Sentences with phrase «giving opening speeches»

San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone gave the opening speech (despite very public pressure from California politicians to skip the event) and Papal Nuncio Carlo Maria Viganò also present.

After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., gave his opening speech on the Senate floor on the year - end spending and tax package, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nev., sought to clear the air after Politico reported that the relationship between the two leaders had reached a «new low.»

I am delighted and honoured that Jasia Reichardt is taking part and will give the opening speech.

David Adika will participate and give the opening speech in the screening of «Investigation», the first episode of «Art in the Twenty - First Century» seventh season now showing in the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.

Plans for Emin Solo Show In May 2012 An emotional Tracey Emin gave the opening speech to a crowd of around a thousand people outside the new Turner Contemporary gallery as the grand opening came off flawlessly.

The Deputy Governor for Economy Policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Joseph Nnanna, gave the opening speech.

Not exact matches

Cook gave the Sunday speech at the opening ceremony of a conference designed to promote China's vision of the Internet — one that is more closed and censored, Bloomberg reports.

The trade dispute cooled slightly earlier this month after Xi gave a wide - ranging speech that discussed plans to open up the country further to foreign businesses.

During the Q&A for Malcolm Gladwell, who gave an opening keynote speech on differing innovation styles, addressed this point while fielding a question about why so few women - owned companies break the million dollar mark.

Yesterday in Berlin, I gave one of the opening speeches at the Online Educa conference.

The chamber's report comes a day after China's President Xi Jinping gave a speech at the World Economic Forum championing open markets, and Beijing unveiled proposals to reduce restrictions on foreign investment in China.

Chinese president Xi Jinping is set to deliver a keynote speech Tuesday (April 10) at this year's gathering, in which he will give «the most authoritative interpretation» on China's 40 years of economic reforms and opening up,

He opened his whirlwind speech by touting his administration's new tariffs — 25 % on steel imports and 10 % on aluminum imports — before wading into the issues surrounding North Korea, previewing his 2020 campaign slogan, discussing the merits of giving drug dealers the death penalty and attacking a series of familiar targets.

Neither the Federal Reserve's minutes to April's Federal Open Market Committee meeting nor Chair Janet Yellen's speech this week gave any clear indication of a time frame for interest rate liftoff.

I do not have a job, my insurance has been increasing in the last 4 years, Please america open your eyes, we have a business man and a politician Obama give you candy with his speech and not substance he is not a leader, and want a second term and will take america nowhere, rommey wants to give something.

He answered that question in the opening words of a speech he gave not long ago at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington.

Perhaps more dramatic illustrations are found in hospital wards where a visitor's warm «hello» turns on the light, opens the shutters, straightens the linens, and brightens the faces; or in rural America where a major business transaction is sealed by one man giving his word to another; or in the quiet guidance of Anne Sullivan who with the one word «water» brought Helen Keller into the world of human experience; or in the nation - shaping speeches of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.

«Political leaders do not want to give a speech, cut a ribbon, or pose for photographs at the opening of a casino,» David Blankenhorn points out in a new and damning study, New York's Promise: Why Sponsoring Casinos Is a Regressive Policy Unworthy of a....

«Political leaders do not want to give a speech, cut a ribbon, or pose for photographs at the opening of a casino,» David Blankenhorn points out in a new and damning study, New York's Promise: Why Sponsoring Casinos Is a Regressive Policy Unworthy of a Great State.

Just to let you know I DID use that line in my speech today at the MDO open house and Bettina I did give your blog address.

I am scheduled to give my yearly open house speech to the MDO mom's and Dad's tomorrow morning.

In that sense, it is nicely coupled with Obama's decision to give his acceptance speech not to the Democratic convention, but to an open audience in a sports arena in Denver.

In the opening of his speech yesterday, Ed Miliband gave every impression of once again resisting British involvement in Syria.

They can open a presidential library, give paid speeches, or direct philanthropic work.

