Sentences with phrase «public figures on»

Expiring friend requests could also solve a problem for social media stars and other public figures on Facebook.

If you challenge politicians or public figures on climate policy you will hear the answer that it is the view of the majority of scientists.

At the root of this sorry affair is the crucial question of whether Americans are free to lambast public figures on matters of great import.

What does Ellis mean when he says that the public figures on which he focuses in this book were «America's first and, in many respects, its only natural aristocracy» [p. 13]?

«The hateful language... from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country,» said Michelle Obama.

Public figures on Facebook have had access to livestreaming tools since last summer.

I can't think of any public figure on the Left who wouldn't be flattered to share the stage with either man.

She's a public figure on this issue.

In his new book, «The Hockey Stick and The Climate Wars,» Mann traces the arc of his career from his days as a grad student at Yale University to his present status as a battle - hardened researcher and outspoken public figure on the dangers of global climate change.

From a legal perspective, it's slightly more nuanced than you have stated — the issue is not simply whether Steyn has defamed Mann, but whether he either knew what he said was untrue or showed a wilful disregard for the truth (at least on the assumption that Mann counts as a public figure on the subject of climate science in Law).

Passion Capital is also putting a public figure on its own performance: which it says works out as a 3.13 x value multiple (on average) of the first money invested.

Not exact matches

On Wednesday, NBC confirmed that Matt Lauer had been fired from NBC News, adding another yet another public figure to a long list of business and media elites who have been ousted over reports of sexual harassment and other inappropriate conduct.

Hot or Not also plans to display customized Hot Lists, based on how its users vote on profiles of easily recognizable actors, politicians, celebrities, and other public figures, Peter Lauria at BuzzFeed reports.

Public companies often have boards composed of serial entrepreneurs or prominent industry figures who offer their insights, and it was probably this step that prompted Facebook executives to take the direct, head - on approach.

Yet all three disavowed partisan agendas, often welcoming as guests the same public figures — from Bill Clinton to Donald Trump — whom they lampooned on other nights.

By clicking on it, people could previously see posts from Facebook Pages of businesses and public figures that they «hadn't previously followed.»

These outfits have been largely hoisted on their own financial petards and now they can't figure out a way to get their deals out the door and sell their story to the public suckers without the embarrassment of a downward valuation when the underwriters actually start writing the deal book; and (3) They're already a dead dog, living on borrowed time.

There is no figure in public life, with the possible exception of her husband, who has so strong a hold on liberal hearts and minds.

Stephanie Miller (@StephMillerShow), host of the Stephanie Miller Show, was another public figure to increase the traffic of this post early on.

During a televised debate, or a press conference at the Oval Office, or on a trip to visit a fast food restaurant during a campaign, it would be almost inconceivable for a single person to have enough access or clout to be able to make a comment about a public figure — say, calling him a moron — in a way that could be viewed and archived forever.

«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and GoverPublic Policy and Governance.

Consider: the arsenal of effective (and less risky) HIV medicines has ballooned, the stigma associated with the disease has declined (although, as activists note, much work remains to be done on that front), and awareness campaigns centered on HIV / AIDS have gone from what was a fringe movement just 30 years ago to a cause championed by top public figures and companies around the world.

Sesno tells Fortune that «the media are between a rock and a hard place on this» due to the fact that Trump is a fascinating figure who has a lead in the polls that demands the public's attention.

He then became a public figure as the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a leading investor on ABC's hit show «Shark Tank.»

The exact figure remains to be seen, but the price tag on closing the gender wage gap in the public service and federally regulated workplaces, which together employ nearly 1.2 million people, will likely be significant.

Many observers see the multiple billions of dollars that Amazon, Microsoft (msft), and Google have dropped on data center build - outs, and figure that the public cloud battle is over.

Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies and Dun and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory will give you vital intelligence on competitors, such as sales figures and the names of a company's chief officers.

The centre says CEO pay for Canadian public companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange has ballooned by 73 per cent between 1998 and 2012, the latest figures available.

