Sentences with phrase «first powerful politician»
Mr. Skelos is hardly the first powerful politician to make the pilgrimage to Brooklyn's kosher soup kitchens, but he is the most notable Republican to do so in recent years, demonstrating a new reality that a swath of heavily Democratic Brooklyn and Queens is ready to vote for candidates who belong to the same party as Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
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Cody testified in Manhattan federal court that Levy introduced him to Silver, and that the then - powerful politician's first investment with his firm was $ 25,000 in January 2007.
It soon becomes apparent that the two crimes might not be as unconnected as McAffrey first thought, leading him, his editor Cameron Lynne (Helen Mirren), and junior journalist Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) into a political - corporate cover - up that concerns politicians at the highest party level, powerful corporate interests, and an array of ex-soldiers, politicians» spouses and spin doctors, including Jason Bateman's public relations executive.
«Since I first called for his resignation in 2012, when it was discovered that he had used taxpayer dollars to silence victims of sexual harassment, the pattern of misbehavior exhibited by this all - too - powerful politician had become increasingly clear.
Silver, 70, is from Manhattan and has been one of the state's most powerful politicians since he was first elected speaker in 1994.
Suburra marks the platform's first - ever Italian original series, and the first season will feature a seaside town outside Rome as it becomes a hotspot for gambling and a war zone for the mafia, a powerful family, and skeezy politicians, among others.
Politicians and business leaders gathered behind these powerful words to insist, for the first time, on high standards for all children — a goal schools had never before embraced, and one they did not immediately know how to achieve.
«Our goal is to send politicians the powerful message that it's time to put aside their differences and put the health of women and families first.»