Sentences with phrase «local figures»

Reviews by a well - known local figure who can be even - handed and reliable.

When the owner tells an important local figure about it, a disastrous chain of events is set in place.

It was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, who was a prominent local figure in the Industrial Revolution and was long known for its textile mills and factories.

Blake has shown work by such local figures as Mary Corse, Larry Bell, John McCracken, and Helen Pashgian.

It was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, who was a prominent local figure in the Industrial Revolution and was long known for its textile mills and factories.

Beyond the appointment of Korek as executive director, Frieze LA is collaborating with other local figures.

In April 2010, Trump had just fired Rod Blagojevich on the third run of The Celebrity Apprentice when Paladino, himself a developer and larger - than - life local figure, declared his candidacy for governor.

And of course, most congregations take it as unanimous in the New Testament that Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born (contra Matthew), there was at Jesus» baptism a public announcement from heaven as to his divinity (contra Mark and Luke), Jesus was rejected in his home town because he was a familiar local figure (contra Luke), Peter was the foremost apostle (contra John), and Judas hanged himself (contra Luke, in Acts)

Michael Kane, the head of Western New York Regional Off - Track Betting Corp., is being touted for a spot on the revamped NYRA Board that supervises thoroughbred tracks across the state, according to local figures connected to the industry.

Not only were local figures involved, he said, but national Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Joseph Crowley of Queens were unsuccessfully involved in attempting to persuade Hochul to run against Collins.

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Huge foundation gifts meant to jump - start reform can fail if the funders have attached themselves to enthusiasts who ignore politics, move too quickly and dramatically, and run everything into the ground — or if local figures declare a bold reform and push it at great speed, but do not have the stature or political skill to sustain it.

They have Ami Mpungwe, a well - respected local figure, on board.

A foundational figure in Chilean poetry and conceptual art, Zurita is best known for his poetry interventions, and installations reference bodies that are absent yet omnipresent, often drawing on local figures and conditions of the early years of the Pinochet dictatorship.

From early donations of art by several leading local figures, including industrialist Sidney Cartwright and Horsman, whose contributions to Wolverhampton are marked by a fountain next to the gallery, in St Peter's gardens, the collection quickly grew in size and reputation.

Beside the Big Apple titans — Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg — LA painters such as Ed Ruscha, Robert Irwin and John Altoon remained essentially local figures.

Containing ISIS while locals figure out how to handle them seems like a better approach, and it would mean less bombing than we're doing now.

NetQuote's easy online service can help Bradenton locals figure out what their rates will be when they need to look into updating or adding to a policy.

a description of the party's connection, if any, to their local Indigenous community e.g. relationships with key local figures, use of Indigenous agencies and services, participation in local cultural events, etc..

For example, I give each home its own dedicated Web site, which prevents it from getting lost in the high number of listings on the market today when it can take an average of 120 days (substitute local figure) to sell the average home.»

The News lists 25 local figures as the top leaders of our community.

The proponents of the PR fad have not addressed some essential questions: won't PR favourize electoral lists full of central party functionaries at the expense of local figures?

Over the years, Wirth became friendly with Los Angeles installation artists such as McCarthy and Jason Rhoades, through whom he met other local figures: painters Jackson and Raymond Pettibon, twin sisters Rachel and Toba Khedoori, as well as Allan Kaprow, the man who helped pioneer performance art in the 1950s.

The company credits its success with its «understanding» of Turkish culture and focuses many of its campaigns around prominent local figures and musical hits.

Hence, local figures can grow to large proportions in Chicago while rarely casting long shadows nationally.

In fact, old - timers insist that when the first skier came galumphing over the Passo Sella in 1894 and looked down into Val Gardena, the locals all figured that the Devil had come to pay a call.

Members in seats like Pendle may well be concerned that they will have foisted on them a displaced sitting MP with no local connection rather than a local figure who has spent the previous few years campaigning in the area.

The national picture, however, is not reflected in the local figures.

Tensions rise after Sonny Boy (Michael Griffin as an adult) meets the local manic pixie dream girl, Rose (Alexandra Powers), and feels the stirrings of a different kind of love — and as the locals figure out that Sonny Boy has been killing and eating the townspeople.

However, regional and local figures are not fully represented and ministers may argue that the overall figures are being managed but drilling down area by area tells a different story.

It's reasonable to suppose that Indian demand is reflected in the local figures, transferring wealth across Indian borders is both difficult and expensive.

The inaugural Xi'an - Denpasar direct flight landed at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport Tuesday morning and its passengers were treated to a special welcoming ceremony, featuring a traditional Balinese dance, a presentation of garlands, complimentary souvenirs and photo - ops with the airline's senior officials and local figures.

This radio show features guests who are insiders in the travel industry, as well as local figures and journalists.

Included were various groups of sketches, watercolours on wood and oil paintings of everything from intimate portraits of family members and scenes of the Red Army engaged in historic battles, to sites along the route of the Long March, which took place in the mid-1930s, and local figures and landscapes in Tibet.

He remained a local figure, however, known primarily for his printmaking, until Peter Selz, at the time the new curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, included him in the exhibition «New Figures of Man» in 1959.

The main draw, however, is a local figure: Theaster Gates, who's set to open a community arts center in an old bank on Chicago's south side.

Choose any of these modestly sized cities and make your mark as you become a local figure in a healthy and loving community.

Incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town, Lowell was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution.