Sentences with phrase «rostrums in»

Aregbesola before mounting the rostrum in front of the palace, had earlier paid courtesy call on the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyeyode Oyesosin.

By the time he took the rostrum in the House chamber last night for the functional equivalent of a State of the Union address, President Trump had generated considerable suspense around what he would actually say and how it would be received.

After the wind of mistake of majority brew Akuffo - Addo as President elect, he, (Akuffo - Addo) took the rostrum in a house he allegedly inherited from his father and delivered his acceptance speech.

Researchers first researchers spotted dolphins putting sponges over their rostra in Shark Bay in 1984, not 1991.

When Douglas Gordon took to the rostrum in 1996 to accept the Turner prize, his first thought was to thank his family and the people he called «the Scotia Nostra».

Not exact matches

After the second speaker, the leader from the visiting group turns the rostrum over to the secretary of the local group who makes announcements concerning future meetings and says: «There are no dues or fees in AA, but we do have expenses, so we'll now pass the hat.»

Schaeffer created much consternation among fellow evangelicals by threatening not to appear at the rostrum of the International Congress on World Evangelization which convened in July of 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Former heptathlete Katy Marchant was another to climb the medal rostrum at Rio 2016 after sealing bronze in the individual sprint.

His first rostrum appearance came at home, though he never reached the top three again in Belgium after that.

The eighth link features a photo of Heastie himself, standing on the rostrum at the front of the Assembly chamber on Feb. 3, 2015 — the day he was elected to replace Assemblyman Sheldon Silver as speaker, becoming the first African - American in New York history to hold that leadership post.

He's had to develop a relationship with a new state Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie, after corruption charges toppled longtime speaker Sheldon Silver from the rostrum and from his seat in closed - door budget discussions with the other leaders.

In 2007, his only full year in the position, David Paterson presided 42 times; the prior year, Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue was behind the rostrum 62 timeIn 2007, his only full year in the position, David Paterson presided 42 times; the prior year, Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue was behind the rostrum 62 timein the position, David Paterson presided 42 times; the prior year, Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue was behind the rostrum 62 times.

A more recent — and more dubious — claim to fame: He was on the rostrum with Sen. Neil Breslin when two then - Democratic senators — Pedro Espada Jr. and Hiram Monserrate — defected to the GOP in the now - infamous Senate coup.

In the Knesset, the Assembly Speaker and the delegation were acknowledged from the rostrum by the Deputy Speaker Bar at a session attended by the Prime Minister, and received a warm applause.

Beneath a statue of Confucius in Chatham Square in Chinatown before a crowd of nearly 1,000 waving blue campaign banners for the comptroller candidate, Jamy Liu took the rostrum and said she, Liu and her other children all had worked in a sweatshop in the 1970s.

The 37 - year - old's political star began rising sharply when he took to the rostrum at the Democratic National Convention and spoke passionately about his humble upbringing in South Florida.

Writing for the Blairite Progress magazine in 2013, Johnson described trade union officials as «fat, white, finger - jabbing blokes on rostrums shouting and screaming» [38] and said in 2014 that «A perception that Labour is in the pocket of the unions is damaging to the party... The precious link between Labour and the unions becomes a liability rather than an advantage when it is allowed to look like a transaction.»

Hatton, whose actions in fighting the Thatcher Government were condemned from the rostrum by Neil Kinnock during The Labour Party Conference in 1985, 12 months before he was expelled, discussed his own political record and the reasons why he feels Ed Miliband failed to win over the electorate.

Carl Heastie, the Bronx Democrat picked to replace him, sat in the center of the chamber before rising to the rostrum.

An invisible particle's discovery was honored in 2013, but this year the ubiquitous LED takes its place on the Nobel rostrum

The Crittercam video showed that sometimes a whale's rostrum (a snoutlike projection) came in contact with the seafloor (which explains scarring seen on some whales), kicking up sand in clouds, and that the whales» ventral pleats expanded, indicating that they were feeding.

«We believe that they use sponges as a kind of glove to protect their sensitive rostrums when they probe for prey in the substrate,» says Michael Krützen, formerly of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and now at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

The scientists suspected that as the dolphins foraged for fish, the sponges protected their beaks, or rostra, from the rocks and broken chunks of coral that litter the sea floor, making this behavior the first example of tool use in this species.

The sea floor is not nearly as soft here as it is in the Bahamas, so if dolphins want to probe for these fish, they risk injuring their rostra.

But when a member is touched in any way, it is unacceptable,» Espy said, his voice booming from the rostrum on the House floor moments after the vote.

/ Behind the rostrum — Peter Wallage visits a major auction house / VSCC Pomeroy Trophy — The weather was kind to the early in the year event — according to Tom Threlfall / Chauffeur bus driver taxi driver — Dennis Harrison relates his father's experiences as a working taxi driver in Australia / Austin Sixteen — sweet sixteen?

Simply surviving was a challenge in itself, but Gavin and his Corvette Racing teammate Tommy Milner stayed afloat and rounded - out the season on the third step of the winners» rostrum.

Having bookended the 2015 season with podiums in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and Petit Le Mans, Gavin said: «It's certainly nice to be back on the podium, although I would have liked to have stood on the top step of the rostrum and, if the race had been halted 25 minutes earlier, we would have been up there!

The «stop» (the angle formed by the rostrum and forehead) is more acute in today's St. Bernard and the «Roman nose» of the Bull Terrier angulates more ventrally than it did decades ago [29,30].

Being on the rostrum is an art form in itself — placing major lots in key strategic positions («not too early, not too late and not too close together,» Ms. Newman said); knowing how to control the pace, energy and mood in the salesroom.

And then, even though a disconcerting majority of the auction brass on the rostrum declined to even pick up their phone to talk to bidders on the Twombly, specialist Bame Fierro March came in at # 5.2 million, causing the Nahmads to come in at # 5.3 million, and after another man next to him came in, March had to go to # 5.55 million, right about the low estimate, securing the sale.

On the rostrum this week is a slew of new Google devices: a refreshed Chromecast; another Chromecast for audio; and the company's first completely in - house - created tablet.