Sentences with phrase «who masterminded»

The battle between Dale, a high - profile lawyer who masterminded the buyout of SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) in 1999, and Moranis, a former president of TREB, eventually attracted the attention of the Competition Bureau, which launched an investigation into CREA's practices in 2007.

Cambridge Analytica is a subsidiary of Strategic Communications Laboratories, and was founded by US hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and Steve Bannon, the former political adviser to Trump who masterminded the 2016 election campaign, and former executive chair of Breitbart News.

Major kudos must go to the Québec government's team of lawyers, who masterminded the challenge which resulted yesterday in the grant of a permanent injunction against the destruction of the long - gun registry data by the federal authorities.

On until February next year, the show reveals the energy and cosmopolitanism of the school's then director Francis Henry Newbery, who masterminded the new building, hired in teachers from continental Europe and generally raised the college's game.

Doug is the winemaker and Hugh is the artist who masterminded the Wine Collection of El Paseo bringing together all six tasting rooms.

The amazing Triskele Books team, who masterminded the event in partnership with ALLi, set up the opportunity for indie authors to be interviewed by Andy Bromley of Ingram, the book distributor responsible for the publishing and distribution services Lightning Source and Ingram Spark, through which many indie authors, myself included, publish their books.

And should those who masterminded the Ford Fiesta, Seat Ibiza and Skoda Fabia be worried?

Haruhiko Tanahashi, the engineer who masterminded the LFA, has hinted that a new Lexus halo model could already be in development.

On the question of school closings, for instance, Michele Cahill, a Carnegie Corporation education specialist who masterminded the small — high schools initiative for Klein, believes that the discussion lately «has gotten very stuck in issues of participation and decision making.»

Slick, smart «Tower Heist» is a timely comedy caper with Ben Stiller as the infuriated manager of one of New York's most luxurious residences who's determined to wreak revenge against a Wall Street tycoon (Alan Alda) who masterminded a Ponzi scheme that swindled the employees» pension fund.

It may never be conclusively settled who masterminded this horror hit — Tobe Hooper, the officially credited director, or hands - on producer Steven Spielberg — but the result was something uniquely subversive for Hollywood: a suburban nightmare that says your TV will eat you.

I would like also to remember Harold Gillies, the pioneer of plastic surgery who masterminded the whole operation there.

David Wildstein, who masterminded the lane closures and later cooperated with investigators, is now editor - in - chief for the Globe, which broke the story.

But Jameson Doig, the Princeton University professor who wrote the authoritative history of the Port Authority, said Cuomo's inspector general reminded him of the Christie appointee at the Port who masterminded Bridgegate.

He must be laughing at Lazio who now has to fight off Roger «Socks» Stone who masterminded the leaks to the press by sources to undermine Ed Cox and Levy the Bold.

Vote Leave points to a broader swathe of parliamentary support and is being run by Matthew Elliott, who masterminded the No to AV campaign, and Dominic Cummings, an abrasive former special adviser to Michael Gove who left government after falling foul of Nick Clegg.

«You'll be surprised that some of these people who masterminded the killing of Adams have come to take positions in the government... like the Upper East Regional Minister.

The ever - present discontented murmuring about Sampson's leadership seemed to crescendo toward the end of the last session, and several other Democrats, including Mike Gianaris, who masterminded this last campaign, now say a leader will be determined by the conference in some future process.

Nick Clegg was facing a row on Tuesday night after the Liberal Democrats decided to re-admit Lord Rennard — the man who masterminded the party's byelection victories in the 1990s — as it dropped disciplinary proceedings relating to allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women.

The peer, a former chief executive who masterminded many of the Lib Dems» election victories, is determined to remain a member of the party and has in the past threatened legal action if his suspension was not lifted.

It's also important to note that E. O'Brien Murray, who masterminded Rep. Bob Turner's win in the Democrat - dominated NY - 9, was seen squiring Marc Cenedella around the state Capitol at the State of the State.

Add to those games concerts by the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones, and the turf simply stood no chance, says NFL turf expert George Toma, who masterminded the stadium's first resodding this year before the World Cup soccer matches.

Chicago Park District Board President Walter Netsch, who masterminded Kelly «s demotion, has criticized his emphasis on field houses and organized activities.

