Sentences with phrase «contender who»

Your purchase offer should persuade sellers that you are a serious contender who will give them most of what they want, even as it protects your interests.

You're right that there are slim pickings for the Senate (on the most optimistic possible assessment, Montana, Iowa, South Dakota and Louisiana would seem to be conceivably in play), and as regards the Presidency, I've already argued that a convincing case for how they'll win back Ohio is the threshold question for any GOP nomination contender who expects to be taken seriously.

Here he creates a dense tapestry of beautifully sketched characters: Tomei's Times reporter, the rumpled Morris campaign manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the shrewd opposing candidate's manager (Paul Giamatti), a young intern (Evan Rachel Wood) and a failed presidential contender who holds the key to Morris» victory (Jeffrey Wright).

In years when there's a supporting - actor contender who maybe should have won the Oscar but didn't quite get there, that person often wins the Globe: think Clive Owen for Closer or Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls.

At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors» support and a cutthroat campaign manager, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.

Before he became a habitué of crack houses, Dicky was himself a contender who fought memorably against Sugar Ray Leonard.

Running second is Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney) a flashy contender who has all the right answers.

Jonah Hill: Another Oscar contender who lost out, Jonah Hill's star has never been hotter.

At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors» support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.

The washed - up fighter in «Real Steel» is Charlie (Jackman), a former contender who lost his shot at the title and now, in the realm of robot fighting, uses his meager funds to buy cast - off robots and fight on the smalltown circuit.

Besides Newell and Gigi Li, candidates in September will likely include: Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party line in the April special election; Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader and attorney; local businessman Don Lee; Lower East Side resident Christopher Marte.; and John Bal, a contender who dropped out of the special election citing a rigged process to select Silver's successor.

For a Labour leadership contender who has made his working - class credentials the centrepiece of his campaign, it could be fatal.

She polled 4,161 votes while her closest contender who is the immediate past Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ledzokuku - Krowor; Daniel Amartey Mensah, had 2,092 votes.

Andrea Leadsom, the former Tory leadership contender who is currently Leader of the Commons, has claimed almost # 10,000 for ERG research.

The billionaire appeared to be the only Republican contender who was made aware of the investigation before Tuesday's early morning arrests, saying in a statement that his campaign and company «have fully cooperated with law enforcement.»

Tsongas was the only contender who'd jumped in early, and he still hadn't made a dent.

Quinn, a close ally of the mayor, stood out this week as the only major Democratic contender who did not joint the teachers union on the steps of City Hall to call for a moratorium on school closures and co-locations.

Against a contender who heads the local assembly and a part of the governing party, what are the NPP's chances of winning the seat that has evaded them all these years?

«We're going to be working together to form a multi-state coalition to challenge this in court,» said Cuomo, a potential 2020 White House contender who announced his intention to challenge the tax overhaul earlier this month.

Masterpole is the only other contender who has won an election, having served as city councilor, county legislator and city auditor.

AG Andrew Cuomo's reported effort to influence the selection of a Democratic candidate to run for the office he'll vacate is not sitting well with at least one supporter of an AG contender who is not benefitting from Cuomo's support.

The only AG contender who has not yet filed any campaign finance reports is the lone Republican candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who entered the race after the January deadline had already passed.

FENTON, Mo. — As GOP Rep. Ann Wagner prepared to introduce candidates in a Republican Senate debate here Friday, she took a pointed jab at one contender who didn't make it — front - runner Josh Hawley.

The former vice president's appearance — a potential 2020 contender who some Democrats believe is their working - class answer to Trump — was first reported by POLITICO last week.

Blakeman is so far the only contender who has claimed to already have hit the 25 percent mark of the weighted convention vote necessary to get onto the ballot.

Davidson glided smoothly in to her expert skewering of the Tory leadership contender who was accused of exaggerating her CV and who tried to claim that reporting what she had said was gutter journalism.

«The club's American proprietors, Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien, were particularly unconvinced by the contender who could offer only the platitude that Swansea's players simply needed to work harder, to run more.»

While much of the betting chatter around this year's Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival will inevitably centre around Altior and Douvan, there is another contender who might go quietly under the radar before coming up big on the day — Min.

If we're trading Treinen and Lowrie, we it should be at the deadline to a wannabe contender who will overpay to «go for it all»

Phils The Bill Everybody's trying to be Tiger Woods's rival, but by capping his best season ever with a victory at the Tour Championship, Phil Mickelson showed he's the only contender who has what it takes

«We needed a contender who was already in training.

Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone is the only other contender who is in the frame to replace interim boss Guus Hiddink, Sky Sports understands.

By the fall of 2008, it was down to Barton and Michael Patsalos - Fox, a longtime contender who runs the New York office.

Possible contenders who could replace Rudd include Environment Secretary Michael Gove, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, Northern Irish Secretary Karen Bradley and former Northern Irish Secretary James Brokenshire.

Following his election as party leader, Stelmach announced a new cabinet that included all of the leadership contenders who had supported him in the second round of voting.

Yes: Because Arsenal has been called up as title contenders who should get a comfortable win against West Ham.

Because only one team can ever win the title in the season transfer policy can help improve your team but only relative to the other top contenders who themselves have only a one in 4 chance of winning.

4 or 5 contenders who also made big improvements in FA.

The decorated Italian is the third of our five contenders who already knows how it feels to be in the Chelsea hotseat.

Who are the contenders who are the pretenders?

With Carlo Ancelotti surely under increasing pressure at Real Madrid after a nightmare week which confirmed failure in both the Champions League and La Liga, here's a look at six contenders who could be in line to replace the Italian tactician at the Bernabeu next season...

Why don't title contenders Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd and 4th place contenders who we compete with like Spurs, Everton, Liverpool take a week or two weeks to sign players like Arsenal do?

But one interesting factor has been Tottenham's rise from top - four challengers to true title contenders who are excellent to watch on and off the ball.

Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels were the latest contenders who could only applaud Boston's formidable start.

Ikeogu's emergence came amid stiff competition with his major contenders who are Prof Tanure Ojaide, the author of Songs of Myself and Quartet, and Ogaga Ifowodo, the author of A Good Mourning.

Sanders» top consultants have also signed on to two Senate contenders who are running in primaries against candidates endorsed by national Democrats.

Lazio did take a swipe at state GOP Chairman Ed Cox for candidate shopping and failing to unite early behind contenders who had no significant primary opposition (actually, only comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson falls into that category).

He was, also, one of two Democratic contenders who did the right thing in the CT Senate race, supporting and campaigning for Lamont (see the insider diary at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/14/122820/27.

The «Stop Common Core» party candidates would include Astorino and his running mate, lieutenant governor candidate Chris Moss, as well as other Republican candidates for statewide offices and federal or local contenders who want to run on the line, he said.

Sini was one of 15 contenders who screened with Conservative Party officials in February.