Not exact matches
As allegations continue to rain down on powerful media moguls (like the recently - convicted comedian Bill Cosby), as well as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstrea
As allegations continue to rain down on
powerful media moguls (like the recently - convicted comedian Bill Cosby),
as well as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstrea
as well
as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstrea
as high - profile
politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstream.
You are making it needlessly hard, or are perhaps just plain too stupid to understand such a simple fact
as: there's no point debunking myths that virtually no one and no one at all with any real clout believes in anyway, but MUCH point in debunking myths that large numbers of people, including
powerful politicians, believe should be the guiding principles for the country's entire political culture and laws.
Absolutely, it does make sense to at least 6 billion people on earth including but not limited to professionals and the elite such
as Doctors, Scientists, Juries, Judges, Magistrates,
Politicians, even by the person who holds the highest position of the most
powerful country of the world.
Many of these career - minded
politicians, determined to stick with their man
as a way of rising through the ranks rapidly, have been frustrated by Miliband's disinterest in creating a
powerful faction.
Admittedly, the old Right has its reliable and
powerful stalwarts in
politicians such
as Peter Lilley, John Redwood and David Davis.
As a result these films can be more
powerful than any number of biographies or academic books in shaping how we view
politicians and their lives.
Meanwhile Justice Moro — so far largely seen
as an impartial individual heading up a serious and comprehensive operation exposing corruption practices of mainstream
politicians and
powerful business figures — had made a critical move when he decided to make public the contents of a series of tapped phone calls intercepted by the police while investigating Lula.
NEW YORK (AP) A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career
as one of the most
powerful politicians in state government.
Mr. Skelos is hardly the first
powerful politician to make the pilgrimage to Brooklyn's kosher soup kitchens, but he is the most notable Republican to do so in recent years, demonstrating a new reality that a swath of heavily Democratic Brooklyn and Queens is ready to vote for candidates who belong to the same party
as Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
Prosecutors say the 74 - year - old Silver earned $ 4 million illegally in fees for his work on behalf of a cancer researcher and real estate developers who stood to benefit from his clout
as one of the three most
powerful politicians in New York state government.
For the record, while the politically
powerful Nehru - Gandhi family has shown that concession was not a bad venture
as some may think, the incommodious confusion of political party action with family matters by some particularly petty
politicians, in my view, runs against the grain of human values.
One of the state's most
powerful politicians badgered companies reliant upon his legislative support to funnel more than $ 300,000 to his son, a prosecutor told a jury at the start of a corruption trial Tuesday
as defense lawyers countered that she was trying to criminalize a typical father - son relationship.
Brady is the most
powerful politician on the list,
as his role
as chair of the 1922 Committee makes him the keeper of any letters of no confidence in the prime minister from Conservative MPs.
A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career
as one of the most
powerful politicians in state government.
In a nutshell, prosecutors outlined complicated schemes in which both
politicians used their
powerful roles
as ATMs.
New York, NY (AP / WBEN)- A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career
as one of the most
powerful politicians in state government.
Silver, 74, is on trial for the second time in three years on charges that he sold his office
as one of the three most
powerful politicians in the state — along with the Senate majority leader and governor — in exchange for $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks.
It soon becomes apparent that the two crimes might not be
as unconnected
as McAffrey first thought, leading him, his editor Cameron Lynne (Helen Mirren), and junior journalist Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) into a political - corporate cover - up that concerns
politicians at the highest party level,
powerful corporate interests, and an array of ex-soldiers,
politicians» spouses and spin doctors, including Jason Bateman's public relations executive.
Dinkins, prior to his ascension
as mayor, belonged to Harlem's «Gang of Four» — a
powerful political force with colleagues Rep. Charles Rangel, one - time state Sen. Basil Paterson and
politician / businessman Percy Sutton.
Sheldon Silver, who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of the state's most
powerful and feared
politicians as speaker of the New York Assembly, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison in a case that came to symbolize Albany's culture of graft.
A rift
as big
as Wall Street is dividing the two most
powerful politicians in New York — Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer.
A rift
as big
as Wall Street is dividing the two most
powerful politicians in New York — Sen. Chuck Schumer and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
«You sent a message,
as one of the three most
powerful politicians in New York State, that you were, in some sense, corrupt,» Wood told Skelos before sentencing him.
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who bent state government to his will for more than 20 years
as one of New York's most
powerful and canny
politicians, was arrested Thursday on charges of taking nearly $ 4 million in payoffs and kickbacks.
Prosecutors described him
as a corrupt, all -
powerful politician, while the defense painted him
as a man who served the public interest and also earned a private salary.
NEW YORK — A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career
as one of the most
powerful politicians in state government.
