Sentences with phrase «who first tapped»

Many principals and superintendents can name the person who first tapped them to be a leader.

Despite the modern GOP - evangelical alliance, it was a Democrat who first tapped that power base in Iowa.

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But the first lesson of business school is to tap into your natural network, and veterans, who have often spent years overseas cut off from regular society, often don't have the contacts they need to make the transition into civilian business.

Abnormal Brewing Co. — Abnormal's M3 stout would be enough to get people to line up, but when it announced it would tap a barrel - aged version of M3 for the first time ever, the line quickly grew to between 100 - 150 people, who waited for up to 30 minutes for a one ounce pour.

Grewal then tapped his personal connections who knew people at Airbnb, and finally on March 28 — 11 days after he first contacted Airbnb — the company informed Grewal that they would reach out to his tenants to inform them of their «obligations.»

While owners of Amazon's Fire HD 10 will be able ask Alexa to make calls without using their hands, people who bought older models like the Fire 7 or Fire HD 8 tablets will have to first tap their device's home button.

Property agents from Australia who hope to tap into the Chinese investor market will benefit from the first - ever Juwai China Agent Summit in Shanghai, according to Real Estate Business (29... Per saperne di più >

Finally, First We Feast investigates «the state of soul food in America» these days in a great read that taps a wide host of experts who each have a unique and important perspective.

First, Pat would tap the 60 - plus years of coaching experience with which she surrounds herself, consulting swiftly with her staff: DeMoss, with her uncanny ability to see what all 10 players were doing on the floor; Holly Warlick, who had the game seared into her soul as Pat's point guard in the late»70s; and Al Brown, who could study video and spot the neck twitch that indicated that the opposing team's forward was about to drive left.

No team had more work to do in the draft than the Falcons, who tapped BC's Matt Ryan as Michael Vick's replacement — the first step in the recovery of a beleaguered franchise

26 minutes into the second half and the opposition concede another penalty in our own «22» and Lewis Stockman reacted quickly with a quick tap and an offload to the leading try - scorer Toby, creating a 2 on 1 against their full - back with Alistair Lang who received the ball and ran 60m to score his first try of the game.

The ball crossed in from the right flank was scuffed by Landon Donovan who tried to sidefoot it first time but rolled directly into Shea's path, leaving the Stoke City winger to tap in from close range.

Tapping into two issues affecting the hospital experience of young parents: the quality of care for the mother and newborn, and patients» rights • By HANNAH KATSMAN When Gaia (last name withheld) was expecting her second baby, she hoped for a better hospital experience than she had with her first son, who was born prematurely.

According to Newsday's Dan Janison, who first reported the news, Batra was tapped in August 2011 by Mangano to advise the county executive on fiscal matters and «identifying fraud, waste and abuse in governance.»

She's a Manhattan attorney who serves as counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network and led the right's opposition to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor back in 2009 when the Bronx native was tapped by President Obama to be the first Latina to sit on the nation's highest court.

She's perhaps best known, to those who are familiar with her work, for leading the right's opposition to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor back in 2009 when the Bronx native was tapped by President Obama to be the first Latina to sit on the nation's highest court.

Three years after NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer, who has worked on de Blasio's successful universal pre-K initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Obama's campaign, to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive direFirst Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer, who has worked on de Blasio's successful universal pre-K initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Obama's campaign, to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive direfirst - ever executive director.

Three years after First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer — who has worked on Mayor Bill de Blasio's successful universal pre-kindergarten initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Barack Obama's campaign — to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive direFirst Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer — who has worked on Mayor Bill de Blasio's successful universal pre-kindergarten initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Barack Obama's campaign — to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive direfirst - ever executive director.

Sen. Mark Grisanti, who, like other Republican incumbents and first - time candidates across the state, is under fire from Democrats and their allies in women's rights advocacy organizations for failing to support the full Women's Equality Act, has tapped his daughter, Theresa, to defend his record.

«I believe that we should put the needs of hardworking, law - abiding citizens who are positively contributing to society first, and I will continue to fight for the reinstatement of TAP funds before I even begin to entertain the idea of supporting this program,» Grisanti said in a statement.

New York (CNN)- New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, who began his campaign as a long - shot but surfed a late wave of momentum by tapping into liberal anxiety over the three - term administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, overwhelmed his opponents on Tuesday to finish first in the city's Democratic mayoral primary.

Rabin - Havt worked briefly with Tagaris in the Democratic National Committee's digital department in 2005 under former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who was among the first politicians to tap into the potency of the Internet as a way to raise money and rally supporters.

Earlier this month, she indicated she was getting closer to declaring her candidacy when she tapped Rebecca Katz, who served as a special advisor to de Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Bill Hyers, campaign manager for de Blasio's successful first campaign, to work with her.

DiNapoli, who in 2007 was tapped as controller by his former legislative colleagues, is running statewide for the first time this fall.

