Sentences with phrase «calling shots»

«Between 2013 and 2015, Don Waney rose from a mere petty thief to an armed gang leader, calling the shots on what affects the generality of the good people of ONELGA.

Recall that the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari had complained in an interview with The BBC that those who worked for her husband's election have not been rewarded while those who knew nothing about his victory have been calling the shots.

These so - called «deals» won't change the fact that it will still be the 1 % calling the shots.

Now that YOU»RE calling the shots, start trimming your agencies — FROM THE TOP, DOWN.

The democrat said the auditors in his department are simply calling shots as they see them.

Mr Cameron is calling the shots and holds the whip hand — for now, at least.

State Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa, who was featured Saturday as a speaker at the United Federation of Teachers annual Spring Conference in Midtown, told the Daily News it only makes sense for the mayor to continue calling the shots for public schools.

It's honestly not the president calling all shots.

«The anti-government Tea Partiers who are calling the shots in the House demanded a ransom they knew they would never get: killing the Affordable Care Act.

Calling the Shots, Watch Over Me and Kids Task Force are all aimed at tackling crime through targeted education programmes and guidance for youngsters.

Calling the Shots is due to receive # 200,000 funding for its work with 16 - 19 year olds who are at risk of becoming involved in youth violence.

You want to know who's calling the shots.»

If you didn't split your vote, maybe you'd be calling the shots here but she lost and with the recent pay to play revelations who isn't glad she lost?

Senator Daniel Squadron also took the opportunity to point the finger at Senate Republicans on rent reform, saying the conference of mostly upstate and suburban members shouldn't be calling the shots for an issue centered around residents in New York City.

Dick Dadey of Citizens Union, a leading government watchdog group, called for the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office to reveal who was calling the shots while DA Ken Thompson battled cancer before his death.

Nigel Farage is calling the shots, which means that his party's bizarre policies are not being exposed in the way they should be.

«This belief people have that the governor is calling the shots in Central New York — nothing could be further from the truth,» she said.

And if not the governor, then certainly his alter - ego - cum - enforcer Joseph Percoco — a smart fellow who's been tight as a tick with the Cuomo family since Mario was calling the shots a generation ago.

«The governor should just appoint himself as the head of every commission he sets up since he is clearly calling the shots.»

These guys on the other look like the people upstaters suspect are calling the shots under Shelly Silver.

Speaker Boehner and the radical right have been calling the shots in the House and Gibson is going right along with them promoting policies that are hurting our children, hurting our seniors, hurting our veterans and people with disabilities, hurting our hard working families and hindering our ability to get America working again.

A leading government watchdog called Thursday for the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office to reveal who was calling the shots while DA Ken Thompson battled cancer before his death.

Perhaps it is just wishful thinking, a symptom of Tories» frustration at the Liberal Democrats calling the shots on health.

The Lib Dems have many virtues, but Orange Bookery is a philosophical step backwards from our point of view, and it is this tendency which is now calling the shots in social and economic policy.

He says he wants one party control of our entire state government, with New York City politicians calling the shots, even though it comes with no accountability and no checks and balances.

That Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy are calling the shots in the attempted salvaging of the eurozone economy — with Merkel the dominant of the duo — is not new news.

Same old, same old calling shots that they are not qualified to do.....

Just like you it was a nurse who had just come on shift, who knew nothing about us other than what had been written in my chart, who was really calling the shots.

They're both calling the shots here and it's fun to watch.

We need more moms, and more women in general, calling the shots at every level of the mass media.

That was all great when you were a toddler, but hopefully she has gradually let go and realized that you should be calling the shots now.

No — it's just their developing brain calling the shots!

No - it's just their developing brain calling the shots!

i used to feel bad not giving my baby what she wanted, but then i realized that it's getting out of control and she is calling the shots!

What these variations on play have in common is that they are self - initiated and self - directed — the playing child is calling the shots.

After speaking to one of the most respected soccer oddsmakers in the UK, I came to find out industry pundits believe Man U will experience a 10 pt dropff in production without Ferguson calling the shots.

Calling the shots on in South London will be Dave McIntyre and former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr.

Rumours were pretty much that Terry and Lampard were calling the shots in that time.

From then on it was clear who was calling the shots, not the coach.»

Whether hammering Barcelona 7 - 0 on aggregate in Champions League semi-finals or domestically calling the shots — they lost only one league game all season and finished a massive 25 points ahead of runners - up Borussia Dortmund — Bayern more or less spent the campaign in cruise control; too cute, too skilled and too organised to be denied.

West Ham's player target list has been finalised and director of recruitment to the board Tony Henry is the man calling the shots.

Brazilians were calling the shots then, and a different set will be desperate to emulate their predecessors, with Taison, Marlos, Bernardo, Ismaily and Fred starring for Paulo Fonseca's side.

Toure's best days in an Arsenal shirt were alongside Campbell, who was very much a no1 CB, and Gallas was best with Terry and Carvalho calling the shots and organising, largely while he was at left back.

A fancy term for this is institutional racism, which is what we get when well mannered racists are calling the shots in an organisation.

Some will point the finger at Lerner for his poor ownership but until he sells up he's still going to be the one calling the shots.

Wenger is the one calling the shots, so shouldn't he be held more accountable than anyone else?

I still question if a LB will ever be selected in the 1st as long as Reggie is solely calling shots.

After years of losing trades on the margins and in the details, with Doc Rivers calling the shots, the Clippers covered a lot of bases with this deal.

So it's not a surprise that we're getting even worse, because we've still got the same inept manager calling the shots, and since last season, we now have so many players that no longer want to play for Wenger, Arsenal, or both.

Like GSPs Diaz call out but not Woodley calling the shots.