Sentence examples for nominations sent from inspiring English sources
Two hundred and seventy nominations sent by Woodrow Wilson to the Senate, a record.
This year, American Rivers evaluated 60 nominations sent in from its 36,000 members before winnowing the final tally to 11, Mr. Eckl said.
The Senate was scheduled to convene at 1 p.m., but by midnight, it had only taken up nominations sent by the governor, while Senate leaders continued to deliberate.
They can block a president's nominees, as often happened during the Clinton administration with State Department and ambassadorial appointments sent to the Foreign Relations Committee under Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, or with judicial nominations sent to Judiciary Committee under Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah.
My colleague Michael Cieply, who has been watching the Academy for decades, explained the change this way on the Carpetbagger blog on Thursday (carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com): "The morning's Oscar nominations sent a powerful message about the Academy membership: the strict admissions policies enforced over the last five years have now pushed it past a tipping point.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter -- a faith based organization dedicated to improving marriages -- chose the longest married couple based off nominations sent in from all over the country.
The south London dubstep artist was largely unknown until earlier this year, when a Mercury nomination sent Burial's music – and his veiled identity – to the front pages of the tabloids.
Cruz, who orchestrated the 2013 government shutdown in protest over Obama's healthcare law, has proposed another course of action, suggesting that incoming Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell should block every Obama administration nomination sent to the Senate, except for those that relate to vital national security positions.
We are concerned that this nomination sends a message that being homophobic is ok.
Some U.S. pundits have warned that Hagel's nomination sends a bad signal to the Iranian regime.
So maybe the Kagan nomination sends the "wrong" message, but at the moment, it is also a realistic -- and cautionary -- one.
