Sentences with phrase «of his political career in»

An examination of his political career in Oklahoma reveals that many of the pitfalls he has encountered in Washington have echoes in his past.

This was the beginning of my political career in Chicago.»

Not exact matches

But Sandberg is also still adjusting to life as a single parent after the passing of her husband, Dave Goldberg, and, at 46, she has time to gain political experience in a more junior capacity before possibly building a political career.

Throughout her life in the political spotlight, Bush was deliberate about picking causes to publicly champion, letting her opinions be known — without generating the type of controversy that might overshadow the career objectives of her husband.

The district director, Ron Bew, has an unusual pedigree: a long career in commercial banking and then a political appointment at SBA headquarters as head of the Capital Access division.

Some members of the conservative foreign - policy community in Washington argue that the Colombia ambassadorship should become a political appointment, not one in which only career foreign service officers are considered.

Titled «Talking Points Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo advised Trump not to choose a career diplomat to lead the embassy in Bogota.

It was evident in his business career, on television, his political rise, and eventually, in the beginnings of his once - unthinkable presidency.

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 room.

Let no one be in any doubt: the responsibility for the breakdown of Germany's coalition talks lies with Angela Merkel, and her failure has brought the end of her political career much closer.

Clinton, who pushed boundaries as First Lady of Arkansas and then of the U.S., launched her own political career in 2000, becoming a twice - elected Senator of New York and then Secretary of State under President Obama, whose legacy she had promised to build on as president.

The rebuff comes weeks after Zuck revealed plans to visit and meet people in 30 states — a move many believed was the start of the entrepreneur's political career.

The Midwestern state that launched the political careers of Presidents Lincoln and Obama isn't as well known for its leadership in electric grid technology.

That was the first time I'd ever felt any kind of political pressure in my career, but it wouldn't be the last.

For a «backroom boy» who is supposed to avoid the press, Patrick Kinsella's name has turned up in a remarkable number of headlines during his 30 - year career as a political insider.

But the business approach she has taken to her porn career is similar to the one he has taken in his real - estate and political enterprises, and although the asymmetry of their respective powers — the aging sex worker and the president of the United States — might seem insurmountable, in many respects they are equally matched.

A possible political career for Sandberg has been mentioned a lot before, too — especially since she has been a Washington wonk before (she worked as chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers in the last Clinton administration before moving to Silicon Valley to work at Google).

... Because such career concerns — enhancement of political reputations or subsequent employment opportunities — do not provide a commensurate benefit to private fund managers, we do not find them engaging in investor activism.

But now, in the aftermath of the FBI raid on the offices and residences of his most prominent personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen — he of the $ 130,000 pre-election payment to the porn star — the same techniques that Trump's lawyers have employed for decades to smooth his business path are the very things that threaten to blow holes in his still - young political career.

Newsmakers Greece Following political party Syriza's triumph in the recent Greek elections, Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, faces the most critical match of his career.

Hundreds of app developers requested, and in some cases required, access to information in Facebook users» profiles, tapping into mountains of information about Facebook users and their friends, including hometowns, education, careers, birthdays, photos, relationship statuses and religious and political leanings.

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, a career Republican pollster, has continued as a principal Trump spokesperson even after being accused of violating the Hatch Act for partisan political activities last year in the Senate race in Alabama.

Newt in his poltical career was the king of using tax - payer subsidized donations for his personal and political purposes.

Putin is sixty - four years old and has spent his political career with Russia in the shadow of the United States.

Inappropriate and unacceptable began their modern careers in the 1980s as part of the jargon of political correctness.

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.

«Abbie Hoffman and other relics of the 60s spent the latter part of their careers, and incidentally made a good deal of money in the process, berating college students for their lack of political commitment.

Asked on the call how his faith had shaped his success as a businessman and his political career, the presidential candidate spoke about «a conviction that life is eternal, that your family is your greatest prize, that ultimately what we accomplish in life is of little significance compared to the interests of the savior Jesus Christ and his purposes.»

In A Married Man (1979), the barrister (trial lawyer) John Strickland, after reading Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich, feels that his life is becalmed and embarks upon both a love affair and a political career.

Donald T. Critchlow's impressively researched Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism, a narrative of Schlafly's political career, explains that it was this unyielding quality of hers — her resolute refusal to cultivate the intellectual and cultural elites of either coast, even the conservative intellectual and cultural elites who were her natural ideological allies — that provided the astonishing power that she managed to wield in American politics for more than three decades.

In 2005 I wrote a review for First Things of St. Louis University professor Donald T. Critchlow's fine study of Schlafly's political career, Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism.

Many of us work jobs and careers in which we can not make political statements during work time but that does not prohibit us from voicing our opinions outside of our work duties.

The bigger issue with his «Christianities» stem from the church he claimed to have attended for long is an imposter (what many call a church of hate), his conversion coincides with the start of his political career, he's never given any account of why he converted to Christianity (people who do convert invariably have very specific reasons), and in one of his books he vows that he will stand with Islam.

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.

HF: I came into the University of Notre Dame as a rather clueless freshman, tentatively saying I would major in political science or english, unaware that theology was even a plausible option as a major, vocation, or career.

The economic and political structures of a nation are hard - won achievements of responsible citizens who have fashioned their careers in relation to these structures.

My father considered himself an «irenic» minister, but managed to split 2 churches at the end of his career — conservative «theologically» and liberal in social and political concerns.

Smith's political statements are typically riddled with contradictions, although early in her career she gave up the obligatory denunciation of commercialism that defined punk subculture.

The Catholic archbishop of Sydney has warned religious people will face discrimination suits and even lose their jobs, businesses and political careers if same - sex marriage is legalised in the country.

A general sense of unease — social, political and especially spiritual — was found everywhere in Germany, and found expression in Luther's periodic depressions in spite of his career advancements and popularity as a preacher.

What is the particular relevance of Pope Benedict XVI's first «Apostolic exhortation», Sacramentum Caritatis --(issued on March 13 as the concluding act of the Synod of Bishops held in Rome in October of 2005)-- to the political career of Ruth Kelly, since May 2006 Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government?

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.

Blessed with that sublime defense and saddled with the political nightmare of a legendary quarterback in the twilight of his career, the Broncos made winning ugly a habit on the way to their fifth straight AFC West title.

Ironically, Rice's political career as Secretary of State in the Bush Administration is why some people don't believe she should be on the committee.

Liverpool and Belgium goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has a degree in Political Science, specialising in 20th Century Socialism, however the former Sunderland keeper, who completed his studies in 2013, says he has no intention of entering the political arena once his playing careerPolitical Science, specialising in 20th Century Socialism, however the former Sunderland keeper, who completed his studies in 2013, says he has no intention of entering the political arena once his playing careerpolitical arena once his playing career is over.

Samantha began her career in the political arena, working for elected officials throughout the state of California.

Yvette Cooper is rebuilding her political career in the serious role of chairing the Home Affairs select committee while constantly being asked about her husband Ed Balls» embarrassing dad dancing on Strictly Come Dancing!

The Governor described Mama Akande as a great mother, loyal wife and, above all, one of the last bastions of progressive women in the region, who diligently served the people, the party and his husband till her last moment on the surface of the earth, noting that Mama Akande was a great pillar behind Chief Bisi Akande through thick and thin during the elder statesman's political career.

If we vote to stay in the EU the careers of Boris and his fellow outers will be pushed into the political long grass until the PM stands down in 2018 or 2019.

In that case Cameron made possibly the shrewdest political move of his entire career and, if rumours are to be believed, scared Gordon Brown out of calling an Autumn election.