Sentences with phrase «role at figure»

Do you intend to stay in your new role at Figure 1 for a long time?

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His role is critical to the broader mission at Nike as the company is aiming to expand the e-commerce business to $ 7 billion in annual sales by 2020, up from $ 1 billion figure Nike reported last fall.

When receiving a salary, all employers must receive «reasonable compensation» according to the IRS — which is, essentially, a figure comparable to the salary of an employee in your role at another business.

'' according to the IRS — which is, essentially, a figure comparable to the salary of an employee in your role at another business.

At Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, women hold between 19 percent and 28 percent of leadership positions and between 19 percent and 20 percent of technical roles, according to those companies» most recent figures.

Anyway, yes, this is all rather ugly in some very unpleasant ways, but I think the overall conversation here has been relatively civil — at least within the framework I'm working from that all public leaders / figures / role - models who are authors, speakers, event sponsors, etc., commit themselves to public scrutiny and accountability.

The scholar's task in exegesis is obviously to explicate the social roles of the two figures, explain that the hearers would at first identify with the Pharisee as the bearer of religious and social status, and then suffer shock and consternation at the wholly unexpected justification of the publican.

I remember standing at the sliding glass door, holding my screaming baby and gazing out at the bleak back yard as I grappled to figure out my new role as a Nebraska hausfrau.

At almost 40 years of age he is clumsily stepping into a new role for the very first time - husband - and trying to figure out what that means.

John Watson has held Chairman roles at Pivot Ltd, CRC for Innovative Dairy Products and Primesafe and has been a leading figure in the dairy industry deregulation.

Having played a pivotal role in helping the Reds get back into the Champions League for next season combined with the fact that he's settled and is a hugely popular figure at Anfield, it all seems as though he has what he needs to stay at the club for years to come.

The expectation has been that he will join Jose Mourinho's coaching staff and remain a key figure at Old Trafford, but the Manchester Evening News claim that a more important role is being lined up for him.

In turn, he has established himself as a highly important figure at the club, showing his versatility to adapt to a central defensive role to fill a gap that will most certainly need addressing in the upcoming transfer window next month.

While it remains to be seen whether or not this new role is something that the veteran defender is interested in, he cut an emotional figure on Friday as he couldn't hold back the tears as those in attendance at the awards ceremony gave him a long - lasting round of applause as part of a prolonged tribute to his time at the club.

The tabloid note that Mourinho still sees Carrick — who made 28 appearances last season — as a key figure at Old Trafford, and has informed the former Tottenham Hotspur playmaker that he will play a prominent role at the club next term.

With key figures around him leaving, most notably the likes of Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal and Paul Pogba, he's had to grow into a bigger role and take on more responsibility, and combine that with the technical class and flair that he possess, he may well fit in perfectly at the Nou Camp if Messi gets his way.

We don't have many figures at the Emirates that are Arsenal Legends be it in the coaching staff or in a more administrative role.

Ideally, the only business an attacker has in defense is to make up the numbers and close up spaces on the opposition, I wouldn't want a Walcott tackling in the box too often... I love Wenger, I think he is intelligent but then if he can't figure out how to get things ticking over in good time maybe its really time we start considering finding a new role for him at the club.

Yorke, who is an adulated figure at Old Trafford following his role in the treble - winning side of the late 1990s, wasted little time in slamming Depay for his error at the Britannia Stadium.

This has not gone down well with everyone in the dressing room, however, with bigger names and more experienced figures said to be «baffled» at being overlooked for the role, particularly as many felt Shaw was far more likely to actually leave the club in the next transfer window rather than be trusted with such an important role.

Llorente was a key figure at the Liberty Stadium last season and played a huge role in keeping the Swans in the Premier League after a battle at the wrong end of the table.

I would start by at home setting up some role playing games with him using his action figures, stuffed animals, or just you & he can role play.

• Fathers and father figures can serve a protective role in the lives of at - risk children and can contribute to positive developmental outcomes (Zanoni et al, 2013).

As a new parent, it can be difficult trying to figure out parenting, childhood milestones, or how to juggle a new role as a stay - at - home parent or working parent.

He conceded that the party at this juncture lacks a father figure who could unify the various factions adding, President Kufuor who would have been the right person to play that role has compromised himself with his alleged support for Mr Kyeremanten.

Concerning Columbus, Cuomo replied at length touting the role of Columbus in the heritage of Italian - Americans and urging restraint in focusing on faults of historical figures.

«I did not expect to be talking at a symposium like this with that title under my name, but when the message came through two days before January 20 that my resignation letter had been rejected, I figured that I better figure out what to do in this new role and certainly celebrate the opportunity to continue to lead this great institution, this noble enterprise called the National Institutes of Health.»

To probe the role of these CP motifs in modulation of Bach1 by HPP - 4382, a mutant Bach1 protein containing Cysteine to Alanine substitutions at CP motifs 4 through 7 was constructed (Figure 6A).

