohibited the use of appropriated funds by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to enforce amended restart rules adopted in 2011 pending the results of an FMCSA study comparing that rule with its predecessor, which only required a 34 - hour restart period, thus encompassing a single nighttime rest period.

Only by placing the new A4 next to its predecessor are you likely to spot any clear visual differences between the two, but look hard enough and you'll begin to spot a few.

Add to that a curb weight that has dropped by 80 kg (176 lb) to just 970 kg (2,138 lb), and you begin to understand why the 2018 Swift Sport is quicker than its predecessor.

The third - generation Cooper S JCW is powered by a revised version of the Cooper S's 2.0 - litre four - cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, here developing 228bhp and 236 lb ft.. It'll be priced close to the # 22,460 of its predecessor when UK sales begin next April.

Now, as the predecessors came one by one out of the shadows and into the clear light of his own prose, his fears began to subside.

However, on discovering a journal left by his predecessor, the clergyman soon begins to wonder what secrets lie behind the seemingly innocent lives of his congregation.

Inspired by the tall ship Preussen, the Royal Clipper has the proud distinction of being the largest and only five - masted full - rigged sailing ship built since her predecessor was launched at the beginning of the last century.

To start things off, I'd like to begin this review by stating that RE6 is a different beast than its predecessors.

That's where System Shock 3 will begin: It will tie up the «loose threads» of its predecessor and feature appearances by the surviving characters including Sutton and her boyfriend Tommy, plus Rebecca Lansing and the hacker from the first System Shock, and the choose - your - own - class protagonist from the second.

Well, let me begin by running down a shortlist of some positives about this game — Compared to Mario 64, the controls were refined, and the camera wasn't nearly as awful as it was in its N64 predecessor.

This is because ING Group's original predecessor began to build the business when it bought majority of Wisconsin National Life Insurance Company in 1975 — followed by Midwestern United Life Insurance Company the next year.

MIECHV's predecessor, the Education Begins at Home Act, was sponsored by former Senators Kit Bond (R - MO) and Jim Talent (R - MO) in 2004.