Sentences with phrase «first public face»

Raucous groups of partisans emitted whoops, yells and hisses at the first public face - off between Congressional candidates Chris Gibson and Sean Eldridge at overheated Miller Middle School in Lake Katrine the evening of Monday, Oct. 6.

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Zuckerberg, who faced five hours of questioning from a rare US Senate joint committee hearing, had reportedly hired external consultants to prepare him for his first time explaining Facebook's operations to the US government in public.

News Corp. is not the first organization to face a public relations nightmare, but it seems unwilling or unable to learn from the lessons of previous crises.

Fast forward to the end of its first quarter as a public firm, and there aren't as many smiling faces, after a $ 2.2 billion loss.

The partisan public broadcaster refused to defend itself in the face of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's promise during the first debate that he'd fire Big Bird if elected.

Facebook appears to be bulletproof after stellar earnings report Opinion: Zuckerberg and Co. still face potential backlash in future quarters, but so far seem indestructibleEven as a mature company facing public backlash, Facebook managed to increase its revenue and user growth in the first quarter, an amazing feat.

In addition, the list also names archdiocese clergy still facing public accusations of child sex abuse, as well as those who died before public accusations of sex abuse against them could be fully investigated or were leveled in the first place.

The test of vigilance which faces the American public comes in the year of our bicentennial when most of all we should, in the words of Tom Paine, «refresh our patriotism by reference to first principles.»

Strange now is the fact that before I lost my first tooth or learned to ride a bike or graduated from kindergarten, I committed my life to a man who asked his followers to love their enemies, to give without expecting anything in return, and to face public execution if necessary.

She praised the contributions of «healthcare workers, first responders, police, neighbours, the public, faith leaders and many more», particularly how they «came together to show the resilience of our communities in the face of terrorists.»

Even from his first public appearance Jesus» face is already turned toward the Kingdom of God, to the Kingdom alone, and to no worldly goal or ideal.

These division foes are facing off for the first time this season and the public has heavily backed Seattle so far.

At public forums where city officials unveiled the details of the proposed $ 90 million project, the public got its first chance to comment on the plan, which will dramatically change the face of the lakefront from the Field Museum of Natural History to McCormick Place.

Celebrating 160 years of science exploration and education, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is the public face of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, founded in 1857 as Chicago's first museum dedicated to educating Chicagoans about nature and science through the preservation and display of native specimens, classroom activities, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

The sculptures represent the first installment of a traveling exhibit, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea, which illustrates how plastic pollution has become one of the gravest threats facing ocean and freshwater animals, while helping the public understand what they can do to be a part of the solution.

The level of terror threat facing Britain will be made available to the public for the first time from next month, the home secretary has announced.

Very often, it's the first impression people will have of you — it's your public face.

He conducts two streams of interdisciplinary and multi-method research: the first uses quantitative and qualitative approaches from corpus linguistics to investigate British media portrayals of migrant groups, borders, and citizenship, while the second set of projects explores how data, evidence - based research, and «impact» are constructed, shaped, and visually communicated by civil society organisations in their public - facing work.

Here we get to see the first serious decision McCain makes in public and — I believe Olberman said it — he put in less face - time with Palin than you would when you're hiring a manager for a convenience store.

John Hutton's interim findings on public sector pension reform are a welcome first step towards tackling one of the toughest challenges facing Britain today.

McGrath, an attorney and first - time candidate for public office, faces Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Suddenly Cameron was placed overtly on one side for the first time in a public arena, a leader facing a protestation from demonstrators who want to leave the EU.

In the first State of the State message open to the public and the first using internet - age technology to deliver the presentation, Governor Cuomo said he would open up government to the public and work in partnership with all stakeholders to address the serious fiscal challenges facing New York State and its local governments.

❯ Analysis: The first candidate in the race to raise the $ 250,000 needed to qualify for public financing, Srinivasan is the only legislator officially in the race and is likely to face tough questions about his voting record.

On a 90 - degree day in New York City, with sweat dripping down his face and neck, Eliot Spitzer launched his comeback campaign for city comptroller at his first public appearance in Manhattan's Union Square, where he began to collect the nearly 4,000 signatures needed before Thursday to get his name on the ballot this fall.

