Sentence examples for predatory directors from inspiring English sources

The one that really hurt, not just because it swallowed the maker of Scotland's national drink but also because of the skullduggery which eventually sent some of the predatory directors to jail, was Guinness's takeover of Distillers, a big whisky-making firm.

The truth is, if I were hung up about every predatory director or every degrading image of a woman, I couldn't be a film critic.

Another high-profile Hollywood figure has been accused of predatory behavior: director and screenwriter Oliver Stone.

"I think with respect to sexual violence, much of the generally accepted procedures now are based on an ignorance of the fact that campus sexual assault perpetrators are predatory," S. Daniel Carter, director of 32 National Campus Safety Initiative at VTV Family Outreach Foundation, a campus safety group born out of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.

As the script of The Girl, on which Hedren consulted, makes clear, the director's predatory mind games with his star began almost straightaway, with her screen test.

Les Bernal, national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, is worried New Jersey could be creating a new generation of problem gamblers.

"We go to great pains to distinguish the subprime lending industry from predatory lending," said Sarah Ludwig, executive director of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, a nonprofit fair credit access organization based in Manhattan.

"It's not only individuals addicted to gambling, we now have state governments addicted," said Tom Grey, field director for Stop Predatory Gambling, a nonprofit group based in Washington that opposes the spread of casinos.

"Negotiations are going back and forth, between ensuring that there are adequate protections for Puerto Rico, to legislation that is favoring some of the more challenging predatory creditors," said Eric LeCompte, executive director of Jubilee USA, a coalition of faith based groups that advocates for debt relief.

"Household is well known to be engaged in predatory lending practices," said Matthew Lee, executive director of the organization, an advocate for low-income borrowers based in the Bronx.

"It's the equivalent of opening a lottery retailer in every home, office and dorm room in America," said Les Bernal, executive director of the Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group.