I figured as I got stronger and no bigger though, if it didn't play a role, it was at least a side effect of whatever did, cause I barely got one.

Dr. Evans wrote: «As a naturopathic physician, I believe my role is to look at all sides of a medical challenge and figure out the best approach to optimal health for my patients.»

As a naturopathic physician, I believe my role is to look at all sides of a medical challenge and figure out the best approach to optimal health for my patients.

At lunch, the other actors try to figure out what's motivating Minnott, a day player who's traveled a long way to fill this inexplicable role in an equally inexplicable indie movie.

He's got the Kevin Bacon role but not the Kevin Bacon charisma; the Rev. Shaw Moore should be able to take one look at Ren and figure he's harmless.

A massively charismatic figure on screen despite a real life stature of just 3» 9.5», Mark Povinelli studied at Miami University before beginning an on - screen acting career with roles on TV shows like Fraser, and movies like The Polar Express.

The night figured to be a coronation for the actress, who'd won best actress honors at the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe Awards and other shows for her role in «Blue Jasmine.»

Carl Van Vechten & the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black & White By Emily Bernard Yale University Press Hardcover, $ 30.00 372 pages, Illustrated ISBN: 978 -0-300-12199-5 Book Review by Kam Williams «This book is a portrait of a once - controversial figure... a white man with a passion for blackness... [who] played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance... come to understand itself... Carl Van Vechten has been viewed with suspicion... [as] a racial voyeur and sexual predator, an acolyte of primitivism who misused his black artist friends and pushed them to make art that fulfilled his belief in racial stereotypes... While his early interest in blackness was certainly inspired by sexual desire and his fascination with what he perceived as black primitivism, these features were not what sustained his interest... More important [was] his conviction that blackness was a central feature of Americanness... Van Vechten's enthusiasm for blacks may have catapulted many careers, but at what cost to the racial integrity of those artists, and to the Harlem Renaissance as a whole?

He feels right at home again with Rocky who's now in the mentor / father figure role for Donnie.

Davis is a well - known figure at home, but despite Olivier and Tony nods and small roles in «The Matrix» sequels and Baz Luhrmann's «Australia,» she hasn't been on international radars till now, but her performance as grief - broken mother Amelia, frazzled by a difficult child and tormented by a monster that could be part of herself, is a thing of wonder.

Apparently, Seal wasn't just a key or central figure in the drug wars, but an indispensable one whose role, at least until now, had been relegated to a historical footnote at best.

Dafoe's Bobby epitomizes the moral conundrum at the heart of the movie, as he continually hassles Halley about her lifestyle even as he falls into the role of de facto father figure for her daughter.

Aasif Mandvi hits his (very odd, in fairness) role at about twice the volume and pace of anyone else, Justin Bartha barely figures, Mia Farrow is sweet enough, but doesn't make much of an impact, and Christopher Walken is interestingly restrained, adhering to normal human punctuation for the first time in recent memory, but at the same time, hiring Walken to play an average suburban dad is about like hiring Jason Statham for a film where he doesn't punch someone in the face.

And of course, the key figure connecting both movies is Peter Dinklage, reprising his role as a diminutive man who shows up at the house with a big secret — and even bigger demands.

He'd Initially balked at the part — «I was hoping he'd ask me to do something more rough - and - tumble,» he later admitted — but the actor figured out how to bring raw energy to a restrained role.

At the film's center, though, Portman's character impresses as both a clever theoretical construction (the wife of a president who devoted her time in the White House to resuscitating the memories of presidents past, finding herself suddenly assuming the role of assuring her own husband's historical memory) and a figure of immense emotional weight.

At the film's recent press day, McKay, Lewis, Bale, Carell, Gosling, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, producer Jeremy Kleiner, and screenwriter Charles Randolph talked about turning the book into a movie and adapting it to the screen, why McKay was the right person to direct, what drew them to the project, how the actors met their real - life counterparts in preparation for their roles, the decision to combine a cinema verite documentary approach with other stylized elements, breaking the fourth wall, and using celebrities and pop culture figures as an entertaining storytelling device to explain complex financial concepts to the audience.

While making a stop at the Variety Studio presented by AT&T earlier in the day, Christian opened up about his heavier figure, which is for his role as former Vice President Dick Cheney in an upcoming film.

TO BE TAKEI is an entertaining and moving look at the many roles played by eclectic 76 - year - old actor / activist George Takei whose wit, humor and grace has allowed him to become an internationally beloved figure.

Jaleel White, Tony Hale and Thomas Lennon — best known for comedies — have very limited roles as prominent figures at the boys» grade school.

With Margot Robbie set to portray disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in «I, Tonya» this December - the trailer for which has now been released - we look at some of Hollywood's biggest stars in their roles as historical athletes.

These aren't bad decisions, necessarily — they just don't coordinate with the dull, no - nonsense figure at the movie's core, a patriot whose most compelling problem seems to be that he has a liberal for a girlfriend (Shailene Woodley in a thankless role with an unmotivated sex scene).