Sentences with phrase «taking over her home district»

At that time, Taliban militants were taking over her home district, banning TV, music, and women from going to school and even the market.

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After his death, the library moved into the home, and the park district took over the greenhouse, adding two conservatories, one in 1923 and another in 1926.

Two days after Schools Superintendent Richard Organisciak attempted to quell anger on the New Rochelle Board of Education over reports of district employees making personal use of district vehicles, a Bonanno employee is still taking a district vehicle home every night and weekends.

The winner of the raffle, to be drawn and announced Saturday, April 19, at 2 p.m. during the Quad - City School District Celebration, not only takes home the Camry LE, but wins a three - year, 36,000 - mile bumper - to - bumper warranty, and a five - year, 50,000 - mile drivetrain warranty as well - with a total value estimated at just over $ 21,000.

This exceptional mountainside home is conveniently located in Park City's historic «old town» district and has spectacular views over the Park City valley and toward Deer Valley that will take your breath away.

As I dug deeper I was struck by the sense of outrage and loss this painting aroused in so many people: The family of Lea Bondi, determined to reclaim the stolen portrait she had failed to recover in her lifetime; the Manhattan District Attorney who sent shock waves through the international art world and enraged many of New York's most prominent cultural organizations when he issued a subpoena and launched a criminal investigation following the surprise resurfacing of Portrait of Wally; the New York art dealer who tipped off a reporter about the painting during the opening of the Schiele exhibition at MoMA; the Senior Special Agent at the Department of Homeland Security who vowed not to retire until the fight was over; the art theft investigator who unearthed the post-war subterfuge and confusion that ultimately landed the painting in the hands of a young, obsessed Schiele collector; the museum official who testified before Congress that the seizure of Portrait of Wally could have a crippling effect on the ability of American museums to borrow works of art; the Assistant United States Attorney who took the case to the eve of trial; and the legendary Schiele collector who bartered for Portrait of Wally in the early 1950s and fought to the end of his life to bring it home to Vienna.