Sentences with phrase «leading candidates for»

He has now become one of the leading candidates for president of the US after initially being written off as a political joke.

The company is rumored to be adding a new batch of cryptocurrencies this year, with Ripple XRP among the leading candidates for inclusion.

He castigated the leading candidates for not making climate change a central component of their agenda.Discussing his green initiatives for the city, he again reiterated his call for a carbon tax and boasted of the efforts underway to convert the city's taxi fleet to hybrid vehicles and to plant 1 million trees.

«We have shown that one of the leading candidates for geoengineering could cause a new unintended side - effect over a large part of the planet,» said Dr Andrew Charlton - Perez, one of the co-authors of the paper.

Since the two leading candidates for president have largely defined the political discourse this election cycle, Silva's environmental agenda has struggled to sway the dialouge.

Maintaining the momentum, and not forgetting where we started out, we rejoined with our Divest London friends at the beginning of 2016 with a sea - shanty / flooding themed event at City Hall, and celebrated a short while later when all four leading candidates for Mayor of London committed to work to phase out London - wide fossil fuel investments.

I suspect the mixed GHG proportion is somewhere between 20 % and 60 %, with internal climate modes and solar variation the leading candidates for the rest.

The six leading candidates for California governor, from top left: Republican Travis Allen, Democrat John Chiang, Republican John Cox, Democrats Delaine Eastin, Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa

The six leading candidates for governor of California squared off at a debate Tuesday night in San Jose, where the race's Democrats endorsed universal preschool.

Other extinct species are leading candidates for revival.

Genes from this family have become leading candidates for other forms of MODY as well as common late - onset NIDDM.

Researchers with LUX are looking for WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles, which are among the leading candidates for dark matter.

However, we have recently realized that the two leading candidates for the ultimate theory — supergravity and string theory — are just part of a larger structure known as M - theory.

Two years ago the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline purchased Sirtris for $ 720 million, and by August of last year The New York Times was speculating that compounds capable of activating sirtuin genes were now the leading candidates for what the newspaper called «the ultimate free lunch... a drug that tricks the body into thinking it is on [a calorie - restricted] diet.»

The leading candidates for triggers have been solar ultraviolet rays, lightning in thunderstorms, and superhot impact plumes from meteorites.

The seven leading candidates for City Council speaker clustered at a forum in Brooklyn earlier this evening, where they spent much of the time boasting about their their left - leaning credentials.

The three leading candidates for NYC mayor faced off at Manhattan's Symphony Space last night during a debate that at times felt more like a wrestling match or a street fight than a moderated discussion.

Four leading candidates for New York City, who already are using technology to reach out to voters, recently outlined their technology policy priorities in interview sessions hosted by the New York Tech Meetup * at ThoughtWorks headquarters in late July, emphasizing the importance of education, accessibility, transparency, infrastructure, partnerships with the technology community and affordability.

UPPER MANHATTAN — On their last full day of campaigning, the leading candidates for the 13th Congressional District seat tried to convince voters in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx that experience was the factor they should use to decide who they want to be their representative.

That leaves three leading candidates for the job of leader.

The dichotomy between the two leading candidates for album of the year was dramatically underlined by their performances.

So it is odd to hear someone as canny and careful as David Greenfield break the façade and reference the Speaker's race on the public record, 19 months ahead of time, with the two leading candidates for the job (Johnson and Ferreras - Copeland) sitting right there.

RT @TerryReintke: The @europeangreens are going to have TWO leading candidates for the European elections in 2019.

The two men remain leading candidates for mayor of Spring Valley in spite of their problems.

Leading candidates for the Republican Party's nomination to take on Gaughran in the fall are Brookhaven Supervisor Edward P. Romaine, Suffolk County Legislator John Kennedy Jr., New York State Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick and Brookhaven Receiver of Taxes Lou Marcoccia.

The idea, not surprisingly, did not sit well with some of the leading candidates for mayor.

The party holds a town meeting biennially in November where the leading candidates for local offices are nominated.

Brian Glanville assesses the respective qualities of the two leading candidates for the England vacancy.

With the Bears now in search of a new play caller, let's take a look at the leading candidates for the position.

He averages nearly 17 points, nearly four assists, and just more than four rebounds per game for Oklahoma City, and is one of the leading candidates for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year Award.

Three leading candidates for the Kentucky Derby were defeated.

First baseman Paul Goldschmidt is one of the leading candidates for MVP, hitting.307 /.413 /.583 with 36 home runs, and he has been joined by midseason trade acquisition J.D. Martinez to form arguably the best 1 - 2 punch in the National League.

As a policy - focused, but non-partisan, organization The Vancouver Board of Trade has worked to positively engage both of the leading candidates for mayor and council, noted Black.

The company is rumored to be adding a new batch of cryptocurrencies this year, with Ripple XRP among the leading candidates for inclusion.

Uber's board met this weekend to review its three leading candidates for the job, which has been vacant since Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick was pressured to resign in June.

With promises of more transparent government, better - trained police and improved public schools, four of the leading candidates for Baltimore County executive made their pitch to voters at a forum Saturday in Woodlawn.

But not only is he the leading candidate for the Republican nomination, and therefore someone the media has to cover, he is such a ratings win that most news outlets can't help but run as many stories about him as possible.

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

He wrote, thought and especially spoke as a cultured Roman; he was a teacher of rhetoric and a leading candidate for high Roman honors in that role.

Under new supermarkets mananaging director Brad Banducci - who is considered a leading candidate for the role of CEO - Woolworths has put in place a raft of new sales and customer measures to give it more visibility and better analyse the factors behind same - store sales growth.

That, in Benson's view, at least, is why he's having his best season and has emerged as a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy as the fifth - ranked Longhorns enter their annual showdown with No. 2 Oklahoma on Saturday in Dallas.

The sense of loss was especially acute for Todd, who is a leading candidate for Player of the Year.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.