Sentences with phrase «stand as a conference»

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Nor, for that matter, is he adept at the political stunt: When McConnell stood onstage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in March waving a flintlock musket over his head as a show of his support for gun rights, the senator was roundly mocked.

When it comes to investing in clean tech, «larger or more diverse economies stand to benefit more; smaller provinces, whose industrial structure is not as diverse, tend to have smaller economic multipliers,» explains the Conference Board of Canada in a report.

Bill Clinton, meanwhile, looks at me as if he'd rather stand on a burning ship in the Persian Gulf than on the Inc. conference dais.

As Huffman has said before, and alluded to again on stage at the conference, he couldn't just stand by and watch a revolt happen at the company.

Is a unique conference designed to answer such questions as: what Blockchain is, why it is needed and why Ukraine stands a good chance of becoming ideological center of the global Blockchain & Bitcoin community.

In his remarks to a standing room crowd at RJFS» national conference, RJFS Chair Dick Averitt is reported to have embraced the fiduciary standard because, in part, of its mandate to serve society at large, as attorneys and medical doctors are obliged to do.

As attendees of resource investor conferences know, Rick Rule, President and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc., often speaks to standing room only crowds.

«Victims have shown a tremendous amount of bravery and, of course, as a government, we stand with all of you,» she told a news conference.

Russia stands ready to join common efforts to limit oil production and urges others to as well,» The Wall Street Journal quoted Putin as saying at an energy conference in Istanbul.

[This spirit of sisterhood can be summed up in one of the highlights of the conference: On Friday afternoon, Emily Scott told a story about how her high school band director, surprised that she had chosen as «unfeminine» an instrument as the trombone, tried to keep her from closing her eyes and swaying to the music by literally pulling her shoulders back and standing on her feet as she played.

The colored preachers, being thus deprived of the opportunity of improving their gifts and graces, as they then stood connected with the white M.E. Society, and prohibited from joining the annual M.E. conference, as itinerant preachers, with their white brethren.

After several years as the first day of a three - day Good Food EXPO, the 2018 Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference is being separated out as its own stand - alone event next scheduled for June 19.

These include the two - day Good Food EXPO at Chicago's UIC Forum, held most recently on March 23 and 24, 2018; the Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference, a business - and - investment - focused gathering that will be held on June 19, 2018 as a stand - alone event for the first time, after formerly being part of the Good Food EXPO; the Good Food Accelerator, with its fourth cohort of competitively selected entrepreneur Fellows graduating on April 23, 2018 after receiving intensive instruction and connections to business leaders and investors; and our Farmer Training program, which has provided more than 14,500 farmers in 43 states with best - practices instruction in topics such as Wholesale Success, Direct Market Success and On - Farm Food Safety.

WaveGrip will be showcasing its latest entry level applicator as part of the Palmer Canning Systems stand at this year's Craft Brewers Conference, 30 April — 3 May, Nashville, Tennessee.

Manufacturer of the innovative multi-packing solution WaveGrip will introduce its latest entry level applicator as part of the Palmer Canning Systems stand at the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville, Tenn, April 30 - May 3, 2018.

Should stand as a high - quality win over a potential conference champ, and with an injury to starting QB Jacob Eason increasing UGA's difficulty score, so to speak.

With four teams in the top 13 of Week 5's simulated BCS standings, led by Kansas State at No. 8, the left - for - dead Big 12 has emerged as perhaps the best conference in college football's young 2012 season.

As it stands, the Sooners» odds are diminished dramatically by having to play a conference title game.

As the Los Angeles Kings systematically dismantled the home - standing Phoenix Coyotes Tuesday night in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final, three plays defined the Coyotes» truculence.

Add together numbers that represent what the conference says it's looking for, and Cincy stands alone among the top four choices as the candidate without a weird geography issue, whether it's too close (Houston) or too far (BYU, UConn).

As it stands, Chicago is 10th in the Eastern Conference with a 33 - 38 record.

Cast as the foil in Boston College's first Atlantic Coast Conference game, Florida State was mauled for much of the game and outgained by 124 yards, but rallied with a long drive, a blocked punt and a six - play goal - line stand to remain unbeaten.

As it currently stands, nine major - conference programs (four in the SEC, two in the Pac - 12, two in the ACC, and one in the Big Ten) and four mid-majors have already begun their replacement searches, and more are guaranteed to join the fray in the coming days.

