Sentences with phrase «who first won»

The Torres Strait is home to the group of Islanders from Mer who first won recognition of native title, with Eddie (Koiki) Mabo triggering the land rights case which recognised Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders» native title to the land and affirmed that Australia was not terra nullius (belonging to no one) when the British arrived.

The Torres Strait is home to the group of Islanders from Mer who first won recognition of native title, with Eddie (Koiki) Mabo initiating the ground - breaking land rights case.

David Diao, who first won acclaim and public attention with an exhibition at Paula Cooper gallery in 1969, has dedicated two decades to making his famous works riffing on famous Modernist paintings.

After World War II, Smith became the closest counterpart among sculptors to New York School painters such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who first won world recognition for contemporary American art.

The Report also recommends expanding the petition exception for incumbents who first won as an independent or minor party candidate.

Nevada Republican Rep. Dean Heller: Last year, National Republicans had been eyeing Heller, who first won election to the House in 2006, as a possible challenger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Grimm and Allegretti have impressed national Republicans with their fundraising abilities and overall campaigns, but Lanza, who first won elective office in 2001 and served with McMahon in the City Council, is better - known and a proven vote - getter.

They are joined by nonprofit leaders who have scrutinized DOE practices for years, including under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who first won mayoral control of city schools in 2002, ending the old Board of Education system.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

Ben Kallos, Council District 5, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Kallos, who first won his East Side seat in 2013, is a Vice-Chair of the City Council's Progressive Caucus.

Not exact matches

Winfrey described watching the Oscars in 1964 as Sidney Poitier (who also won the Cecil B. DeMille Award, in 1982) became the first African American to win an Academy Award and how that changed history.

Nintendo (ntdoy) on Friday priced its first console in about four years above market expectations, disappointing investors and clouding its prospects of winning back gamers who have shifted from consoles to smartphones.

When users find it costly or time - consuming to switch (even to a better product) the guy who got there first wins.

«Everyone knows that the first three years decide who will win,» he said.

The first Olympic Champion on Team USA usually gets the most clips played back over the ensuing two weeks, putting them in a better position for endorsement deals and longer - term relevance than anyone on a team sport or who wins closer to the Closing Ceremonies.

The presidential candidate, who will be a guest on Colbert's first Late Show on Sept. 8, has already started to use the appearance for donation opportunities, asking his supporters to donate $ 3 or more for a chance to win VIP tickets to the taping.

We've gathered advice from entrepreneurs who made millions on their first businesses and are applying that hard - won wisdom to their new startups.

Over the course of three - plus years, McQueen — who has appeared in the MTV reality show Nitro Circus and FuelTV's Thrillbillies — has won Monster Jam's Rising Star Award, a monster truck racing title in New Orleans, and in 2010 he made Monster Jam history by landing the first - ever back flip in competition.

The competitive contest between Lipinski and Marie Newman, a first - time candidate who won 49.1 % of the primary voters, became a flashpoint for simmering tensions between the national Democratic Party's centrist and liberal wings, drawing months of national attention.

One player who thrived in the Rio sun was Australia's John Millman, who become the first Olympian to win a men's singles match without losing a game.

After years of snubs, Steven Spielberg rightfully won his first Oscar for «Schindler's List,» based on the true story of a German businessman who saved hundreds of Jewish lives during the Holocaust.

Becky Hammon, who became the first NBA assistant coach last year, and this year coached the San Antonio Spurs to a win in the NBA's Summer League, told Fortune, «Now that this door has been opened, maybe we'll see more of it, and hopefully it will not be a news story.»

James Hahn, who won his first PGA TOUR event last year, was looking for an edge when he jumped to PXG in January: «I didn't feel the need to switch (from TaylorMade) but a small part of me was thinking, «I can't compete with a guy who hits 30 yards longer than me and one or two clubs longer than me.»

First isolated in 2004 by physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who won a Nobel Prize for their efforts, graphene is essentially a crystalline carbon allotrope with two - dimensional properties.

And Mercure Hotels invited couples who share Harry and Meghan's first names to apply for a free stay at one of Mercure's London properties, and two couples won.

Michael Davies, Fox Sports senior vice president of field and technical operations, says this first public broadcast won't cover the race from the perspective of who's winning like the television broadcast will.

That felt lucky to Alexander, who won his first Coty Award with an argyle design.

The first - place finisher (who will win a Kindle Fire, $ 300 Amazon gift card, and subscription to Fortune) was in a tie for 5th place before the Fortune team posted.