Andrew Cuomo appoints special prosecutor to investigate assault allegations against former attorney general: «Cuomo, who was among the first to call on Schneiderman to resign, tapped Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas for the job.

A legendary Texas natural gas baron named George Mitchell, who died in 2013, was the first to tap the Barnett shale using hydraulic fracturing.

Christopher Sholes, who invented the first commercial typewriter in 1873, scattered the most commonly tapped letters in awkward, hard - to - reach spots so that adjacent keys would be less likely to jam.

The fact that the Hayneses were able to tap leading medical experts who were willing to reduce their rates to devote scores of hours to their case is just the first of a number of fortuitous turns their story took.

To direct the first Panther movie, Marvel tapped Ryan Coogler, who with his last outing, «Creed,» shook the dust off the Rocky series by giving it an African - American champion played by Michael B. Jordan.

To Peele's knowledge, former President Obama, who famously tapped his comedy partner Keegan Michael Key to bring the duo's «Obama Anger Translator» sketch to the 2015 White House Correspondents Dinner, hasn't yet seen «Get Out» — although former first daughter Malia Obama was in attendance at the film's Sundance premiere.

Channeling Nigel Tufnel from This is Spinal Tap, Gunn turns his successful formula about an «ill - matched crew of losers who have no one else but each another» up to 11 - but for the first hour it's a zero - sum game.

While it isn't the first of its kind, it feels like it could be: So deeply does it understand the world it parodies, Spinal Tap knows that a mockumentary is best a biopic of people who never existed, taking the personalities that define this starfucking realm and then, ever so slightly, ever so lovingly, cranking them to 11.

But the most significant talent the filmmakers tapped was Rowling herself, who, having already churned out a stage - bound sequel («Harry Potter and the Cursed Child»), now earns her first screenplay credit with this cinematic prequel.

But when top NYPD detective Lizzie Needham appeals to him to help her catch a serial murderer who is using Dylan's first book as a tutorial, Dylan is compelled by the case, comes out of retirement and taps into his old skill set.

Sources reported to Variety this week that while negotiations are still in their early stages, former X-Men star McAvoy is being tapped for the role of Bill, who was played by Jaeden Lieberher in the first pic, while Angry Birds Movie actor Hader could be portraying Richie, played by «Stranger Things» actor Finn Wolfhard previously.

Now, / Film is reporting that Sylvester Stallone — who played supporting character Rocky Balboa in the first movie — has been tapped to...

We'd also be able to get our First Look at Daisy and Waluigi's Amiibo Board in MP10, but what could happen if you tapped the Amiibo Figures of Boo and the MTUS Unlockables, who weren't in MP10.

To support the roll - out across the schools, Gwinnett tapped into local school technology coordinators (LSTCs), who are teachers with deep knowledge of instructional design who are embedded within the schools, to provide ongoing coaching and training through the first year of implementation.

If a self - published book sells 5,000 copies in its first six months, an agent or publisher is not going to let first rights issues stand in their way (always assuming that the book is well - written [I've known self - pubbed authors who've managed to sell large numbers of really pretty bad books] and the sales suggest a market that could be tapped, rather than one that has been exhausted, as with some niche products).

Whereas those who have bought older models of Kindle Fire, such as Kindle Fire 7 or Kindle Fire HD 8, then they will first have to tap «home» button on their devices in order to make calls.

The second division a person could fall into in my scheme of three groups is people who are possibly just as well off as the ones in the first group, but don't have assets they can tap so easily.

Those who purchase the first production run version of the game will also receive a special Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card, which can be tapped to the Wii U GamePad controller to unlock the Shadow Mewtwo playable character in the game.

They team up for the first time ever to face a foe like no other in Kabuto, who taps into the power of Dragon Sage Mode.

But for the first time, developers can tap into the home console market and create some good RTS games for an audience who may never have played any of the wide variety of games in the genre.

Raúl de Nieves, who was attending the benefit for his first time, said the experience made him feel tapped into a storied lineage — the Watermill Center was founded in 1992 — that he had not known so extensively before.

It was valued by Indigenous peoples who taught the first Europeans to tap trees.

Those at the top of the list — if ever such a list is developed and agreed upon internationally — could decide who is first in line to tap a multibillion - dollar Green Climate Fund.

When you tap into «Prioritize who to see first), the initial names you'll see are the people who Facebook has automatically selected for you, based on the algorithm that tracks how many interactions you have with a particular person, and how often.

While owners of Amazon's Fire HD 10 will be able ask Alexa to make calls without using their hands, people who bought older models like the Fire 7 or Fire HD 8 tablets will have to first tap their device's home button.

Imagine, he invited the audience, how hard that task would be for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers and communities where language is an issue, who can't tap into the skills learnt through a law degree or professional networks — much less a computer — to first obtain a good diagnosis and then ensure the best support and treatment?