Sentences with phrase «role as a bridge»

The author has a decided sympathy for the Huguenots (but also a distaste for Calvinist theology and the crusading zeal it inspired), and although he does not seem to have the same degree of sympathy for the «Catholic party,» his treatment of the seventeenth - century French Catholic revival and of Jansenism's role as a bridge by which significant numbers of leading Huguenots crossed over to Catholicism is masterful.

California's Assembly speaker has played a classic legislative leadership role as the bridge between a Republican governor and a strongly liberal majority Democratic caucus, helping to forge and shepherd through a long list of impressive legislation over the past couple of years.

Its role as a bridge builder was highlighted when Mexico hosted U.N. talks in Cancún in 2010 and argued that climate change is a global problem that required everyone, not just wealthy countries, to fix.

The association has representation on almost all levels government and also plays an active role as a bridge between public and private sectors.

In this interview Rauschenberg speaks of his role as a bridge from the Abstract Expressionists to the Pop artists; the relationship of affluence and art; his admiration for de Kooning, Jack Tworkov, and Franz Kline; the support he received from musicians Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Earl Brown; his goal to create work which serves as unbiased documentation of his observations; the irrational juxtaposition that makes up a city, and the importance of that element in his work; the facsimile quality of painting and consequent limitations; the influence of Albers» teaching and his resulting inability to do work focusing on pain, struggle, or torture; the «lifetime» of painting and the problems of time relative symbolism; his feelings on the possibility of truly simulating chance in his work; his use of intervals, and its possible relation to the influence of Cage; his attempt to show as much drama on the edges of a piece as in the dead center; his belief in the importance of being stylistically flexible throughout a career; his involvement with the Stadtlijk Museum; his loss of interest in sculpture; his belief in the mixing of technology and aesthetics; his interest in moving to the country and the prospect of working with water, wind, sun, rain, and flowers; Ad Reinhardt's remarks on his Egan Show; his discontinuation of silk screens; his illustrations for Life Magazine; his role as a non-political artist; his struggles with abstraction; his recent theater work «Map Room Two;» his white paintings; and his disapproval of value hierarchy in art.

With a significant international client base, especially in the technology and consumer products sectors, Valerie sees her role as bridging the gap between in - house counsel and a traditional external law firm — by thinking more like her clients, and not just as an outside lawyer.

Often, those goals are purchases, and evidence of mobile's role as a bridge from the digital world to the physical one.

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Ultimately, Hyder emphasized that the role of Dippin» Dots, as a fun - centric ice cream brand, is to bring people together, or «mend fences and build bridges.»

«The fact that they have been included as part of the transition team just shows how inappropriate their role in bridging the gap between him as a businessman and politician is,» Meredith McGehee, a strategic adviser at the Campaign Legal Center, told the Washington Post.

The sales development function, as defined by Trish Bertuzzi of The Bridge Group, combines data analysis tools, email nurturing and phone prospecting teams together in a specialized role that is only about creating SQLs and preparing them for new sales people.

«The new 10 - lane Bridge and Highway 99 improvements will alleviate congestion from the province's worst bottleneck, while bolstering trade and strengthening British Columbia's role as Canada's Pacific Gateway.»

He stressed that our common language and business culture will ensure Ireland's continued role as a key U.S. commercial partner and bridge between the U.S. and the rest of Europe after the UK has left the EU.

Their role is to offer revolutionary proposals within theology so as to rebuild a bridge to those who have rejected all of its traditional forms.

Christianity has yet to bridge the gap between itself and God's word as attested by the gospel in order for the church to have a credible witness and play useful role in African renewal.

For life in a highly fragmented and specialized society, the pastor as theological integrator can perform a socially unique role in building provisional bridges to enable us to stay in touch with our common humanity fashioned in the image of God.

These institutions have resisted attack before, and in recent years, some of them seem to be reasserting their role as conveyors of the stories which bridge the generation gap and tell us again who we are and what we might become.

