Sentences with phrase «towering national figures»
The NYT determines there is «near - universal agreement,» that though de Blasio is «on more of a glide path to re-election in New York City than any mayor in a generation, he is still struggling to project his political voice in a job that has long produced towering national figures.»
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
Already a towering figure on the Daytona Beach scene, France had the foresight to turn a Southern confederation of jalopy racers into NASCAR in 1948, and he eventually forged it into a national obsession.
In January 1971, Meyer helped form a coalition of park advocates, People for a Golden Gate National Recreation Area; she was a co-chair of the group, alongside a towering conservation figure, former Sierra Club President Ed Wayburn.