For every Michelle Kwan, who went on to become an author and a public diplomacy ambassador for the United States, there's a Debi Thomas, the former figure skater who declared bankruptcy in 2014 and is grappling with mental health issues.

According to figures that the National Venture Capital Association diligently collects through primary research and publishes on their Web site, last year was somewhat typical in that 1,334 start - ups got funded, but only 13 % as many achieved an IPO (81 last year) or an acquisition large enough to warrant a public disclosure of the price (95 last year).

Maybe all I have to do is become a more public figure and get on Bloomberg or CNBC to talk about escaping the rat race, entrepreneurial life in Silicon valley, negotiating a severance package, retirement planning, or the myriad of personal finance topics to surpass LearnVest's traffic.

And when I speak on this topic in public I like to remind people that, «when I raised capital there were no easy ways to figure out who were the friends of the VC's (let alone who the VC's were in the first place) but in 2009 you have alll the social networking tools: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or even just plain old Google Search.

An unsuspecting electorate's personal information was exploited for political gain on behalf of a deeply divisive public figure, observers say.

Leading political and business figures have paid tribute to Sir Eric McClintock, a prominent businessman and public servant, who died in Sydney on Tuesday at the age of 99.

That makes support for elite private schools an effective wedge issue that works for parties like Mr. Kenney's UCP — as long as no one figures out the impact of this level of support on public schools.

He was challenged on his show in 2007 by Father Tom Euteneuer of Human Life International, who observed that such a position emanating from a public figure technically fulfilled the requirements for something called heresy.

Everyone you just yammered about was a public figure who put him or herself on the stage and therefore has the expectation that the media will dissect their lives.

«For someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data in public life I could not have set foot on a battle bus that has at the heart of its campaign a figure that I know to be untrue,» she told the BBC.

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On the one hand, I feel sick to my stomach to find out that yet more highly esteemed Christian public figures have major skeletons in their closets.

Besides the established fact that legends have a way of springing up about great public figures, there must also have been an almost irresistible urge on the part of some to bolster the claim that Jesus was indeed the Messiah, especially since his behavior was m some ways most unmessianic (see p. 97).

With each passing day another pro-life public figure» Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, Al Gore, Bill Clinton» evolved to embrace abortion on demand.

So for them to think a blogger who has allowed discussion on the issues surrounding Tony as a public figure who used his privilege to control — is going to take it down blog posts simply because those who support the NPD or the NPD himself claims the «court» says so, must think we all fell off the turnip truck.

During the great battles on the legalization of divorce and homosexual acts, the notable campaigners then were really distinguished public figures, for example: Bruce Arnold, mentioned above, Prof. Richard Humphries of the University College Dublin School of Law, historian Prof. John A. Murphy mentioned above, of University College Cork, the journalist Kevin Myers, the literary critic Prof. David Norris of Trinity College Dublin, former Reid Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, later President of the Republic, Mary Robinson.

In recent years there has been an increase in discussion around mental health, which has led to public figures speaking more openly about the effect grief has had on them.

He went on to say he felt Tim Farron had been singled out, explaining: «It is fair to say that we don't see public figures who hold to other faiths, generally, being subjected to the same kind of scrutiny that Farron has been subjected to.

When a person enters a career of being a public figure, particularly one of giving one's personal thoughts on national television, then a person should expect to be judged based on what he or she says.

AAFRC now keys its 1960 - 1972 figures for charitable giving in the areas of education and health — the second and third largest areas of charitable giving, religion being the first — to figures developed by the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, commonly referred to as the Filer Commission after its chair, John H. Filer.

Indeed, judging by the reporting on the presidential campaign, it seems that in the absence of any substantive public debate on morality among religious leaders, media representatives have emerged as the new priesthood in our culture: they demand confessions of misconduct from public figures and then determine the seriousness of the sin and the degree of penance required for the sin to be forgiven.

Political leaders, public figures and celebrities from around the world have been paying tribute to the US evangelist Rev Billy Graham on social media, following...