Sentences with phrase «of public spotlight»

The second reason Stevens's remark to Adam Liptak is important is that it signals that Stevens, who by design has been out of the public spotlight, in retirement might turn his formidable writing skills to a memoir that would inspire and instruct future generations of lawyers and judges as well as presidents and senators who have the duty to nominate and confirm federal judges.

She endured through her death in 1994 as a mysterious shadow in the hot glare of the public spotlight, a celebrity that revealed nothing.

XCOM 2 is another game that may be out of the public spotlight but has a truly loyal following.

To an outsider, you will find it difficult to understand that sitting next to friends and family will be the righteous persons of civic activism — those that lead, those that volunteer, those that opt out of the public spotlight from any sort of recognition while they do God's work here in Queens.

At 60, Giambra «has one more race in him,» the sources said, and he want to may pursue the statewide role he always seemed to covet, though he has been out of the public spotlight for a decade.

They are all women that need to get out of the public spotlight.

For most of his career, he has operated outside of the public spotlight.

I think history's lessons tell us that public scrutiny and competition favors the harsh realities of the public spotlight with its trials and tribulations over the easy of autocracy, control and cloaked decision - making.

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His preference to stay out of Uber's spotlight has spared him from public humiliation amid a year of bad press for the company.

The unwanted public spotlight puts BB&T in a difficult position, despite the millions of dollars it will get from Graham's businesses.

While it's rare to see CEOs here take a public stand (witness the silence of Toronto's business leaders when the Rob Ford scandals unfolded), a growing number of American executives are stepping into the public spotlight, taking stands on issues like religious freedom, gay marriage and gun control.

MONTREAL — Bombardier is implementing one of the deepest job cuts in its history by eliminating 7,000 positions — including more than a third in Canada — though it took pains Wednesday to instead train the public spotlight on a large CSeries plane order with Air Canada.

Going private would let management re-engineer the company out of the spotlight of the public stock markets.

This is why for decades public relations firms have acted on behalf of organizations, pulling them from the holes they dig for themselves and propelling them into the spotlight.

«We have all the disadvantages of being a public company, as far as [the] spotlight, without any of the advantages of being public,» he said when asked why he was in a rush to take Uber public.

Nordstrom had hoped to escape the capriciousness of the public markets — not to mention the glare of the spotlight on its earnings each quarter — and free up the company to make longer - term investments.

We saw a brief period of turmoil regarding Dubai late last year, and more recently the public finances of Greece have been under the spotlight, with some other European countries just in the background.

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

And there was also a lot of silence in response to legitimate questions raised about people who have put themselves in the public spotlight, questions about their behaviors and their qualifications to be seen as «leaders.»

«Jews and Baseball» contains a rare interview with Koufax, who retired at the prime of his career because of pain in his pitching arm and has avoided the public spotlight in the decades since.

But although the controversy helped bring conversations about abortion back into the cultural spotlight, it appears that much of the outrage failed to make a real or lasting impact on public opinion.

Ahead of the UK government's Soft Drinks Industry Levy coming into force next month, Public Health England (PHE) has published new data on the state of the nation's diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status — and sugary drinks are in the spotlight again.

That's been due in large part to the work of new offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, back in the coaching spotlight after a very public battle with alcoholism

The timing of this, and the public spotlight on it, highlights the stupidity of Conor's actions, but endangering a pregnant woman is worse, as is beating up a spouse or girlfriend when you're a professional fighter (Mayweather).

Three years later, King Corn captured the nation's attention and shone a spotlight on the political and health — both public and individual — consequences of corn subsidies.

This is likely a case where the government will be happy to allow Manning to drop out of the public limelight rather than keep the whole affair under a spotlight.

The spotlight at the moment is on how members of the public abuse politicians.

Indeed, the tragic death of Jo Cox was a reminder that within Labour's ranks there are many younger MPs who, if thrust into the spotlight, might inspire the party, the public and fellow politicians.