Nonetheless, Mourinho expects the 29 - year - old to return to the Estadio Vicente Calderon soon, as stated above, and reports are heavily suggesting that FC Augsburg's Abdul Baba Rahman will take over the Brazilian's Stamford Bridge role.

Genk captain Tozser played as a makeshift defender in Chelsea's 5 - 0 victory at Stamford Bridge two weeks ago and he could be in for another torrid time even if he returns to his favoured midfield role.

According to The Sun, 34 - year - old Portuguese stopper Eduardo will remain at Stamford Bridge next season, but will not be promoted from his role as third choice between the sticks.

However, there is bound to be an element of disappointment in the matter too as ultimately he will have aspirations of being a success at Stamford Bridge and with Antonio Conte needing depth next season, he could have had a role to play.

And accruing to reports, she is thought to be keen on making a surprise return to Stamford Bridge to re-take up her role as first team doctor should she win the case.

The veteran midfielder has enjoyed a fine, if diminished role with the Blues this season, and upon the release of the Premier League's free agent list Lampard has yet to be offered an extension at Stamford Bridge, and as it stands he is up for grabs.

Evidently on both occasions he failed, with Kante going on to play an instrumental role in Leicester's triumph last season while he looks as though he's set to make it back - to - back Premier League titles this season at Stamford Bridge.

The role of the Waldorf teacher, who serves as the child's bridge to the world, changes in accordance with the child's ever - changing stages.

David Wildstein, the professed mastermind in the so - called Bridgegate scandal, was spared prison when he was sentenced for his role in the blocking of lanes near the George Washington Bridge as political revenge against a New Jersey mayor, closing a final chapter in a bizarre episode that grounded the national political ambitions of Gov. Chris Christie.

Former Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority Bill Baroni was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in the September 2013 George Washington Bridge lane - closure scandal that came to be known as «Bridgegate»

From the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal to the international border with Canada to current connectors such as major railroads, international bridges, state and federal highways, international airports and ports, the region continues to play a critical role in moving goods, expanding global trade and creating prosperity.

Dr. Marga Gual Soler is a Senior Project Director in the Center for Science Diplomacy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she explores the role of science as a universal language to help break down barriers and build bridges between peoples and nations.

He has specialised in photographing polar regions since 1995, and sees his role as «bridging a gap between scientific research and the public».

It will serve as a center of excellence within China and the Pacific Rim region, acting as a role model for promoting basic scientific research in China at the highest international standards, and as a bridge between the scientific communities of the emerging world and those of the developed countries.

«Under her leadership, the Ben May Department has played a key role in basic biological research as well as in bridging basic cancer biology and translational research.

«The role of TESS in many ways is to serve as a bridge between Kepler and other anticipated missions,» Ricker told Spaceflight Insider.

Your role as a teacher is to honor Yoga's and the Yogis» history, to blaze a brave new future aligned with your personal Vision and the message that you are here to pass on to your students and to bridge the past and future by being fully present in this moment.

Good roles in such A-films as Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) and The Song of Bernadette (1944) aside, she was usually mired in such parts as her «road - company Ouspenskaya» gypsy woman in Columbia's B - melodrama Cry of the Werewolf (1944).

Her luck began to change for the better in the late 1990s, when she started garnering luminous reviews for her work both on Broadway — where she earned a Tony nomination for her role in 1998's A View from the Bridge — and onscreen in such films as Big Night (1996) and Mike Nichols» Primary Colors (1998).

On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy....

Acting veteran and multiple Tony Award — winning thespian Mark Rylance pulled off somewhat of an upset in the supporting actor category, winning for Steven Spielberg's Cold War — era drama «Bridge of Spies» ahead of Sylvester Stallone's projected win for reprising his role as Rocky Balboa in «Creed.»

Known for roles in such films as «Amistad,» «Blood Diamond» and «Guardians of the Galaxy,» Hounsou will play CJ Mitchum, an original resident of the town and a historian with extensive knowledge of its complex origins — and the one person who can provide a unique bridge between the current world of Wayward Pines and the previous world that humans inhabited.

