Sentences with phrase «billed as a contest»

Although the New Products Awards are billed as a contest, that's not the most important feature of the Showcase.

Not exact matches

If we raise each team's Forbes.com value by the same multiple as the Bills» sale price, which is 1.497 times bigger, the Dallas Cowboys are now worth $ 4.8 billion instead of their Forbes.com value of $ 3.2 billion (cont.

As manager of the firm's Corporate Governance Consulting Group with over 30 years of experience in the field, Bill has guided companies through a wide range of governance and takeover challenges, including contentious shareholder proposals and compensation - based initiatives, proxy contests, tender offers, and other corporate control matters.

The game lived up to that billing, as Marshall beat UConn 16 - 10 in a tightly contested game.

It is always fiercely contested, but never has so much been at stake in a clash widely billed as the # 100 million ($ 144.7 million, 128.4 million euros) match because of the television cash that each team will lose if they are missing from the Premier League next season.

James Carville's oft - cited advice to Bill Clinton remained as salient to the referendum campaign as in previous political contests.

While the Berks County legislator, a longtime advocate of limited government who billed himself as the true conservative in the primary, has neither encouraged or discouraged the nascent write - in movement, which began to take shape only a few days after the state's bruising primary election — a lopsided contest in which the heavily - favored attorney general and the GOP establishment unleashed a last - minute barrage of negative ads against Rohrer's insurgent candidacy.

The contest was in full gear Wednesday as Gov. David Paterson and lawmakers argued, threatened and cajoled each other regarding a bill that must be approved Monday to keep the state operating for yet another week in lieu of a final 2010 - 11 budget.

And they point out he's made «bad bets» in some recent contests, such as backing Fred Thompson, a Tennessee Republican, for president in 2008, and Bill Thompson, a Democrat, for New York mayor last year.

NEW YORK — Bernie Sanders, the Vermont U.S. senator who stoked liberal passions nationwide as a Democratic candidate in last year's presidential contest, stepped into New York politics for a day on Monday, casting first - term Mayor Bill de Blasio as the antidote to the «un-American» leadership of President Trump.

The emails also reveal that Clinton aides were — at best — wary of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, a situation that dated back years and grew worse as the Democratic presidential primary contest gained steam.

The shadow care minister delivered what was billed as a «concession speech» — just before voting closed in the Labour leadership contest at midday today.

The contest was now billed as a head - to - head between Clarke and Hague.

In the suit which he filed on November 6, 2017 the plaintiff contended in a 56 - paragraph affidavit that he was billed to contest the Chairmanship election under the platform of PDP and was already adopted as a sole candidate in Oriade Local Government.

Bill Holden (Independent) Contested Norwich North 2005 as an independent.

Although Bill Barrett admits that the 2011 Gardiner Town Supervisor contest is his «maiden voyage» as a potential public official, he characterizes himself as «a normal guy» who can bring «leadership and commonsense solutions to Town Hall.»

New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson accused Democratic rival Christine Quinn of «fiscal irresponsibility» in a breakfast speech Thursday as he outlined his top priorities and sought again to dispel the notion that he lacks the passion to win what will be a hotly contested race.

«As the unexpectedly contested Florida Republican gubernatorial primary enters its final month, a winner has started to emerge after the millions in negative TV ads plastered across the state by state Attorney General Bill McCollum and wealthy businessman Rick Scott — and that lucky candidate is Democratic candidate Alex Sink.

PS: Curiosities continue for as of December 23, 2013 the mayor - elect Bill de Blasio has continued a paid position for Eliot Spitzer's new lady pal, but have not found a suitable one for the elder Bill Thompson that helped to keep him at the top of his game during the crowded and highly contested campaign.

Brain Arena Billed as «massive multiplayer online brain - training,» the Web site hosts contests challenging players» visuospatial skills, arithmetic ability, and reaction time.

MARVEL SUPER HERO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS # 1 STEVEN GRANT, MARK GRUENWALD & BILL MANTLO (w) JOHN ROMITA JR. (a / C) • The Grandmaster enters a cosmic wager with Death herself, using Earth's mightiest heroes as his chess pieces!

Organized by the Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the California Courts, in partnership with the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the California State PTA, the National 1st Amendment Cartoon contest seeks to increase student understanding of the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution, as well as to help educate youth about the role of the judicial branch and their role as future jurors.

So instead of a nasty contest between interest groups, we get «how a bill becomes law» - a presentation of civics cleansed of all politics as well as of all possible interest.

If he were to run for president, Christie «would face some challenges among the more conservative circles of our party... concerned about issues like Common Core and judicial activism,» Bill Gustoff, a member of the Iowa Republican Party's state central committee, said this month as Christie campaigned in the state that hosts the nation's first presidential nominating contest.

Gavin and Beretta on Podium in Final Rehearsal for Le Mans, O'Connell and Magnussen Win Michelin Green X Challenge MONTEREY, Calif. — Billed as the warm - up for the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans, the six - hour American Le Mans Series Monterey was contested on an unseasonably cold day in central California.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Billed as the warm - up for the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans, the six - hour American Le Mans Series Monterey was contested on an unseasonably cold day in central California.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Billed as a Westminster - like dog show, all dogs are eligible to enter the contest.

As you, Bill, should realize, it is difficult for an honest peer review officer — even one who does not have a personal pecuniary or professional interest in the support of a particular point of view — to contest an assertion in a manuscript which is clearly supported by a previously peer - reviewed article, a copy of which has come to said review officer along with the manuscript in question, all highlighted and redlined «with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.&raquAs you, Bill, should realize, it is difficult for an honest peer review officer — even one who does not have a personal pecuniary or professional interest in the support of a particular point of view — to contest an assertion in a manuscript which is clearly supported by a previously peer - reviewed article, a copy of which has come to said review officer along with the manuscript in question, all highlighted and redlined «with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.&raquas evidence against us.»

One company's founder even bills herself as the «Fairy Godmother of Divorce» These types of financing arrangements could provide some fairness in hotly contested divorce cases when one side maintains control of bank accounts and assets during the litigation and therefore has the ability to hire lawyers, while the other side may get locked out of accessing financial assets before the divorce papers are even filed with the court.

Quebec media is reporting today that the city of Huntingdon, south of Montreal, will be contesting what is commonly known as Bill 101, or officially, the Charter of the French Language (see here or here).

Attorneys most commonly have their billing records audited in two situations: when clients contest a fee, and when an outside agency wants to verify compliance with regulations such as trust account management laws.

Unfortunately, Florida courts are required — as a matter of law — to evaluate contested attorney's fees using the «lodestar» method (which is all about hourly billing, see here).

So at its core this case boiled down to one legal question: are courts prohibited — as a matter of law — from evaluating contested trustee fees on any basis other than some form of hourly billing?

The main reason for this appears to be the removal of the most contentious policy issues within the new bill that some senators were reportedly looking to contest, such as the banning of Transgender Troops and the delicate situation in North Korea.

Thus, for matters such as criminal defence, family cases involving children and contested refugee matters, personal plight firms must seek other alternatives if they wish to move beyond pre-paid time - based billing.

cont - Education in Medical Billing and Coding, AA in Health Sciences, to work in professional Medical and Hospital setting, to acquire Licenses in these areas as well.

An open - seat race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Connie Mack of Florida, a Republican, is expected to shape up as a close contest between Bill McCollum, a longtime Republican congressman from the Orlando area and a major ally of the real estate industry, and Bill Nelson, a popular Democratic state insurance commissioner.