Sentences with phrase «minute speaking role»

BOSTON — Fernando Ferrer is no longer in office, but his landing of a last - minute speaking role at the convention with the help of a Kerry campaign aide has angered...

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For example, I learned that I generate more meetings per minute cold calling than attending networking events, unless I had an active speaking role.

During his fifteen minutes on the podium, Paterson spoke cheerfully of his adventures fighting for gay marriage in Albany: «We thought it was very important to pass a marriage - equality act in the Assembly,» he said, «so I left my role as acting president of the Senate because there was nothing going on over there that was interesting.»

Question topics included the recent rollout of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

De Blasio spoke in measured tones for nearly 30 minutes about what he said was Cuomo's role in defeating his agenda in Albany.

The film foregrounds the weak actors, while the actors with potential were relegated to speaking roles with ten minutes of screen - time each (tops).

This opening shower pretty well sums up the entire thrust of the Megan character, whom Sean and Nick eventually help; the only other requirements for the role are screaming, crying, and passing out, without ever speaking a word (that is, not until there are only 15 minutes left to go).

The lessons lead to students preparing a 1 minute presentation on their role model for a speaking assessment they completed the following week.

Speaking ahead of the conference, Mr Hobby said: «Testing has a role to play in the assessment of children, but the poorly designed tests and last - minute changes we have seen this year do not add value to teaching.