Sentences with phrase «such as public figures»

This is probably common with people who try to present a certain image to the public, such as public figures like politicians, certain religious figures, swindlers and con men.

Not exact matches

It was initially available to public figures such as celebrities, but has since expanded to others like journalists and bloggers.

Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies and Dun and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory will give you vital intelligence on competitors, such as sales figures and the names of a company's chief officers.

The young hackers used SSNDOB to collect data for exposed.su, a Web site that listed the SSNs, birthdays, phone numbers, current and previous addresses for dozens of top celebrities — such as performers Beyonce, Kanye West and Jay Z — as well as prominent public figures, including First Lady Michelle Obama, CIA Director John Brennan, and then - FBI Director Robert Mueller.

By contrast, although Europe has such outstanding figures as Leszek Kolakowski, Hans Maier and Josef Ratzinger, its public culture is dominated by sneering secularists, who set the tone for the rest of the population and can make light work of the average bishop rolled out to confound them, especially in the case of Anglican bishops who share so much liberal common ground.

The public, then, has a difficult time evaluating a major publication such as U. S. News & World Report (December 22, 1997) when it makes the announcement — for which no source is given — that charitable activity was «up 9.5 percent in two years,» a figure that corresponds to AAFRC figures for that time period.

But the Century was hardly alone in thinking that the crash could teach a much - needed lesson; such public figures as President Herbert Hoover, former President Calvin Coolidge, John Maynard Keynes and Henry Ford thought so, too.

The autobiographies are vocational in the deepest sense; that is, these men and women, even the mystics such as Teresa of Àvila and Teilhard, are public figures deeply committed to the church and to its reformation.

It also sees governments reassuring us, by such measures as public campaigns with cute figures encouraging us to «exercise more».

While each woman is entitled to her opinion on the topic, such public figures speaking out against breastfeeding photos only serves to remind us that we've been conditioned to believe that breasts are only to be viewed publicly as sexual objects, not as biological vessels for feeding our children.

Other Prime Ministerial powers include those to recommend the appointment of key figures, including peers, religious leaders, top judges and military heads as well as the chairs of public corporations such as the BBC.

They also struggle with appearing representative of the country given the number of millionaires in Cabinet and the public schooling of senior figures, such as David Cameron and George Osborne.

He perhaps has emerged as America's first public figure to spew such hate words even while seeking the mandate to rule over all Americans.

Commenting on these latest figures, Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products Association said: «The construction industry is now firmly back in recession and, although there are some areas of growth, such as private housing, the overall picture shows an industry clearly suffering from the effects of public sector cuts.

One reader suggested that our political figures, such as Borough President Eric Adams, Assemblymembers Joan Millman and Joe Lentol, and Councilman Steve Levin, would serve their constituents well by directing them to these public forums.

Conservative MPs have held back from criticising their leader in public, but senior figures such as communities secretary Sajid Javid may well have been hoping that May would take a tougher stance.

The researchers started by asking Christian volunteers to give their own views on controversial topics, such as abortion, followed by what they thought were the views of God, average Americans and public figures such as Bill Gates.

Spinal cord injuries place a huge burden on the health system — about A$ 150 million a year in Australia, according to figures from the Department of Human Services and Health — so even a small cut in the frequency of such injuries would represent a huge saving to public hospitals, as well as benefiting people in general.

Nowadays, says Julie Willems Van Dijk, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute who helps county leaders figure out what to do with the data, public health officials also monitor quality of life and trends in chronic, noncommunicative disorders, such as depression, diabetes and heart disease.

The storyline - which follows alcoholic superhero John Hancock (Smith) as he reluctantly allows a struggling public - relations expert (Jason Bateman's Ray) to mold him into a traditionally heroic figure - has essentially been crafted to act as an origin story for the central character, yet screenwriters Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan brilliantly ensure that Hancock rarely apes the conventions and tropes that one has come to expect with such a tale (ie one doesn't entirely realize that they're watching an origin story until everything's been said and done).

In speaking with such members of the gay community as U.S. representatives Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank, as well as radio personality Michelangelo Signorile, activist Larry Kramer, and former N.J. governor Jim McGreevey, Dick is able to explore the complexities of leading a double lifestyle, as well as highlight the double standards of a media that has become obsessed with covering the sex lives of gay public figures.

McKinnon has entertained millions of viewers with her critically acclaimed impressions of such notable public figures as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jeff Sessions, Kellyanne Conway, Ellen DeGeneres and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday Night Live, earning her two Emmy Awards, a Critics» Choice Award and an American Comedy Award.

Her presence at film festivals (such as Sundance, where she is a member of the selection committee), her film reviews in the Village Voice, Elle, Out, and the Advocate, and her commentaries on the public radio program «The World» have secured her a place as a central figure in the remarkable history of what she deems «cinefeminism.»

As recent events in Charlottesville, Va., have demonstrated, when a public figure starts to joke about such things, it allows those with far scarier convictions to relax their own filters, and suddenly, the national discourse has swung into ugly and entirely inappropriate territory — which Dayton and Faris don't shy away from depicting, and which should give the film added resonance this fall (though it almost certainly would've been a full - on zeitgeist phenomenon had the country elected its first woman president).

After an epidemic of the mutant babies takes America by storm, parents, such as Jarvis (Michael Moriarty), have become public figures and gained book deals from their trauma.

And in the past few years, as debates about merit pay for school teachers have come up, major public figures such as Bill Gates and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have questioned the wisdom of rewarding teachers for degrees.

