Sentences with phrase «manned the role of»

This belief gives men the role of authority over the wife and children, and only allows men to be church leaders.

In addition, he has manned the role of lead artist for The Collective, DreamWorks Interactive, EA, and Disney Interactive.

Not exact matches

One plaintiff, on - air personality Kelly Wright, who's black, said he'd been effectively sidelined and asked to perform the role of a Jim Crow, an insulting slang term to refer to a black man, according to the lawsuit.

Actor Augustin Legrand is taking over the role of «The Most Interesting Man in the World» months after the 77 - year - old American Jonathan Goldsmith bowed out of the role he played for nearly a decade in TV commercials and other promotional spots for the Heineken - owned beer brand.

Vulture, or Adrian Toomes, played by a very well - cast Michael Keaton — who probably got this role for appearing as another man with wings in «Birdman» — is one of the rare villains in the MCU that has a personal vendetta against the superheroes who doesn't feel like a desperate tie - in.

Called a «meaningful correction to Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In» by many critics, Unfinished Business is Slaughter's way of compassionately yet astutely offering a framework for how women (and men) can rethink traditional gender roles.

Ohanian has unwittingly become a role model for exhausted founders, he says; after he took leave, many of the men he mentors said they now feel they have «permission» to do the same.

«A really huge number of women said their primary mentor in their career was a man, but most of their role models were women,» says Grossblatt.

Legere has recast the role of CEO, becoming a one - man disruption band, almost Trump - like in his use of Twitter to attack his opponents.

Tom Holland has been waiting his whole life to play Spider - Man, so when he landed the role of Peter Parker he couldn't wait to try on the suit.

While the actress» role as Betty Draper in «Mad Men» proved she was more than capable of turning in a villainous performance, her take on Frost showed she just wasn't the right choice for the part.

It's not hard to see where Sam Raimi went wrong casting him in the role of Venom opposite Tobey Maguire's Spider - Man in the third and final installment of the original trilogy.

In light of the #MeToo movement, Buffett says men have a great role to play in making sure women advance in their careers, in business and the economy.

We talked to a number of men about the role as well, but Michelle's particular blend of software experience and her approach to building a sales team made her a hand - in - glove fit for Testlio.

Two decades after the bloodshed that tore apart communist Yugoslavia, the men convicted for their destructive roles are increasingly present in public life, especially in Serbia, where many of them remain popular.

And Britain's equalities minister recently touted Christina Hendricks, the curvy star of Mad Men, as a healthy role model for young women.

A very famous entrepreneur once told me that she left her great executive role because, simply, «one woman standing in a room full of old white men wasn't going to do very much.»

As the actor who redefined what it means to be The Man in Hollywood with films like «Pulp Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role, making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.

Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton have both considered or been considered for the role of Ray Kroc, the man who built McDonald's into a fast - food empire, according to Variety.

Instead, it takes the role of right - hand man, playing host to my to - do list and email and all that sort of thing.

At only 39, Mayer's a young CEO in an industry dominated by men — and she's become somewhat of a geek - is - chic role model for countless millennials.

Since women still account for such a small fraction of senior leadership, lack of access to role models and «inappropriate image» are still cited as common career derailment factors for women, but not for men.

Most of all, men in power need to be good role models.

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

A life - long fan of Spider - Man, Tom Holland has been prepping for this role all his life and he absolutely nailed it in his first outing as the new webslinger.

While women continue to be the primary caregivers of families — caring for children, the elderly and, in the case of illness, for in - laws and spouses — the number of men in caregiving roles is also on the rise.

Two men pleaded guilty in New Jersey on Thursday to playing roles in a wide - ranging hacking and spamming scheme that targeted personal information of 60 million people including Comcast customers, prosecutors said.

With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

Having long since grabbed the mantle of national economic powerhouse from Ontario — that the oil province accounted for the entirety of Canada's net job creation over the past 12 months being just the latest piece of evidence on that score — Alberta needs to take over Ontario's Big Man leadership role as well.

The book explores the role of gender in the tech industry — at startups and venture capital firms — and the interaction between men and women in the two.

Given the still - typical gender roles than men and women play, this doesn't come as much of a surprise.

In the Bentley University survey, 37 percent of the men responding to the survey agreed that male managers and executives can play a more active role in mentoring and developing women to better succeed in the business world.

As you'd expect, men outnumber women on the list, but the 17 - to - 13 margin points to an increase in the number and quality of women pursuing leadership roles in business.

Men hold 75 % of Google's leadership roles, and white people hold 68 % of those roles.

Stillerman headed up programming at AMC since 2008, taking on the role early in the TV runs of shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, two popular and critically acclaimed series that helped transform AMC from a channel running movies to a destination for premier television.

Another way to circumvent confirmation bias is to engage an advisor or mentor to be a no - man (the antidote to a yes - man) whose role is to argue the opposite of what the entrepreneur thinks or believes and to actively look for, and expose, the downside of everything the entrepreneur wishes to do.

But there's increasing evidence that at least some of the pay differential between men and women in the workplace — and especially that between moms and dads — is the result of preconceptions about the traditional roles of the sexes.

Musk has already said that it's essential for the roof design to be beautiful, and the designs he touted were that, although it was odd to see a man who has revolutionized the automobile and, in his role as CEO of SpaceX, outlined a plan to colonize Mars slip into futuristic general - contractor mode.

«Haircuts» doesn't even begin to do justice to the role that the man and his barbershop play in this community of 24,000.

Her story is inspirational for both men and women — but how helpful is it really to hold Sandberg or her C - suite counterparts up as role models for the majority of working moms?

These contracts are not only lucrative but historic, as Boeing and SpaceX will play a pivotal role in the future of manned space travel, by establishing what will essentially be a taxi service to and from low - Earth orbit and eliminating America's reliance on Russian Soyuz rockets.

That puts the Sony Pictures film on pace to swing to a $ 120 million opening, short of the record - breaking $ 151 million debut of 2007's Spider - Man 3 but according to Variety topping even the sunniest expectations for the film, which stars 21 - year - old actor Tom Holland in the title role.

Men fill almost 85 percent of tech - specific leadership roles.

Speaking about the role of gender equity specifically, Coles said, «Men should want this as much as women.

If the trend in female breadwinner families reflects changes in attitudes about the roles of men and women, we might expect a strong regional pattern, as some areas of Canada might embrace attitude changes more quickly than others.

The gains, for both men and women, are in part a result of the expansion of the CFO role to include far more responsibility and visibility.

Episode VII may have left some questions as to Luke Skywalker's role in the reshaping of the galaxy, but the man behind the robe, Mark Hamill, left no ambiguity about how he feels about gender roles at Comic Con.

Kang makes transitioning into the role of working parent sound easy, but for many men, it isn't.

Ault said his role at the head of the team that had killed five men left him feeling «lower than the most despicable person».

He resumed his role in 2012's «The Avengers,» turning Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the team against each other while he plotted to destroy Earth.