Sentences with phrase «roles of his career by»

«Pattinson makes Connie one of the best roles of his career by turning a two - bit hood into a loyal family guy driven to help his brother.

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When the company was bought by McAfee five years later, another career transition followed — I moved into my next role of general manager and worldwide chief technology officer (CTO) at McAfee.

It's by no means the first time that the career prospects of individual members of the U.S. Congress play such as outsized role in politics.

The talk show host concluded: «Here's what I'll be very disappointed in: If Trump does lose, as I am very confident that he will, and let's say it's not super close, if he loses by a significant margin and Sean Hannity and people like him have not experienced some significant career pain, if not destruction, because of their role, then it's over.

The WE FOR SHE conference will play an important role in growing our provincial economy and advancing gender equity by giving students a greater understanding of their career options and potential, expanding their confidence in what they can achieve, and giving them a chance to meet dynamic and successful role models.

Elissa's profile by InvestmentNews details pieces of her career that played a pivotal role in the development of both planners and the profession.

Intrigued by the traditionalist resurgence that led many of her friends to abandon their careers to assume traditional gender roles in the home, Evans decides to try it for herself, vowing to take all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible for a year.

I sincerely applaud Women of the Vine & Spirits» efforts to help continue to connect and inspire women to pursue careers in the wine and spirits world by fostering networks and further advocating for women in leadership roles.»

In 2012, Dave began his consulting career by starting Colorado Craft Advisors, a sales & marketing consultancy focused on sales & marketing solutions for brewers and distributors which led to a role as Director in the investment banking arm of First Beverage Group.

Along with being a Diamond Level donor, Frontera Produce also plays an active role in the recruitment of new talent from agricultural universities around the United States by visiting schools to promote the Foundation and encourage college students to look for careers in the fresh produce industry.

He'll undoubtedly be hoping for a more prominent role at this stage of his career, and it looks as though Lazio could now offer that to him, although he isn't the only target being considered by Simone Inzaghi.

Do you take a team that's true NBA talent was a once in a generation superstar like Anthony Davis surrounded by role players at best in the NBA, or do you take a team full of solid starters who have long NBA careers like we expect of Lyles, Ulis, Willie and maybe Andrew mixed with a star like Booker?

Mancini managed to alter the role of Toure during his time as manager of City, with the Ivorian becoming a much more potent attacking threat during his time at the club after joining from Barcelona, but it would still be a surprise if Toure repaid the Italian's faith by taking a huge pay cut to move to Serie A at this stage of his career.

Before Monday, Griffith's career was defined by his role in one of the most famous plays in college football history.

Sheffield Wednesday played the role of the more sophisticated and elegant sibling as they were regulars in Tier 1 of English football in the 80s through to the early 90s, culminating with an impressive 3rd place in the last season of the old First Division, «player / managed» by Trevor Francis in an era when managing a team was easy enough to prolong a successful veteran's playing career.

Recently, Brendan Rodgers expressed his desire to prolong the career of Steven Gerrard by situating his captain in the Andrea Pirlo role; more commonly referred to as a «Regista».

While second - wave feminism got so many things so very right, and made possible a great many of the career and life choices my generation of women enjoys today, many in that group of feminist thinkers got one thing fundamentally wrong, and that is this: even for those of us who are also productively employed outside the home — whether by choice, necessity or both — our most valued, fulfilling role is the one we take on as mothers to our children.

The former career Army officer and former West Point instructor talked of his role as a member of the No Labels bipartisan group of senators and congressmen headed by Joe Manchin and Jon Huntsman, and including congresspersons Maffei, Maloney and Bill Owens amongst its membership.

The MPs advised separating the political and legal aspects of the roles so that legal advice comes from a career lawyer and the ministerial role is adopted by a Ministry of Justice minister.

His spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said Prof. Osinbajo joins the family and friends of General Abubakar in celebrating this significant milestone, noting that his life has been marked by a distinguished career in the military and a remarkable role in the political history of our country.

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Rockland's own Adam Chanler - Barat, who started his acting career in Clarkstown schools, is back on Broadway in New York City playing the lead male romantic role to Phillapa Soo in «Amelie,» the new musical story of an innocent, naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice.

I had only recently joined LGC (see box for my earlier career steps), and so presenting an outline of the major features of the project and being questioned by a panel of advisers was one of my first duties in my new role — a slightly nerve - wracking start!

Their plight — which is likely familiar to early - career researchers around the world — is illustrated by a recent survey of the French research and higher education sector, including Ph.D. candidates and Ph.D. holders in a variety of disciplines and roles.

Fauci recounted Leshner's distinguished career, beginning with his role as a «rising star» on the faculty of Bucknell University in 1969; followed by his tenure as a science - administrator with the National Science Foundation; and as director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Moving «is a key career decision that can potentially play an important role in the generation of scientific knowledge by allowing scientists [to] find environments where they are more effective in doing their research,» writes Ina Ganguli, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a co-author on the paper, in an email to Science Careers.

Structure, Culture and Career Investments» by Stephen Sweet, analyzes data collected from employees in 11 countries to determine if gender differences in career centrality — the importance of one's career to their identity — exist, and examines how those differences relate to professional demands, gender role beliefs and cultural expectations.

