Sentences with phrase «role calls on»

The role calls on Fassbender to do things most serious actors shun, but he's nothing if not game; playing Bobby Sands in Hunger, he reduced himself to a dangerously low weight.

But star Amy Adams» role calls on her to spend a lot of time staring thoughtfully in the distance after reading a passage from her ex's tome, all while Ford piles on mean - spirited observations about the heroine's crumbling upper - middle - class lifestyle.

Not exact matches

Acting U.S. Secretary of State John Sullivan called on Moscow to stop creating impediments to peace in Syria and to play a role in ending the seven - year - long conflict.

A senior product manager role advertised on Tuesday called for a candidate to shape the future of same - day delivery and «drive large worldwide projects with huge customer - facing and financial impact.»

The disappointing result for the Conservative party on Friday has sparked many calls for Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation, but she reportedly has no intention in leaving her role.

He's taken on small roles in TV shows like «Law & Order» and «Stitchers» as well as larger parts in movies like «The Thinning,» which The Verge called «a mess.»

My current role has me on sales calls several times a week, and I have a standing call with my boss where I definitely talk more than I should.

Musk — who already plays leading roles in the SpaceX rocket venture, the Tesla electric car company and the SolarCity solar - energy company — unveiled what he has called the «alpha» version of the Hyperloop plan in a blog post on Monday.

At first glance, one might think that the role of a baseball manager is to eat sunflower seeds and kick dirt on home plate when a call needs to be argued.

In a post on the Official Google blog, CEO Larry Page announced that he was relinquishing the top role at Google in order to run a new entity called Alphabet, with Google co-founder Sergey Brin as its President.

On - call role.

As you evolve into the role of an organizational leader, you must shift from dictating (ok, maybe it's called directing) to guiding and coaching others so they come to new discoveries on their own.

The company's ESOP - training plan calls for role - playing games to help employees better understand their impact on stock value as well as a series of what - if exercises to help explain the delicate balance between short - term profit taking and long - term growth needs.

Musk played an Oz - like role as master orchestrator, sending signals through earnings calls and blog postings, while keeping the states in the dark and playing on their fears of losing out.

U.S. lawmakers have called on Google, Facebook, and Twitter to testify before Congress on the possible role their services played in distributing fake and deceptive information.

The opposition Labour Party, which had repeatedly called on Rudd to resign, said May was responsible and should explain her own role in the government's immigration policies.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21 - Alphabet Inc said on Thursday its Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will step down in January, ending a 17 - year - run in which he played a central role in building a promising startup called Google into a global technology powerhouse.

«It's really just calling out to the company, saying it has an important role to play in lowering our dependence on oil and appealing to the brand's fans and consumers to ask them to be the company we want them to be.»

Porat, who has been called «the most powerful woman on Wall Street,» first joined Morgan Stanley in 1987, filling numerous roles before becoming CFO in January 2010.

His investment of $ 80,000 in equity and $ 170,000 as a loan earned Markkula a one - third share in Apple but it was his role as what Jobs called the «adult supervisor» that was by far and away his greatest contribution to keeping the unruly Apple youngsters on track.

Examine the reasons why so few women choose to enter or stay in venture capital roles and call on the venture capital industry to do more to recruit and promote women investors to partner level roles in order to increase the number of women investment professionals

Davies called on investors to play a more active role in improving gender balance in companies.

A few projects are underway to address the concerns, and the company seems interested in recruiting a chairman who might help things along — during an investor call, executives said they planned to appoint an outsider to the role, one with public company experience, a global perspective, and a focus on products.

She called on shareholders to pressure boards to promote women into top managerial roles so that companies do not miss out on performance benefits.

By 2011, he had taken a leading role in advising Trump on his growing political ambitions, launching a website called «Should Trump Run?»

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

The CLC paper calls on Canada to play a role in creating a co-ordinated international response to the crisis that features re-regulation of both local and cross-border transactions and the imposition of a small transaction tax on all securities trading, including commodity futures.

