Sentences with phrase «heir apparent in»

She galvanized women, Democrats, Republicans and Independents to defeat CTA's heir apparent in the district.

Kim Jong Un, the third - eldest known son of Kim Jong Il, emerged as the heir apparent in 2009.

When Assemblywoman Joan Millman announced she would not seek re-election last month, the brownstone Brooklyn seat looked like it had an heir apparent in Jo Anne Simon, a Democratic district leader.

Hu Jintao became Jiang's heir apparent in 1997 and took on the role in 2002.

Plus, there are a few teams where the jury is still out — are Hischier and Patrick the heirs apparent in New Jersey and Philadelphia?

Not exact matches

In exchange, the Patriots received only a second - round draft pick — and while football fans know how much coach Bill Belichick values his draft picks, it was a shockingly small return for Tom Brady's heir apparent.

After five years as chief merchant — the executive in charge of deciding what Macy's sells — he became president, and Lundgren's heir apparent, in 2014.

Her brother Brent, who reportedly resented his father's choice of Shari as heir apparent, accepted a similar but smaller buyout offer in 2007.

At this particular moment in the firm's history Thornton and Thain were the firm's two co-presidents and heirs apparent.

Iger, who took over as Disney's CEO in 2005, had previously been set to step down in the summer of 2018 and the company has been actively searching for his heir apparent.

Riis, who joined the company in 1996 and has previously been regarded by analysts as heir apparent to Rebien Sorensen, is currently executive vice president in charge of marketing and head of the China and Pacific sales regions.

Last April's departure of former Disney (dis) COO Tom Staggs, a long - time exec widely speculated to be the next in line to current CEO Bob Iger, left the company without a clear heir apparent — at least not an internal one.

While many good candidates have considered the post, most have shied away from being under Kalanick's dominance, especially after president and heir - apparent Jeff Jones resigned in January.

He is seen as a potential heir apparent after a broad grounding in the family - controlled company that recently split in two, with James now running the half encompassing the broadcasting and film interests.

Fortune has learned that Redstone and his representatives (including Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, Sumner's longtime personal attorney) have been in discussions with Shari, his one - time heir apparent, and her lawyers about reducing her influence in the affairs of CBS and Viacom, where she sits on both boards as non-executive vice chairman.

«We will follow this up in the future with communications about the actions we have taken to address the wrongdoing that occurred,» said James Murdoch, who heads the international operations of the New York - based News Corp. and has been considered to be his father's heir apparent.

«There's a history of brutal bloodlettings, always with internal candidates, and the worst thing was to be the heir apparent,» said Robert Paterson, who was senior vice-president of policy development and strategic management when he left the bank in 1994.

Samsung heir apparent and de facto leader Jay Y. Lee has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Sam Peters, who was said to be Miller's heir apparent when he was promoted to co-manager of the fund last year, will become the sole manager of the $ 2.8 billion fund as well as chief investment officer for Legg Mason Capital Management as a whole, the Baltimore - based company said in a statement released Thursday.

While in Riyadh, Trump forged a close bond with Saudi King Salman, while Jared Kushner solidified his relationship with Salman's son and heir apparent, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Xi's ascent to the role of general secretary was fixed in 2007 at the 17th Party Congress, when his position as heir apparent was solidified.

The India - born executive, once considered as the heir apparent to SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son, had led its investments in India for the past couple of years including in Snapdeal and Ola.

He told me when the plane carrying Vice Premier Lin Biao, once heir apparent but then branded a traitor to Mao, mysteriously crashed into the Mongolian plains in 1971, his belief in Communism shattered along with it.

Rooted in the past as she was, intimately a part of the culture of the ancient world and heir of its thought, it is apparent at once that such wide divergence unavoidably implies bold and vigorous thinking, not by a few individuals, but by a long succession of them through the nation's history.

I think the CEO of 2 large tax exempt Christian organisations (which is what Franklin now is as heir apparent to Billy) should be politically neutral in public whatever their personal views.

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This is the heir apparent to our midfield an he has been a huge disappointment In fact him an mustafi that's 70 million pounds of talent....

Unlike Miller, who reigned as the greatest collegian ever for a good 10 years after she graduated in 1986, Holdsclaw is playing alongside her heir apparent.

Pettis will be a strong heir - apparent to replace Garcon at some point in the 2019 season.

Observation: Southward was the heir apparent at the weakest position in the secondary — and was moved.

The Flyers are suddenly the heir apparent, the team waiting in the wings for the champion Edmonton Oilers to falter.

If you notice, he has sandwiched himself between Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho, one is the most successful in the Premiership's history and the other is heir apparent.

Even those who believe his skills have begun to erode concede that the most mentioned heirs apparent to Munoz's throne are not yet in his class.

It seems that Sir Alex Ferguson may have an heir apparent to his mind games crown as Nou Camp manager Pep Guardiola expertly insults both Arsenal Football Club and top notch youngster Jack Wilshere all in one breath.

The New York Knicks won their fifth straight home game, beating Portland 101 - 92, but suffered their eighth consecutive road loss at Boston, 110 - 101, as Celtic John Havlicek scored 28 points and his heir apparent, Glenn McDonald, sparkled with a six - point burst in the last 2 1/2 minutes.

-- Yahoo's Charles Robinson wonders if Lamar Jackson could be the heir apparent to Tom Brady in New England.

Future: Previously seen as the heir apparent to Ryan Giggs in the No. 11 shirt, and the brightest light in a dark season under David Moyes — he was to some extent United's Martial before Martial — Januzaj is the player with the least positive momentum behind him on this list.

I think the general pattern is that parties tend to do the obvious thing, dutifully, in immediate post-election contests, where heir apparents usually win.

A possible corollary of this decline in power has been a decline in the heir apparent's willingness to avoid making politically controversial statements.

Kim's heir apparent is his youngest son Kim Jung - un, who is perhaps too young in his twenties and too inexperienced in political and military affairs to receive natural respect from his fellow Koreans, particularly in the context of a socialist Confucian culture.

From heir apparent to meek exit in one chaotic morning.

A secret meeting in Hiram Monserrate's office ended just about twenty minutes ago; in the meeting were Democrats Eric Schneiderman, Carl Kruger, Bill Perkins, and Malcolm Smith's heir - apparent, John Sampson.

Others also argue that the inclusion of Kufour - era contracts is intended to find damaging evidence which can be used to undermine the Presidential bids of some Kufour protégés in order not to disrupt well laid out plans to crown Ken Ofori Atta heir apparent to Akufo Addo who has publicly hinted of his non-availability for the NPP ticket in 2020.

On the Chinese, America's heir - apparent as the world's premier super power, Clinton joked that the «Chinese believe that somewhere in Washington there is a master plan to control their rise.»

It is now in play and up for grabs since there is no Dim heir - apparent.

In 1955 he had been the obvious successor to Churchill, but this time there was no clear heir apparent.

It takes six months, however, for the party to get itself together and organise a leadership election, in which David Miliband, the seeming heir apparent, is effectively defenestrated.

Facing City Council speaker Christine Quinn, who was well respected in the real estate industry and considered Bloomberg's heir - apparent, de Blasio took his «tale of two cities» platform and positioned himself as a populist willing to take on income inequality.

Schumer, the heir apparent to retiring Minority Leader Harry M. Reid, is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to help Democrats win back the majority in November.

An Assemblyman retired and the heir - apparent — who had political support from elected officials — was not favored by the Democratic Clubs in the district.