The taxpayer subsidy for Aetna spotlights how, while state and municipal budget constraints have forced cuts to social services and layoffs of public workers, lucrative corporate incentives continue to flow out of public coffers to politically connected companies.

Evidence introduced in the ongoing corruption and bribery trial of former Yonkers Councilwoman Sandy Annabi has cast the spotlight on another public official: state Senator Tom Libous, who, according to witness testimony, pushed a law firm to hire his son — and inflate his starting salary — in exchange for steering government business toward the firm's practice.

Nevertheless, a protracted debate over Scotland's role in the United Kingdom would put a spotlight on the prime minister's Scottish roots at the same time as parliamentarians and the English public become increasingly vocal about the perceived injustice of the West Lothian question.

After sifting through thousands of pages of documents, Charlotte Keith of Investigative Post has placed a spotlight on how the public has been footing the bill for a wide array of expenses.

And they joined forces on a nonprofit watchdog group that is putting the spotlight on how public money is spent in the Mercers» home state of New York.

This grown - up point of view is hugely weakened when politicians themselves thrust their family life into the public spotlight.

Balter, 41, of Syracuse, has jumped into the public spotlight this year as an organizer for the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a local coalition of grassroots groups that formed after Donald Trump won the presidential election.

Take Your Child to the Library Day was developed to spotlight libraries as vital community resources that enrich, enlighten and entertain — and to encourage adults and families to introduce children of all ages to their warm and friendly local public libraries, where everyone is always welcome to discover, learn and grow.

The incident puts the issue of gun control back in the public spotlight.

Clegg the outsider seizes his moment in the TV spotlight The Guardian - Patrick WintourLiberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg appeared to win the most public support in the historic televised party leaders» debate last night after he pitched for change from the two old parties with their combined record of failure.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has shone a spotlight on «double - dipping,» saying that the practice of government employees collecting salaries and public pensions at the same time is helping drive the state's retirement costs dangerously high.

Some call the sudden, negative spotlight on Minkel part of a «political vendetta» because Minkel declined to hire Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon, I - Hamburg, as the authority's new head of public affairs after the retirement of longtime spokesman C. Douglas Hartmayer.

After making his anti-ground-zero-mosque stance the centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign, Rick Lazio has seen his campaign «attract a burst of public attention,» grabbing some of the spotlight cast on front - runner Andrew Cuomo.

When writer Rebecca Skloot's 2010 best - seller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks brought her story into the public spotlight, it spurred an outcry.

The indictment of 13 Russians in the operation of a «troll farm» that spread false information related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election has renewed the spotlight on the power of «fake news» to influence public opinion.

As the corps considers public comment on the new permit, Pew is spotlighting living shorelines across the country, said Laura Lightbody, program director for the foundation's efforts aimed at reducing the impact of weather - related catastrophes, such as floods and hurricanes, on the U.S. economy, communities and environment.

But it was NEON's bungling of such issues that put the project in the public spotlight and invited the type of congressional scrutiny that led to the current legislation.

Last year's historic close flyby of Pluto by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft put the outer Solar System firmly back in the spotlight, providing both scientists and the general public with ground - breaking and revolutionary discoveries about the far - off little world in the outer reaches of the Sun's planetary family.

These including interviews (Trendstalks), discussion of issues at the interface of biochemistry and the general public (Science and Society), discussion of issues pertaining to the scientific community or the advancement of science (Scientific Life), highlights of exciting recent developments in the literature (Spotlights) and single - point hypotheses (Forums).

About the same time as John Beard's early work, Madam Curie's (1867 - 1934) work treating cancer with radiation took the spotlight, and captured the imagination of the media and the public.

I will work on that this week, but in the meantime I wanted to do another Denver restaurant spotlight post featuring a new favorite of mine, Public School 303.

It wasn't my first choice, but since every other label I thought about reviewing were quite boring (LFW, step up your game), I decided to go for a designer that is less known to the public, but deserving of the spotlight.