Sentences with phrase «of mavericks who»

It seems to me that it is easier than if you try to factor in all of the mavericks who don't work within the confines or the definition of a school of thought, like pattern and decoration.

He and McFadden had joined a small group of mavericks who dared to link biology and quantum physics.

He has a reputation for being something of a maverick who is quite happy to defy the Tory whips in parliament.

Stephen Farber talks with director Philip Kaufman and ponders the career of a maverick who's finally making it big.

McCain in his concession speech showed some sign of his old self --- and you could certainly use the help of a maverick who has shown the ability to move away from some aspects of Neo-con nonsense.

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These are a few takes on the presidential race from billionaire investor, Shark Tank host, and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who spoke on Tuesday with Rita Cosby of WABC radio.

Ussery has been accused of making sexually suggestive remarks to women, who have called the Mavericks» workplace «misogynistic» and likened it to Animal House.

Breakthrough companies discover different leverage points — like outside advice or strong boards or maverick employees who lead them into new lines of business.

Cuban, who is also the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, has been a vocal critic of President Trump.

In an analysis penned by Andrew Warford, who is chairman of Maverick's stock committee, the fund set out its thesis for why the smartphone market has hit a «tipping point.»

The week will also feature speakers such as Walter Isaacson, the former managing editor of Time magazine who's now the Aspen Institute's CEO; Jim Coulter, founding partner of TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group); General Wesley Clark, and tech entrepreneur extraordinaire Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks.

The organization refused to address these concerns, and I believe these misleading claims about me are part of an attempt to shift blame for the failure to remove employees who created an uncomfortable and hostile work environment within the Mavericks organization.»

There are some good names on the list including: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo in 1999), venture capitalist Adam Dell, two Hollywood heavyweights (former Universal chairman and CEO Frank Biondi and New Lines Cinemas co-chairman and CEO Robert Shaye) and, of course, none other that Carl Icahn himself.

He is a turnaround architect of the highest order, a maverick marketer who delivers scalable campaigns, embraces traditional modes of customer engagement, and possesses a remarkable cachet of mentorship, corporate governance, and brand building.

They had worked out many strategies for dealing with the large number of religious groups who wanted to broadcast their messages, and with the religious mavericks whose fire - and - brim - stone preaching could be dangerously libellous.

In my opinion all religious figures whom we worship today as God / Son of God / Holy messenger / Incarnation etc were just very wise, maverick and rebels of their age who challenged the entrenched corrupt social practices of their time.

Out of the stresses of that Great time came the separating Baptists who dominate American Protestantism today and provided the tradition in which Goen is himself a maverick.

The participants in this poll were those who chose to take part over a span of eight years in a seminar sponsored, not by one of the major scholarly societies such as the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas or the Society of Biblical Literature, but by Funk's maverick entrepreneurial venture, the Westar Institute, located in Sonoma, California.

Crowder, who was buried on the Mavericks» bench just a couple of years ago, has become a premier defender and well - rounded player with Boston.

On the other side, the Lakers have lost two straight and have struggled to replace the bench production of Lamar Odom — who was traded to the Mavericks prior to the season.

A number of major restricted free agents remain unsigned including Eric Bledsoe and Greg Monroe — not to mention Chandler Parsons and Gordon Heyward who have signed offer sheets from the Dallas Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets, respectively.

Not everyone on the Mavericks had a great game offensively, but Barea got a lot of help from Monta Ellis, who scored 31 points on 13 - of - 21 shooting, and Al - Farouq Aminu, who put up 16 points and 12 rebounds while often guarding James Harden.

A half - dozen female former Mavericks or American Airlines Center employees contacted by SI claim that they left the sports sector because of a work environment and structure that left them feeling vulnerable and devalued while protecting — and continuing to employ — powerful men who misbehaved.

The organization refused to address these concerns, and I believe these misleading claims about me are part of an attempt to shift blame for the failure to remove employees who created an uncomfortable and hostile work environment within the Mavericks organization.»

Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a months - long SPORTS ILLUSTRATED investigation, paint a picture of a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior: alleged public fondling by the team president; outright domestic assault by a high - profile member of the Mavs.com staff; unsupportive or even intimidating responses from superiors who heard complaints of inappropriate behavior from their employees; even an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk.

While Kidd has been more than serviceable for the Mavs as his career wanes, Williams is a franchise - type player who would quickly put the Mavericks back in the conversation of title contenders.

