Sentences with phrase «local figures as»

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

The contemporary New York art world has a backstory, rarely consulted, that begins in the optimistic 1920s and moves on to the bleak 1930s, a decade of Depression and institutional indifference to such local figures as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.

Not exact matches

Instead of setting up costly field offices, iBwave's management figured the firm could expand more quickly and without a lot of regulatory headaches by retaining local contractors who would sell as well as help customers implement the company's technology.

We don't know the death toll for the ethnic Uighur insurgency in Xinjiang, where local officials, in the words of one government terrorism expert, «bend figures as much as during the Great Leap Forward,» nor do we know how many people are currently held in «re-education camps.»

The local property market is beginning to show signs of stability as the rental market gains strength, according to the latest Real Estate Institute of Western Australia figures.

Since taking the reins of the group in 2010, he has transformed it from a local branch of al - Qaida into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadi community.

Prizes from business contests run the gamut: A seemingly infinite number of local and business - school competitions offer small - change awards of $ 5,000 to $ 15,000; meanwhile, Rice University doles out six - figure prizes annually, as do accelerators MassChallenge and TechStars.

As an estimated $ 5 billion project employing as many as 50,000 people, the Amazon HQ2 is likely to have a broad impact on the local community in terms of what people pay for real estate, how long it takes them to get to work and what dollar figures they see on their paycheckAs an estimated $ 5 billion project employing as many as 50,000 people, the Amazon HQ2 is likely to have a broad impact on the local community in terms of what people pay for real estate, how long it takes them to get to work and what dollar figures they see on their paycheckas many as 50,000 people, the Amazon HQ2 is likely to have a broad impact on the local community in terms of what people pay for real estate, how long it takes them to get to work and what dollar figures they see on their paycheckas 50,000 people, the Amazon HQ2 is likely to have a broad impact on the local community in terms of what people pay for real estate, how long it takes them to get to work and what dollar figures they see on their paychecks.

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)

With salmon, blueberries, and an assortment of produce figuring heavily in the menu, the recipes also emphasize eating local and seasonal as much as possible and in such a way that is relevant in the Pacific Northwest and the Nordic countries this time of year.

In the 40s he gradually forsook pay diving for treasure hunting, prowling from one wrecksite to another, most of them located on tips from local fishermen who had worked over round rocks but never figured them as the ballasts of old ships.

To simply take the property taxes levied today and add a debt service figure to it, as has been suggested by a local taxpayer watch group, ignores both the issuance over several years, as well as the debt that is scheduled to be retired in the coming few years, on which that tax will no longer be collected.

«We're venturing out into scratch cooking and local ingredients at breakfast, figuring out what we can [use] and what works best, as well as how to overcome some barriers,» said Sandy.

Decked out in a Spurs polo shirt, Edward has emerged as a young man who wants to help his local community and, despite his cheery presence, is clearly a figure of authority already.

That's why an equally impressive array of national figures such as Dr. Henry Kissinger, and local organizations such as the East End's premier Tea Party group, the Suffolk County 9 - 12 Project, have wholeheartedly rejected your candidate and endorsed my candidacy.

Tonight, at the launch of our report at NEF, we will be joined by esteemed figures such as Phillip Blond (Respublica), Jessica Studdert (New Local Government Network), Sarah Ayres (University of Bristol) and Katie Ghosh (Electoral Reform Society).

Women are bearing the brunt of the government's austerity drive in the public sector, according to figures showing that twice as many women as men have lost jobs in local government since 2010.

The party vote share at the local elections was notably higher than the 7.4 % vote share won by their Dublin candidate, Emer Costello, at the European elections, as shown by Figure 2.

Another familiar figure in local politics, district leader Manny De Los Santos, is running for the Assembly seat as a member of the Democratic party.

(The Sinn Fein vote, by contrast, was higher in the European elections than in the local elections in all of these three European constituency areas, as shown by Figure 2).

Some veteran educators, as they reviewed figures on Wednesday, recalled the adage that all politics is local.

