Sentences with phrase «grand affairs of»

London (CNN) British royal weddings are usually grand affairs of state, where presidents and prime ministers rub shoulders with obscure European monarchs.

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Plenty of Switchfoot songs could work here, as the band evolved from a low - fi surf rock outfit to a grander, more produced, Bono - flavored affair.

It is evident in his irresponsible treatment of affairs of state: his public corvee of Israel's free men; his extravagant court supported at the expense of the nation; his administrative division of the land in disregard of traditional tribal bounds; and his whole ingrown life in a court that defied the realities of Israel's basic peasant economy and spent its days in the grand style, with feasting, royal processions, and dilettante scholarship in a setting of magnificent architecture, erected by Israel's peasants, and with women enough for all and to spare.

When the Republic was formed the Grand National Assembly gave authority over both shari`a and waqfs to the Minister of Shari`a but when the religious orders were abolished all matters concerning shari`a were put under the care of the Director of Religious Affairs and all matters related to the waqfs were put under the Director of Waqfs, with both Directors attached to the office of the Premier.

The Grand National Assembly, made up of elected members who are ninety - nine per cent Muslim Turks, makes the laws concerning secular affairs and punishments which govern the country.

Of course, beyond the incredible Grand Tasting Event, there was so much more that preceded this affair throughout the festival.

Now all he has to do is overcome his Friday flutters and continue his newfound love affair with links golf and the 25 - year - old from Northern Ireland just may add the third leg of the career grand slam to his resume.

A public relations representative, Andrea Bozek of Mercury Public Affairs, instead issued a statement addressing the testimony of Ortt's wife's a design consultant to the grand jury.

Monmouth MP David Davies found cross-party support when he told MPs in the Welsh Grand Committee that he'd summoned Defence Ministers to explain their thinking about the future of the Welsh Cavalry at a one - off hearing of the Welsh Affairs committee which he chairs.

«What the sordid state of affairs has so far revealed is that the Buhari - led Federal Government and the respective state governments controlled by the APC, the PDP, and the All Progressive Grand Alliance lack the capacity to resolve the myriad of economic problems and hardship confronting the country.

The foreign affairs committee criticised the government's decision to not brand Bahrain a «country of concern» ahead of the Grand Prix, especially since it later refusing to attend the Euro 2012 in Ukraine.

At 6 p.m., Deputy Secretary for Legislative Affairs Mark Weprin outlines Cuomo's 2016 State of the State agenda, Towers on the Green North Shore Towers, 270 - 10 Grand Central Parkway, Arcade Level, Floral Park, Queens.

These led to «grass - roots» control of national affairs, under the Local Government Act 1898, that had been in the hands of landlord - dominated grand juries of the Protestant Ascendancy.

The lobbying firms the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs are the unnamed companies in the grand jury indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, according to three sources with knowledge of the investigation.

Milici, a longtime community affairs officer in Borough Park, Brooklyn, was also placed on modified duty after invoking the Fifth Amendment in front of a federal grand jury, sources have said.

BRUSSELS — The headquarters of science academies often are ornate structures and their annual meetings grand affairs involving hundreds of luminaries.

Perhaps this portends the next story in the grand saga of the Galileo affair.

«Casablanca» (1942, Michael Curtiz) Wednesday, Aug. 29, 10 p.m. (7 p.m.) On the Warner Brothers back lot, in an exotic city that hums with intrigue, we watch one of the movies» immortal affairs and grandest pictures: «Casablanca» is, in some respects, the perfect Hollywood Golden Age studio movie.

Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino, 1980) Qiu tian li de chun tian (Spring in Autumn, Bai Chen, 1985) Fantômas (Drame en cinq épisodes): À l'ombre de la guillotine (Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, Louis Feuillade, 1913 - 4) The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942) Tih - Minh (Grand Ciné - Roman hebdomadaire en douze épisodes)(Louis Feuillade, 1918/9, 12 parts) Morir... dormir... tal vez soñar (To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream Manuel Mur Oti, 1976) 20000 Leagues under the Sea (Richard Fleischer, 1954) The Boston Strangler (Richard Fleischer, 1968) Alphaville (Jean - Luc Godard, 1965) Augen der Liebe (The Eyes of Love, Alfred Braun, 1951) Heroes for Sale (William A. Wellman, 1933) Rio do Ouro (River of Gold, Paulo Rocha, 1998) Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926) Possessed (Clarence Brown, 1931) 10 Rillington Place (Richard Fleischer, 1971) A Woman Of Affairs (Clarence Brown, 1928) Fear (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003) On The Town (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1949) Niño Nadie (José Luis Borau, 1996) Onna bakari no yoru (Girl of Dark / Girls of the Night, Tanaka Kinuyō, 1961) Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940) Amdaeng Muen kab Nai Rid (Um - gang Muen kab nai Rid; Muen and Rid, Cherd Songsri, 1994) Bandido (Richard Fleischer, 1956) The Kiss Before the Mirror (James Whale, 1933) È primavera (It's Forever Springtime, Renato Castellani, 1950) The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950) Inspiration (Clarence Brown, 1931) Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 195of the Guillotine, Louis Feuillade, 1913 - 4) The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942) Tih - Minh (Grand Ciné - Roman hebdomadaire en douze épisodes)(Louis Feuillade, 1918/9, 12 parts) Morir... dormir... tal vez soñar (To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream Manuel Mur Oti, 1976) 20000 Leagues under the Sea (Richard Fleischer, 1954) The Boston Strangler (Richard Fleischer, 1968) Alphaville (Jean - Luc Godard, 1965) Augen der Liebe (The Eyes of Love, Alfred Braun, 1951) Heroes for Sale (William A. Wellman, 1933) Rio do Ouro (River of Gold, Paulo Rocha, 1998) Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926) Possessed (Clarence Brown, 1931) 10 Rillington Place (Richard Fleischer, 1971) A Woman Of Affairs (Clarence Brown, 1928) Fear (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003) On The Town (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1949) Niño Nadie (José Luis Borau, 1996) Onna bakari no yoru (Girl of Dark / Girls of the Night, Tanaka Kinuyō, 1961) Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940) Amdaeng Muen kab Nai Rid (Um - gang Muen kab nai Rid; Muen and Rid, Cherd Songsri, 1994) Bandido (Richard Fleischer, 1956) The Kiss Before the Mirror (James Whale, 1933) È primavera (It's Forever Springtime, Renato Castellani, 1950) The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950) Inspiration (Clarence Brown, 1931) Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 195of Love, Alfred Braun, 1951) Heroes for Sale (William A. Wellman, 1933) Rio do Ouro (River of Gold, Paulo Rocha, 1998) Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926) Possessed (Clarence Brown, 1931) 10 Rillington Place (Richard Fleischer, 1971) A Woman Of Affairs (Clarence Brown, 1928) Fear (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003) On The Town (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1949) Niño Nadie (José Luis Borau, 1996) Onna bakari no yoru (Girl of Dark / Girls of the Night, Tanaka Kinuyō, 1961) Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940) Amdaeng Muen kab Nai Rid (Um - gang Muen kab nai Rid; Muen and Rid, Cherd Songsri, 1994) Bandido (Richard Fleischer, 1956) The Kiss Before the Mirror (James Whale, 1933) È primavera (It's Forever Springtime, Renato Castellani, 1950) The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950) Inspiration (Clarence Brown, 1931) Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 195of Gold, Paulo Rocha, 1998) Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926) Possessed (Clarence Brown, 1931) 10 Rillington Place (Richard Fleischer, 1971) A Woman Of Affairs (Clarence Brown, 1928) Fear (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003) On The Town (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1949) Niño Nadie (José Luis Borau, 1996) Onna bakari no yoru (Girl of Dark / Girls of the Night, Tanaka Kinuyō, 1961) Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940) Amdaeng Muen kab Nai Rid (Um - gang Muen kab nai Rid; Muen and Rid, Cherd Songsri, 1994) Bandido (Richard Fleischer, 1956) The Kiss Before the Mirror (James Whale, 1933) È primavera (It's Forever Springtime, Renato Castellani, 1950) The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950) Inspiration (Clarence Brown, 1931) Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 195Of Affairs (Clarence Brown, 1928) Fear (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003) On The Town (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1949) Niño Nadie (José Luis Borau, 1996) Onna bakari no yoru (Girl of Dark / Girls of the Night, Tanaka Kinuyō, 1961) Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940) Amdaeng Muen kab Nai Rid (Um - gang Muen kab nai Rid; Muen and Rid, Cherd Songsri, 1994) Bandido (Richard Fleischer, 1956) The Kiss Before the Mirror (James Whale, 1933) È primavera (It's Forever Springtime, Renato Castellani, 1950) The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950) Inspiration (Clarence Brown, 1931) Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 195of Dark / Girls of the Night, Tanaka Kinuyō, 1961) Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940) Amdaeng Muen kab Nai Rid (Um - gang Muen kab nai Rid; Muen and Rid, Cherd Songsri, 1994) Bandido (Richard Fleischer, 1956) The Kiss Before the Mirror (James Whale, 1933) È primavera (It's Forever Springtime, Renato Castellani, 1950) The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950) Inspiration (Clarence Brown, 1931) Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 195of the Night, Tanaka Kinuyō, 1961) Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940) Amdaeng Muen kab Nai Rid (Um - gang Muen kab nai Rid; Muen and Rid, Cherd Songsri, 1994) Bandido (Richard Fleischer, 1956) The Kiss Before the Mirror (James Whale, 1933) È primavera (It's Forever Springtime, Renato Castellani, 1950) The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950) Inspiration (Clarence Brown, 1931) Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 1958)