The Mavericks ended up beating the Heat, 86 - 83, rewarding anybody who took a couple of minutes to shop for the best line with a win, while most others got the game at -3 and pushed.

It's interesting to note that following the trade of Rondo, Dirk Nowitzki, who took a huge hometown discount to re-sign with the Mavericks this past off - season, is now the lowest paid starter on the Mavericks.

When the arena closed again on March 27, preventing fans from attending another Kings» home game against the Mavericks, impeded fans were less forgiving this time, and footage captured confrontations between ticket holders and protesters who attempted to remind a city of what a basketball game can make one forget.

It was only a year ago, though, that James said he got «secret motivation» from people who doubted him, and it was in 2011 during his NBA Finals loss to the Dallas Mavericks that he indeed took note of media criticism and publicly thanked them for their words.

With Jorge Lorenzo off to Ducati, Maverick Vinales (who has the coolest name in motorsport) off to Yamaha and Andrea Iannone heading to Suzuki it has every chance of doing just that.

Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle — who is a member of the league's competition committee — also gave a thoughtful statement about the issue.

So we're left with Deron Williams, one of the best point guards in the league and a player who has reportedly already knocked his options down to two: the Brooklyn Nets and the Dallas Mavericks.

Based on these valuations there are four teams who don't have a single player capable of moving the spread: the Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, and Denver Nuggets.

The maverick centre - back, who can also play in midfield, has swapped the riches of Chelsea for the even greater wealth of Qatari - backed PSG.

While Shelvey's talent is not under question, his temperament certainly is, but West Ham fans have seen their manager get the best out of a maverick talent in the form of Marko Arnautovic, who seemed like the flop signing of the summer under Slaven Bilic, but has emerged a new player since the arrival of the Scotsman.

The maverick pictured in the programme during his playing days, with bleached - blond hair and a moustache, was replaced by a more upright figure who stood on the edge of his technical area throughout.

In order to do that they would have to beat the Dallas Mavericks who have been looking towards the lottery ever since the beginning of December.

In the Senate, the Republican whose voting record was least likely to match up with Skelos was Sen. Greg Ball, a Putnam County lawmaker who is considered something of a maverick within the Legislature.

The maverick Flynn didn't hold back, proclaiming that the House should regret losing, «a civilised and vintage popular secretary, the member for Rushcliffe, who demonstrated that he had working brain, who understood the benefits of remedial justice.

Since his recent betrayal of the Democratic Party left him alone in the woods, everyone is wondering who will rise to the occasion and primary «maverick» state Sen. Tony Avella?

Meanwhile, the idea of a new Act of Union to replace the 1707 original has been floated in the past by Dennis Canavan, the then maverick Labour MP who later became chair of Yes Scotland for the 2014 independence referendum; and more recently by the likes of former Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell and former Labour Welsh Secretary Peter Hain.

The impudence of a service personnel who breaks all protocols within the chains and channel of communication and command to attempt to getting the attention of the president by pouring inciteful sentiments on social media, with a delusional and myopic perception that he is a known maverick and avowed outspoken officer in uniform; such a joke

Second in the vote tally was Douglas Beaty, a maverick member of the board who has criticized a number of the board's projects or actions, particularly the airport runway extension, the sale of Westmount nursing home, and the county's co-generation contract.

In was their view that Sinema, with her fundraising strength and middle - of - the - road persona, might just have posed the biggest threat in the tough race to beat McCain, a moderate, self - proclaimed «maverick» who scores well with the state's independent - minded voters.

To recap: we now have a party led by a man who never expected to leave the back benches; a shadow chancellor best described as «maverick», with a treasure trove of past quotes already carefully dug up and filed at Tory HQ, providing a handy media drip - feed for the next five years.

Avella, a maverick Democrat who's part of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, said he was «very pleased» when he got tapped in January to head the six - member Ethics Committee.

For a review of a new PBS documentary about the maverick doctor who started the American lobotomy craze, flip over to page 83.

Astronomer Brad Schaefer of Louisiana State University, a maverick who unmasked the scientific inspiration for Sherlock Holmes and calculated the time of Jesus» crucifixion, is stirring things up again.

Abaza is following in the footsteps of Richard Buckminster Fuller, the maverick American architect and futurologist who was born 100 years ago next week.