Sentences with phrase «several leading figures»

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From the «I can't believe my eyes and ears» file: A group called Majority Action ¯ which describes itself as being «led by veteran Democratic activists and [having] a leadership board that consists of prominent political figures, including several former Members of Congress,....

Finally, at least regarding this personal attack, what you represent as blood lust and voyeuristic glee strikes me as something more akin to a mass catharsis regarding not just Tony Jones, but also several other leading figures in the Emergent movement.

It's led several other figures including the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk to question the MP's position.

According to Davison Budhoo, an economist who had worked with both the World Bank and the IMP before he quit the latter in protest against its policies, on the basis of the figures released by UNICEF, it is estimated that those policies led directly to the death of 70 million children under 5 years in the Third World between the years 1982 - 1990 and indirectly to the destitution and impoverishment of several hundred millions more 8.

Told through the experiences of several of the leading figures in Australia's Fair Food movement, this book tells stories of personal change, courage, innovation and food activism, from local food hubs and backyard food - forests, to the GE - free movement, urban agriculture, radical homemaking and regenerative agriculture.

Whether or not you live in a wintry climate, kids» figure skating is a year - round activity that can lead to several other competitive youth sports.

Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the Democrat leading a legislative inquiry into the bridge fallout, has said he plans to call several figures named in internal correspondence released last week to testify in Trenton about who authorized the closures and why.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, convictions for homosexual offences increased markedly, with several high profile figures being prosecuted, leading to increased public pressure for a re-assessment of the law.

To back his claims that Cuomo had once represented mob figures, accepted campaign contributions from mobsters, and used his law firm to pay a wise guy, the aide produced several documents to corroborate his leads.

Despite its large, publicly funded budget and six figure salaried employees, the ECWA has failed to properly address the water infrastructure issues that have plagued the County and have led to the numerous water main issues over the past several years.

She said that despite its large, publicly funded budget and six - figure salaried employees, the Water Authority has failed to properly address the water infrastructure issues that have plagued the county and have led to numerous water main issues during the past several years.

Despite its large budget and six figure salaried employees the ECWA has failed to properly address the water infrastructure issues that have plagued the County and have led to the numerous water main issues over the past several years.

Still, for those getting rather bored with the voting intention figures, we can look ahead to several potentially significant events — many commentators have suggested Gordon Brown is putting great weight in the G20 summit this week to give his premiership a boost, beyond that is the budget, which could work either way, and past that we have the local and european elections, which often lead to realignments in the national opinion polls.

In spite of being a leading figure in the gaming industry with several highly popular AAA franchises under their control and one of the strongest E3 presentations this year, Ubisoft is going through hard times right now.

We also love the rich lime - gold paint but not the fact that it's one of several four - figure additions that lead to the incomprehensible cost of $ 28,685 for optional equipment.

I spoke with several people about indie publishing, got a good lead for where I can consign excess inventory when I change the covers on the Chained Adept series, and (best of all) found out about a distributor who would be a good fit for me at unusual outlets like gift shops, truck stops, etc. (once I figure out how to make a physical book catalogue of the right quality without paying a fortune).

He is part of a generation of artists who gained prominence when abstract expressionism's specter remained strong; several of its leading figures — like Still, De Kooning, and Motherwell — were alive and making important work.

[7] His funeral was attended by several hundred mourners including leading figures of the London art scene.

There will also be several networking opportunities with leading figures from the arts sector, including Maggie Ellis, Head of Artists» Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), Film London, and Steven Bode, Director of Film and Video Umbrella.

As one of the leading figures in the Hong Kong art community, she has also coordinated / curated several important exhibitions including the Microwave International Media Art Festival 2001 and the recent Digital Delight at the Macau Museum of Art.

Large protruding dicks outlined on several of the male figures in his oil on poster on canvas remind us that the breakdown of taboos leading to present day freedoms in both materials and content began in the 60s.

Cittadellarte also accommodates permanent exhibitions featuring both site - specific installations and artworks mostly related to the Arte Povera movement, of which Michelangelo Pistoletto has been one of the leading figures, including sculptures, paintings and installations by Giuseppe Penone, Gilberto Zorio, Giovanni Anselmo, Mario Merz, Salvo, Gianni Piacentino, and Luciano Fabro, along with several pieces by Pistoletto himself.

A leading figure in modern art of the early 20th century, Ernst influenced an entire generation of contemporary Surrealists artists including Salvador Dali (1904 - 89) and Yves Tanguy (1900 - 55), as well as several members of the New York School of abstract expressionism.

Also, many of the colonies where counts do exist were last counted several decades ago, while other counts rely on estimates from late in the breeding season... These concerns over the lack of a baseline population figure for the species have led to the suggestion that emperor penguins should be re-classified by the IUCN from «of least concern'to «data deficient»»

For example, Mr. Klamann was lead counsel in a commodities churning case which was tried to a $ 700,000 punitive damages verdict, a securities fraud case which produced a seven - figure confession of judgment involving a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), a successful consolidated case of more than 140 plaintiff investors in varying combinations of six commercial real estate syndications, several individual securities churning cases, a fraudulent energy conservation limited partnership of 75 investor / plaintiffs, a successful consolidated case involving 124 investors in forty diverse limited partnerships, and a successful case involving scores of investor / plaintiffs in a series of fraudulent oil and gas limited partnerships.

The Action Committee has been in existence for several years and involves leading figures from within the justice system from across the country.

In spite of being a leading figure in the gaming industry with several highly popular AAA franchises under their control and one of the strongest E3 presentations this year, Ubisoft is going through hard times right now.