April 2018 — Zuckerberg agrees to give testimony in front of US politicians — but continues to ignore calls to appear before UK politicians to answer questions about the role of fake news on its platform and the potential use of Facebook data in the UK's Brexit referendum

On Saturday, just two days after the administration announced tariffs on up to $ 60 billion worth of Chinese imports, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, called Liu He, China's economic czar, to congratulate him on his new role of vice premieOn Saturday, just two days after the administration announced tariffs on up to $ 60 billion worth of Chinese imports, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, called Liu He, China's economic czar, to congratulate him on his new role of vice premieon up to $ 60 billion worth of Chinese imports, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, called Liu He, China's economic czar, to congratulate him on his new role of vice premieon his new role of vice premier.

This afternoon, Antonio Tajani, the president of the European Parliament, publicly issued a call to Zuckerberg to appear before state members to answer questions about personal data on Facebook and the role it plays in swaying elections.

In a conference call with its suppliers on April 25, a ZTE company representative suggested that ongoing U.S. - China trade tensions may have played a role in the Commerce Department's decision.

Chipotle shareholders Amalgamated Bank and Change to Win Investment Group called on Nov. 1 for the company to strip co-Chief Executive Steve Ells of the chairmanship and install an independent director in the role.

In a conference call with Tribune Publishing employees, held the day the investment was announced, Ferro, who is also part owner of the Chicago Sun - Times, promised to take an active role with the company, saying he was putting his reputation on the line.

Soon enough, millennials will be taking on senior management roles, and be calling the shots.

Despite NAFTA's pivotal role in facilitating over $ 1 trillion of trade each year between Canada, the United States and Mexico, Trump's administration has on several occasions called for the end of NAFTA or to have significant portions of it re-negotiated to favour American interests.

He noted that President Barack Obama has called on Gulf states to take a more active role in the region, and he said that outcome will likely come to pass.

... came up with an idea that led to the foundation of a company called Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that went on to claim a major role in the Leave campaign for Britain's EU membership referendum, and later became a key figure in digital operations during Donald Trump's election campaign.

«This stems from our long - held belief that pharmacies can, and should, play an important role in the safe and secure distribution of medical cannabis in Canada,» Neufeld added on a conference call with analysts.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rebuked Russia on Friday for what he called aggression beyond its borders, and vowed to restore relevance to a badly demoralized State Department in his new role as the top...

European Commission chief Jean - Claude Juncker on Sept. 13 called for the appointment of a euro zone finance minister role to coordinate economic policy across the currency bloc, but suggested the job could be done by someone who was already a senior European commissioner.

Here's what Pete says: Mr. Obama's speech was not a call to unity; it was a summons to his liberal base to fight — on global warming, for gay rights, for gun control, for renewable energy, and for a diminished American role in world affairs.

Bishops have called on parents, teachers and priests to strengthen the role of religion in education.

«We are calling on all those with the power to make a difference to play an active role in resolving this urgent issue.»

I call dibs on the role of white male figurehead!»

Calling on Christians, Muslims, Jews, or any other group to denounce the madness of individuals is nothing more than implying that they've all had some role in creating or harboring a monster.

«Internationally the Government must take a lead in its role on the UN Security Council to support calls from the United Nation's own committees for the creation of a «safe zone» in Iraq, enforced by UN peacekeepers, to protect the country's minorities.

Each rejects the hermeneutical extremes that refuse to admit the role of higher criticism on the one hand or that use hermeneutical procedures to call into question Scripture's integrity and complete authority on the other.

The ideological implication, of course, is that all so - called «gender roles» are just as freely variable» men nurturing babies, women ramming bayonets into enemy bellies, and so on.

Secondly, we have come to significant agreement (although surely with differences remaining) on profound theological issues: on our justification by faith through grace in Jesus Christ; on the proper relationship between Scripture and tradition; on the communion of saints and the universal call to holiness; and on the role of Mary in the life of the Christian and of the church.

«It's easy to call out millennials for wanting to speak on stage, but instead of criticizing, we should do the work to prepare young people for leadership roles,» he said.