A successful Mexican actor, Bichir has become famous in the U.S. for his role as Detective Marco Ruiz in the FX series, The Bridge and appearances in The Heat alongside Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy and Machete Kills.

as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller - Bridge (Fleabag) as L3 - 37, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi'Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny (Sing Street) as Rebolt, Harley Durst (Wonder Woman) as Moloch, Tien Hoang (Now You See Me 2) as Moloch's henchman and Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War) and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi) in as - yet - unrevealed roles.

We are principally interested in examining the role Hillary Clinton — as First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State — has played as a transformational figure in bridging women's development with democratic institutions in the developing and developed societies.»

The supporting cast are all great, too, with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as Tony Stark aka Iron Man, acting both as a bridge for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and this reboot series as well as Peterâ $ ™ s father figure since we donâ $ ™ t get an Uncle Ben this time around.

as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller - Bridge (Fleabag) as L3 - 37, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi'Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny (Sing Street) as Rebolt, Harley Durst (Wonder Woman) as Moloch, Tien Hoang (Now You See Me 2) as Moloch's henchman and Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War) and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi) and Jon Favreau (Spider - Man: Homecoming) in as - yet - unrevealed roles.

That led to his role as a Soviet agent in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies and to an Oscar for best supporting actor.

Best performance by an actor in a small role: Jim Beaver (as a tough - minded businessman in «Crimson Peak»), Ben Fransham (as a Nosferatu look - alike in «What We Do in the Shadows»), Haley Joel Osment (as a rich man's spoiled and useless son in «Entourage»), Dakin Matthews (as the judge in «Bridge of Spies») and B.D. Wong (as the perverse scientist in «Jurassic World»).

Phoebe Waller - Bridge is fantastic in a breakout role as L3 - 37.

Richard Attenborough: an escaped lunatic in A Bridge Too Far (1977) John Carpenter: his longest cameo appearance was as Bennett in The Fog (1980) Terry Gilliam: directed himself in bit roles in Jabberwocky (1977), Brazil (1985), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); he also directed himself as a member of the Monty Python troupe in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), and The Meaning of Life (1983) Ron Howard: small cameo roles in Night Shift (1982), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001) Lawrence Kasdan: Devo's (River Phoenix) lawyer in I Love You To Death (1990) Elia Kazan: Mortuary Assistant in Panic in the Streets (1950) Stephen King: in his lone directorial effort Maximum Overdrive (1986) Spike Lee: cameos (and some larger roles) in many of his own films, including: She's Got ta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo» Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), Summer of Sam (1999), and 3 A.M. (2001) Terrence Malick: an unexpected visitor at door, with blueprints, in Badlands (1973)- credited as «Caller at Rich Man's House» Robert Redford: the Narrator in A River Runs Through It (1992) Rob Reiner: a helicopter pilot in Misery (1990) M. Night Shyamalan: Dr. Hill at the hospital in The Sixth Sense (1999), a Stadium drug dealer in Unbreakable (2000), deadly driver Ray Reddy in Signs (2002), and Guard at Desk in The Village (2004) Steven Soderbergh: small cameo roles in Schizopolis (1996), Ocean's Eleven (2001) Oliver Stone: an officer with a phone in his hand in a US base's bunker when it is blown up by a suicide bomber in Platoon (1986)

as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller - Bridge (Fleabag) as L3 - 37, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi'Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny (Sing Street) as Rebolt, Harley Durst (Wonder Woman) as Moloch, Jon Favreau (Spider - Man: Homecoming) as Rio Durant, Tien Hoang (Now You See Me 2) as Moloch's henchman, Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War) as Dryden Vos and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi) in an as - yet - unrevealed role.

Star Wars Rebels will be bridging Saw Gerrera's timeline gap between Clone Wars and Rogue One — and Forest Whitaker will be reprising his role as the character.

as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Beckett (Solo's mentor), Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca and Phoebe Waller - Bridge (Fleabag), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Thandie Newton (Westworld), Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War), Ian Kenny (Sing Street), and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi) in as - yet - unrevealed roles.