Sentence examples for addressing commissioner from inspiring English sources

(PL) Madam President, if the introduction of the euro has been such a success and provided such practical and economic benefits, I am wondering - and here I am addressing Commissioner Almunia - whether it would not be worth investing a few euros in education, in motivating the new Member States even more to get involved in this common euro area as soon as possible.

I very much hope - and I am addressing Commissioner Barrot in this regard - that you can convince the Council that the goal of visa liberalisation should also apply to Kosovo, so the dialogue will now begin, and so that visa liberalisation will also be achieved for Bosnia and Albania by no later than the middle of next year.

Nearly the entire audience in the crowded meeting room stood as Tritobia Ford approached the podium to address commissioners shortly after noon.

Last Friday, in his state of the league address, Commissioner Paul Tagliabue commented on the recent rash of criminal charges against current players.

REBOUNDS During his state of the N.B.A. address, Commissioner DAVID STERN said that the league would introduce instant replay next season for last-second shots and that the games in the N.B.A. finals would start at 8 30 p.m. Eastern time...

PAGE D5 GOODELL SAYS PROFITS ARE 'FICTION' In his annual state of the league address, Commissioner Roger Goodell focused heavily on how the financial crisis is affecting the N.F.L., and also disputed as "fiction" a players' union contention that teams averaged nearly $25 million in profit last year, even as the economy began its slide.

As he was shown footage of the fight, he jokingly addressed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the hope of avoiding a fine.

Saying he was concerned that increases in reported crime in three Bronx precincts were not being addressed, Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik has replaced the precincts' commanders.

A copy of the letter, which was addressed to Commissioner Roger Goodell, the union executive director DeMaurice Smith and Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the antidoping agency, was obtained by The New York Times on Thursday.

Discipline for individual players involved in the Saints' prohibited program continues to be under review with the N.F.L. Players Association and will be addressed by Commissioner Goodell at a later date.

That is what Nader, who used to take on corporate monoliths like the auto industry, was suggesting when he attached his name to a letter addressed to Commissioner Stern last week, calling for an investigation into Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, won by the Lakers over Sacramento on 27 fourth-quarter free throws.