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People across this city have not been this afraid since the crime spikes in the 90s. Not only has the Mayor not delivered, but she has no plan, i, on the other hand, have a planand the track record to back it up. I was instrumental in banning ghost guns in Illinois, making us the first state in the Midwest to do so. – Kambium Buckner	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I am confident that the appointment of Mary Wakefield will be instrumental in accomplishing our goals to modernize and optimize The CDC, it is clear that Mary Wakefield is an action-oriented leader who can lead effective change. – Rochelle Walensky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become and for me it's no different... especially from a music standpoint, my little hometown of Macon was heavily instrumental in my musical background. Growing up in an environment that was a crossroads between Country music, Southern rock, blues and RB, it was just natural to blend different sounds in my own way. – Jason Aldean	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Barr has spent President Joe Biden on Friday career protecting consumers, and during his time at Obama Treasury, played a critical role in creating both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the position for which I am nominating him. He was instrumental in the passage of Dodd-Frank, to ensure a future financial crisis would not create devastating economic hardship for working families. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Lucy Stone is instrumental to why we now have women of all backgrounds, experiences and talents serving within our ranks, side by side with their male Sailor and Marine counterparts. – Del Toro.Del Toro	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Don James was an instrumental part in getting me started in coaching, and certainly learned a tremendous amount from him and Earle Bruce and Bill Belichick. So the experiences that I had as a coach in Ohio really helped mold me philosophically into a lot of things that we believe in and that we try to implement in our program. – Lou Saban	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Moneer was instrumental in everything that we did. this is somebody who was a trusted adviser for me and was tied into decision-making every single day. – Greg Adams	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When people come in the shop and I stir up those conversations, it's not just purely transactional for me, you never know how people will end up being instrumental in your life. – Shanta Nurullah.Keewa Nurullah	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Hank was very instrumental in me becoming an Atlanta Brave, the room of Braves decision-makers was split on who they were going to take with their first pick. As legendary scout Paul Snyder once told me, the vote came around to Hank. He paused, looked at everybody in the room, and he said, ‘Y'all better draft that Jones boy.’ I’ll never forget that. That comment must’ve carried some weight. – Chipper Jones	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
President Trump remains confident in Secretary Mark Esper, secretary Esper has been instrumental in securing our nation's streets and ensuring Americans have peace and confidence in the security of their places of business, places of worship, and their homes. – Kayleigh McEnany	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Mark Parker has a proven track record in driving creativity, innovation and growth, mark Parker's an experienced, talented executive and has played an instrumental role in building our business and making the Nike brand as strong as it is today. – Phil Knight	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If we continue to break instrumental records all around the world, it does suggest that the climate system is more sensitive to the level of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than some of our earlier models had suggested. – Stephan Harrison	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Im very proud of it, my father was instrumental in saving a lot of lives out there. – Ray Lewis	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
He's been very instrumental in the way Wales have performed, he brings that hard edge and resilience to the defense and he binds the team. He commands that respect. He's going to be really missed [after the World Cup] but it will be another opportunity for another man coming in. – Dafydd James	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am looking forward to returning to my home state in the park that provided my first real outdoor adventures, it will be a pleasure to be involved in the efforts to protect a place that was so instrumental in defining my passions and ultimately my career. – United States.Lisa Hendy	Found on CNN 5 years ago
My team and I will present facts soon that will discredit any and all accusations that suggest that I have engaged in any acts of bullying, harassment, or aggressive acts against my accusers, to the contrary, We will show that I have been extremely instrumental in attempts to assist my accusers in their quest to re establish a relationship with their adult daughter. I have confidence in my legal team that I will be exonerated of all pending charges. – James Mason	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Upon hearing Billy Graham preach for the first time one could immediately realize how dearly Billy Graham loved Jesus and wanted others to experience that same love – it overflowed from the very depths of Billy Graham heart, billy Graham passion and commitment to sharing the love of Jesus all around the world was instrumental in my own life, inspiring me as I began my ministry. – Jentezen Franklin	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We want our low-cost solution to complement other services that are available, as engagement with professionals and local support services is instrumental to breaking the cycle of homelessness, and getting these men and women off the streets for good. – Huzaifah Khaled	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
A Woman trading her beauty for attention is same as a Man exhibiting his intelligence, for these primary survival instincts have been instrumental in the evolution of society. – RAMANA PEMMARAJU	added by anonymous 6 years ago
I would like to draw three main conclusions, number one, the Earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements. Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect. And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to affect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves. – James Hansen	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Voter fraud is relatively easy to commit thanks to the Clinton era “Motor-Voter” law that forces welfare offices to register voters while at the same time forbidding officials from demanding proof of U.S. citizenship. Marxists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven were instrumental in the passage of the law by Congress. Cloward didn't care about fraud. "It's better to have a little bit of fraud than to leave people off the rolls who belong there," he said, spouting a false dichotomy. – Matthew Vadum	added by anonymous 7 years ago
Chief Johnson has significant experience managing large-scale special events and was instrumental in the operational planning and response of the 2012 NATO Summit, he has also served as a supervisor in the detective bureau and is currently completing his master’s degree in public policy and administration at Northwestern University. – Chicago Police Department	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It's definitely possible, and then such a device can be used as a sniffing dog, an instrumental sniffing dog. – Jan Tytgat	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As someone who really knows well the literature and research about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), our primary policy intervention against food insecurity, giving people access to food or resources to food is really important early identification of risk factors for both food insecurity and mental health problems are critical, and pediatricians can be instrumental in connecting families to available resources in their communities. – Christian Gregory	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

People across this city have not been this afraid since the crime spikes in the 90s. Not only has the Mayor not delivered, but she has no plan, i, on the other hand, have a planand the track record to back it up. I was instrumental in banning ghost guns in Illinois, making us the first state in the Midwest to do so.