Electoral Reform Society releases figure as local elections in England bring mixed results for main parties

As shown in Figure 3, for more than two decades Medicaid spending in New York and nationwide rose at a pace well above the general cost indicator for state and local governments; the near doubling of the price index between 1991 and 2011 was more than matched by the greater than quadrupling of national Medicaid costs and an approximately 350 percent increase in New York's Medicaid expenses.7 (The more rapid growth in other states likely reflected their expansion of eligibility, which New York had already implemented.)

Now, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is demanding answers as she tries to figure out how the local regional economic development council is spending that taxpayer cash.

As a great reforming figure in local government himself, Morrison would recognise the dilemmas his successors face in running local authorities in 2011.

I don't want to overstate how well I know Tessa but what I do know is that how she is regarded as a national figure — an optimist, a can - do operator, a people person — is exactly consistent with how she conducted herself as a local MP.

If these figures were to be repeated at the locals then Labour would pull off a crushing victory... but not quite as crushing as some had previously speculated.

Johnson and other local school administrators have contended that use of such figures is misleading, in part because districts can not count on money not detailed in the itemized, district - by - district lists known as «runs.»

The human rights experts said though some local and national figures, as well as some media representatives had publicly denounced any form of hate speech and incitement, other officials still needed to follow suit.

The LGA will use the figures as a last - minute plea to spare local government from the brunt of the spending review.

Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records involving former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato and other top Long Island political figures as part of a wide - ranging grand jury investigation into the finances of three prominent local foundations that have given out millions of dollars.

Many local Labour figures view the safe seat as a target for their ambitions and had not expected Sir Gerald to stand in 2015.

As the local election results continue to come in, the BBC's Jeremy Vine analyses the figures from the BBC's virtual studio.

Newsday sought to identify as many examples as possible of political figures» family members who are on local public payrolls, primarily in Nassau County and its towns: Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay.

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His comments came as all the 152 upper tier local authorities announced figures and revealed an extra 14,000 troubled families were taking part.

But many local authorities were unable to provide figures on closures as many council staff themselves were on strike.

A glossy «information memorandum» from Shanghai WA Optimum Health Care contains pictures of staff with various local - and central - government figures, including Li Keqiang, the powerful executive vice-premier of the State Council who is tipped to succeed Wen Jiabao as China's next premier.

For the meditation subnetwork (Figure 3b), the genes NOP2 and PPRC1 formed a local network structure, with NOP2 observed as significantly upregulated after meditation.

The concern that figuring out how to sequester CO2 could act as a «license to burn» more coal is important, since dirty coal has such a negative impact on local air quality and human health, in addition to emitting CO2.

I've never suffered cancer myself, but I created the survey along with a local cancer organization in order to provide a few self - help tips to myself as well as many of my friends who were trying to figure out what's really important in life - we were all stuck on the work treadmill and wondering why we were not too happy in our professions and daily pursuits.

Well as it turns out there is a reason I stick to skinny jeans haha... they flatter my figure, boyfriend jeans don't... but not to worry, I was able to return them to my local Target store no problem... no questions asked Now that makes me a happy shopper!

Hopefuls from as far afield as Vancouver, Singapore, New York and Paris flew in to China last weekend to join local girls in the first round of auditions which saw an initial selection of 2,600 successful applicants being assessed on the basis of their weight, figures, education and age.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

It may not be as refined as Disney Infinity (I guess it does help when you have the Disney vault of characters available) but in terms of local and online play, there's something quite enjoyable about seeing your action figures come alive in the virtual world.

Travelling from town to town and family to family, they hit upon their calling as Stephen, the elder brother, figures out a way to give the younger brother Bloom the normal life that he wants, and to turn a profit, making him befriend the local rich kids only to lead them astray in a racket organised with the local dry cleaner.

After failing to find a father figure in local handy - man, William (Billy Crudrup), Dorothea enlists the help of Jamie's friend and crush, Julie (rising starlet Elle Fanning), as well as her second - wave feminist lodger, Abbie (Greta Gerwig), in raising the boy.

The Independent estimates that between 20,000 and 50,000 children are thought at home, but the exact figures are not known as parents are under no obligation to inform their local council.

Local populations as well as the growing number of expats are contributing to this figure and are signing up to international schools across the world.

Viewed as a group, schools managed by our CMOs achieve rates of proficiency on state assessments in reading and math that average about 9 percentage points higher than those of schools in their local districts (see Figure 2).