Sentences with phrase «first won public»

He first won public attention in the 1960s for his groundbreaking multi-part sculptures whose pieces were not fixed but lain directly onto the ground.

Los Angeles painter Albert Contreras (born 1933) first won public acclaim in the early 1960s, with monochrome paintings featuring a central disc motif.

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The award - winning journalist in 1999 became the first African - American woman to host a nationally televised public affairs program, PBS» «Washington Week in Review.»

Michael Davies, Fox Sports senior vice president of field and technical operations, says this first public broadcast won't cover the race from the perspective of who's winning like the television broadcast will.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — March 7, 2018 — CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today announced that CNBC's Bill Griffeth has been named Co-Anchor of Nightly Business Report (NBR), an award - winning evening business news program produced by CNBC for U.S. public television.

During his career Woods has let the public into his heart only twice: the hug with his father, Earl, that punctuated Tiger's 12 - stroke victory at the 1997 Masters; and the teary embrace with Elin behind the final green at the 2006 British Open, Tiger's first win following Earl's death.

The first step was to identify whether betting against the public was profitable during the MLB Playoffs and, if it had been a winning strategy, what was the sweet spot?

To create a winning system for College Basketball Betting Against the Public, we first created a new spread system and set the season type to include both regular season and postseason games.

The Mustangs became just the county's second public school boys team to win a state title, and the first since Northgate - Walnut Creek won in 1995 behind coach now - De La Salle coach Frank Allocco.

Why the public loves the Yankees: Any potential doubts that Yankee bettors had last night quickly disappeared as the Yanks scored in each of the first five innings en route to a 12 - 1 win.

Since he was dismissed, on the same weekend that he won his first and only trophy with the club, Van Gaal has not been shy about airing his grievances with Old Trafford in public.

«I won my first election, to the Wisconsin state Senate, with public financing.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his first public comments since his primary opponent Cynthia Nixon won the endorsement of the Working Families Party emphasized his ties with organized labor amid the party's split.

In the first lecture, Thompson began by evaluating the claim that Plato had now won the argument and that the misinformed public dialogue of contemporary western nations was beginning to threaten their democratic foundations.

For this reason, he would establish an Office of Special Prosecutor to deal with «the toxic issue of corruption» within the first six months of his administration if he wins this year's election, adding a successful Ghana, can only be built on the basis of good governance, underpinned by efficient and honest public services.

The move is a signal that the party is hoping James, who was first elected to public office with the WFP's backing, would eventually take its ballot line in the fall should she win the primary contest.

This first prevents the spoiler effect, and second, allows members of the public to have time to give more attention to the two candidates who could win, particularly if they voted for a third party candidate the first time around.

He uses it first to prevent any new spending commitment, having put aside the understanding of the damage caused by austerity that he showed in his Bloomberg speech in favour of a preference for building an image of fiscal conservatism — though by doing so he has allowed the government to win the battle for public opinion.

When I was [Bronx] county chair, I was the first person to support him for public advocate, so we've always — you know, we didn't support him for mayor, but once he won the primary, our relationship was fine.

Laura Curran and Jack Martins played nice, mostly, on Friday morning during their first public showdown since winning their parties» nominations for Nassau County executive — an event where the main topic was transportation infrastructure.

The 2013 public advocate runoff — which James won over then - State Senator Daniel Squadron — cost an estimated $ 13 million to taxpayers, surpassing the office's combined budget for James» entire first four - year term.

Heavily favored to win according to public polls, de Blasio appeared relaxed and enjoying himself and extended his stay when staff first tried to bring the meet & greet to a close.

Mr. Linares became the first Dominican - American elected to public office in New York City when he won a seat in the Council in 1991.

Many candidates seeking public financing fail to win the awards on their first try, according to state officials.

Cuomo has had over the years a truculent relationship with some labor unions, including the public sector organizations who he battled in his first term in order to win cost savings in new contracts.

It was a cross between football pep rally and awards ceremony yesterday as the South Park High School Sparks — the first Buffalo public school to win a state football championship — were feted in City Hall for bringing pride to their school, their parents and their city.