– Kambium Buckner

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I am confident that the appointment of Mary Wakefield will be instrumental in accomplishing our goals to modernize and optimize The CDC, it is clear that Mary Wakefield is an action-oriented leader who can lead effective change.

– Rochelle Walensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become and for me it's no different... especially from a music standpoint, my little hometown of Macon was heavily instrumental in my musical background. Growing up in an environment that was a crossroads between Country music, Southern rock, blues and RB, it was just natural to blend different sounds in my own way.

– Jason Aldean

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Barr has spent President Joe Biden on Friday career protecting consumers, and during his time at Obama Treasury, played a critical role in creating both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the position for which I am nominating him. He was instrumental in the passage of Dodd-Frank, to ensure a future financial crisis would not create devastating economic hardship for working families.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Lucy Stone is instrumental to why we now have women of all backgrounds, experiences and talents serving within our ranks, side by side with their male Sailor and Marine counterparts.

– Del Toro.Del Toro

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Don James was an instrumental part in getting me started in coaching, and certainly learned a tremendous amount from him and Earle Bruce and Bill Belichick. So the experiences that I had as a coach in Ohio really helped mold me philosophically into a lot of things that we believe in and that we try to implement in our program.

– Lou Saban

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Moneer was instrumental in everything that we did. this is somebody who was a trusted adviser for me and was tied into decision-making every single day.

– Greg Adams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When people come in the shop and I stir up those conversations, it's not just purely transactional for me, you never know how people will end up being instrumental in your life.

– Shanta Nurullah.Keewa Nurullah

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Hank was very instrumental in me becoming an Atlanta Brave, the room of Braves decision-makers was split on who they were going to take with their first pick. As legendary scout Paul Snyder once told me, the vote came around to Hank. He paused, looked at everybody in the room, and he said, ‘Y'all better draft that Jones boy.’ I’ll never forget that. That comment must’ve carried some weight.

– Chipper Jones

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

President Trump remains confident in Secretary Mark Esper, secretary Esper has been instrumental in securing our nation's streets and ensuring Americans have peace and confidence in the security of their places of business, places of worship, and their homes.

– Kayleigh McEnany

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Mark Parker has a proven track record in driving creativity, innovation and growth, mark Parker's an experienced, talented executive and has played an instrumental role in building our business and making the Nike brand as strong as it is today.

– Phil Knight

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If we continue to break instrumental records all around the world, it does suggest that the climate system is more sensitive to the level of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than some of our earlier models had suggested.

– Stephan Harrison

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Im very proud of it, my father was instrumental in saving a lot of lives out there.

– Ray Lewis

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

He's been very instrumental in the way Wales have performed, he brings that hard edge and resilience to the defense and he binds the team. He commands that respect. He's going to be really missed [after the World Cup] but it will be another opportunity for another man coming in.

– Dafydd James

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am looking forward to returning to my home state in the park that provided my first real outdoor adventures, it will be a pleasure to be involved in the efforts to protect a place that was so instrumental in defining my passions and ultimately my career.

– United States.Lisa Hendy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

My team and I will present facts soon that will discredit any and all accusations that suggest that I have engaged in any acts of bullying, harassment, or aggressive acts against my accusers, to the contrary, We will show that I have been extremely instrumental in attempts to assist my accusers in their quest to re establish a relationship with their adult daughter. I have confidence in my legal team that I will be exonerated of all pending charges.

– James Mason

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Upon hearing Billy Graham preach for the first time one could immediately realize how dearly Billy Graham loved Jesus and wanted others to experience that same love – it overflowed from the very depths of Billy Graham heart, billy Graham passion and commitment to sharing the love of Jesus all around the world was instrumental in my own life, inspiring me as I began my ministry.

– Jentezen Franklin

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We want our low-cost solution to complement other services that are available, as engagement with professionals and local support services is instrumental to breaking the cycle of homelessness, and getting these men and women off the streets for good.

– Huzaifah Khaled

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

A Woman trading her beauty for attention is same as a Man exhibiting his intelligence, for these primary survival instincts have been instrumental in the evolution of society.

– RAMANA PEMMARAJU

added by anonymous
6 years ago

I would like to draw three main conclusions, number one, the Earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements. Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect. And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to affect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves.

– James Hansen

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Voter fraud is relatively easy to commit thanks to the Clinton era “Motor-Voter” law that forces welfare offices to register voters while at the same time forbidding officials from demanding proof of U.S. citizenship. Marxists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven were instrumental in the passage of the law by Congress. Cloward didn't care about fraud. "It's better to have a little bit of fraud than to leave people off the rolls who belong there," he said, spouting a false dichotomy.

– Matthew Vadum

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Chief Johnson has significant experience managing large-scale special events and was instrumental in the operational planning and response of the 2012 NATO Summit, he has also served as a supervisor in the detective bureau and is currently completing his master’s degree in public policy and administration at Northwestern University.

– Chicago Police Department

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It's definitely possible, and then such a device can be used as a sniffing dog, an instrumental sniffing dog.

– Jan Tytgat

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As someone who really knows well the literature and research about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), our primary policy intervention against food insecurity, giving people access to food or resources to food is really important early identification of risk factors for both food insecurity and mental health problems are critical, and pediatricians can be instrumental in connecting families to available resources in their communities.

– Christian Gregory

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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