Sentences with phrase «candidates with familiar names»

Even in a year with no Democratic incumbents on the ballot, the Southold town committee has assembled a slate of candidates with familiar names.

Not exact matches

For example, OST scans resumes for past employers with OST connections and notes any familiar names candidates» mention during interviews.

While Rosenblum wasn't very familiar with her, he said he first heard her name surface as a candidate during a Westchester Municipal Officials Association meeting.

And if you survey the list of potential «pledged» delegates looking for familiar political names — from Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer — it quickly becomes clear which candidate is in with the in crowd.

«Ann's name constantly appears on people's lists» of possible candidates, said John Walsh, a former Getty Museum director who isn't on the committee but who is familiar with the search.

This can ease an aspect of «fear of the unknown» that some candidates experience in the run up to an interview, as you are able to put a face to a name and feel more familiar with the interviewer.

That the Republican candidates would not understand this makes sense, as it seems possible that many of them are not overly familiar with «woman» as a category: When asked to name a historically important female American they'd want to put on the ten - dollar bill, only 45 percent could do so successfully.