Bharara has said he never broke ethics rules while talking about Silver, who is charged with pocketing more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks while serving
as one of the most
powerful politicians in the state.
Until Sheldon Silver's arrest and subsequent resignation
as speaker of the New York Assembly, he was considered one of the state's most
powerful politicians, controlling how billions of dollars of state funds were doled out.
The press conference, held in the shadows of a federal courthouse where one of New York's most
powerful politicians is being tried on corruption charges, came
as other recent developments also shine a bright light on the state's insufficient handling of ethics and corruption.
NEW YORK (AP)- A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career
as one of the most
powerful politicians in state government.
He said, «He is a grassroots
politician, he has worked with most three
powerful politicians in South West,
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ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most
powerful New York
politicians over the past two decades, will vacate his post by Monday, said Democrats, who last night appointed a Rochester legislator
as an interim replacement until Feb. 10.
News that Gillibrand, the state's most
powerful female
politician, was offering an endorsement came just
as three prominent women's groups — NOW - NYC, Planned Parenthood New York and NARAL Pro-Choice New York — also backed Stringer.
He follows the likes of Denis Thatcher, Norma Major, Cherie Blair, Sarah Brown and Samantha Cameron
as the other half of the most
powerful politician in the country.
Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, exploited his position
as one of the most
powerful politicians in the state to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal authorities said on Thursday
as they announced his arrest on a sweeping series of corruption charges.
More than 100 years later, attorneys for another
powerful Manhattan
politician, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, argued that his client's reaping millions of dollars in legal fees from entities with matters before state government was simply business
as usual in Albany.
Gore's message still resonates, but for every
powerful moment or example of incontestable scientific fact there's also one where the point of all this gets diluted
as it focuses on the former
politician - turned - activist and not the story he is eager to tell.
When it's «The Adjustment Bureau,» an adaptation of the hard - to - describe Philip K. Dick short story about a
politician (Damon) whose love for a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) faces stiff opposition from a mysterious and
powerful group known
as — you guessed it — the Adjustment Bureau.
Suburra marks the platform's first - ever Italian original series, and the first season will feature a seaside town outside Rome
as it becomes a hotspot for gambling and a war zone for the mafia, a
powerful family, and skeezy
politicians, among others.
Transporter 3 (PG - 13 for violence, intense action, sexuality and drug use) High - octane adventure with Jason Statham returning
as the gruff, two - fisted chauffeur for a mission where he falls in love with the kidnapped daughter (Natalya Rudakova) of a
powerful Ukrainian
politician (Jeroen Krabbe) while driving her from Marseilles to Odessa through a gauntlet of mob goons.
With
powerful art and pulsing words, this inspiring picture - book biography honors Martin Luther King Jr.
as preacher and
politician.
As wild rumors spread, a
powerful anti-jacker
politician capitalizes on mindreaders»... Read More
I mean I can do a lot more
as president
as HSUS than I can
as a
politician or an agency person because you know we are a
powerful group: a $ 130 - million - a-year organization with 10 million members.
The train sweeps one way and the next, wild deer grazing beside the tracks that follow a route dictated by
politicians and
powerful landowners
as much
as by civil engineers.
Featuring portraits of subjects ranging from civil rights icon Malcolm X to staunch segregationist George Wallace,
as well
as powerful politicians, ordinary citizens, young idealists and elderly pacifists, the photographs question how Americans understand race relations, their own identities and the identities and civil rights of others.
Past recipients of the J. Paul Getty Medal have included Harold Williams and Nancy Englander, who were honored for their leadership in creating today's Getty; Lord Jacob Rothschild, for his leadership in the preservation of built cultural heritage; Frank Gehry, for transforming the built landscape with buildings such
as the Walt Disney Concert Hall; Yo - Yo Ma, for his efforts to further understanding of the world's diverse cultures; Ellsworth Kelly, for paintings and sculptures of the highest quality and originality; Anselm Kiefer, painter and sculptor noted for his
powerful work and complex subject matter; and Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer,
politician, journalist, college professor and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature.
This colorful table accessory references the Isabella d'Este plate in Chicago's The Dinner Party, an exhibition commemorating the famed scholar and
politician as well
as other
powerful women in history.
I believe that everyone working
as individuals to change their own lives added up will be far more
powerful than any one
politician or actor can accomplish.
It is a
powerful convergence of interests among a very large number of elites, including
politicians who want to make it seem
as though they're saving the world, environmentalists who want to raise money and get control over very large issues like our entire energy policy, media, for sensationalism, Universities and professors for grants... It is a kind of nasty combination of extreme political ideology and a religious cult all rolled into one, and it's taken over way too much of our thought process and way too much of our priorities.
Often described
as Europe's most
powerful politician, Merkel's top priority is job creation and economic growth.