An example from the games this year is Serena and Venus Williams, who have won the women's doubles in the Olympics three times but lost in the first round at Rio.

Phelps took the blocks amid thunderous roars for him and the 30 - year - old Brazilian in the lane to his right, Rio - born Thiago Pereira, who was out to win the home country's first swimming medal of the Games.

«It breaks the monotony,» says Kevin Cordes, an American swimmer who won a gold in the 4 X 100 medley relay and says he had a burger before his first race in Rio.

The Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill early Saturday in a massive win for the party and President Donald Trump, who has seen many of his agenda items stall in the legislature during his first year in office.

Arnold Palmer, who died on Sunday, at 87, won his first Masters in 1958, during America's great post-war expansion.

A prodigious talent who first appeared on television swinging a golf club at two years old, Woods grew into a champion by winning 14 majors in swashbuckling style.

The paper is the first rigorous analysis of who wins and loses under the bill as agreed to in conference committee.

First of all, there is not an 18 year old on this planet who would win one million dollars and invest all of it for future consumption.

It was Bannon who seems to have first popularized the «globalist» label as a term for his factional enemies, seeking to leverage Trump's protectionist instincts to win a larger set of power struggles.

Lee Hui - ho, widow of the late South Korean president Kim Dae - jung, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2000 after the first inter-Korean summit with Kim Jong - il, suggested that Mr Moon should be recognised by the Nobel committee.

Again, it is next year when a plausible proxy fight could begin to unseat Ferro, who has been steadfast in his drive to first win control of the company and then to maintain it.

(MIT Technology Review) • LeBron James Reveals Ambitious Plan to Build Hollywood Empire: «Winning Is the First Thing That Matters» (Hollywood Reporter) • Why science is so hard to believe (Washington Post) • Neurologist Oliver Sacks on Memory, Plagiarism, and the Necessary Forgettings of Creativity (Brain Pickings) see also Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer (NY Times) • The Mysterious, Murky Story Behind Soy - Sauce Packets: How Chinese takeout, a Jewish businessman from the Bronx, and NASA - approved packaging have shaped the 50 - year reign of a well - loved American condiment (The Atlantic) • Who is the Brian Williams of Fox News?

The pastor of First Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina, Page won a first - ballot victory this summer against two prominent candidates with close ties to what is sometimes called the college of cardinals» a close - knit circle of Southern Baptist Convention leaders who have handpicked the denomination's recent presidFirst Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina, Page won a first - ballot victory this summer against two prominent candidates with close ties to what is sometimes called the college of cardinals» a close - knit circle of Southern Baptist Convention leaders who have handpicked the denomination's recent presidfirst - ballot victory this summer against two prominent candidates with close ties to what is sometimes called the college of cardinals» a close - knit circle of Southern Baptist Convention leaders who have handpicked the denomination's recent presidents.

Swift, who won a total of three Grammy during the evening, told the audience, «As the first woman to win album of the year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there: there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.»

My problem is the kneejerk hatred of American power which won two world wars and the cold war and the fact that we yes WE protected Europe for years and still without our military presence many of the countries of Europe (who by the way will not arm and participate) would be overrun first by the USSR and later by Islamofascists.

Under an appointive system a minister's first congregation has probably been the victim of a rapid succession of inexperienced clergy who never stayed long enough to share the benefits of the experience won at the congregation's expense.

While polls showed him at the back of a seven - person pack just weeks before January's first - in - the - nation Iowa caucuses, Santorum won a plurality of Iowa evangelicals, who accounted for nearly 60 % of the electorate.

In the first place, it will be hard to win a civil lawsuit brought against the heirs of anyone who was, before 1861, merely operating under the laws of the time.

It was he who had first won converts among the Samaritans and had baptized the Ethiopian eunuch.

No pope in history had been so universally acclaimed by Jewish leaders throughout the world: the renowned Nobel Prize - winning physicist Albert Einstein; Chaim Weizmann, who would become Israel's first President; Moshe Sharett, who would become Israel's first Foreign Minister and second Prime Minister; Rabbi Isaac Herzog, the Chief Rabbi of Israel» all of these figures showered Pius with praise for his actions in defense of the Jews.

So you need an additional premise that god will smile only one those who truly believe AND those that pretend that they do for the sake of winning a wager for this thing to get off the ground in the first place.

The scandal that is John Corigliano's First (AIDS) Symphony continues to grip American orchestras, who vie for the chance to perform a Pulitzer Prize - winning work that reeks of anger but has little musical substance.