Sentences with phrase «who abdicated»

Tackling duel storylines, W.E. begins in 1998 with doctor's wife Wally (Abbie Cornish, Limitless), emotionally adrift and seeking solace in the world of Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough, Brighton Rock) and King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy, An American Haunting), who abdicated the throne for the married woman he loved, some 60 years before.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chairman Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Congressman Charles Rangel «s job in Washington, confirmed over the weekend that he is interested in returning to Albany — by running for the position of Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the City Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens left her local post to assume Wright's old role in the State Legislature.

Mr. Dazni urged the Police Administration to take urgent steps to identify and bring to book those officers who abdicated their duties so publicly, which he believes will positively boost their public image.

And lawmakers who abdicated their authority have no right to complain.

I urge the Police Administration to take urgent steps to identify and punish those officers who abdicated their duties so publicly, in order to restore the reputation of the Police Service in the eyes of the public.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chair Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Rep. Charles Rangel's post, confirmed he's interested in running to replace Sen. Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the NYC Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens was elected to Wright's old seat.

The notorious Edward VIII, who abdicated in order to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson and later may have become a Nazi sympathizer, would have been a personality, an individual who ruled according to his whims.

For who is this ineffectual God who failed to show up and claim her but a version of her father who abdicated and disappeared; who failed to protect her from what was going on in her home; who, in effect, «dropped» her before she was fully formed?

Among the movies condemned early on was Queen Christina, the story of the Swedish monarch who abdicated in 1654.

This contrasts with an Attorney - General who abdicates his constitutional responsibilities and becomes a mere conduit for executive actions in the issuance of political White Papers contrary to the Constitution.

Not exact matches

It puts food on their tables — but they still have to be responsible... in fact, I suspect that if you don't have the power to give someone some opportunity to grow and learn, then you either have gutted the educational system and load up your bank accounts, or you have abdicated your power to someone who does.

Hospice must never become another mechanism by which society can hide death, or through which society can abdicate its responsibility toward the dying and those who love them.

The Christian who accepts violence, like the Christian who thinks he can ignore violence, has abdicated from Christianity as a way of life.

But those who imagine monarchy to be useless in a democratic age might consider the case of Spain (a stable democracy that has just gone through a royal transition, with King Juan Carlos abdicating in favor of his son and heir, Felipe).

He gives a reminder that he is still the true king of his people, that it is he (and not this feeble king) who commands in Israel, delivers Israel, and serves as its commander - in - chief, that it is he also (and not this king that abdicates his responsibility) who himself bears all the suffering of this people, who takes it to himself and suffers it, that finally it is on him (and not on this blind king) that there falls all the evil committed among his people.

Religion if for spiritual weaklings who wish to abdicate their god given autonomy because they don't trust themselves to trust their own inner voice.

Yet not too many of us think that we need to throw our children to popular culture willy - nilly, I can't think of anyone who denies the importance of a stable and loving family for a child, anyone who thinks that by creating a strong community we are abdicating our roles as parents, not at all.

If Laura Stepp at CNN is to be believed, conservatives who oppose the use of contraceptives for religious reasons have lost their faith in science and are abdicating the use of their intellect in order to maintain an untenable position.

A less likely opponent is James Toney, who recently abdicated the IBF middleweight crown by moving up to the 168 - pound class.

Over the week, a self - acclaimed group who called themselves Gbese Kingmakers in a press conference gave Nii Ayi - Bonte one - week ultimatum to abdicate his throne following the latter's pronouncement that should President John Mahama fail to retain his seat in the December polls he would step aside as King of Gbese.

Former assemblyman Dan Losquadro, who was elected in good faith to represent us in Albany, abdicated his post after only 2 1/2 years to run for a totally unrelated position, that of Brookhaven Town highway superintendent, leaving a vacancy that may be filled by a special election.

Mr Asiedu Nketia who himself has been told by NDC supporters to abdicate his position said the party's prescription about the matter has to be heeded.

Others highlighted the Democrats» losses under other chairs who simultaneously served in elected office, prompting Ellison to promised he would abdicate his seat if victorious.

It abdicates those who've lost these votes of any responsibility for their own untruths.

