Sentences with phrase «figures headed by»

His comments drew fire from secularists, with a letter to The Daily Telegraph signed by 50 public figures headed by the president of the British Humanist Association, Professor Jim Al - Khalili saying: «We object to his characterisation of Britain as a «Christian country» and the negative consequences for politics and society that this engenders.»

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After more than a decade of strong interstate migration to Western Australia, the number of people moving to the west coast is being outstripped by the number of Sandgropers heading for the east coast, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Make them visualize every person walking by with the seven figure dollar sign over their head.
When ZocDoc showed up, they turned the industry on its head by figuring out exactly what users wanted to see.
In short, «The tiara of «America's Sweetheart,» assumed by figure skaters Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill, as well as gymnast Mary Lou Retton, has never rested on Serena's head
The installation is an introduction to blockchains as seen by the artist, 35 this year, and is centered on three views of the concept as represented by three of its leading figures: Blythe Masters, head of Digital Asset Holdings in New York; Balaji Srinivasan, head of 21.
They are figured by many different percentages; as well as whether you are filing as married, married but filing as single, single, or head of household.
If Mr. Letta loses Wednesday's vote, Mr. Napolitano, who has opposed calling new elections, has signaled he would try to piece together Italy's fourth government in two years, either headed by Mr. Letta or another figure.
Intrigued by the bet, and the amount of money Ver was willing to put on the table ($ 120m - worth of bitcoin at the time), researchers Patrick McCorry at University College London and Ethan Heilman at Boston University, along with Andrew Miller, assistant professor at University of Illinois, put their heads together to figure out a solution.
Such exports hit a peak of 874,260 barrels in total in July, before falling back to 346,921 in August... The re-exports have become a relief valve for both countries by reducing some congestion of supplies within the U.S. «We've got so much rail capacity now and pipe capacity is really starting to come on line, especially heading down to the U.S. Gulf,» said Martin King, analyst at FirstEnergy Capital Corp. «One way or another, the market's figured out a way to get Canadian crude to a country other than the U.S.» Tidal Energy Marketing Inc., a unit of Enbridge Inc., is one company that has shipped Canadian crude from the Gulf Coast, sending a cargo to Spain in May.
Pere Teilliard de Chardin, a figure - head in the unfolding of a new cycle in the life of mankind, moves us profoundly not only by the amazing lucidity of his scientific vision but also by his love, his immense love, of God, which enabled him to see, everywhere throughout the created world, what the majority of men are blind to: the constant presence of the Creator.
Juxtaposed beside flashes of his successes are images of the Cash museum in a state of disrepair, broken shards of those successes whose significance is now altogether subverted by the figure of Cash himself, sitting at the head of the festal table.
Pere Teilliard de Chardin, a figure - head in the unfolding of a new cycle in the life of mankind, moves us profoundly not only by the amazing lucidity of his scientific vision but also by his love, his immense love, of God, which enabled him to see, everywhere throughout the created world, what the majority of...
When I got old enough, I got it in my head to try to solve all of the world's religious strife by figuring out which religion was the right one if any.
When we inquire further as to the concrete meaning of Jesus, after his death, within the life of the early Christian community, we find ourselves at once forced to deal with two theological issues of fundamental importance: the nature of the church and the nature of revelation; for the essential and permanent significance of Jesus lies in the fact that he was the center and head of the church and that he was the central figure in that revelation of God which we have received and by which we are saved.
Channel 4's controversial reality show Benefits Street has garnered record viewing figures but has also been criticised by charity heads for demonising...
While individual essays may originally have appeared alone, Ozick the critic - architect arranges them under headings drawn from the three terms in her title, adding «Figures» and «Souls» to the mix, each section accompanied by a brief, meta - critical introduction.
The figure of the church as the body of Christ, in which the individual cells have no direct relation to the head, needs to be complemented by the figure of the people of God, in which the individual persons can have direct access to their Lord.
Miami has won each game by double - figures, but the Heat do have at least one question heading into Sunday's game: how healthy is Dwyane Wade?
Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now
The head line figures are impressive and if anyone had thought these numbers could translate in to similar numbers in a different league then surely he would have been prised away from Porto by now.
I don't know about the rest of you Arsenal fans, but I am still scratching my head trying to figure out just what the hell Arsene Wenger was thinking by only completing the one bargain basement transfer deal on the January window, despite the club being sat on a mountain of cash and having our best chance of the Premier League title in a decade put at risk by losing a number of key players to injury.
We must change things are board level because someone there must have an issue with spending money, great finacial figures released by Arsenal again & we spend 5 million in the transfer window & to be fair spent little in the summer too in comparsion to everyone else, all we get is it is not easy to find you players & I take on board some of what Wengers says but at this stage we must bring in someone to help him because he is ntrying to do too much at the club & I would gladly through my hat in the ring to be come head of purchasing but I have a feeling they would not let me spend a penny HELP WANTED to improve the same old story
The only concern I have is about Hue Jackson as a head coach, but I figure he'll be gone by the end of the season anyway.