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It's a far more convoluted affair than that initial set up may imply and one gets the feeling it is convoluted purely to give off the illusion of grand complexity and to disguise its otherwise rote simplicity.

Believe me, any inflated delusions I might have had about where I fit in this grand scheme of academic affairs were very effectively deflated when the university where I was to deliver the keynote address sent a motorbike to bring me to the venue!

Previous generations of the Grand Cherokee didn't fare so well on road, nor were they particularly well built, but this model is a much more modern and enjoyable affair.

The Grand Cherokee Trailhawk isn't just a trim - and - paint affair that gives you the look of adventure without the capability to get you there; it will get you anywhere.

A federal grand jury will convene Friday to determine whether the owl will be charged with perjury for an April 17 deposition in which ornithologists recorded the bird emitting a complex series of hoots denying the affair.

Her odyssey as a new parent, relayed with tenderness and wry wit, must be one of the grandest love affairs in crime fiction.

Her odyssey as a new parent to a waif dressed in a ragged fairy costume, relayed with both tenderness and wry wit, must be one of the grandest love affairs in crime fiction, and it leads her, as all roads in Atkinson's world do, straight to Jackson's door.

From intimate ceremonies to the grandest of affairs, we accommodate weddings of all sizes.

Oaks Grand Gladstone features state - of - the - art function and conferencing spaces able to accommodate a range of events from intimate affairs of under 50 to extravagent events of up to 500 guests.

Equipped with 5,000 square feet of private event space, meeting rooms and sophisticated venues for social and professional endeavors alike, Huntley Santa Monica Beach is a unique destination for intimate gatherings and grand affairs.

Hilton Alexandria Old Town hotel offers: 7,631 square feet of function space, able to accommodate up to 400 guests, 10 meeting rooms, with a variety of flexible sizes and configurations Grand Ballroom, featuring 3,900 square feet of newly - enhanced, elegant event space, Impressive pre-function space, with updated lighting, perfect for receptions and informal affairs, Outdoor courtyard and patio, for groups of up to 200 guests, 20 minutes to the Convention Center, via Metrorail, on the yellow line.

Designed for all types of weddings and receptions, from grand to intimate affairs, flexible ballrooms are elegantly decorated with a Southwestern touch.

The Legian Bali's exceptional location lends itself to almost any kind of wedding from intimate affairs to grand bashes, as well as memorable events to mark any special occasion.

For the company behind Windows, that state of affairs has always kinda made sense in the grand scheme of things, but never has it been so markedly obvious.

Even private parties are being pared back — including the grandest of them all, Jim Kinnear's annual affair, which closes down a nearby street because his own backyard doesn't have enough room.

WYOMING, MICH. — The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected U.S. Federal Properties Co. of Kansas City, Mo. to serve as the contractor to build the Grand Rapids Outpatient Clinic in Wyoming, Mich..

The Grand Prix of Real Estate Awards program represents outstanding achievement in construction, design and environmental consciousness and was presented to Susan Hayes Gordon, Lurie Children's Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer during a breakfast and building tour on Wednesday November 11.