Sentences with phrase «leading candidate for»

Through some encouraging telephone conversations, he quickly became a leading candidate for the position and was granted a personal interview.

Own the spotlight by highlighting your skills and personality traits that mark you as a leading candidate for the position you want and warrant

Verizon, which remains the leading candidate for Yahoo's assets, and other contenders met with CEO Marissa Mayer at the company's Sunnyvale, California, headquarters, according to the report, which cited sources familiar with the matter.

The star UY Scuti, visible in the night sky as part of the constellation Scutum, is a red supergiant that, with a volume nearly five billion times larger than our Sun, is currently the leading candidate for being the largest known star by radius.

Among the places in the world that will experience a major impact from global warming, Venice may be the leading candidate for most threatened.

A leading candidate for such aid is Tuvalu.

The leading candidate for potential BNO (P) is surely to stipulate that it would predomenantly waggle land temperatures (by some means).

And the leading candidate for that cause I think is the feral cat.

The leading candidate for that cause, I think, is the feral cat.»

Triumph's lack of loan fees makes it a leading candidate for anyone looking to refinance an existing home loan.

While the Honda Civic Hybrid doesn't have the same high profile as the Toyota Prius, there's no denying that its 40 - mpg city and 45 - mpg highway ratings make it a leading candidate for buyers seeking to save as much fuel as possible.

When I proposed Elinor Ostrom as the leading candidate for a lifetime award to a committee of the American Political Science Association, my two colleagues looked at me dumbfounded.

Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the leading candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, last week attacked the voluntary national history standards in a speech designed to appeal to his party's conservative wing.

John Wick co-director David Leitch was named earlier as the leading candidate for the job however, and Deadline echoes that sentiment.

Ruth is hauling in Daisy Domergue (Leigh, a leading candidate for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar), a foul - mouthed, murderous lout that everyone thinks is crazy.

Despite the «American Hustle» surge, «12 Years a Slave,» along with «Gravity,» remains a leading candidate for the Academy Awards.

The swaggering alpha male of the group is Phil (Bradley Cooper of He's Just Not That into You), a married, too - cool - for - school English teacher who is bored with his middle - class family life and, naturally, is the movie's leading candidate for redemption.

The scientists focused on bismuth vanadate, a thin - film semiconductor that has emerged as a leading candidate for use as a photoanode, the positively charged part of a photoelectric cell that can absorb sunlight to split water.

«I think X-ray optics can greatly enhance our ability to detect axions, a leading candidate for dark matter,» he said.

The Woolly Mammoth has emerged as a leading candidate for this work.

Theorist Dan Hooper of Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, agrees: «Given that GRBs were a leading candidate for the origin of these, this is an important result,» he says.

Much of the work there has focused on the Pompeii worm, which builds a protective polysaccharide tube in the hottest part of the vent, making it a leading candidate for the most heat - tolerant animal on the planet.

So far, our best explanation comes from string theory, the leading candidate for a «theory of everything».

The former Speaker — now a leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination — talked to DISCOVER in 2006 about evolution, stem cells, Washington's two cultures, and why kids should be paid to take science and math.

Enceladus, which Kite calls «an opportunity for the best astrobiology experiment in the solar system,» serves as a leading candidate for extraterrestrial life.

The Manot people are also a leading candidate for the humans that bred with Neanderthals — exploits that have given all of today's non-African humans a sliver of Neanderthal heritage.

Forty years ago he co-founded string theory, which was initially derided but eventually became the leading candidate for a unified theory of nature.

His record has come under increasing scrutiny since he emerged as a leading candidate for speaker.

The leading candidate for a legislative appointment is New York City Public Advocate Tish James, who has been calling lawmakers to gain their support.

Howe said he was a lobbyist in Washington in 2010 when Andrew Cuomo emerged as a leading candidate for governor, and he reoriented his work to New York to take advantage of old ties to Percoco, the campaign manager, and other old pals in the Cuomo circle poised to take high posts.

Paterson bungled the choice of a senator to replace Hillary Clinton, crowning the months - long mess with the late - night trashing of the leading candidate for the seat, Caroline Kennedy, and the last - minute pick of Kirsten Gillibrand.

Mr. Morse has acknowledged that Mr. Primeau — that is, Uncle George — is a leading candidate for the appointed post, at the same salary as Mr. Primeau received as mayor.

«Yet here we are in 2015 and a leading candidate for the GOP nomination for president is calling Mexicans criminals, rapists and drug dealers,» the letter states.

The leading candidate for the appointment is acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood, who would serve for the rest of the year and not run for a full term.

«Westchester is proud to have Secretary Clinton as a leading candidate for president.

At the same time, Mr. Peralta, a leading candidate for Queens borough president, has paid $ 31,000 since the end of 2011 from his separate state Senate account to the New York City law firm Stroock Stroock & Lavan.

Leading candidate for Senate 2018.

State Senator Scott Wagner, leading candidate for Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor in 2018.

So let's take a look at New York City's own paramilitary, quasi-religious and City Council funded neighborhood watch groups, the founder of one of which is currently a leading candidate for City Council.

Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) and a leading candidate for the Met commissioner role, will also appear.

Kevin de Bruyne, a leading candidate for player of the year awards, was left on the bench alongside Gabriel Jesus and City's all - time top goalscorer Sergio Aguero.

Barring injury, a horrid spring training performance, or the arrival of the Unarian Space Brothers, Matt Cain will open 2006 in the Giants rotation, and will be a leading candidate for Rookie of the Year.

It was thought Manchester City would have to battle with Valencia and Atletico Madrid for his services, but Fiorentina have now emerged as the leading candidate for his signature.

Moser is the Rebs» best player, and he showed why he is a leading candidate for Mountain West Player of the Year, finishing with a box - score - filling 19 points, nine rebounds, six steals and four blocks, with only one turnover.

Unbridled did show promise as a baby, winning a stake at Calder Race Course and becoming a leading candidate for the Kentucky Derby off his four - length triumph under jockey Pat Day in the Florida Derby on March 17.

The final hour of the night saw the leading candidate for the EFT Sports Performance 2Big2Fast2Strong2Good Team of the Week play.

THIS WEEK: Ranked 33rd on the money list, Peter Lonard, 35, is the leading candidate for PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.

Entering» 91, Emtman was named to six preseason All - America teams, and was touted as a leading candidate for both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award.

Twenty - eight years later Ed Marinaro can laugh at the campaign launched against him when he was a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy.

As reported by the media, he was a leading candidate for our position.