Sentences with phrase «first nod from»

He put up a big early fundraising number, netted several key union endorsements and this week received his first nod from a Democratic county committee (Putnam) in the district.

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First, currency movements have been following some unusual patterns — for example, rising after central bank rate cuts (Japan, Australia; typically, we expect currency values to fall after rate cuts) and jumping around here in the US with more volatility than usual, highly sensitive to winks and nods from our Fed about their next rate move.

And, if they were the first where did the people from the Land of Nod come from - remember Cain fetched a wife there... or was it incest?

From those first few pages to the very last, I found myself nodding along, scribbling in the margins, breathing «amens», and thinking to myself, now THIS is the book I wish I'd had ten years ago, THIS is the book I'll be recommending to family, friends, and readers experiencing crises of faith.

Aaron London (ex-Ubuntu) opened his first solo project, the veg - focused AL's Place; Ravi Kapur also struck out on his own at Liholiho Yacht Club, a globe - trotting spot with a heavy nod to his native Hawaii; sophomore efforts from Melissa Perello at Octavia and Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski at The Progress impressed; and there was a return to fine dining at Mourad from Mourad Lahlou.

As no authentic Italian dining experience is complete without an array of Antipasti, Chef Canny, in a nod to Davio's Cucina's culinary roots, will serve the following dishes ranging from $ 8 to $ 15, as part of the restaurant's first - course offerings: Roasted Tomato Soup (goat cheese & chive crostini); Crispy Chicken Livers (port balsamic glaze, toasted pine nuts); Kobe Beef Meatball (San Marzano tomatoes); and Crispy Calamari (hot cherry peppers, lemon aioli).

Rooney's first of the night came from the penalty spot with the star needing two attempts after West Ham goalkeeper Joe Hart parried his initial penalty back into the path of Rooney who nodded home the rebound.

The Saints scored almost straight from kick - off, with one of the first Liverpool touches being Adam Bogdan picking the ball out of his own net after Mane nodded in Ryan Bertrand's deep delivery.

Coquelin has been in the rise since he came back from Charlton but has yet to get a nod for his national team whereas Kanté's first season in the BPL and he just made his debut with a goal at that.

So Olivier Giroud gets the nod ahead of Welbeck up front and we need to see more of his form from the second half against West Brom when he was unlucky not to score rather than the first half when he was lucky to touch the ball.

The first man inspects it carefully, then steps back from the massive figure, nodding approval)

First Cliff Bastin ran onto a long pass from Marshall and beat Swift with «a shot that no - one saw», then Ted Drake nodded home a Birkett cross.

It was an all round very good team performance from Arsenal to win away to Everton, with notable inputs from a number of Gunners including Hector Bellerin, Laurent Koscielny, Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny and all of the front four, but I have given the nod to Alex Iwobi mainly because it was his first start in the Premier League and that makes his performance even more impressive.

Marcus Rashford was fantastic up against Pablo Zabaleta, assisting our first goal and winning the free kick from which Lukaku nodded in his second.

Defender Mike da Fonte and midfielders Sam Hamilton and Joshua Gatt made their first MLS starts, while defender Kortne Ford and forwards Kevin Doyle and Caleb Calvert also got the nod from Mastroeni.

From the resulting corner, Bakary Sako rose highest to nod into the far corner past a stricken Coleman - the first goal Palace have scored during newly appointed boss Roy Hodgson's short tenure at Selhurst.

That made all the difference as Martial first scored to equalise with five minutes left before a minute later Pogba nodded in from Mata's pinpoint cross to complete a stirring comeback.

The visitors enjoyed the better of the chances in a tight first half and took the lead when Yevhen Konoplyanka finished from close range — but they were rocked when Yaroslav Rakitskiy headed against his own crossbar, allowing Pohjanpalo to nod in.

We dealt with the first free - kick well but four minutes later, Xavier Amaechi delivered a set - piece from a virtually identical spot and Ballard rose highest in the box to nod past Whiteman.

Upfront for the Gunners however, Theo Walcott failed to deliver despite getting the nod from the boss to lead the front line for the first time this season.

Theo replaced Giroud, but did very little to justify if he would have had a better performance than Olivier had he been given the nod from the first half.

We went from performing less to me being home and breastfeeding baby, writing more and delivering the next project, our first album of music inspired by the birth of our daughter, THE LAND OF NOD.

First Maxwell received the nomination of the Monroe County Conservative Committee, which led to two - time NY - 25 candidate and Gates Town Supervisor Mark Assini withdrawing his name from consideration for the GOP nod.

Charlie Ramos, who is now officially on the Sept. 14 primary ballot challenging his fellow Bronx Democrat, Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., landed his first labor nod yesterday from IUPAT District Council 9.

The Democrats first must agree on a candidate, with five candidates vying for the nod from local party leaders: People for Bernie co-founder Katherine Brezler, Bedford Supervisor Christopher Burdick, West Harrison resident Mark Jaffe, Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano.

