Sentences with phrase «lackeys on»

It was the fallen pol's lackeys on the local county committee — including his wife and his former chief - of - staff — who secured the longtime district leader the Democratic line in the special election to succeed him, boxing out an array of rivals.

When a lackey on one side (the great Jack Reynor) recognizes a lackey on the other side (the also - great Sam Riley) as the chap with whom he got into a fight at the bar the night before, all Hell breaks loose.

Not exact matches

They're so wrapped up in their own professional progression that they tend to focus exclusively on themselves (along with a few lackeys, in some cases), at the expense of the rest of the office.

I agree with you on this the CC has always been a lackey to money and I wouldn't be surprised to see them change their mind if they got a cut of the action.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

In taking on the party's support, Nixon called Gov. Andrew Cuomo a lackey of Wall Street interests, and said of New York, «We need a governor that is as true and blue as its people.»

Sepulveda wouldn't surprise me — he is a pure lackey of the Rev.. The only candidate who ran openly on the Diaz Homophobia Train was Manny Tavarez.

And it's on the reading list of Gerald (Sylvester Stallone), the editor of a Huffington Post-style website who dispatches his green reporter / lackey Roger (Kevin Connolly) to get the skinny on «Reach Me's» Salinger - like author, Teddy Raymond, who's never given an interview or made a public appearance.

The film, directed by Steven Soderbergh, would be worth seeing just for Stamp's performance, at once rock - hard and goofily blinkered, and for Peter Fonda's wittily self - parodic turn as the suspected killer, a music producer who coasts on»60s counterculture easiness while his lackeys do the dirty work.

Meanwhile, in Chicago, Capone's still got a chip on his shoulder when it comes to people perceiving him as Johnny Torrio's lackey, as evidenced by his reaction to George Remus, whose ridiculous tendency to refer to himself in the third person completely confuses Capone.

Adamowski and his lackeys at the National Council on Teacher Quality (he's on the board, which he did not disclose when he hired them to assess Hartford schools) stated that it would be better if districts just cut the number of paid sick days teachers have.

In other words, Cuomo's political ambitions, bolstered by a Board of Regents dominated by union lackeys dead - set on stasis, weakened his resolve to affect meaningful change.

... so the 1 %, who are pulling ALL of the CCSS and RTTT strings, and their lackeys in Washington and state capitals across the land can grab all of those billions and billions of public dollars spent on public education AND PRIVATIZE AMERICA»S SCHOOLS.

I don't need Steve Jobs / Apple lackeys deciding what I can or can't put on my phone or pda.

Construct your own bespoke home on a planet of your choosing, then hire a few alien lackeys to help with research or farming (the latter of which is possible now through the miracle of hydroponics), place a Teleporter for easy access, and put your feet up.

This was the moment Raiden stole the show, and demonstrated that he's not just a pretty boy lackey, he's actually a full on badass.

Corporal Paraplonk is a red - shelled Paratroopa who wears green shoes and a red bucket on his head, and he serves as one Bowser's lackeys, alongside Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy, all whom are members of the Elite Trio.

Intellectual Asset Management magazine (available on newsstands all over Alexandria, Va.) has posted a video of an exclusive interview with Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos (pictured, left, looking like a cross between comedic actor Rob Corddry and that character actor who always plays the hapless corporate or governmental lackey, whose name escapes me right now).