Sentences with phrase «witnesses at this week»

Former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato was close to being called as a witness at this week's corruption trial of Norman Seabrook, the former head of the NYC correction officers union, over a story he has been telling for years about how the fallen jail guard rep once solicited him for a bribe.

Finally, they might conclude that Dick Ross would make an excellent witness at this week's Senate HELP committee hearing on testing!

Not exact matches

Just because you're a leader doesn't mean you're a great one (we witnessed a shocking implosion of a CEO at a major drugmaker just this past week).

The «old fashioned» risk - off environment that we witnessed at the start of the week — with stocks and bonds moving in opposite directions — seems to have subsided.

Last week I had the opportunity to go backstage at Netflix's Silicon Valley headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. to witness the real - time launch of the second season of House of Cards, the streaming company's Emmy - winning political drama.

Last week I had the opportunity to go backstage at Netflix's Silicon Valley headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. to witness the real - time launch of the second season of House of

Corn futures in the May contract were unchanged for the trading week reversing some of the sharp losses we witnessed earlier in the week as the Chinese tariffs sent corn prices at one time lower by $ 0.16 only to rally towards the closing bell.

The decision comes at the conclusion of 30 hours of trial over the past few weeks and about a month after the government suspended Jehovah's Witnesses activities in March.

Bob Wilkin, the president and founder of the Grace Evangelical Society, whose house I stayed at two weeks ago when I was in Texas, told of a time many, many years ago when he was witnessing to a man, and Bob told the man that to be saved, he needed to ask Jesus into his heart.

«We are witnessing an existential and genocidal threat against Christians in at least 60 countries,» stated Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, in response to the killing of four nuns in Yemen last week.

Frank Rich of the Times witnessed the thirty - five thousand Promise Keepers gathered at Shea Stadium and did his homework by reading the Nation, which featured PK as its hysteria of the week.

Within weeks of that event I heard a sermon at an Episcopal church praising Bernall's witness and urging Christians to imitate her faithfulness.

During the hearing last week, the court heard evidence from Frost, Green and four character witnesses, all of whom were shocked at the allegation that Frost had faced, according to Christian Concern.

There are weeks when I find tremendous joy in what I am learning at school, how I am able to serve at the church and the way I'm allowed to witness my son, Liam, as he forms new words and ideas in his three - year - old mind.

A powerful storyteller, Evans captures transformative moments, such as leaving a church full «of kind, generous people»; investing wholeheartedly in a new church that «collapsed slowly, one week at a time»; and witnessing healing at the Gay Christian Network's conference, feeling «simultaneously furious at Christianity's enormous capacity to wound and awed by its miraculous capacity to heal.»

Indeed, one Woods critic who witnessed McIlroy's wire - to - wire win at the British Open two weeks ago as Woods, recently returned from the DL after back surgery, struggled to finish 69th, was ready to proclaim the dawning of a new day in golf.

Jesus, anyone who has followed this game for more than a week should be able to see that but I'm always astounded at people's febrile reaction to early negotiations like it's the first time they've ever witnessed it.

(It was the second time in five weeks that Torre had witnessed such frustration at the plate.

Park accomplished her feat at the tournament in which the golf was overshadowed all week by the owner of the Trump National course in Bedminster, N.J. President Donald Trump, clapping for the winner from his glass - enclosed box above No. 18, was the most notorious witness to the final - round theatrics and garnered most of the attention even before arriving at his summer White House during Friday's second round.

Yonghong Li completed his takeover of the Rossoneri last week, and witnessed a thrilling Derby della Madonnina with Inter at the San Siro at the weekend to kick his reign off.

The boo's (Kevin Saunders September 14, 2013 at 21:20) are the result of a build up of frustration by supporters who have turned up in good numbers, week after week following Paul Lambert's arrival, supporting the team through thick and thin, yet still witness the same sub-standard home showings, the same failings, and the same problems that we have experienced since day one.

This week in history has witnessed some heavy home defeats which includes 1 - 5 and 2 - 5 reverses to the «scallies» of Liverpool in both 1965 and 1968; had there been Twitter in 1965 it would have been awash with abuse, as less than a week after the 1965 Liverpool game, came a further 2 - 5 defeat at home to Leicester.

Last week, our team witnessed the sale of the first Red Nose at the flagship Walgreens in Chicago (which, by the way, was crazy amazing — smoothies!

Today's testimony at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, has been canceled due to the illness of a defense lawyer whose questioning last week led to the arrest of the prosecution's star witness, Todd Howe.

Todd Howe, the star witness at the bribery trial of a longtime top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, returned to the witness stand and faced an aggressive cross-examination about his surprise arrest last week for allegedly violating his bail conditions.