In 1866, for example, he gave speech after speech at hugely attended mass meetings in the open air.

The opening day of the legislative session featured talk of ethics reform, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo chose to be elsewhere, putting off his traditional State of the State message for another week, and giving speeches in Syracuse and New York City instead.

David Cameron will be giving a speech on reforming government today at the Open University in Milton Keynes

It is a great pleasure to open the second day of this debate as it gives us an opportunity to look at the detail of the Budget and then to highlight the things the Chancellor chose to omit from his speech yesterday.

The opening day of the legislative session featured talk of ethics reform, but Governor Cuomo chose to be elsewhere, putting off his traditional State of the State message for another week, and giving speeches in Syracuse and New York City instead.

In a speech to open the National People's Congress on 5 March, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang — the country's top economic official — gave a broad - brush overview of the central government's draft plan for economic development during the 13th 5 - year plan, which runs from 2016 to 2020.

I gave a speech in 1975 that announced that the worm C. elegans was going to open up genetics.

Following host Jimmy Kimmel's promise to give a jet ski to the winner with the shortest speech, Janney's opening line had the audience roaring with laughter as she said: «I did it all by myself.»

Stone's action is so explosive and sudden that you have to wonder why opens the film on three stultifying speeches that stop the film dead before it even begins, or why he gives over so much to mundane detective / narrator Edmond Ryan.

(Given the early Eighties milieu, that scene really called for a bittersweet new wave ballad like Yaz's «Mr. Blue,» Bananarama's «Cheers Then» or the Human League's «Open Your Heart,» which has practically the same words as that great Michael Stahlbarg speech.)

The film opens with Elon Musk - type Nathaniel Shepherd (Gary Oldman) giving a speech at the launching of the first permanent mission to Mars — six astronauts are about to set up the first Mars colony, East Texas.

GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) opens on a close - up of Ruth Wilder's (Alison Brie) face at an audition giving a rousing speech that makes her look like a shoo - in for the role.

The opening moments of Deterrence show many Presidents through history giving speeches about America's ability to defend itself and other countries against aggression.

In this special 2018 Oscars edition, watch Jimmy Kimmel «s opening monologue and some of the comedian's other amusing bits from the night, including a fantastic prize handed out to the winner who gave the shortest acceptance speech of the night.

This helps her open up the space and give a sense of breadth and surety to the speech, which is then assisted by reading the speech in unison with Chris Saul.

Frankfurt, 28 September 2017 — Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, will give the keynote speech at the opening press conference of the Frankfurter Buchmesse on Tuesday, 10 October 2017.

The stock market in Tokyo, which was open as he gave this speech, fell sharply, and closed down 3 %.

Given the open road deaf and hard of hearing gamers are faced with the realization that the in - game speech isn't subtitled.

And while the «expo» part of the show opened to the media today, both Microsoft and Sony held keynote speeches giving juicy details of their upcoming systems.

The self - aggrandizing speeches given at art openings and galas — often cringe - worthy performances in themselves — have become another of Ms. Fraser's specialties.

He was giving a speech at the opening of a photography exhibition sponsored by the embassy.

For the occasion, David Anfam, art historian and co-curator of the abstract expressionism show at the Royal Academy, will give a speech during the opening reception.

On Saturday 22nd October, Minister Counsellor Edle Hamre gave a speech at the opening of the exhibition of the...

In Liz Magic Laser's Stand Behind Me (2012), speeches given my political figures such as Barack Obama and Angela Merkel are shown on a teleprompter beneath a projection of a performance recorded on the exhibition's opening night.

The exhibitions open on 20 June at 5 pm 5 pm Opening speech given by art mediator and author Barbara Læssøe Stephensen 6 pm Artists» talks 7 pm Grilled goodies and music by DJ «Big N»

Fax of the speech given by novelist James Patrick Donleavy at the opening of the exhibition «Barry Flanagan Sculpture 1965 - 2005» at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2006) with mention of Shaun Beary and James Joyce's Ulysses.