Such a role might compensate for what is perceived, by at least a third to half of the respondents, as inadequate departmental or adviser expertise and mentoring concerning postdocs» career - development needs.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — 87 % of scientists believe they and their peers should take an active role in public policy debates, according to a Pew Research Center report presented by Lee Rainie of the Pew Internet and American Life Project during «Scientists Engaging with Reporters, the Public, and Social Media: Survey Findings,» a session yesterday at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science Careers.

In the format of a mini-NASA press conference, the daylong event includes briefings by Van Allen Probes mission team members represented by varying backgrounds, careers, and roles on the mission.

Presented by the Association for Women in Science, this discussion panel will focus on career transitions from academia to industry and the role of mentoring for a successful transition.

While much has been made about Mr. Ali's boxing career and its connection to his development of Parkinson's, there are many factors that could have played a role in his illness, including genetics, concussions, and inflammation of the brain caused by repeated blows to the head.

And of course, these badass looks by the likes of Versace, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, and Dior were worn by some of the very women that have carried these powerful - warrior roles, from Lupita and Gal to Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Lawrence, who have all played shit - kicking, patriarchy - smashing women in their careers.

A substantial role as a lesbian looking to be impregnated by her ex-boyfriend in director Spike Lee's 2004 comedy drama She Hate Me threatened to put an end to the trend of casting Washington almost exclusively in supporting roles; a role as the wife of legendary musician Ray Charles in the same year's Ray truly took her career to the next level.

Knaggs» career reached a peak in the mid -»40s, when he worked in supporting roles in ambitious major studio films such as None but the Lonely Heart (a fascinating but failed attempt at a serious drama by Cary Grant) and unusual independently made features like Douglas Sirk's early Hollywood effort Thieves» Holiday, while also making the rounds of such popular medium - budget Universal Pictures productions as House of Dracula, The Invisible Man's Revenge, and Terror By Nighby Cary Grant) and unusual independently made features like Douglas Sirk's early Hollywood effort Thieves» Holiday, while also making the rounds of such popular medium - budget Universal Pictures productions as House of Dracula, The Invisible Man's Revenge, and Terror By NighBy Night.

Those were perhaps the highlights of a career mainly constituted by unbilled, bit roles as cops, military officers, small - time gangsters, and even the occasional sheriff (Oh, Susannah!

Biography: Initially, Owen carved out a career in television: in 1988 Owen starred as Gideon Sarn in a BBC television production of Precious Bane and the Channel 4 film Vroom before the 1990s saw him become a regular on stage and television in the UK, notably his lead role in the ITV series Chancer followed by an appearance in the Thames Television production of Lorna Doone.

Horton's television career started off on a high note in 1955, when he was cast in the weekly - TV version of King's Row as Drake McHugh (the role essayed by Ronald Reagan in the 1942 film version).

Featuring a career - making performance by Lily Collins, and pitch - perfect supporting roles by Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, and Lili Taylor, To the Bone subverts expectations at every turn with its razor - sharp script, and its undiluted look at what young women face in living up to both society's expectations of beauty, and their own.

Far more clever and witty than the knockabout silliness promised by the coming attractions, this is a film that is more interested in character comedy than slapstick and gives Melissa McCarthy the most appealing role of her career and allows Jason Statham to deliver one of the most unexpectedly hilarious comedic turns in recent memory.

Collette has a career of obtuse and unflattering roles whether is be a thoughtful counselor in Please Stand By, forgettable character in xXx: Return of Xander Cage or a spy in Unlocked.

By 1939, he not only appeared in the career defining role of Senator Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but also offered up his familiar shy and sly country yokel with much on the ball «persona» in his first Western, the hilarious Destry Rides Again.

Gerard Butler tries to pick up the pieces of his career by reprising the role of presidential bodyguard Mike Banning in this sequel to Olympus Has Fallen.

And that was the shape of Clute's career for the next 25 years, individual days of work on series ranging from Westerns to melodramas, broken by the occasional feature - film role.

Encouraged by the critical success of the award - winning Thirty - Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993), in which he played the title role, Feore left the Stratford Festival after the 1994 season to concentrate on his film and television career.

Craig Wasson, an awful actor, plays an awful actor inhabiting a persona in Body Double while Melanie Griffith, whose early career was mottled with drug addiction, brought genuine pathos to the role of a porn star being used by malicious men.

His career thus far both in front and behind the camera has been diverse to say the least from exploitation flicks shot for almost nothing like the Amateur Porn Star Killer series, to a film more considered and meaningful (and genuinely haunting) like My Name Is «A» By Anonymous, and scoring a lead role in an Albert Pyun one take film called The Interrogation of Cheryl Cooper.

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 wholBy 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 wholby 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 wholby 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?

Leigh's Oscars snub at the time was questioned by many — Meryl Streep expressed her dismay, while Elisabeth Shue dedicated her independent spirit award to Leigh's performance — the role of a troubled singer was a career - peaking showcase for the actor.

Clouds of Sils Maria Director: Olivier Assayas Running time: 123 minutes Certificate: R Juliette Binoche stars as an actor whose role in a new play leads her to reflect on her career while developing a close relationship with her assistant, played by Kristen Stewart.

(1962, Robert Aldrich) Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, rivals for most of their careers, got two of their greatest roles when they were cast by director Robert Aldrich as the house - bound Hudson sisters, Blanche (Crawford) and Baby Jane (Davis)-- two ex-film-stars turned eccentric recluses — in this mesmerizing, darkly funny, sometimes - touching suspense classic.