His decision to nominate Arne Duncan as U.S. education secretary was inspired, and his comments on holding the system accountable are honest, refreshing and insightful.
At a political level, for all the perennial fractiousness of Catalan and Basque politics, for all the corruption allegations, the system is holding in a way that the Greek system did not.
The former, arguably the US case, leads you to pump liquidity into the system holding the non-performing assets (the banks, in our case) until normal credit operations can resume.
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David and his wife developed a new kind of clothing system for holding things together.
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And so far, the system is holding up far better than a couple of years ago, he said.
The Conservatives would give GPs much more of a say by reviving the 1990s system of fund-holding in which many GP practices had their own budgets for elective care done by hospitals.
Critical mass seems to be growing for serious patent reform legislation in the U.S. At the CES Innovation Policy Summit, the best-attended session so far featured Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), who is co-sponsoring a bill which would severely limit the ability of holding companies to use the patent system to extort settlements, especially in the highly-litigated information technology sector.
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And as we used to have a financial system built on investing, which is owning businesses and holding them forever, and now to an astonishing and often-unrecognized extent, that system is heavily based on speculation.
The jobless require much more government assistance than those holding a job and paying into the system.
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Phantom shares are similar to counterfeit dollars that move through the system seamlessly until someone is caught holding a worthless bill.
The computers are part of a system that links computers in Washington holding "unclassified but sensitive" information with 250 U.S. embassies and consulates.
So I just -- I just had a meeting with my team this week about this, trying to find ways that we can improve the assessment system so we're still holding schools accountable, we're still holding teachers accountable, but we're not just holding them accountable for a score on a standardized test, but we have a richer way of assessing whether these schools are making progress.
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The Muslim is primarily a member of a community, the follower of a certain way, an adherent to a system of law, rather than someone holding particular theological views.
In doing so, Cary, a former Columbia Law School professor recently honored by the school at a day-long insider trading conference, replaced this messy system with a straightforward rule: anyone holding insider information must disclose it to the marketplace prior to buying or selling a stock or abstain from trading.
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The gendarmes, officially banned from holding demonstrations, say government policies have stacked the justice system against them.
CSX, a railroad-holding company, DuPont, a chemicals company, Ryder System, a Miami transport company and FedEx, a delivery firm, are among those companies requiring divisional managers to sign off on their accounts.
This has created a global system that is deeply distorted, where those holding financial assets like stocks and bonds have been rewarded, but where the average American, for example, lives in a world of labor uncertainty and recession-level unemployment rates.
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The Cray XK7 system contains 18, 688 nodes, with each holding a 16-core AMD Opteron 6274 processor and an NVIDIA Tesla K20 graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerator.
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While Canada does not have the same illegal immigration problem, the Tories did face the same dilemma reaching out to immigrants while holding on to white voters who see Canada's immigration system as far too porous.
Although this would create a different legal standard for celebrities versus private citizens, our legal system makes a similar distinction in defamation cases, holding public figures to a higher standard of proof than the average person.
It also undermines the whole tax system and prays on innocent taxpayers who often end up holding the bag.
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The same system could be adapted for home use, giving card-holding parents access to adult programs that their kids would not be able to watch.
Big black bags holding 250 pounds of dirty coveralls and uniforms are dumped from a rail system overhead into 450-pound steel washers big enough to scrub a small rhino.
Those holding existing contracts that use LIBOR could face a sudden jolt when the new system is switched on.
Lord Bew said the panel believed the changes would lead to a better system, benefit pupils and be fairer to teachers, while still holding schools accountable and giving parents "the vital information they need".
At the annual meeting of his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, on May 2nd the legendary investor railed against a system that lets chief executives choose the members of remuneration committees.
Broadcasting play thwarted last year when Tokyo Broadcasting System, in which he has 20% stake, reorganized itself under a holding company.
"As well as being careful to find a system that works unfailingly, be it fingerprints or eye scans, the main factor holding back airlines from introducing more biometric systems is the lack of integration, " a spokesperson for British Airways told CNN.
The fashion for faceless chief executives is part of an understandable reaction against yesterday's imperial bosses, many of whom were vivid characters, capable of holding their own in a cocktail party with Tony Blair, but who collectively brought opprobrium on the system that let them shine.
The Z10, the first handset to take advantage of the new operating system, has earned decent to good reviews, though reviewers and consumers alike seem intent on holding out for its counterpart, the Q10, which harnesses that core competency that has helped the company maintain so many loyal users: the QWERTY keyboard.
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