Dohney went on to accuse Hoffman of breaking his word by agreeing to run on Row D even if he didn't get the Republican nod, thereby improving Democratic Rep. Bill Owens» chances of holding onto the seat he won last fall, wresting the district from GOP control for the first time since Reconstruction.

Now that Maloney has graduated from challenger to challengee — she's facing a primary from first - time candidate Reshma Saujani — she has received a nod from the big man himself (albeit in a statement).

BY PAUL SCHINDLER City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has snagged the only few labor union endorsements made so far in this year's mayoral race, has also won the first congressional nod from the New York City delegation — that of East Side Representative Carolyn Maloney.

For Lungs lovers we would recomend Winowna's Wonderland to Kiss With a Fist, sheer fabric and darker brown, reddish tones reminding us of the famous front cover from the first album, whilst gold shimmering detail nods to the follow up Spectrum.

First of all, it's important to note that Interracial Dating in the U.S. was given the nod about 49 years ago and ever since, the public's tolerance of marriages between people from different races has been on the increase.

There are nods to previous Mission: Impossible movies, including the famed wire - drop from the first film when Hunt and company decide to... get this... infiltrate the Vatican (a scene that is accompanied by a charmingly amusing performance of Cruise going all Italian), and even a small homage to «Top Gun».

With Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, Thor: Ragnarok has technically introduced the first canonically queer character to appear in the MCU, but because the only explicit nod to Valkyrie's sexuality was ultimately cut from the film, her queerness remains almost entirely subtextual.

Lachman will participate in a special Q&A following a screening of Todd Haynes» «Far From Heaven,» for which he received his first Oscar nod.

The fifth entry in the dark - as - death survival horror series improves rapidly after a dull first few hours, but you can't escape the feeling that it's a pseudo pastiche of Silent Hill 2, with clunky cameos from Pyramid Head and nods to previous events.

Pamela Adlon, who many feared would be damaged by the fall of her friend, mentor and executive producer Louis C.K., got a nod in the comedy acting category while «Transparent,» its fate still unclear after harassment allegations against star Jeffrey Tambor, was shut out from all categories for the first time since its premiere.

He's twice competed for the Palme d'Or and his first entry, 2009's «I Killed My Mother,» pulled in a series of awards and nods independent from its SCAD win, which goes to the best film in the Directors» Fortnight section.

«Memo to the Academy» from January»95 sees each pushing for a Best Picture nomination, which would have made it the first documentary to earn such a nod.

The Death Wish remake moves the vigilante action from New York to Chicago, in what we hope is just a nod to the ending of the first film, and not some Trump fan service.

There are also nods to well - known New Zealand works of the 1970s from the likes of Kiwi filmmakers Peter Weir (especially his zoom shots), Geoff Murphy (whose Goodbye Pork Pie inspired the car chase sequences) and Roger Donaldson (elements of his Sleeping Dogs are woven in here), as well as to classic Hollywood action films, from The Terminator to First Blood to The Fugitive to a catchphrase made popular by Michael Bay's Bad Boys 2.

This year is no exception as 15 films that were written works first earned nods from the Academy.

Deakins got his first Oscar nomination for his work on 1994's The Shawshank Redemption, and through the years, he's been nominated for all kinds of movies, from Best Picture nominees (No Country for Old Men; Fargo; The Reader) to more offbeat but lush achievements, working with directors like the Coen Brothers (whose movies make up for 5 of Deakins's 14 nods), Martin Scorsese (Kundun), Sam Mendes (Skyfall), and Angelina Jolie (Unbroken).

Adapted by J.J. Connelly from the novel of the same name, Layer Cake was slated to be a Guy Ritchie (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) project, but instead, the producer of Ritchie's movies, Matthew Vaughn, gives himself the nod as director for the first time.

To be fair, the entire plot seems to be lifted from the John le Carré playbook - complete with a rather satisfying nod to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy during the climax - but the mechanics often feel like just that: gears grinding after the utterly spectacular first hour breezes by in a gust of sweaty perversion.

Sheffield Teaching School Alliance, based at Silverdale School, will be the first so - called «super SCITT» — school - centred initial teacher training — after getting the nod from the National College for Teaching and Leadership.

With elements drawn from Taylor's 103EX concept and a passing nod to the James Young - era Silver Cloud, there's plenty to keep students of design hooked in but, undoubtedly, the new car's most potent aesthetic is the one most people will see first.

While the nod to Porsche's race history is understandable, it's a bit of a distraction from what's really noteworthy: 20 years after the Boxster first debuted, it has dumped its flat - six powerplants for a pair of turbo fours.

The bulk of the nods are for shows from the»80s (when TV first hit its artistic stride, per the authors) through today.

The pre-installed Microsoft apps are again a nod to productivity (and becoming common on Android devices) and the first thing we did was sign in to Office 365, sync to OneDrive and resume our work from Office 2016 apps on the Mac.

The company trades below 10 times normalized earnings, and is likely to be one of the first U.S. banks to raise its dividend once it gets the nod to do so from the federal government.

The nods to the original games are strong: The jumping / bonking sound effects, the little mushroom enemies, certain animations, the cheery music from the original game's first level....