Looking to keep the Republican «Long Island Nine» intact, the Nassau County GOP picked attorney Chris McGrath to replace former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted on corruption charges and forced to abdicate his seat in December.

Upper West Side resident Cary Goodman, who launched in January a City Council race on a primarily single - issue platform against the AMNH expansion, told those present at a City Hall hearing on the Parks Department's preliminary budget Tuesday that Mitchell Silver is abdicating his responsibilities as outlined by the City Charter unless he rejects the museum's «toxic» proposal.

One assumes from his coveted «and X as Y» credit that the role will amount to a cameo, yet Malkovich actually has a sizable part as English's (and England's) arch enemy, a French industrialist who plans to get Queen Elizabeth to abdicate the throne, be coronated in her place, and transform Great Britain into a prison colony, which will apparently net him oodles of cash but, more importantly, allow his inner megalomaniac to run riot.

A big budget movie with a heart, Tom Hooper's period drama starred Colin Firth as Bertie Windsor, Edward VII's painfully shy younger brother who's thrust into the limelight when his brother abdicates to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson in 1936.

After King Edward VIII (later known as the Duke of Windsor) abruptly abdicated the British throne in 1936 to marry his mistress, Wallis Simpson, an American, and worse, a two - time divorcee, the succession fell to his brother, who eventually became George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II.

Helena Bonham Carter (Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee) provides a superb evocation of George's wife Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother) and the rest of the cast is well chosen and equally effective, including Guy Pearse as the abdicating King Edward VII, Derek Jacobi as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, Claire Bloom as Queen Mary, and Michael Gambon as King George V. Orchestrating the whole affair with obvious enthusiasm and attention to detail is well - deserved Best Director Oscar winner Tom Hooper (who also gave us 2009's impressive The Damned United).

Glanz et al. (2006) reported that principals who were seen as instructional leaders collaborated with teacher leaders to supervise classroom teachers, while principals without instructional expertise abdicated supervision responsibility to teacher leaders.

Special needs students who do enroll in private schools completely abdicate their federal protections under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in all but four states.

These teachers are effective coaches who do not abdicate their roles; they are still responsible for designing and managing learning and assessment.

«In California, when legislators can't come up with a solution, it ends up going on the ballot,» says Bonilla, who worries about lawmakers abdicating their responsibilities, and the electorate voting on issues they're not well informed about.

«I say «most» because I have met people who essentially abdicate all decision - making to their advisor,» says DeGoey.

Instead, stockholder rights in this regard have been abdicated to Boards of Directors, almost all of who seem to be compliant management tools.

So many people all but abdicate all meaningful responsibility regarding their personal finances to their advisor (and shame on those advisors who perpetuate the myth, too).

Queen Matilda II has abdicated the throne and turned over the reins to Matilda III, who is the new official cat in residence.

The Parador de Jarandilla Hotel was originally the temporary refuge of Emperor Charles V, who after abdicating in favor of his son Phillip II, fled and went into hiding in this former 14th century castle built by the Count of Oropesa and the Marquis of Jarandilla.

This seems to me a misreading of Reed, who even at his most process - driven never abdicated the challenge of form, as Smith appears to do.

Sheikha Al - Mayassa is the sister of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al - Thani, who assumed the role of Qatar's emir when his father abdicated in June.

There can be serious consequences for those who blindly abdicate this responsibility.

'» [72] The documents described in (2) above issued by the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and of Georgia and by the NOBC and CCJ evidence that, with respect to the regulation of legal services, it would be impossible for a state's review mechanism to provide any kind of «realistic assurance» because, in fact, there is no state review mechanism to speak of — the regulators have abdicated their regulatory responsibilities to persons who can only be described as «active market participants.»

The late - night host criticized lawmakers like Sen. Marco Rubio, R - Fla., who he said «completely abdicated responsibility.»

You should not fool yourself into thinking Dave that you're providing anything more than the clerk at the newspaper who takes an ad or the non-registered assistant at the office who loads a listing because as a FSBO provider you've abdicated all responsibilities to become nothing more than a data entry clerk for which you get an up front non-refundable fee.

Brokers have abdicated their responsibilities to provide & demand attendance at ongoing training programs & assist in the career development of their salesforce, all the while collecting fees from people who have a limited chance at sucess.