Despite the high score against Cardiff Met, Oxford coach Gary Street, who masterminded the English women's World Cup success in 2014, remains happy with the progress his side is making and believes the game at Grange Road will help both teams as they prepare for the big day our at Twickenham.

In any other Trade or Company the person who masterminded this situation would and should be Sacked.

The majority of the Blues players were booed as the teams were read out — in support of the Special One, who masterminded three Premier League title victories and four domestic cup triumphs at the club.

Recently, Netanyahu was criticized iheavily his policy towards the Arabs by the same former head of the Mossad who masterminded the Stuxnet operation.

Certainly the families of those slain in New York's Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and that Pennsylvania field on 9/11 have earned the right to raise their hands in jubilation that the man who masterminded the slaughter of their loved ones has now met a justifiable end.

And the order is not directed only at those who mastermind or participate in acts of terrorism.

McConaughey and Keitel are fun to watch, even when they don't have much to work with, and they get strong support from a pair of cameos — Bill Paxton as Tyler's hard - bitten captain and David Keith as the straight - talking Marine who masterminds the raid.

The film stars Italian genre mainstay Giovanni Lombardo Radice as the devil incarnate, who masterminds Karl the Butcher's evil murder spree.

Though he appears in just three scenes in Roman Polanski's 1974 masterpiece Chinatown, John Huston creates one of movie history's most formidable villains: Noah Cross, the wealthy and ruthless land baron who masterminds an elaborate plot to buy up cheap desert property in the San Fernando Valley, irrigate it after bribing the water department, and sell the land for millions.

, tells the story of high school senior Carson Phillips (Colfer), who masterminds a blackmail scheme...

However, the worst part was hands down the fact that they left the ending open for a sequel, which is fine had they really concluded the story they establish throughout the game especially after delivering a mediocre twist of who the mastermind is behind it all.

Gregor Fisher stars as the postmaster who masterminds the boozy heist, with Eddie Izzard the law - abiding fuddy - duddy wanting to stop the hedonism.

In the midst of this potboiler lands the three criminals, who mastermind a bank job that involves hiding out at an Amish farm.

There was an action game where you break into a building and do all sorts of picking up clues and things like that, and then there was the story which involved a plot where you had to figure out who the mastermind was and what cities they were in, and it was an involved mystery - type plot.

Not exact matches

A mastermind is simply this: a gathering of similarly - minded people (entrepreneurs, for example,) who get together every once in a while and talk about what's going on in businesses.

A mastermind helps you break out of your comfort zone, because you're surrounded by people who are going through the exact same issues you are.

Kaitlin Roig - Debellis, who gave that first harrowing interview to Diane Sawyer just hours after a gunman stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT and opened fire, killing 20 young children and 6 educators, is the mastermind behind Classes 4 Classes.

Tsarnaev's defense team is expected to lay out a «Svengali» defense for their client, a strategy named after a character in a 19th century novel and meaning, in a legal context, the defense of a criminal who was «a pawn of a more influential mastermind.»

Yes, children with attentional issues can be obnoxious and difficult to parent, but they are often the ones later in life who are creative geniuses and innovative masterminds.

In addition to such individual talent, franchise partners have access to senior CMIT staff members who attend Mastermind meetings in order to contribute and learn from discussions.

Reports indicate that Coinsecure's CEO is asking the New Delhi police to seize the passport of the exchange's chief security officer, who is suspected of masterminding the theft.

A mastermind group will allow you the ability to network with like - minded people who will keep you motivated and provide you ideas to help you grow your business.

For a small group of people, however, the theft — likely masterminded, we now know, by a Russian cybercrime suspect who was arrested in Greece this past summer — would prove auspicious.

Ackman was the one who pushed the board to hire Johnson, the mastermind behind Apple stores.

Ackman joined Penney's board in February 2011 and was the one who pushed the board to hire Johnson, a mastermind of Apple Inc.'s successful stores.

Before his conversion to Christianity, Colson was described as an aggressive political mastermind who drank heavily, chain smoked, and smeared opponents.

Had history turned out somewhat differently, one could imagine the presence of Wilhelm Himmler, chancellor of Germany and grandson of the other Himmler who, as Time might put it, was the mastermind of Germany's «controversial population policy in the 1940s.»