Ans: Let me first correct an impression, I want to state it categorically that there is no personal disagreement or face off between the National legal adviser, Dr. Muiz Banire SAN and the National leader of our party, it is just a misconception which has been fueled from a number of quarters to the public, probably those who tend to benefit from the existence of the crisis between the two who would prefer that there should be a crisis.

For the first time in Bill Ryan's 10 years of public service, Syracuse and the owner of the Destiny USA mega-sized shopping mall are not facing legal action.

Following the tour, Sanders» campaign released his affordable housing agenda that looks to increase federal spending on repairing aging public housing units and expanding counseling programs for first - time homebuyers and those facing foreclosure.

On the same day community watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first appearance in court to face murder charges in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman tells WAMC that the case is a good example of what can happen when the public takes an interest in pursuing justice.

The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband faced their first public appearances since the disappointing polls which seen Ukip take votes in key areas across the country.

County Republican chairman John Jay LaValle said on Monday morning that Bishop will face his «first real challenge in public office» with the party - backed candidate in Mr. Zeldin, adding that no other candidates had been thoroughly considered to challenge Mr. Bishop.

George Osborne has faced scrutiny after he sanctioned the first sale of the public stake in Royal...

While dismissing the arguments relating to the first two of those values, the Court accepted that the barrier raised against others by a veil concealing the face in public could undermine the notion of «living together».

As an advocate for housing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cuomo pushed to develop the site as public housing for the county's homeless, one of his first major poltical victories in his solo public service career in the face of opposition from the wealthy, mostly white, residents who lived in the suburban community.

«Fourth, Evans faced the media twice; first when he was paraded in the Lagos command HQ by the Force Public Relations Officer and secondly when he took IRT detectives to his detention camps in Lagos for the world to witness him taking the police to his camp that only him and his boys knows.

It's still unclear whether Bill de Blasio will be able to stave off a runoff tonight, but in the race for public advocate — an almost entirely powerless position that is nevertheless first in the line of succession for the mayoralty, for some reason — state Senator Daniel Squadron and city Councilwoman Letitia James are locked in at around 33 percent to 35 percent each, and will face each other for the championship on October 1, according to the AP.

«Mayors are first responders, as much as firefighters and police officers, because they respond in terms of the voice and the face that deals with the public.»

The California law, adopted first, faced two court challenges from SOCE practitioners on the grounds that it violated their free speech rights, but last August a federal appeals court upheld the statute, distinguishing between the rights practitioners enjoy to advocate for the practice in public debate and the limitations on the therapeutic practices they can employ in their professional conduct governed by state licensing.

Lhota, a deputy mayor under former GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former head of the city transit authority, faced off against his Democratic opponent, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, in the first of three debates leading up to the November mayoral election.

The probe by Bharara's office comes as first - term PEF President Susan Kent, who faced criticism for her handling of Lee's case, is running for re-election to the top post in the state's second - largest public labor union.

The event at 6:30 p.m. March 23 at Oswego City Hall will be Katko's first public meeting of the year, and comes as he has faced protests for not holding in - person town hall events.

The four candidates for the Labour leadership faced questions from the public in the first televised debate between the would - be leaders of the opposition.

In what constitutes his first major political trip, the blue - state governor who has the GOP enthralled by his face - off with the public - sector unions — and his passing of a budget with surprising ease — will travel to some of the nation's hottest political battlegrounds in the coming weeks, including a stop in presidential proving ground Iowa.

This speech desperately needed a mea culpa, a break with the past, a first step towards changing the public perception of the Lib Dems as shameless two - faced car salesmen who'll do anything for power.

At first he said this was because the city was not subject to a property tax cap, but in the face of public pressure said his measures were meant to find efficiency and wouldn't «cost the city a penny.»

Earlier this month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was facing pressure from the press, local officials, and the public to make his first appearance in Hoosick Falls, a small town near the Vermont border.

The coalition government faces the first industrial uprising against its austerity measures today as up to 750,000 public servants strike over planned changes to their pensions.

«We have a lot of very high profile, capable people who can stand in for the first minister in terms of being the public face of the party, going on television and pushing our arguments,» she added.

ASTORIA — The five candidates to replace Bill de Blasio as public advocate faced off for the first time Wednesday night in Queens, making their cases for why they should be the city's next chief agitator.

Allowing the first UK TV ad showing e-cigarette use flies in the face of growing concerns about their impact, says a leading public health expert