But the fund's alternative plan to replace part of Cordiant's board with its own nominees, who would then demand a better price from WPP, suffered a blow when two of the executives it wanted to nominate pulled out.
In fact, a President Hillary Clinton might even nominate an out justice as a way of reshaping her family's legacy on LGBTQ rights.
If Bigelow is nominated for the best directing Oscar in March, it will be only the fourth time a woman has been nominated, out of more than 400 director nominations altogether (the other three were Lina Wertmüller in 1976, Jane Campion in 1993, and Sofia Coppola in 2003).
"I have had three films nominated out of the last five I've made.
Given that only two female comics had been nominated out of 54 possible slots, the chances of a woman winning were slim.
If Wachtell's bylaw is adopted widely, and I suspect it will see some momentum, directors will have to agree to be nominated out of the goodness of their hearts.
Another candidate Obama asked to consider the job, former White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, asked not to be nominated out of concern her close relationship to Obama could lead to a difficult confirmation effort.
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly failed to win despite being nominated twice, losing out in the reality and constructed factual category, where they were nominated for ITV's I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!, to E4's Made in Chelsea.
He changed his trust to give the university the power, after his death and that of de Mazia and the rest of his circle, to nominate four out of five trustees of the Barnes Foundation.
It was illustrative of the inflexible senatorial math that will fix Mrs. Clinton's place in Congress should the Democratic nominating fight play out on its present course.
Mr. Long has all but ruled out nominating Mr. Giuliani, in large part because the mayor has refused to drop his opposition to attempts to ban the late-term abortion procedure that opponents call "partial-birth abortion".
