Sentences with phrase «majority gave him to»

What happens though, when he uses the authority the majority gave him to push something down the throat of that majority?

Those two choices are enough to make this DVD far more appealing than the majority given to past Disney Channel Original Movies.

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By replacing the directors — who presumably would side with Dauman — Redstone and his daughter Shari, who serves as Viacom's vice-chair, have given themselves a solid majority of the company's 11 - member board, aimed at withstanding even a challenge to Redstone's mental capacity.

MONTREAL, April 25 - Airbus SE and Bombardier aim to close a deal giving the European planemaker a majority stake in the Canadian company's CSeries jetliner program by the end of May, ahead of an initial timetable, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week.

It still needs to pass a vote in parliament later in the day, although that is assured given the AK Party's majority.

(The majority of Macron's speech was given in French, though he switched over to English at the end to better communicate with global audiences.)

However, given the fragmentation of the Dutch political scene, the party's leader, Geert Wilders, in unlikely to get a majority.

The decision to ban people from seven - Muslim majority countries to enter the United States will give further arguments to extremist groups, such as the Islamic State, and will not guarantee national secutiry.

Going beyond the mandate of the Giving Pledge (which requires «a majority» of wealth to be earmarked for charity), Buffett is giving all his wealth to charity, including through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and foundations organized by Buffett's chiGiving Pledge (which requires «a majority» of wealth to be earmarked for charity), Buffett is giving all his wealth to charity, including through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and foundations organized by Buffett's chigiving all his wealth to charity, including through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and foundations organized by Buffett's children.

Another thing that'll turn off an investor is to see that the entrepreneur has sold off the majority of his business before they've even had their first VC round (we all know that VCs are the ones we're supposed to give up our control to!).

Again, Facebook makes the majority of its revenue from collecting user data to sell targeted ads, a nugget that may give companies pause before deciding to share sensitive documents on the platform.

In the first two years, «Obama and the Democratic majorities bent over backwards to develop the Mitt Romney version of national health care and also to give a third of the stimulus package to tax cuts,» Jillson says.

While you're going to get a certain percentage of people asking you to remind them how you know them before they let you into their network, the majority of your email contacts who use LinkedIn will give you the green light.

Why not give them a single option to choose from since the majority click the first item anyway?

For the majority of Airbnb hosts, having guests stay at their property offers a secondary and sporadic revenue stream that gives them extra money to help cover their bills or improve their lifestyle.

While everyone goes into it wanting to achieve greatness, most just simply aren't prepared to give up a majority chunk of his or her social and personal life.

Brinkema referred to interviews the president gave before he was a candidate and after he won the election, saying Christians from majority - Muslim countries would be given priority entry into the US and declaring that there was «a Muslim problem» in the US.

The vast majority of those lucky enough to be at the secret screening have heaped loads of praise on the actors, the director and the whole movie itself giving rise to predictions of a large Oscar presence come awards season.

But both the committee and the government are under pressure to resolve the issue sooner with a free vote in the legislature which, given the governing Liberals» slim majority, would likely doom the tax.

The strategy is intended to produce a bipartisan majority vote for Mr. Brennan in the Senate Intelligence Committee without giving its members seven additional legal opinions on targeted killing sought by senators and while protecting what the White House views as the confidentiality of the Justice Department's legal advice to the president.

In order to build a collaborative process, you must give multiple team members the ability to create and edit content — preferably, the majority or all of your marketing department.

He declined to give more details but said buying a majority stake was unlikely as it was too «sensitive» for the U.S. government.

The foundation is part of the Giving Pledge, a commitment by the world's wealthiest people to dedicate the majority of their wealth through philanthropy.

«I am publicly committing the majority of my personal wealth — along with everything else I can do — to help refugees and help bring an end to this humanitarian crisis,» Ulukaya wrote in his letter when he signed the giving pledge.

Despite the hype around a few incredible dropout success stories, the vast majority of startup founders complete college, and a whole host of tech scene veterans (with the notable exception of Peter Thiel) say that, given the huge uncertainty inherent in the startup game, it's generally wise for aspiring founders to finish their degrees.

As a co-creator of the Giving Pledge with Warren Buffett, Gates has committed to giving a majority of his wealth to chGiving Pledge with Warren Buffett, Gates has committed to giving a majority of his wealth to chgiving a majority of his wealth to charity.

COPENHAGEN, Oct 2 - Debt - laden Danish shipping group Torm A / S has struck a long - awaited deal with its banks that will see them take a majority stake in the firm in exchange for extending $ 1.8 billion of debt and giving it access to fresh funds.

Despite their anxiety about the recession, the vast majority of entrepreneurs would launch their businesses again given the chance, according to a survey recently released by PayCycle.

«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required measures, the risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.

Given that this is the issue on which the parties essentially differentiate themselves from each other, it's likely to be a hot one, regardless of the compromises from both sides Warren Buffett and a majority of Americans are seeking.

Because the founders currently hold majority - voting rights, the plan does not require that shareholders give their consent to the dilution of their future voting power.

Writing in the majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia explained, «California has singled out the purveyors of video games for disfavored treatment — at least when compared to booksellers, cartoonists and movie producers — and has given no persuasive reason why.»

In these systems, seats are not allocated on a proportional basis; rather, they are given to candidates who win a majority in single - member districts.

«But you have to build a following from scratch, and the majority of people who went on it gave it like an hour and said, «This is stupid,» and they quit.»

Given this generation now makes up the largest portion of the U.S. labor force, they also compose the majority of the top talent you're trying to attract.

Mitt Romney is considered the most likely to win the Republican presidential nomination (59 % of respondents gave him the nod) but the majority of respondents, 63 %, predict President Barack Obama will hold on to the White House.

The majority of the meals were given away to friends and family.

Given the shift in the economy from asset - based businesses to service - based businesses, the majority of small business transactions now originate from such goodwill financing.

Election rules give the center - left a solid majority in the lower house, despite its slim advantage in terms of votes, but without the Senate it will not be able to pass legislation.

He's taken the Giving Pledge, committing to donate the majority of his wealth to charity.

Sandberg signed The Giving Pledge back in 2014, the commitment by the world's hyper - wealthy to «dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy» over their lifetime.

They comprise the vast majority of his $ 75 billion fortune even after he has given away $ 28.5 billion through last July, according to Forbes.com.

A majority of content marketers never take the time to fact - check their posts — and many don't think it's even feasible given their strict time and budget limitations.

«So why did the opposition parties foolishly believe that the best way to restore those values is to give Stephen Harper an excellent chance to win a four - year majority?»

Quicken's heavy focus on using web - based tools to simplify mortgage originations appears to work for a large majority of people who give it a try.

majority - women - owned businesses (51 % +) are given fair and equal access to corporate and public sector procurement opportunities locally, nationally and internationally

And a new Forum Research poll taken since Saturday's election call gives the Conservatives 41 per cent, Liberals 24 per cent and NDP 19 per cent — suggesting a seat count in which the Tories win 19 new seats for a majority with 162 seats, the Liberals lose 17 to 61, the Bloc rises by seven to 51 and the NDP drops two to 24.

The vast majority of these prizes have been given to Chicago School economists who are in effect shills for the financial sector.

While traditional long - term «buy and hold» investing enables investors to firmly capture solid gains in uptrending markets, the problem is they frequently give back a substantial, or even majority, of their gains when the inevitable corrections come.

Mike and Lori Milken have joined with Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates in The Giving Pledge, which commits them to give the majority of their assets to philanthropic causes during their lifetimes.