Sentences with phrase «first such leader»

Meller is the first such leader to resign as a result of a wide - ranging government inquiry into financial sector misconduct which began in February.

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The leaders of North and South Korea made history Friday, shaking hands on the heavily - fortified demilitarized zone separating the two countries in the first such summit in more than a decade.

Adam Grant, author of Give and Take, calls such leaders «other - centric,» meaning they give more than they take, hence, they «serve others» first.

Sponsors such as venture firm Andreessen Horowitz and marketing agency Ogilvy & Mather lent additional support, and in October 2012 digitalundivided hosted its first FOCUS100 conference, bringing together aspiring black female entrepreneurs, investors and tech thought leaders.

I know first hand of one of the world's most celebrated wealth management companies that charges clients roughly 1 % of assets each year, and then parks a great deal of the money into S&P 500 index funds with expense ratios of 1 % to 1.25 % (compared to less than 0.10 % for an industry leader such as Vanguard).

Your audience will be captivated as they watch Carmine bring the topic alive with actionable and insightful videos, brand stories, scientifically - proven principles, and first - person interviews with storytellers such as Richard Branson and Tony Robbins, as well as leaders at: Apple, Google, Salesforce, UCLA Medical Center, Southwest Airlines, Sequoia Capital, McKinsey, and Airbnb, among others.

The Byzantine emperors who first issued the edict to smash and destroy the icons (Leo the Isaurian and his son Constantine V, both of whom reigned in the eighth century) do remind one of Oliver Cromwell, for both sets of rulers were military leaders with a loyal army from the provinces; such figures often have a puritanical streak and tend, moreover, to command soldiers who themselves are suspicious of the decadent mores of the cities.

Monsignor William Lynn was found guilty Friday of one count of child endangerment, the first time a U.S. church leader has been convicted of such a charge.

Rachael Maskell is among politicians supporting a call by her party's leader for a new War Powers Act to require ministers to consult MPs first before taking such action in the future.

But in the words of Leo the Great, «Peter is the true leader of all, who have in the first place Christ as their leader... The strength which Christ gives to Peter passes through Peter to the Apostles — because he gave such authority to him whom he chose as head of the whole Church.»

The first General Secretary, Willem Visser» t Hooft, as well as many early leaders of the WCC, such as Hendrik Kraemer and Madeleine Barot, were Reformed.

Monsignor William Lynn, 61, was found guilty in June of one count of child endangerment, the first time a U.S. church leader has been convicted of such a charge.

As the fresh produce industry integrates new technologies throughout the supply chain, China has emerged as a leader in some key areas, especially technologies that reduce friction points for the consumer such as mobile payments (with an estimated 94 % penetration rate in first tier cities), app - based food delivery and, a big buzzword in China right now, «O2O,» or online - to - offline — which describes a range of technologies and strategies for using internet - based tools to facilitate brick - and - mortar sales, and vice versa.

These include the two - day Good Food EXPO at Chicago's UIC Forum, held most recently on March 23 and 24, 2018; the Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference, a business - and - investment - focused gathering that will be held on June 19, 2018 as a stand - alone event for the first time, after formerly being part of the Good Food EXPO; the Good Food Accelerator, with its fourth cohort of competitively selected entrepreneur Fellows graduating on April 23, 2018 after receiving intensive instruction and connections to business leaders and investors; and our Farmer Training program, which has provided more than 14,500 farmers in 43 states with best - practices instruction in topics such as Wholesale Success, Direct Market Success and On - Farm Food Safety.

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Created by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

This suggests that they either lack the mental strength to play under pressure or there is an issue within the squad in that the players are much of a sameness — Wenger seems to have moved towards a certain type of player whereas before when he first came to the club we had strong, physical leaders such as Vieira and Keown and smaller, technical players like Overmars and Anelka.

Now that you're up to speed on the 7 - under leader of the contest taking place at Oakmont, here's how he stands as he awaits a 3:30 ET tee time with Andrew Landry, who is tied for second at 3 - under with Dustin Johnson: This is the first time Lowry has held such a lofty position, but if anyone can keep his composure in such a pressure - packed situation, he's a likely candidate.

Juventus are not only the leaders of Serie A, but they are on course to claim their sixth successive league title and with such a formidable lead in domestic competition, there is a real hope in Turin that this side can be the one to go one step further than they did in 2015 and bring home the UEFA Champions League crown for the first time in over 20 years.

But such a skipper has to be one of the first names on the team sheet as well as a leader — that's not Jack or Aaron to me.

First of all, in USSR there was never such a position as «party leader».

Lawyers for the Republicans have said Flanagan wasn't the first Senate leader to hand out such payments.

The Lib Dem leader insisted everything in his policy programme was fully costed - claiming it was the first time any party had provided such comprehensive figures to back it up.

Following the example of other distinguished political scientists such as Azar Gat and Francis Fukuyama [2], Brown even extends the analysis of leadership back to pre-historic times analysing its emergence in earlier forms of social organization such as egalitarian hunter - gatherer societies noting that with increased community size came the rise of authoritarian chiefdoms, arguably the first true political leaders (pp. 40 - 2).

First and foremost was the task of managing the world economy in such a way as to prevent a recurrence of the last four years, a far from simple mission whose success relies much upon the actions of others — particularly European leaders whose reliability has been called into question in recent months.

The first was that her personal net satisfaction ratings have nosedived such that she is not only less popular than her controversial UK counterpart, Jeremy Corbyn, but also has displaced the Liberal Democrat leader, Willie Rennie, as the least popular of the main Scottish party leaders.

