Sentences with phrase «heirs apparent by»

The Kennedy dynasty had lost three heirs apparent by 1969, and Ted (Jason Clarke) was, at the time, the family's last hope to carry their name and ambitions into the upper echelons of US politics.

Not exact matches

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.

He also said there were questions to be answered by James Murdoch, the heir - apparent to his father's media empire.

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.

Recruited by Robinson four years ago when Robinson was an assistant at Kansas, Greer instead chose Florida State, where he was hyped as the heir apparent to point guard Charlie Ward.

«Recycling Ed Cox and Rob Astorino's pathetic lies that hinge on the hearsay testimony of a convicted felon is a feeble attempt by Dean Skelos» heir apparent to distract from the fact that he, unlike Senator Kaminsky, doesn't support comprehensive ethics reform,» Azzopardi said.

Speaking on the eve of the referendum, Sir Alan tells the BBC's reporter: «I've always thought that Boris's wish was to lose by one so that he could be the heir apparent without having to have all the... you know, s - h - i - t of clearing up all the mess.

He is a close friend of Karl Rove's and was regarded by some as an heir apparent to Mr. Rove.

The Club backed candidate won the special, but when the Primary came, she got romped by the heir apparent.

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

By 2002, when Mr. Cuomo embarked on his quixotic bid for the governor's mansion by challenging Mr. McCall, widely seen as the Democratic heir apparent and potentially the state's first black governor, Mr. de Blasio was among his few backerBy 2002, when Mr. Cuomo embarked on his quixotic bid for the governor's mansion by challenging Mr. McCall, widely seen as the Democratic heir apparent and potentially the state's first black governor, Mr. de Blasio was among his few backerby challenging Mr. McCall, widely seen as the Democratic heir apparent and potentially the state's first black governor, Mr. de Blasio was among his few backers.

All this came as the Prime Minister made the extraordinary suggestion that Mr Murdoch's son and heir apparent James had «questions to answer» to police after admitting paying hush money to victims of hacking by the News of the World.

As heirs - apparent, Shrek and Fiona are next in line to be the new sovereigns unless the unhappy ogre can find Fiona's cousin Artie (voice by Justin Timberlake) and convince him to take the throne.

The other story has Hela (Cate Blanchett), the exiled heir apparent to Asgard, claiming the throne by slaughtering soldiers and putting down rebellions.

Though the incoming freshman can expect some abuse — sometimes accompanied by genuine hostility, courtesy of Parker Posey as a queen - bee type and a hilariously belligerent Ben Affleck as a two - year senior — the only troubled characters in Dazed And Confused are the heads of each class: Randall «Pink» Floyd (Jason London), the good - natured quarterback who doesn't want to be pigeonholed as a jock and told not to run with the wrong crowd, and Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins), in many ways his heir apparent, an 8th - grade star pitcher whose awkward transition comes with extra pressure (and extra beatings).

As an actor, he was the doctor driven mad by ether and grief in the first season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY, the tortured heir apparent to the prophet on BIG LOVE, and the Hooli CEO who goes the reverse engineering route on SILICON VALLEY.

Since the Santa family is somewhat dysfunctional, it falls to 136 - year - old Grandsanta (voiced by Bill Nighy) and his grandson and possible Santa heir apparent Arthur (James McAvoy), to save the day.

Also Worthy and Worthwhile «Keep The Lights On,» «Neighboring Sounds,» «A Royal Affair» (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard guy should have also been in our Breakout Performances of 2012 piece), «The Forgiveness Of Blood» (already Criterion approved with good reason), «Shut Up and Play the Hits,» «Compliance» (captivatingly ugly), «2 Days In New York» (hilariously neurotic, Julie Delpy is clearly the heir apparent to Woody Allen), «Cosmopolis,» «Side By Side,» «Argo,» «The Turin Horse» (Goodnight, Mr. Tarr you sweet prince of the bleak and wretched), «Once Upon A Time In Anatolia» (in many ways mesmerizing and beautiful, but for me, ultimately more in a cerebral way than in a moving, emotional one), «Goodbye Love» (Mia Hansen - Love clearly watches the films of her husband Olivier Assayas; a spiritual cousin to his last 3 - 4 pictures), «Elena,» «Francine» (great non-judgemental direction; Melissa Leo is terrific), «Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,» «Alps,» «The Loneliest Planet,» «The Kid With The Bike» and pretty much every film in our 11 Films You May Not Have Seen list.

Telling the story of a mother and daughter on the outskirts of society, the film is set in a project just outside of Disney in Florida, and while that simple description could make the film sound like it dwells in the realm of «poverty porn,» what makes this a crowning turn for Baker is that it cements him as an heir apparent to the humanist mantle held by directors like the late Jonathan Demme.

Black Panther picks up directly after the events of Civil War, with T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) preparing to lay his assassinated father T'Chaka (John Kani) to rest and assume the Wakandan throne as the heir apparent to the Panther by blood.

Unfortunately, an attack by the Rot - producing Mandrake (Waltz, Django Unchained) and his herd of evil Boggans takes the Queen out of the equation, leaving MK as the sole protector of the heir apparent.

by Walter Chaw For as long as Jackie Chan has been the logical heir to Buster Keaton's crown, it becomes apparent during the course of Brett Ratner's Rush Hour 2 that he may also be the heir to Peter Sellers's Inspector Clouseau / Pink Panther crown.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Suspense-less Shyamalan Thriller Released on DVD In 1999, The Sixth Sense established M. Night Shyamalan as the heir apparent to Alfred Hitchcock's as the master of suspense.

Richly atmospheric and chillingly plausible, A Spy By Nature announces the arrival of British author Charles Cumming as heir apparent to masters like John le Carré and Len Deighton.

He achieved this by bringing forth an apparent heir to the throne, before them murdering the heir.

Noland, whose influences as an artist included the cerebral paintings of Piet Mondrian and Josef Albers and who had, in 1960, been anointed heir apparent to the Abstract Expressionists by their kingmaker, Clement Greenberg, seemed as aesthetically far from Frost as it was possible to be.

Six years later, the British heir apparent updated his warning, extending the date of the apocalypse by 33 years.

Once seen as the heir apparent to the laptop as the go - to mobile computing device, the tablet market has been attacked from above by 2 - in - 1 laptops and below by larger smartphones.