According to these figures, approximately 85 % of single parent households are headed by custodial single moms, while 15 % are headed by custodial single dads
It's an attempt to figure out how we got so much more worried for our kids in just one generation, and to separate the real dangers from the ones foisted upon us by the media, and by other folks with things to sell (like baby safety product manufacturers who have to scare us about a remote danger like «traumatic head injury from toddling» before we'll buy their products, like the «ThudGuard» — a helmet for kids to wear all day when they're learning to walk).
The next night I went back to the five - and two - minute warnings and when I announced, «time to clean up» she just sang the clean up song, cleaned up and headed off to her room announcing she wanted to take her clothes off by herself (which itself is a humorous freak show if there ever was one since she can't quite figure out how to get her shirts off yet.)
Figures released by the Treasury yesterday showed the gap between spending per head in England compared to Scotland and Wales grew by 15 % over the last year, meaning # 1,624 more public money is spent on the average Scot than the average Englishman.
But the fear that other Tory MPs may follow Carswell's lead settled down later when Liam Fox — seen by many as a figure - head for right wing Tories on the backbenches — went on TV to criticise his decision.
Meanwhile Justice Moro — so far largely seen as an impartial individual heading up a serious and comprehensive operation exposing corruption practices of mainstream politicians and powerful business figures — had made a critical move when he decided to make public the contents of a series of tapped phone calls intercepted by the police while investigating Lula.
Once the quotient of each successive division is entered on the working sheet, the Electoral Commission must then proceed to ascertain from a comparison of all the figures in the working sheet in form 15 listed under the heading «Quotients of divisions», the highest 120 quotients or such lower number as is required by subsection (8).
In June 2009, Sir Michael Scholar, head of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to Harman to warn her that different headline figures used by the ONS and Government Equalities Office with regards to pay differentiation between men and women might undermine public trust in official statistics.
President Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account today in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.
The recent row triggered by the decision of Michael Gove to not re-appoint the Labour Peer Baroness Morgan to a second term as the Chair of Ofsted has been subject to severe criticism, with many observers suggesting that it marks the latest instalment in a systematic purge of non-Conservative figures who head public bodies.
Elected every year by a vote of the County Committee, the County Leader serves as the figure head of the party, calling all meetings and facilitating constructive dialogue.
Also, in January 2012, they published another report by their head of research Robert Broadhurst which claimed that the UK loses three quarters of its human rights cases in the European courts, which was covered widely in the tabloids but dismissed by experts as «misleading» (the real figure is closer to one out of 50).
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has claimed he is facing the threat of violence from organisations «headed up by senior Labour Party figures».
Another administration source said Roche, the retired D'Youville College president appointed by Cuomo in 2016 to head the NFTA board of commissioners, settled on raises slightly smaller than figures that first surfaced in December from the consultant's recommendations.
The direct participation of the royal and viceroyal figures in any of these areas of governance is limited; in practice, their use of the executive powers is directed by the Executive Council, a committee of ministers of the Crown responsible to the unicameral, elected House of Assembly and chosen and headed by the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Dwight Ball the head of government.
The office claimed the head of the department is a well - known citizen and a public figure who has always stated his readiness to honor any invitation by the EFCC or any agency of government on any issue regarding any allegations against him.
The calls — from senior figures including Sir Hugh Orde, former chief constable of the police service of Northern Ireland and former head of Europol Max - Peter Ratzel — were reinforced on Saturday night by Dominic Grieve, the Tory chair of the Commons intelligence and security committee.
That is exactly the same approach being taken in parallel by Labour's backbench defence committee, chaired by John Woodcock, which has heard from figures ranging from the head of CND to former nuclear submarine commanders.
James Watson, for those of you who are reading this magazine by accident, won a Nobel Prize in 1962 for figuring out the structure of DNA, went on to head the Human Genome Project, and then talked himself into trouble and out of a job last year when, in an interview with The Sunday Times of London, he made one of the more outlandishly racist remarks in history.
In some cases, agency heads will apparently be asked to figure out how to absorb the cuts if they are approved by Congress, by cutting programs, or staff, or both.
Remember, any time you see any kind of sign that says something is explained in the notes section, it's usually something that can't be explained by a mere heading, or that the figure given is open to interpretation.
Interestingly, in addition to the tissues formed by EFTF - expressing pluripotent cells, transplanted eye fields also formed muscle and head mesenchyme (Figure 4J and unpublished data).
Furthermore, the negative relationship between angular head velocities and 90var observed by Malinzak et al. [33] accords well with our finding of a negative relationship between mean vestibular sensitivity and 90var (Figure 4).
In a new study headed by scientists at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Cornell University, computer simulations have been run to figure out the possible characteristics of the small rocky world that was discovered orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.
I was told by a gastroenterologist that I had IBS, irritable bowel syndrome (the blanket term for, «You have digestive issues that we can't figure out») and was told by an endocrinologist that I had hypothalamic amenorrhea (this loosely translates to, «You aren't getting your period, and we're not sure why... seems like it's all in your head»).
Begin by standing with your feet shoulder width apart and the medicine ball held with your arms locked over head (see figure 1).
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