Sentences with phrase «powerful politicians»

When he was speaker, he said he was well aware that many of his friends would fade away once he was no longer among the state's most powerful politicians.

He claimed too many powerful politicians were «afraid» of the power of newspapers.

The office of the two most powerful politicians in New York are under subpoena.

«It was a sudden and highly politicized end to (Bharara's) seemingly apolitical tenure, which was noted for prosecutions of powerful politicians of both parties,» though he had his critics who accused him both of overreach and, at times, an unwillingness to be forceful enough.

The Director - General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, who is an indigene of the state, said that cultism and cult - related killing thrived in the state because of the backing from powerful politicians.

``... the combination can not fail», the Presidency's fourth most powerful politician said in a room that rippled with applause.

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.

Not every scientist or professor is a public figure, but a scientist who writes celebrity columns for The Huffington Post and The Guardian, and appears in campaign commercials for powerful politicians, and stars in a big - budget James Cameron telly series with Matt Damon and Jessica Alba, and writes a book not about science per se but about an epic global struggle for truth and justice with him as the embattled hero can hardly claim he wants to be left alone with his Bunsen burners.

A lawyer for former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is counting on the U.S. Supreme Court reviewing the case before the once - powerful politician endures a second trial on corruption charges.

Dean Skelos is the latest in a series of powerful politicians whose convictions unraveled because of a recent Supreme Court decision.

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.

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.

Franken, the latest powerful politician or media figure to be alleged of sexual misconduct, is now facing an investigation in the Senate Ethics Committee.

The hectoring of three global giants in the world's largest manufacturing industry by the most powerful politician sent shudders through head offices from Japan to Detroit to Ontario.

■ Powerful politicians — including the governor himself — continue to exploit a loophole in state law that allows corporations to funnel huge donations to them in smaller gifts that disguise the true sources of the money.

In a win for Silver — who was found guilty by a federal jury last year on a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes — Judge Valerie Caproni decided late Thursday that the once powerful politician could remain out of prison on bail while he appeals his conviction.

Howe's testimony provided a tutorial on how an ambitious corporation can target and develop powerful politicians in high places.

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.

Minutes after pleading not guilty to sweeping corruption charges, the once - powerful politician barely dodged another embarrassing fall from grace when he slipped on a mound of ice and barely avoided landing on his butt.

Needless to say, sex scandals involving powerful politicians predate the current movement.

The state's most powerful politicians frequently court the Kiryas Joel leadership with promises of assistance.

Silver has been one of the most consistently powerful politicians in New York state, but he is elected not by voters, but individual members of the Democratic conference.

The case, announced publicly in 2016, is one in a string that federal prosecutors in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Albany have made against powerful politicians.

Silver, 70, is from Manhattan and has been one of the state's most powerful politicians since he was first elected speaker in 1994.

Speakers not only receive less media attention than governors, they also answer to fewer voters than any comparably powerful politician.

The race to represent the 24th Congressional District has been marked largely by negative campaign ads, character attacks and a variety of powerful politicians coming to central New York.

ALBANY — For the second time this year, criminal charges against one of Albany's most powerful politicians appear to involve Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management.

The more powerful the politician, the more slowly they speak and the more pauses they make.

How did this fraternal bond between Boston's most powerful criminal and its most powerful politician play out?

The notorious pair collected over $ 100 million in fees by pretending to approach powerful politicians like President G.W. Bush (Brent Mendenhall) and Speaker of the House Tom DeLay (Spencer Garrett) on their behalf of their gullible clients.

The proposed Classical Charter model is affiliated with the conservative Hillsdale College in Michigan and is being pushed by powerful politicians around the state.

What if powerful politicians and their friends — people like John Howard, Tony Abbott, Gina Rinehart, George Pell, Adam Giles, Andrew Bolt, Julie Bishop, Joe Hockey, or Christopher Pyne had to move far, far away from their family and support networks in order to access dialysis?

It was a sudden and highly politicized end to Mr. Bharara's seemingly apolitical tenure, which was noted for prosecutions of powerful politicians of both parties, like Sheldon Silver, the former Democratic State Assembly speaker, and Dean G. Skelos, the former Republican majority leader of the State Senate.

The gameplay revolves around chatting up your male guests — which range from powerful politicians to famous singers to anime characters — so that they'll purchase overpriced food and drink items from the club's menu.

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.

Though Niagara County's most powerful politician said he no longer harbors «passion» for the job and wants to spend more time with his family, his departure exactly coincides with a widening probe that sources say stems from the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan.

The result was that short - distance hauls could be nearly as expensive as long - distance hauls, which greatly upset many people, including powerful politicians and other societal leaders.

For powerful politicians and the big businesses they court, getting around New York's campaign donation limits is easy.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A lawyer for former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is counting on the U.S. Supreme Court reviewing the case before the once - powerful politician endures a second trial on corruption charges.

Dean Skelos is the latest in a series of powerful politicians whose convictions unraveled because of a recent Supreme...

Unfortunately, as a thorn in the side of the U.S. government in terms of the antiwar and civil rights movements, he couldn't avoid making enemies of many powerful politicians.

«Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history.

Yet his flight led to the removal and subsequent sentencing to life imprisonment for corruption of Chongqing's leader, Bo Xilai, formerly one of China's most powerful politicians.

Silver, who for years was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, was «blinded by greed,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in opening statements.

Critics accuse Vucic, who remains the country's most powerful politician, of being a populist authoritarian who has clamped down on media freedom.

If successful, Lammy would become one of the most powerful politicians in the country, with a # 17 billion budget and a huge international platform.

He decides to build cases against two of the three most powerful politicians in Albany — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.