Sentences with phrase «face of a recount»

Democrats in the state Senate gave Jennifer Shilling another two years as minority leader Tuesday, brushing aside a subpar performance at the ballot box that left Republicans with their largest majority in more than 40 years and uncertainty about whether Shilling will retain her own seat in the face of a recount.

Not exact matches

In an April op - ed for the National Post, Rempel recounted some of the routine sexism she's faced in politics, furthering the ongoing discussion about the treatment of women in the workplace.

Over seven days in the last week of June, the Globe recounted everything from the tribulations Romney's great - grandparents faced as Mormon pioneers to the now - famous incident in which Mitt as a young father loaded his wife and five sons into a station wagon, loaded the family dog into crate strapped to the top of the station wagon, and proceeded to embark on 12 - hour journey, stopping only when the eldest son noticed doggie diarrhea streaming down the rear window.

In front of a crowd of eager ears, the entrepreneur recounted this time in the company's history to prove a point: You don't know jack about your customers — until you meet them face - to - face.

Tears quietly streamed down his face as he watched himself recount his work as a hospital chaplain in Brooklyn, the day he held the shiny bald head of a man named Albert who looked into his eyes, said, «Don't be afraid,» and died.

They would give me napkins to soak the blood from my face, they would help me call the police, they would track down the woman who punched me in the mouth, and one of them would even bring me ice as I recounted my story to a different man in uniform.

As recounted in Craig Ryan's engrossing new biography of Piantanida, Magnificent Failure, the 33 - year - old New Jersey exotic - pet dealer was a benign hustler who as a teenage hoops hotshot had once outscored Wilt Chamberlain in a YMCA tournament and in 1957 had made the first ascent of the north face of Devil Mountain in Venezuela.

Over the last decade I've often drawn inspiration from his account of the trials he faced and recounted in It's Not About the Bike.

It turns out that Stone, who has his mentor Nixon's smiling face tattooed on his back, also played a role in the 2000 Florida recount and taking down Eliot Spitzer, but the most intrepid connection of dots involves his introduction of Trump to Roy Cohn, who in a 1984 interview calls the Donald «the closest thing to a genius I've ever met in my life.»

Anthropologist Jill Pruetz of Iowa State University in Ames recounts that the male faced the fire with «a really exaggerated slow - motion display» before redirecting his display at chimps sheltering in a nearby baobab tree.

At The Open Notebook, she recounts how she did it and offers a thoughtful overview of the issues and challenges that scientists face when considering this switch.

He also recounted the perils facing the beautiful and besieged saltmarsh sparrow, whose habitat has been dwindling due to draining and filling of marshlands for development.

In the face of numerous obstacles, Jill Tarter still managed to spearhead the search for extraterrestrial intelligence for decades, as this biography recounts (SN: 8/5/17, p. 26).

Schaeffer recounts these battles against the old master with pride, mixed with regret and a touch of annoyance: Regret because the passing of the years didn't allow the upgraded Chinook to finish its face off against Tinsley, and annoyance at those who dismissed the program's performance.

The other day I was sitting in my parent's living room, digging through boxes of old photos, laughing at the funny faces and recounting old memories.

She's all nuanced distress as she spars with son Henry (Nick Offerman) over accepting her changed circumstance, and recounts actually having to face the dreaded hypothetical of what to take from a burning building.

Director Martin Scorsese has paid tribute to Margot Robbie's acting talents — and recounted how she secured her Wolf Of Wall Street role by slapping Leonardo DiCaprio in the face.

After Trent covers his padded cell, face, and clothing with black crosses (an image featured in the trailer and which hooked me, proving that while a picture may be worth a thousand words, it may not be worth 95 minutes of one's time), he recounts the events leading to his current state, and the film proceeds in flashback.

It's period piece, check, recounting the indescribable trials faced by an underdog, check, triumph of the human spirit over adversity and injustice, check, directed by queen of the A-list, Hollywood darling AND penned by the Coen Brothers!

The history of the school, as Gauld recounts it, was a sequence of moral dramas in which the founder insisted on clinging to the original vision in the face of threats to Hyde's very existence.

Linda Cliatt - Wayman certainly delivers, recounting the obstacles she faced as principal of a failing high school in North Philadelphia.

We also hear district and state education leaders emphasize the importance of the project, recount the initial challenges educators faced statewide and explain how far they have come in developing new standards for principal and superintendent leadership programs.

Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety, cynicism, and self - pity, it brings us face - to - face with a provocative new understanding of the nature of addiction and the meaning of recovery.

Maynard recounts her joy at finding unexpected love, her discovery of what it truly means to be a partner and her determination to continue on in the face of great loss.

A dual biography of the legendary Richard the Lionheart and the Sultan Saladin, iconic hero of the Islamic world, Warriors of God recounts the life of each man and reveals the passions of the times that brought them face - to - face in the final battle of the Third Crusade.

Many memoirs recount the author's struggle to be happy in the face of a major challenge like cancer, divorce, an unhappy childhood, massive weight loss, and the like.

«I thought about the difference in how safe my pets are at home and how community animals always face the fear of being abused,» Laura said, recounting the pivotal moment where she decided to become a mediator.

Michele Raffin — founder and CEO of Pandemonium Aviaries, a Northern California conservation organization dedicated to saving birds — recounts how rescuing an injured dove she spotted on the side of the road some 15 years ago launched her on the long, winding road she traveled moving Pandemonium from seat - of - the - pants rescue operation to internationally prominent breeding facility for avian species facing extinction due to the destruction of their natural habitat.

[In his essay for the exhibition catalog, «Face to Face with Archibald J. Motley Jr.,» art historian David C. Driskell recounts visiting Motley in Chicago in 1979 to purchase the paintings on behalf of Bill and Camille Cosby.]

Simon Leigh on the Sources of Her Inspiration Artforum Simone Leigh (whose work is featured above) explains the thrust of her practice by recounting her latest endeavors — The Free People's Medical Clinic, a major project that was a part of «Funk, God, Jazz, and Medicine: Black Radical Brooklyn»; African American face jugs made of Lizella clay; and a skirt - cum - Memmy - inspired cupboard «where you can enter to eat pancakes.»

Part site - specific performance, part historical recounting, Von Bismarck's images depict a re-framing an almost abusive, dominating relationship with nature — but at the same time, in the context of civilization and its monumental follies, there's a provocative message about the timeless defiance of the individual in the face of collective oppression, says the curators:

Her recounting of the stories of parents facing the same challenges shows the creative ways people can come at this tough situation.