«I pray that you are never forced to witness your child or grandchild, seizing hour after hour, for sometimes days or weeks, that you never have to watch them turn blue and gasp for air,» Hinz said at the rally.

Now, the testimony of two witnesses at a federal trial unfolding in Newark has placed Cuomo in close proximity to what has principally been a New Jersey - based narrative of lies, retribution and planned cover ups as early as October of 2013 — just weeks after the sudden closure of several lanes on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge.

«The Director of Operations at Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Tetteh Ankamah Okyne, says the power cut the nation is currently experiencing is due to the activities of vultures and other birds... The company disclosed this last week when the Public Utility Regulatory Commission convened a meeting among the power producers, including VRA, Gridco, ECG, Asogli, among others, to ascertain the cause of the power cut being witnessed in Accra and certain parts of the country.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The star witness at the bribery trial of a longtime top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo returned to the witness stand on Tuesday and faced an aggressive cross-examination about his surprise arrest last week for allegedly violating his bail conditions.

At Silver's trial in lower Manhattan this week, perhaps the least interesting witness was a personable budget gnome named Victor Franco.

The students a week later returned to school and witnessed a reduction of the quantity of food served at the dinning halls.

Former Sen. Al D'Amato was this close to being called as a witness at the corruption trial of the former head of the city's correction officers union — which gets underway this week — over a story he has been telling for years about how the fallen jail guard rep once solicited him for a bribe, The Post has learned.

«Last week, we witnessed an incredible outpouring of passionate testimony before the Senate Rules Committee by students, teachers, and others deeply affected by the tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High.

The launch comes three weeks after thousands of party supporters gathered at the Sunyani Coronation park in the Brong Ahafo region to witness the launch of the main election manifesto document.

At the end of their first week of witnesses, federal prosecutors sought to refocus attention on Silver as they continued to create a portrait of a powerful political figure whose greed they allege led to multiple corruption schemes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney says her views of Iraq and Afghanistan changed last week after she witnessed the U.S. military and humanitarian operations aimed at stabilizing the war - torn countries.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The government's prize witness at the bribery trial of a longtime top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has returned to the witness stand after being arrested last week.

Over three weeks, prosecutors presented more than 30 witnesses and volumes of documents todescribe a campaign - finance scheme that benefited Texas legislative candidates but was aimed at cementing GOP power in Congress.

Rockland County witnessed a spectacle at this week's committee meetings of the County Legislature.

In addition to Percoco, star federal witness Howe had ties of his own to Cuomo dating back 30 years.Over a week of testimony, Howe detailed corrupt dealings with Percoco who sat just steps away from Cuomo's office, described access to several other officials, and painted an unflattering picture of Cuomo losing his temper at one meeting with a donor.

Last night I headed up to Times Square to find a warm and friendly crowd for a «Light the Way to Justice «gathering to give witness to the coming events this week at the Supreme Court.

Todd Howe, center, concluded a two - week stay on the witness stand on Thursday, delivering an insider's look at Albany's pay - to - play culture.

The dud attempt at intimidation was just the latest in what Cuomo called «an explosion in the number of hate crimes» across the state in the weeks and months after the election — with November and December witnessing a stunning 106 percent increase in the number of bias incidents.

Last week Harman at prime minister's questions challenged David Cameron to withdraw the plans, saying the change would make it harder to convict, by reducing the publicity which often brings forward witnesses.

To personally witness the transformation of clients that happen before his eyes, in the few short weeks that they are at the DFC.

It's inspiring to witness, too, as many of us did at Stanford University in California, where more than 200 people gathered for a week this May to practice with Ashtanga - lineage - holder Sharath Jois during his three - city U.S. tour.

And I was panicking that I posted no outfit post last week and I didn't want to repeat that this week, so... I got up at the crackadawn on Saturday and me and the tripod went down to a little nearby beach (where I hoped I'd have no witnesses!)

This year the Amazon India Fashion Week witnessed an incredible fashion presentation by Samant Chauhan at The National -LSB-...]

Spurred on by the optimism that the New Year brings, the flurry of date - hunting is likely to peak just before Silent Witness (BBC1 at 9 pm) and the new series of Benidorm (ITV at 9 pm), concluding what is a traditionally busy week for online dating, from Christmas Day onwards.

This week I witness abject horror at a Michael Shannon performance that must have been done to pay some back taxes or a Superbowl bet gone bad, we hunt us some Nazis, get animated about a girl trying to save her family, try to play nice with the ex-boyfriend, realize how much money we don't have, and go on a dark road trip with our brother.