An example in the business world might be a higher corporate officer authorizing or even simply knowing of the filing of a tax return, or, for that matter, merely occupying a position in the hierarchy where by virtue of that position he is technically in charge of the operation that produced the return.
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Store-brand cards are considered riskier because those bills often rank lower in the payment hierarchy of customers in financial distress.
The DNS consists of many machines around the world set up in a hierarchy.
Are you worried about her throwing her new position in the hierarchy around because she already has?
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My hunch is that trough gardening might just displace the now-ubiquitous terrarium in the hierarchy of green trends.
In these restructurings, in the hierarchy of the world of corporate finance, common equity is actually a lower-quality asset.
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An individual's position in the hierarchy is constantly shifting and any single act may satisfy needs at different levels.
OBCs - a collection of caste groups lower down in the hierarchy - accounted for 3.8% of the directors.
More damning: the younger, less experienced and at a lower level in the hierarchy you are the worse it is.
It puts the wishes of close relatives, such as parents or spouses in a hierarchy above those of more distant ones.
In the hierarchy of computing hardware, artificial muscle doesn't really even register: it's usually a target for action, not the perpetrator.
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But nobody, it is said, resented his promotion more than the man he replaced, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, some of whose former aides hold influential posts in the hierarchy.
Her unlikely rise at a time when virtually no women, Asian Americans or persons of color were in corporate hierarchy made people want to know her recipe for success.
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Mr Watts, who was first elected to Congress in 1994 as part of Newt Gingrich's conservative revolution, lost a power struggle with Tom DeLay, the majority whip (and number three in the hierarchy).
The directors of the new board he chairs have leapt as many as six or eight levels in the hierarchy, and are thus regarded by many as unprepared for the task of running the company.
The simple answer is, a skill or talent developed over time, refined and honed in the cauldron of competition to status in a hierarchy where action, performance mean everything and the unadulterated results speak for themselves (and for those who own them).
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Assuming we see reputable online degrees emerge at a price point significantly lower than what traditional four-year colleges can provide, at what point in the hierarchy of higher education will people figure that the price premium for a residential experience is simply not worthwhile?
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She said it was a sign that even now, thousands of miles away in Europe and in the highest office in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, her brother showed the same sense of humor he displayed since their childhood growing up in Argentina.
Sure, more money is nice, but what they really need are the basic skills and experiences most of us take for granted: learning how to show up on time every day, how to work in a hierarchy, how to work with peers, how to interact with customers (not to mention job-specific skills, from cooking to carpentry).
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It's the second embarrassing dismissal of a high ranking officer involved in the U.S. military hierarchy in Africa in five months.
He rose steadily in the Olympics hierarchy and became vice-president in 1968.
He has used an impressive range of sources to show how Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter came to fear each other, and how the latter two became fused, though not entirely merged, in the common battle against the growing might of the Catholic hierarchy in the 19th century.
But, in the social hierarchy of school, this host of miseries was overlooked in favor of a much more contemptible indignity: I wanted to be a writer.
There is a distinct hierarchy in the strength of evidence provided by these three sources of data.
Prom felt mostly like a job I had to do to maintain my position in the social hierarchy.
Respect is a hot-button issue, especially for people who feel threatened or not well-established in the social hierarchy.
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To boost the appeal of manufacturing, salaries have now been raised along with status in the corporate hierarchy.
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It's hard and dirty work, and in the labor hierarchy of oil rigs, roustabouts are a notch below roughnecks.
Her discussion of the 1798 rebellion is masterly, as is her analysis of the role of the Catholic hierarchy in education.
So here are some simple rules of the air, and some guidance for passengers at any place in the corporate hierarchy.
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