Sentences with phrase «who earlier this year»

The Washington Post reported Friday that another name under consideration for the defense post is Senator Kelly Ayotte, a Republican who earlier this year backed the idea of draft registration for women.

Some Democratic lawmakers have called for a special session of the legislature to censure LePage, who earlier this year fought off an impeachment effort.

Margaret Hodge, the chairwoman of the Commons public accounts committee who earlier this year accused Google of breaking its company motto of «don't be evil» said it had once again shown contempt for its customers and UK taxpayers.

Bain and Cinven, who earlier this year took control of Germany's Stada, are hoping to use the Merck unit as a buy - and - build platform for Stada, which makes generic drugs and consumer care products and had annual revenues of more than 2 billion euros in 2016, the sources said.

Last year we handled the bills barely a week after they handled the raiders, who earlier that year handled us.

James, who earlier this year took a subtle jab at Nik Stauskas for going to Michigan, was asked about the upcoming showdown in Ann Arbor between the Buckeyes and Wolverines.

«I will now concentrate on being 100 % fit for the outdoor competitions,» said the European indoor 60m silver medallist, who earlier this year said he wanted to win a medal in each of the championships he prepares for in 2014, including the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the European Championships in Zurich.

Because the Liberal Democrats will stand for nothing as long as they trot after Cameron as if still in the ConDem coalition with the same Conservatives who earlier this year went for them with the savage mercilessness of a pitbull devouring a three - legged sheep.

John Flanagan, the Senate's Education Committee chair who earlier this year indicated that mayoral control needs serious reconsideration, did not return calls for comment.

Many real estate players including Levine, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank chairman Jeffrey Gural and Robert Knakal, who earlier this year sold his company to Cushman & Wakefield, said Litwin remains revered.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who earlier this year said he was also against the designation, said it was it unfair to single out the Palace as the only landmark designated site, when there are other locations in Washington Heights worthy of designation.

Cruz, who earlier this year attacked what he called «New York values» espoused by downstate politicians, was considerably more reverential to the crowd of 1,300 people who packed the gymnasium of the Mekeel Christian Academy on Thursday morning for his 30 - minute speech.

On Tuesday, Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, who earlier this year spent $ 232,000 in...

Bill de Blasio, the man who earlier this year went from rank outsider to become mayor of New York, was supposed to be selling a message of hope.

The Southold Library is taking the hint from Governor Andrew Cuomo, who earlier this year proposed a 2 percent cap on property tax hikes.

But now his campaign is striking back at Alexi Giannoulias, the Democrat who earlier this year waged a public relations battle of his own following the failure of a bank owned by his family.

Glenwood Management President Leonard Litwin, who earlier this year was named the Real Estate Board of New York's first - ever lifetime honorary chairman, has donated more than $ 900,000 to the campaigns of New York State Senate candidates so far this election cycle, the New York World reported.

He was already a fierce critic of Conservative leader David Cameron, who earlier that year had described UKIP members as «fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists».

The chairman of the event is Rep. Steve Israel (D - L.I.), who earlier this year was persuaded by Obama not to run in a primary against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.).

Among them was M. Nia Madison, a microbiology professor at Miami Dade College, who earlier this year received a 2017 Changing the Face of STEM grant to support her work in mentoring and engaging women who are interested in STEM fields.

The report was commissioned by India environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who earlier this year had imposed an indefinite moratorium on the release of brinjal engineered to make the Bt toxin that helps the plant resist insect pests.

At the level of the synapses, «this algorithm can be implemented in several different ways,» said Sejnowski, who earlier this year became an advisor on the Obama administration's new BRAIN Initiative, a $ 100 million research effort to develop new techniques for studying the brain.

Yes, that really is the intense actor Ben Foster sporting the signature yellow jersey of legendary sporting cyclist Lance Armstrong, who earlier this year...

«I don't want to be a salesperson, I don't want to convince anyone of anything,» says Aaron Eckhart, who earlier this year drew rave notices for doing just that as a smooth - talking tobacco lobbyist in Thank You For Smoking.

First on this list was Drew Goddard, who earlier this year was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenwriting efforts on The Martian, an accolade that ultimately went to Adam McKay and Charles Randolph for The Big Short.

Ingrid Bergman managed that balance in the end, after all; Vikander, who earlier this year channelled the Swedish icon to narrate the documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, is probably weary of the comparison, however flattering.

In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.