His skills — or lack of them — are evident enough from the polling, where he continues to set the wrong sort of records (a recent one being that no Labour leader of the opposition has had such bad ratings on his first anniversary in office).

But for the first time since Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, emerged as a genuine contender in the campaign, Mr Clarke addressed how negotiations for such a deal might begin.

But he was still allowed in the budget negotiating room this year, the first non-majority leader granted such privilege — a sign perhaps that he might not follow through with the vow he made last year to realign with his fellow Democrats to form a majority if the opportunity arises.

Mr. Lewis said the awarding of such stipends to vice chairmen was standard practice and supported by state law and the State Constitution, offering documentation that showed that Mr. Flanagan had ordered such stipends — first in a 2016 letter — following the lead of Dean G. Skelos, the disgraced former leader of the Senate.

Dr Otabil cited Ghana's first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah as one of the best generational leaders African had, who had a positive impact on many first - generation African leaders such as Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Malawi's Kamuzu Banda, Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda and Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta.

Irish taoiseach Brian Cowen said such violence had been comprehensively rejected, while Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson, leader of the DUP, said the shootings were a «terrible reminder of the events of the past».

The EFF was first to make the asylum call, with its leader Julius Malema saying such a move would facilitate a peaceful transition in the southern African country.

The Tory leader became the first prime minister to use the word «poncey» in the Commons chamber after Labour's Ben Bradshaw asked if Brexiteers such as Nigel Farage were worth listening to.

[23] If this office is not occupied or the Deputy Prime Minister is not available, the next most senior member of the Cabinet will receive questions (such as the First Secretary of State or the Deputy Leader of the government party).

«The first suspect, Morris Ashwe 36 yrs Native of Mbajima Village Katsina Ala LGA Benue State confessed and admitted to have been supplying firearms and ammunition to the notorious and most wanted vicious and notorious gang leader of militia, murderers and kidnappers Terwase Akwaza aka Ghana who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for the merciless killings of several innocent persons and wanton destruction of properties worth Millions of Naira, at ZakiBiam in Benue State on 20th March, 2017 and for other violent crimes such as Culpable Homicide, Mischief by Fire and Criminal Conspiracy and the killing of Mr. Deneen Igbana (late) the Special Adviser on Security to the Governor of Benue State.

At the risk of sounding cynical, everything about this — including the perfect timing — suggests to me that it's being staged: 1) Labour is on course for a huge defeat 2) no - one wants to take on the leadership of the doomed party at the 11th hour 3) GB's popularity (such as it is) is at an all - time low Given that no - one else wants the job on the eve of such a crushing defeat, surely the only chance Labour have of gaining support and mounting any semblance of an election campaign is to first restore some faith in their battered leader.

There are some variations to that — such as if the first and second party are in Coalition, in which case the Leader of the third palced party is Leader of the Opposition.

Trump's stunning agreement to endorse a plan proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi came during a Wednesday morning meeting with leaders from both parties in the Oval Office, the first such meeting of Trump's presidency.

«Our research shows for the first time that classical systems such as artificial spin ice can be designed to demonstrate topological ordered phases, which previously have been found only in quantum conditions,» said Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Cristiano Nisoli, leader of the theoretical group that collaborated with an experimental group at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, led by Peter Schiffer (now at Yale University).

There are still plenty of problems to tackle — such as how to keep the antennas powered during the two - week - long lunar nights — but MIT team leader Jacqueline Hewitt is confident, as the group heads to Australia for testing, that by 2025 U.S. astronauts could begin building the very first lunar observatory.

The first such map, from just 89 days of in - flight testing, is 10 times better than 3 decades of gravity data from all other sources combined, says aerospace engineer Byron Tapley of the University of Texas, Austin, leader of the U.S. GRACE team.

Team leader, Professor Emily Rayfield from the University of Bristol, added: «This study is important as it shows for the first time that the features that make us unique as mammals, such as having only one set of replacement teeth and a specialised jaw joint and hearing apparatus, were associated with the very earliest mammals beginning to specialise their teeth and jaws to eat different things.»

So says John Strang of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, USA, leader of the first study to compare the occurrence of such gender identity issues among children and adolescents with and without specific neurodevelopmental disorders.

Price expressed concerns that the United States» role as a leader in medical innovation was waning, because of regulatory constraints that drive devices such as heart valves to be tested elsewhere first.

For more than 150 years, Columbia Engineering has been transcending disciplines, educating leaders and transforming lives with inventions such as early steamboat technology, FM radio, and the Pupin coil, and have led groundbreaking projects, including New York's first subway and the world's first nuclear submarine.

And who are the so - called religious leaders that invite such obvious drug users and flim - flam artists to be role models on their show in the first place?

The Domar Centre for Mind / Body Health led by Dr Alice Domar, who is recognized as an international leader in the field of mind / body medicine, is one such program and the first to offer a Mind / Body Program for Fertility.

Andy Serkis lends his mo - cap skills to the CGI - generated Supreme Leader Snoke; solid actors such as Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie adopt the stuffy Brit baddie archetype in the dark - suited military roles (then it was «The Empire»; now, it is «The First Order»).

Maybe it's because we've seen him play such ordinary guys in films like «Frank» and «Brooklyn», but young (too young) Domhnall Gleeson channelling a fascist leader as General Hux, one of the heads of The First Order (the movie's bad guys, successors to the Empire), didn't work for us.