Sentences with phrase «prominent role he took»

She appeared in films like Wild and Obvious Child and did a multi-season arc on Girls, but the most prominent role she took in the past few decades has been on Transparent for the past three years.

The new Sir Menzies - known as Ming - recovered from a serious brush with cancer to resume the prominent role he took in challenging the legal basis for the war and the «dodgy dossiers» regarding WMD.

Not exact matches

Despite the rejections, Trump boosted his legal defense team with a little - know lawyer named Andrew Ekonomou, who will take on a more prominent role in communicating with Mueller's office following the resignation of former lead defense attorney John Dowd.

The latest behind - the - scenes maneuvering over control of the Redstone empire is striking, given that in recent years Shari had taken on a more prominent role at the companies, and often attended management meetings at the company's headquarters in New York.

Such efforts have become more prominent under Xi as the Chinese president vows to take on a leadership role in global affairs from trade to climate change to cyberspace governance.

He added BCH to Bitcoin.com and over time BCH has taken a more prominent role on the site.

It has not taken long for Dolan's role as spokesman for the Catholic Church on the national stage to draw him into a prominent debate that was occasioned by a controversial action of President Obama regardingthe definition of marriage.

And the Hindu ethos of religious pluralism will take on a more prominent role in nurturing not only tolerance, but respect for and between the world's religions.

Food safety technology is taking a more prominent role in kitchens and food processing facilities now.

There was a clear desire not to get involved in foreign entanglements in Syria, to take a less prominent role in Libya, and to keep warfare airborne or rely on special forces.

Prominent humanists have taken a significant role in the International Day of UN Peacekeepers Remembrance Ceremony, which commemorates UN peacekeepers who have been killed in the line of duty.

Andrew Ekonomou, a former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history, is reportedly expected to take on a prominent role on Trump's legal team.

Nick Clegg himself clearly couldn't take a prominent role in the proceedings while at the same time being less popular than a lovechild of John Major and Gordon Brown.

Glass has been taking a prominent role in Labour's campaign for a Remain vote in the EU referendum.

But Gillibrand's poll numbers have remained fairly anemic, even as she has raised her profile by taking prominent roles in everything from DOMA to the Zadroga Act.

Already the scapegoating of immigrants has taken a prominent role in the Labour leadership contest.

Cuomo's probe also must resolve what if any role prominent Democrat Steve Rattner, an Obama administration official, took in the scandal.

At a Dec. 10, 2015, news conference marking the investigation's fifth anniversary, Police Commissioner Tim Sini said police had formally asked the FBI to «take a more active and prominent role» in the investigation, Newsday reported.

He made the case his work managing cash flows was sure to help him take a prominent role in righting the county's finances.

A source familiar with the remarks said Cuomo will likely discuss measures designed to curtail donations to independent expenditure committees, which have taken an increasingly prominent role not just in federal elections, but state - level contests, especially in the New York Senate.

Ms Glass has been taking a prominent role in Labour's campaign for a Remain vote in the EU referendum.

She's ascended the House leadership ladder, taking a prominent role as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's recruitment chairwoman last cycle.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown is taking on a prominent role within the state delegation at the DNC after he was name chair of the state committee.

The truth is that Cuomo was always going to take a more prominent role in Gotham after Michael Bloomberg left City Hall.

The committee will also be talking about the role of genetics in the courtroom — a trend that may be declining, even as neuroscience takes a more prominent role in criminal cases.

Since he took over in 2008, he also worked to give KNAW a more dynamic and prominent role in Dutch scientific and policy debates.

In the run - up to Jokowi's election last fall, the environment and climate change seemed to hang in the background, although many hoped they would take a more prominent role (ClimateWire, July 21, 2014).

That role — taking up the Soviet proposal for a European security conference, suggesting that the United States and Canada be invited, offering Helsinki as the site — followed a long... The most prominent, dating from the 19th centuiy, is the...

The encouraging, protective, all - powerful role of momager is becoming ever more prominent in the most glamorous celebrity families, and Carmen Milian is no exception to the population of fabulous moms taking over the entertainment industry.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Bullock, who has the most prominent role, blows away memories of Miss Congeniality and various other lightweight roles she has taken over the years with a fearlessly intense performance.

In a spectacular sweep, Matteo Garrone's riveting Mafia opus «Gomorrah» took home five awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematographer and Best Actor for Toni Servillo, who won jointly for «Gomorrah» and his more prominent role in «Il Divo.»

But Keaton's Robinson, part of the Boston establishment, takes an increasingly prominent role in «Spotlight.»

The programme sees Irish female filmmakers take a prominent role, but it is not limited to indigenous filmmakers, or even women for that matter.

Charles Martinet, the voice of both Mario and Luigi, narrated the last view Runner titles, but this time he's taking an even more prominent role in the latest game.

Karina has written and directed films, taken on prominent stage roles (including in plays directed by Jacques Rivette and Ingmar Bergman), had a successful singing career, and written four novels, but, of course, she is cited most often as Jean - Luc Godard's New Wave muse and first wife.

With the «have - nots» represented through Tyler, Nora Clark (Jenna Dewan, of 2006's superior dance film, Take the Lead) assumes a role as the most prominent of the «haves.»

After taking a prominent role in the full length trailer reveal earlier today of FURIOUS 7, we now bring you another action packed trailer featuring everyone's favourite hard - man cockney.

And the star recently spoke candidly with Radio Times about her character, as she explained how proud she was to be taking on this momentous role: «I'm the first woman of colour to have a prominent role in the Star Wars legacy.»

In the last feature, the case itself — of a drug being distributed at the high school — took on a more prominent role with Dave Franco serving as the laid - back drug - dealer.

Teachers should take a prominent role as enablers.

Over the past 20 years, both charter schools and prekindergarten have taken on increasingly prominent roles in the schooling of America's children.

Over the past 20 years, both charter schools and pre-kindergarten education have taken on increasingly prominent roles in the schooling of America's children.

The fact the federal government should hold states accountable for the subsidies they are given under No Child — part of the whatever government is doing it should do well that is an oft - forgotten tenet of modern conservatism — also forces it to take a more - prominent role in education policymaking.

For instance, would anyone be shocked if he took a prominent role in education leadership?

Her students play a prominent role in taking charge of their learning.

But since the 1960s, successful efforts by teachers» unions to pass state laws forcing districts to bargain with them, along with school funding lawsuits and property tax reforms such as California's Proposition 13, have led to states taking a more prominent role in all aspects of education.

Indeed, recent opinion polls suggest that if teachers were to take more prominent roles in advocating for their profession, large portions of the American public would be inclined to support them.

Jessica takes a prominent role in the series The Pulse, which is available as part of the Marvel Unlimited subscription service but not on comiXology (except for issue # 10, which is a tie - in to the House of M event).

Google plans to use the event to take a more prominent role as a phone maker, all round consumer gadget brand, while taking greater control of Android.