Sentences with phrase «of his political career by»
Bill de Blasio captured the prize of his political career by framing himself as the antithesis of the billionaire mayor who drastically reshaped New York City during his 12 years in office.
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By the time the final result of the by - election was called, members of Goldsmith's family were in tears and the former Conservative MP could only look down at the floor as the end of his political career was confirmed to the rooBy the time the final result of the by - election was called, members of Goldsmith's family were in tears and the former Conservative MP could only look down at the floor as the end of his political career was confirmed to the rooby - election was called, members of Goldsmith's family were in tears and the former Conservative MP could only look down at the floor as the end of his political career was confirmed to the room.
Apparently his political career is a ministry, of which he says «I've just always been really stunned by how big a pulpit I was going to have».
Once an ardent political activist, Marianne is now in law (a career imposed by her parents), but she is not pleading the cause of the oppressed as she had once dreamed.
Alarmed in 2006 by the hard lines of American political language, Orson Scott Card, an otherwise respected sci - fi novelist, was led to write the dumbest book of his career, Empire.
During his political career, Kuyper worked, not to turn the Netherlands into a godly commonwealth, but more modestly to secure a place in the public square for his Reformed Christian (Gereformeerd) supporters in the face of the secularizing ideologies spawned by the French Revolution.
The former international and first - choice keeper for Sporting Lisbon had enjoyed a successful career before allegations of rape, instigated by the political police of the regime, forced him to flee to Spain.
He told host of Abusua Nkomo Kwame Adinkra, the Vice Presidential Candidate is currently being hailed by his party for peddling all manner of falsehood to win votes for the party but warned that such a conduct could haunt him in the pursuit of his political career.
Giant penis statues, a boules pitch and shaking hands with Sri Lanka: the early political career of the man thrust into the limelight by chance this morning is surprisingly colourful
But perhaps unburdened by the death of Skelos» political career, sources are coming forward to offer more detailed accounts of what exactly happened in those critical years of 2013 and 2014 when campaign finance had one of it's best chances of actually getting approved in both houses.
Reyes noted that «Until a career in the state legislature is seen as a public service, instead of a license to steal, we will continue to be plagued by political corruption.»
During much of his political career, Martins also served as vice president and general counsel at J&A Concrete Corp., a Bohemia - based construction company started by his father.
Former Long Island Congressman Steve Israel has traded in a political career for one as an author — but, the politics have not been discarded completely — especially as the issue of guns in America continues with massive demonstrations led by the teens who survived the shooting at their high school in Parkland, FL in February.
David Miliband, who resigned from parliament in 2013, is based in New York doing important work as the head of the International Rescue Committee, having had his political career destroyed by his brother.
The Rise and Fall of Political Drinking (Gerald Duckworth and Co # 16.99) is mainly about the British experience with examples of careers enhanced and destroyed by booze.
Until the late 1990s, a central fear was of a bar to a political career, either through discrimination by poltiical party selectorates or, as often, a feeling among would - be liberal party activists that the public wouldn't buy it.
A lifelong third - party activist and veteran of Dr. Benjamin Spock's 1972 presidential campaign on the long - forgotten People's Party ticket, the 61 - year - old Hawkins is hoping New York's 125th Street and Lexington Avenue — a familiar spot picked out by Credico — proves to be his lucky corner, just as 116th Street and Lexington Avenue proved to be the late Fiorello H. La Guardia's «Lucky Corner» during his long and colorful political career.
Stone is a veteran operative, known for his gleeful use of dirty tricks and for ending Eliot Spitzer's political career by leaking his patronage of prostitutes to the FBI.
Lane Hudson, the guy who helped bring Foley's political career to an end last Fall by anonymously posting transcripts of some of those...
«That is to say that if the President acted according to law it is inimical to his political career, President Mahama's political career, by the grace of God with the support of the sovereign people of Ghana as president will be terminated on January 6th 20121.»
My research suggests that active core members are incentivised by opportunities (gaining new skills, progressing a political career, or simply taking part) above any consideration of voting rights in internal democracy.
Chatty, accessible and occasionally eye opening, it's a history of the things conventional political memoirs miss out — written by someone who built a career on things conventional politicians missed out,» wrote Hinsliff.
While political showboating is an important part of being Attorney General, it would be refreshing for the job to be briefly held by someone who is more interested in just getting the job done rather than advancing her own career.
«The closure of the Fresh Kills Landfill is, by far, the highlight of my 27 year political career,» Molinari said.
The former Treasury minister's career hit the rocks in 2012 after she was charged with defending a fuel duty u-turn on Newsnight — and she ended up being mauled by Jeremy Paxman in one of the most disastrous political interviews ever seen on TV.
Frankly, it was a shameless display of the very worst tactics of some members of the LGBT activist community and despicable display of political cowardice by career pols who should have been shown the door long ago.
«She wouldn't,» Turner said before attacking Weprin as being «tainted by a long career in politics,» referring to the City Council slush fund scandal and accusing Weprin of taking political contributions from charity.
His remarks revealed considerably more interest in a political career than he expressed on Wednesday, when the father of five told a breakfast meeting sponsored by the Wall Street Journal:
For an intelligent, experienced and talented man in the prime of his political career, the taste of defeat was bitter; all the more so when his forward propulsion was stopped dead in its tracks by his own brother.
The MPs advised separating the political and legal aspects of the roles so that legal advice comes from a career lawyer and the ministerial role is adopted by a Ministry of Justice minister.
Republican NYC mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis» appeal as a child of immigrants is the root of her political career, yet it may be compromised by her conservative voting record and positions on issues that directly affect many of those same people.
The e-mail is also a fundraising appeal that asks supporters to help Rice keep the spot on the air by contributing and warns rather ominously that she will be the subject of attacks in the coming weeks «by career politicians and wealthy political insiders who will stop at nothing to make sure that our state's next lawyer is a politician, rather than a career legal advocate.»
His spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said Prof. Osinbajo joins the family and friends of General Abubakar in celebrating this significant milestone, noting that his life has been marked by a distinguished career in the military and a remarkable role in the political history of our country.
Last year, Faso resurrected his political career by capturing the upstate 19th Congressional District seat — representing all or portions of 10 counties from the Catskills north and east toward Albany — being vacated by Chris Gibson.
Former energy secretary Huhne pleaded guilty last month to perverting the course of justice by passing his points to Pryce in 2003, ending his political career.
The Governor's internal Political tension is now caused by a harsh reality of his own making, «If he doesn't pull away from the «Coalition» concept he suffers all the big political carPolitical tension is now caused by a harsh reality of his own making, «If he doesn't pull away from the «Coalition» concept he suffers all the big political carpolitical career hits.
Until today the fortunes of the party keeps dwindling by the day and it looks as if any other day I look at the party again and I always tell myself I made the right decision, leaving at that time moving to a more formidable party to enhance by political career,» he added.
Mr. Bishop called it the most heated election of his political career «by far.»
He's apologized for mischaracterizing portions of his 21 - year military career, and the Pentagon confirms that the candidate was counseled by the military twice in the last two years for violating rules that bar members of the armed services from partisan political activities.
United States Senator Cory Booker, D - New Jersey, kicked off his political career by living in «some of Newark's roughest neighborhoods.»
Bharara's ouster does seem tailor - made to launch a political career — getting fired by President Donald Trump alone could be a badge of honor for liberal votes, then throw in the fact that his firing might have been a gift to Rupert Murdoch and Fox News — but his sudden super-nova status might not shake up the board all that much.
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has met the deadline to file thousands of petition signatures for his bid to revive his political career by running for New York City comptroller.
Mr. Levy's political career ended abruptly when, under the cloud of an investigation by Mr. Spota's office, he agreed not to seek another term.
I have been honoured by the support I have received from voters in Cardiff North, Brecon & Radnor and throughout Wales during the course of my political career.
By this point in his political career, Bloomberg was an Independent, having made the switch in the middle of his second term as mayor.
It's about a political system dominated by politicians who look and sound the same regardless of party, who go to the same universities and follow the same career path to Westminster, where they implement policies that are fundamentally the same.»
The UFT on Feb. 3 released a television ad accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of putting his political career ahead of children's education by blaming teachers and ignoring the real needs of the city's public schools — smaller classes, afterschool programs and fairer funding.
Dozier, Gilbert, and Seals have protected their careers by educating themselves formally (through graduate school) and informally (staying aware of the political and economic nuances that affect job demand).
The opening quickly prepares the audience for the political unrest about to be exposed: An extended silence is disrupted by the explosive gunshot - like sounds of a typewriter slamming the date on the screen, a heightened sound effect suggestive of the many political careers that would be killed in the wake of the Washington Post's reporting.
After a stellar career in student drama at Oxford, he had joined the BBC, but he was soon also writing film criticism and, in 1956, was one of the founders, along with Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson, of the Free Cinema movement, espousing a cinema free of commercial and political constraints and using a personal style to capture working - class life and popular culture, which had been ignored by traditional British cinema.