Louisville and Ohio State are still contenders, but would need either standings miracles that'd allow them to play for their conference titles or to break precedent and make it in as non-champs.

To be sure, Big East basketball stands among such hardwood conference juggernauts as 2016's Big 12 and ACC, and with a little luck a full six of the league's 10 teams could earn NCAA Tournament berths this year.

Its just as the fans trying to fight for the title either on TV or in the stands otherwise the team doesn't show the same spirit, just in the conference room or on social media of course.

LOBOTOMY Sirs: My thanks to Frank Deford for a fine article on the New Mexico Lobos and the Western Athletic Conference as a whole (The Five Immovable Objects Stood Fast, Feb. 22).

Standing at a lectern at the University of Colorado's Folsom Field last Friday under skies best described as UCLA - blue, first - year Pac - 10 commissioner Larry Scott welcomed the Buffs to his conference by reading from Walt Whitman's Song of the Redwood Tree.

As with previous weeks, the BCS standings sub in for the selection committee's rankings, and the highest ranked team from each conference is the presumed league champion for the sake of this mock.

However, Falk stands alone as the most productive quarterback in the history of the conference.

As we stood in the hallway waiting for the second conference I positioned her reclined in the sling, head out away from the rings and began gently swinging her back and forth.

John Reid today raised the odds that he might stand as Labour leader when he set himself out as a strong and powerful leader at the party conference in Manchester.

He told The Guardian: «I won't be coming back to conference between now and the next election to try to undo the policy we have on Trident as things stand.»

As things stand it shows that Farage's appeal is not to be underestimated - something activists of all three of the main Westminster parties have displayed a complacent tendency towards doing in this autumn's conference season.

See the release of its report, Union Strong, as well as the accompanying press release, Unions and Independent Democratic Conference members stand together against national right - to - work legislation and release four - point protection plan for New York State workers.

David Weprin speaks as Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, City Councilman Barry Grodenchik, second from right, and other officials take a stand against adding tolls to East River bridges during a news conference near the Queensboro Plaza subway station on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017.

A post-tour press conference included Samuelsen attacking Mayor Bill de Blasio as Cuomo stood stone faced.

She pointed out that the latter, where Wednesday's news conference was hosted, stands on what was once a brownfield, reclaimed and restored as a 264 - acre nature refuge.

But his mind, fine as it is, doesn't seem to have properly comprehended how much has changed in British politics since he last stood as an MP on a conference stage.

The group then stood silently during the press conference, with lowering their signs a couple of inches more as their only response when asked where they're from.

Left to his own devices, as he makes clear in his diary entry for 12 October 1980, he would have stood for the leadership in October that year when Callaghan resigned in a deliberate attempt to pre-empt the decision of Labour's party conference to have the wider franchise for electing the Leader that all major parties now take for granted.

Conference, as Liam Byrne has said, Labour won't stand aside when there are almost one million young people out of work, and when long - term unemployment is so high.

As things stand, a smooth and trouble - free conference season seems an increasingly remote prospect.

She stated: «If Senator Peralta wants to be counted as a Democrat, he must stand up for victims of sexual assault and refuse to be a part of a conference led by a sexual predator.»

[87] On 10 May 2010, after talks to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats broke down, Brown announced his intention to stand down as Leader before the Labour Party Conference but a day later resigned as both Prime Minister and party leader.

In the lead up to the election, the mayor publicly — in debates, interviews and press conferences — positioned himself as someone who will stand up against big - bad real estate interests.

When corruption charges were brought against then - Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver earlier this year, the Democratic conference initially stood squarely behind their leader, but support began to wane as members had more time to examine the charges.

Hilton is said to have helped draft the prime minster's Tory conference speech this year — despite standing down as the Cameron's director of strategy in the last parliament.

«Those elected as Democrats should respect voters» clearly expressed intent and sit with the Democratic Conference to implement important progressive goals like standing up for women's health, passing real campaign finance reform, raising the minimum wage and enacting common sense gun laws,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.

All seven other members of the IDC currently remain committed to having Klein as their leader, as evidenced by Klein's joint conference call with state Sen. Diane Savino rebutting the allegation, and a statement by its six other members standing by him.