Sentences with phrase «whose former position»

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, whose former position as Speaker of the House was another female first, called the appointment a «very big deal» and insisted that gender equality at the top isn't due to a lack of qualified candidates.

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this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

But the most prominent position is bagged by former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, whose recently - published autobiography ends with a feminist manifesto distilled from 40 years of struggle.

She'll replace Bob Duffy, a former Rochester mayor whose principal duties in the position were to serve as the governor's surrogate at (mostly upstate) events and to sit as the titular chair of 10 regional economic development councils.

In her 2013 book, Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch — an education historian and former federal education official who originally supported but later became a critic of reforms like No Child Left Behind — cites surprising evidence that a nation's higher position on an international ranking of test scores actually predicted lower per capita GDP decades later, compared with countries whose test scores ranked worse.

When former director Ira Goldberg recently resigned his position to move to Spain and paint full - time, Tim was asked to take over leadership of the institution whose alumni and faculty include artistic giants like Jackson Pollock, Norman Rockwell, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Will Barnet, James Rosenquist, and Ai Weiwei.

The committee approved the nominations of former Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus, who faced insider - trading allegations while in Congress; Kimberly Reed, who held high level positions at the Treasury Department and Lehman Brothers in the lead up to the financial crisis; and Claudia Slacik, whose submission to the Office of Government Ethics reveals investment in Exxon, a recipient of Ex-Im Bank financing, and many other energy companies.

His position was if the devs weren't holding their side of the agreement, I don't need to run SegWit,» said Guy Corem, whose former firm Spondoolies - Tech was considered an early contender for Bitmain's crown.

My now former manager, Mark Aughenbaugh, whose position was recently eliminated, can provide a solid reference.

In 2007, the former Coalition Government made changes to the ALRA to create the position of the EDTL, whose role it is to hold s 19A leases on behalf of the Australian Government.

«Former nanny Monica Thompson (whose salary was paid by Allen, since three of the brood were also his) swore in a deposition to Allen's attorneys that she was pressured by Farrow to support the molestation charges, and the pressure led her to resign her position.»