In 2013, Kerin won a seat on the DeWitt Town Board in her first election for public office.

Mr. Linares was the first Dominican to be elected to public office in New York City, winning a City Council race in 1991; Mr. Espaillat was the first elected to a state office.

Valesky, then a public television executive and first - time candidate, won a three - way race in 2004 that he probably would have lost had Dadey not split the Republican vote.

Dedicating a single press conference to the issue for the first time, Mr. de Blasio laid out in dire terms what would happen if New York City reverted to the old system of education that existed before his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, won mayoral control of public schools in 2002.

A week before hoping to win re-election, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner hosted her first Twitter town hall, one of her few large public engagement efforts this campaign season.

In this case the tactic maintained some proportionality by bypassing the 5 % threshold, but is largely disfavoured by the public due to it awarding smaller parties extra list seats while parties with a higher party vote percentage that don't win an electorate receive no seats; this occurred in 2008 when ACT was awarded 5 seats on the back of one electorate seat and 3.7 % of the party vote, while New Zealand First with no electorate seats and 4.1 % of the party vote were awarded none.

The party usually cross-endorses Democrats; Ms. Richardson is the first candidate to win an office solely on their party line since now - Public Advocate Letitia James won the a special election for City Council in 2003.

He won bipartisan approval of a law setting testing and safety standards for drinking water in every public school — the first law of its kind in the United States.

The South Park Sparks won the state championship last Friday and made history as the first Buffalo Public School to win the title.

Linares, 65, was the first Dominican - born immigrant elected to public office in the United States when he won a City Council seat representing Washington Heights / Inwood in 1991.

Maragos, who won his first bid for public office when he defeated Democratic incumbent county comptroller Howard Weitzman in 2009, is not expected to be nominated by Republicans next year for a third term.

Mr. Cuomo used his power over the decennial redistricting process to win some victories in March: He was able to get lawmakers, who wanted him to sign the gerrymandered legislative maps they had drawn, to agree to curb pension benefits for future public workers, to create a more rigorous system for evaluating schoolteachers, and to take the first step toward legalizing a significant expansion of casino gambling.

During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King Park that are part of the first phase of the Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.

Also, some people are trying to change their flights home so they can be on hand to hear what the governor - elect has to say in what is shaping up to be his first public appearance (unless he makes one tomorrow) since his big win last Tuesday).

How then would Miller explain Letitia James — another middle - aged woman without children — winning first place in the public advocate's race with 36 percent?

There are a few young Republicans who made their first attempts at public office this year and won some name recognition, although they were not successful.

Also in the race are attorney Marc A. Landis, who represented Upper West Side parents in their fight to keep a charter school from opening in a public school building, and Community Board 7 member Mel Wymore, who would be New York's first openly transgender City Council member if he won.

South Carolina Democratic Senatorial candidate Alvin Greene on Sunday will make his first public speech since winning his party's nomination.

Letitia James, of Brooklyn, became the first WFP - backed candidate to win a City Council seat, in 2003; last November, the party broke through citywide, helping to elect Bill de Blasio as public advocate and John Liu as comptroller.

E.O. Wilson (1929 ---RRB-: The prolific, Pulitzer Prize - winning biologist first attracted broad public attention with 1975's Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

For the Rosetta mission, there is an explicit tension between satisfying the public with new discoveries and allowing scientists first crack at publishing papers based on their own hard - won data.

The study, which analyzed 210 lawsuits involving First Amendment claims by professors and college instructors against public colleges and universities from 1964 - 2014, found that educational institutions won more than 73 percent of cases in federal and state courts.

We hope that before the end of the year we shall be able to arrange a public contest near New York, in which all the prominent foreign and American aviators will compete, and endeavor to win for the first time the Scientific American trophy.

Established in 1848, by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, the Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library The Eliot Hotel is a boutique and luxury hotel in Boston, MA, located in the Back Bay neighborhood, and home to the award - winning Clio Uni Sashimi Bar.