Scholastic, Inc., the children's publishing mainstay who earlier this year announced its upcoming venture into ebook sales for its widely popular school book clubs, will be releasing installments of a new 39 Clues book over the Christmas holidays in digital format.

The games are published by Deep Silver, who earlier this year entered a publishing deal with Sega of America and Atlus.

Ms. Halbreich, who starts Nov. 1, succeeds Christy MacLear, who earlier this year joined Sotheby's to expand the auction house's advisory services for living artists and for artists» estates and foundations.

Sotheby's started the evening's other 38 lots with the 2012 painting «Drown,» by the young Nigerian - born figurative painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby, who earlier this year was the subject of a one - woman show at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla..

The artist of 2017 for me was Hannah Black, who earlier this year led the call for the Whitney Biennial to remove and destroy Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till.

«Rebeca Martell (MX), who earlier this year exhibited her incredible solo exhibition «Always Somewhere» in Fototeca Juan C. Méndez on June 2nd in Puebla, Mexico, is currently engaged in documenting cultures as she works as freelance photographer and international correspondent for music magazines.

Finally, the rock - star Thai brothers Korakrit and Korapat Arunanondchai (b. 1986), who earlier this year had a solo show of their flaming denim paintings go on view at MoMA PS1, saw one of their pieces net $ 53,125 (est. $ 12,000 - 18,000).

Past recipients of the award are Doryun Chong (2010), Chief Curator at M +, Hong Kong; Nav Haq (2012), recently appointed curator of the 2017 Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, & Jay Sanders (2012), Curator and Curator of Performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York — both selected for the Award by Hans Ulrich Obrist; and Eva Barois De Caevel (2014), an independent curator who earlier this year collaborated on the 37th EVA International, Ireland Biennial of Contemporary Art, Limerick, selected by Nancy Spector.

EDWIN STERN, a former New Jersey appellate division judge who earlier this year completed a temporary assignment on the New Jersey Supreme Court, is now counsel at Gibbons in the firm's business and commercial litigation department.

Currently, technology upstarts do not deal with the same regulatory constraints as banks, a sore spot for some like Toronto - Dominion Bank chief executive Bharat Masrani, who earlier this year called on policymakers to level the playing field and regulate fintechs.

The Facebook freebooting issue also has triggered complaints by other content creators, including Destin Sandin, who earlier this year posted a video about the subject on his «Smarter Every Day» YouTube channel.

Fast and hard words from a man who earlier this year called Bitcoin a Fraud and then later Flip - Flopped, George Bush style.

He simply called it a «Fraud» Fast and hard words from a man who earlier this year called Bitcoin a Fraud and then later Flip - Flopped, George Bush style.

As an avenue for separations, collaborative law was described as «the way to go» by former Attorney - General Marc Pettingill, who earlier this year set up the firm where Ms Richards works.

NAR President Pat Vredevoogd Combs was among a handful of industry and consumer leaders who earlier this year weighed in on health insurance legislation at a fact - finding meeting hosted by Kennedy and other members of his committee.

(MCT)-- Jessica Simpson, who earlier this year bought a Hidden Hills estate from Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, has sold her home in a guarded enclave in the 90210 ZIP Code for $ 6.4 million.

Not exact matches

Facebook rolled out an expansion of its Instant Articles project on Tuesday — that's the mobile - focused offering it launched earlier this year, which offers faster - loading pages to media companies who agree to publish directly to the social network.

I'm thinking for example of the little girl who reportedly suffered a dog bite on Southwest Airlines earlier this year, or the man who was viciously attacked by a dog on Delta in 2017, and the widely reported airline moves to restrict support animals from airplane cabins.

Earlier this year U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the civil action brought by Waymo, asked federal prosecutors to investigate whether criminal theft of trade secrets had occurred.

Nvidia currently owns 70 % of the market for GPUs thanks to Huang, a visionary who foresaw a blossoming market for a new kind of computing early enough to reposition his company years in advance.

Collins, a moderate who voted against the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare earlier this year, says the bills will offset the impact of the loss of the individual mandate, but experts largely disagree, arguing that the elimination of the mandate will spike health costs and reduce choice in plans.

Gawker began a court - ordered auction of its business on Monday after losing a $ 140 - million court case earlier this year involving former wrestler Hulk Hogan, who sued Gawker for invasion of privacy after it published a clip from a sex tape he made with a friend's wife.

The storyline is about an orphan girl in the early years of Great Britain, Mary «Jacky» Faber, who has to disguise herself as a boy to sneak onto a Navy ship just to have a chance at life.