Sentence examples for placed at the helm from inspiring English sources

The demands come amid growing criticism over the performance of Lucas Papademos, the technocrat economist placed at the helm of Athens's transitional government last November.

In the Hatoyama administration, Mr. Kan served as a point man in administrative reform, which was one reason he was placed at the helm of the Finance Ministry, the most powerful of Tokyo's central ministries.

Fiat had gained control of the American car company following its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Marchionne, because of his tremendous success in turning around the formerly troubled Fiat, was placed at the helm.

Elop faced significant criticism for his handling of Nokia, including that he was a "Trojan horse" placed at the helm in charge of Nokia to bring it into a purchasable position for Microsoft.

Nevertheless, there are legitimate concerns that any blue water between the UK and the US over torture would be muddied if Haspel is placed at the helm of the CIA.

Certainly, the potential exists for dramatic results when women are placed at the helm.

"Following in her footsteps" is how Montana visualizes those newly placed at the company's helm.

Since the Thatcher era, politicians have placed themselves at the helm of public sector reform.

Here is the Old Etonian who placed himself at the helm of the people's uprising against the establishment, but only after hesitating about which side to join.

Take today's lengthy article by Jo Becker and Scott Shane, which describes how Mr. Obama has placed himself "at the helm of a top-secret 'nominations' process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, for which the capture part has become largely theoretical".

It was not a theoretical question: Mr. Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret "nominations" process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, of which the capture part has become largely theoretical.