Klein doesn't add much to existing media profiles of public figures such as Diane Ravitch or Randi Weingarten, and former mayor Michael Bloomberg comes off as steely and demanding, supportive but bland.

The latest issue of Education Next examines this very issue of how the opinion of the public is influenced by voices of powerful figures, such as the president, in an article entitled «The Persuadable Public&rpublic is influenced by voices of powerful figures, such as the president, in an article entitled «The Persuadable Public&rPublic».

Notice that this figure conveys conversational spaces that can be public and social, where conventional knowledge can be introduced and explained, as well as private and individual (such as occurs when students read independently or record their thoughts in reading logs, appropriating and transforming what they have learned).

Publicist: someone who generates and manages publicity for a public figure (author), business, or work such as a book or film

We're a sophisticated bunch these days, and we've come to expect that public figures will engage with us directly through social media outlets such as Twitter.

The publisher's bio says that «Tim Davys is the pseudonym for a well - known Swedish public figure,» but at least one critic has speculated that Davys is actually Walter Moers, a German best known for highbrow fantasy fare such as The City of Dreaming Books (2007).

Within days of my public outing Amazon for FRAUD my KENP figures dropped 98 % to 99 % and any jury will view such a drop as DELIBERATE FRAUD by Amazon.

His subjects range from emergency room doctors and paramedics to public figures such as author Kurt Vonnegut and guitarist Doc Watson.

As he hits the road, Josh is joined by various celebrity fans, such as Kristen Bell and Bret Michaels, although there is one public figure who Josh wished to collaborate with — President Barack ObamAs he hits the road, Josh is joined by various celebrity fans, such as Kristen Bell and Bret Michaels, although there is one public figure who Josh wished to collaborate with — President Barack Obamas Kristen Bell and Bret Michaels, although there is one public figure who Josh wished to collaborate with — President Barack Obama!

Enjoy free music at a giant pub in South London, be taken in by two million years of civilization at the British Museum, or be engaged by public figures such as Kofi Annan at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).

Though many of the collectibles featured above are already either available for pre-order or have released to the public, such as the Metal Gear Solid V figures, several pieces were only available to purchase at SDCC 2016 due to their «out of print» status.

Schapiro continued to work with dancing figures in large paintings such as Ragtime (1988) and in her monumental public sculpture, Anna and David, a 35 - foot outdoor piece in Rosslyn, Virginia.

While Whiteread has never become a public figure in the manner of contemporaries such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, her projects have become the subject of fierce public debate, both in Vienna and in London: House won her the Turner prize in 1993, but was the subject of some local hostility; some found her fourth plinth commission repetitious.

Lucian Freud's oeuvre is comprised of expressive, realist portraits, most often of female nudes or of himself, but also of various public figures, such as Clint Eastwood, Leigh Bowery, and Queen Elizabeth II.

Published for this exhibition, Antony Gormley: For the Time Being examines recent works exploring this tension, such as the Construct series, which range from a standing male figure with his hands at his sides and his head turned, to a cluster of vertical blocks that could be described as post-Constructivist, and recent public commissions such as «Exposure» (2010, executed for a site in the Netherlands) and «Habitat» (2010, erected in Anchorage, Alaska), which also demonstrate this tension of mass in space versus constellated nodes in space.

Through her portrayal of the human figure, Morisot was able to explore the themes of modern life that came to define impressionism, such as the intimacy of contemporary bourgeois living and leisure activities, the importance of fashion and the toilette, and women's domestic work, all while blurring the lines between interior and exterior, public and private, finished and unfinished.

An uncategorizable figure, Caulfield successfully escaped early Pop affiliations to become the graphic poet of private desolation as found in convivial public places such as restaurants and bars.

Through her portrayal of the human figure, Morisot was able to explore the themes of modern life that came to define Impressionism, such as the intimacy of contemporary bourgeois living and leisure activities, the importance of female fashion and the toilette, and women's domestic work, all while blurring the lines between interior and exterior, public and private, finished and unfinished.

Viewers may spot the likenesses of public figures such as Stuart Hall, Thelma Golden or Paul Gilroy, but also portraits of anonymous friends and lovers — dressed up, undressed, and in drag — and views of cluttered bedrooms and city parks.

The large, colorful prints on view depict such public and historic figures as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Jimmy Carter, Sitting Bull and Alexander the Great, and were made by Warhol between 1977 and 1986.

His genre scenes, such as Idol Hands, 2012, which is included in the exhibition, investigate public and private spaces and are frequently rendered in a skewed aerial perspective featuring generalized figures that signal the everyman.

Iconic works by major 20th century figures, such as Pablo Picasso, Joseph Beuys and Mark Rothko, will join artists introduced to the public by Tate Modern, including Saloua Raouda Choucair (b. 1916, Lebanon), Meschac Gaba (b. 1961, Benin) and Cildo Meireles (b. 1948, Brazil).

The piece, which sold early in the weekend, is a fascinating departure from the hyperrealistic sculptures of human figures and plants for which Matelli is best known, as seen in such prominent recent public installations as the High Line.

While works such as Group I, 1951 (Tate Gallery T02226) were concerned with crowds of people in public spaces, others like Bicentric Form, 1949 (Tate Gallery N05932) dealt with more intimate exchanges by the fusion of bodies in a way that anticipated the comparable painting Two Figures (Tate Gallery T03155).