Sentences with phrase «leading roles»

These activities are instead part of a much larger narrative in which cultural pride and historical grudges play leading roles.

The leading roles were played by «Ciccio» Cordova and Fabio Capello, who many years later would become Roma coach.

Three of those 15 also have leading roles in the development of Sochi.

He has published seminal works on blood pressure management through his role in the BPLTTC and played leading roles in a series of trials that define the clinical management of patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

During his tenure with Bacardi, he has held leading roles within various emerging markets including Regional President of Asia, Middle East & Africa (AMEA), Managing Director of India, Managing Director for Thailand and the Philippines, and Managing Director of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

During his tenure with the company, he held leading roles within various emerging markets including managing director of India, managing director for Thailand and Philippines, and managing director of southern Asia and south eastern Asia.

Gov. Bill Ritter, Agriculture Commissioner John Stulp, and Colorado State University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Dr. Bernard Rollin played crucial and leading roles in the negotiations.

From reporting in The Texas Observer and The Texas Monthly, I learned about the Dominionist supporters of Rick Perry, including a number of evangelists to whom Perry gave leading roles in his huge public prayer service, called the Response, early this month.

Also the oppositions to a dualistic separation of mind and body or «mane and nature are comparable in the two movements.10 Process theology and feminist theology today overlap in a healthy way, and there is every indication that feminists will play leading roles in the further development of process theology.

Other technologies like autonomous vehicles, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, nanotechnology, and the internet of things will all surely play leading roles in shaping this new era as well.

Known as «Mr. Wall Street,» Mr. Weinberg began a tradition of Goldman executives taking leading roles in public service that is continuing under President - elect Donald J. Trump.

Musk — who already plays leading roles in the SpaceX rocket venture, the Tesla electric car company and the SolarCity solar - energy company — unveiled what he has called the «alpha» version of the Hyperloop plan in a blog post on Monday.

Companies as a whole are becoming digital, and HR needs to take a leading role in this digitization.

More than a decade later, she's taking a lead role in introducing her fellow Canadians to that Valley culture.

Until men take a leading role tackling the bias, we're going to continue to face it.»

«As the hottest year in history comes to a close, the success of the global fossil fuel divestment movement is undeniable,» said May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, the grassroots climate organisation that has played a leading role in the campaign.

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

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«For me, it's either we set the terms now and take the lead role, or 20 years down the line, we're the poor cousins who accept any deal thrown our way.»

She took a much - criticized, leading role in opening the doors to refugees escaping war in Syria.

While Mason has been strumming away, Groupon has been banking on Lefkofsky to play the lead role in an epic comeback story.

But even Apple, which has played a leading role in the watch's wardrobe displacement, clearly sees the merits of a wearable clock.

The movie is led by great performances by Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough («The Girlfriend Experience»), and newcomer Sasha Lane in the lead role.

BlackBerry wants to push beyond communications into mobile computing, and eventually play a leading role in the «Internet of Things,» the term for a predicted revolution in which many ordinary objects will be given computing power.

The wounds from her most recent leading role were fresh: As the GOP nominee for California governor, the billionaire had spent 2 1/2 years campaigning and $ 110 million from her own pocket, only to lose decisively to Jerry Brown in 2010.

Noto has played a leading role in directing the company's product vision, especially in shaping the platform's future around live video streaming.

Ms. Lowe played a leading role in the agency's rate - rigging cases.

Performance by an actress in a leading role Amy Adams in «American Hustle» Cate Blanchett in «Blue Jasmine» * WINNER Sandra Bullock in «Gravity» Judi Dench in «Philomena» Meryl Streep in «August: Osage County»

Just be sure to instruct them ahead of time that they are there for support, not a leading role.

She played the lead role in managing Europe's debt crisis, keeping the EU intact while setting even Greece on the road to recovery.

A panel of Canadian CEOs recently expressed their views on financial literacy in a poll conducted by COMPAS Inc., and 51 % said schools should play the lead role in building the country's foundation of knowledge.

History says America will eventually alter, lose or retire from the lead role it plays on the world stage.

Forbes reported late Tuesday that Thiel, an early backer of Facebook and a co-founder of PayPal, had played a lead role in financing the litigation.

Yet the anti-export sentiment is especially problematic, some economic experts argue, because exports have played a leading role in the economic recovery.

Having been the 20th employee of Google and its first female engineer, Mayer could have assumed a leading role at just about any internet company.

After gaining widespread plaudits for his leading role in the IMF's management of Europe's debt troubles, speculation about the political future of the former French finance minister has risen to a low boil in recent months.

He says nfrastructure is able to steal top talent by offering them a lead role with major impact on the bottom line.

Russell Simmons may not have invented rap music, but he did play a leading role in its astonishing success.

One is Katrina Jones of Accenture, who recently took a lead role at the firm in global inclusion and diversity that has her working on initiatives in the U.S., the U.K., and South Africa.

It's an odyssey that led actor Leonardo DiCaprio to obtain the film rights to Bushnell's life for a possible movie starring DiCaprio in the lead role.

If the federal government really wants to take a leading role in fostering a more innovative national economy, then it should abandon its Ottawa - centric attitude and turn its attention to policies that have been shown, time and again and across multiple geographies, to encourage productivity.

In the past, the companies have played a leading role in supporting the rules.

He was hired from Credit Suisse, where he was head of global internet investment banking and was perhaps best known for his leading role on the initial public offering of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group in 2014, the largest share sale ever.

Despite Khan's having worked for Credit Suisse, Snap did not choose that firm for a lead role.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

It was nominated for 11 other Oscars, winning Best Director and Best Cinematography, in addition to Best Actor in a Leading Role.

After Trump pulled the United States out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership agreement last year, Japan took a leading role in pushing for a replacement pact.

His department has a leading role in implementing — and selling — the government's economic recovery plan.

But arguably the most anticipated bit of casting is Joe Pesci, who has only had two credits to his name this century: A cameo in De Niro's 2006 CIA drama «The Good Shepherd» and a lead role in Taylor Hackford's 2010 flop «Love Ranch.»

While the lead role had been played by Jeremy Jordan during Finding Neverland's sold - out tryout run this summer at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., that actor's name was conspicuously absent from discussion of the show's move to Broadway in the spring.