Last week Japan got another jolt with the humbling of a second top finance official.
Merck has confirmed the departure of its second top executive in as many days.
Smith and his players have admitted they are struggling with form despite sitting second top of the Scottish Premier League.
Captain Ben Davies, the club's second top scorer with 10 goals from midfield, scored Shrewsbury's lone first-half strike at Kenilworth Road.
However, 15 goals this season for Hibs, making him the second top scorer in the Scottish Premier League, led to a first international appearance against Luxembourg in November.
"Steven has been the SPL Young Player of the Year two years in a row, second top goalscorer last season, and is a full Scotland international, " said Johnston after a meeting with Naismith and his agent.
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But Leinster's win put them top and means Glasgow face second-top Ospreys.
We are second from top in the table and pushing forward with our long-term plans.
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Universities UK said other more established global rankings regularly put the UK system second to top.
And the failure to take their chances means they slip six points behind leaders Celtic, although the Tannadice outfit have a game in hand to come against second-top Rangers on Tuesday.
Northern Ireland teenager Rory McIlroy slipped off the pace in the final round with a one-over 73, but still achieved his second consecutive top-20 finish in his debut on the PGA Tour.
The lead author of another article, although not present, was Dr. Delos Cosgrove, chief executive officer of the famed Cleveland Clinic, a multi-national medical enterprise listed as the second-top grossing hospital in the United States.
The Stamford Bridge club are second in the top flight and trail United by six points.
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This is the second time the top Democratic candidates will deal with issues of faith.
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"The rat created a representation of a second body on top of its own, " said Prof Nicolelis.
Bosman smashed a huge six over square-leg but succumbed to spinner Andul Razzak's second ball, top-edging to mid-off.
Henriksen scored the second into the top corner with four minutes remaining as the visitors tired near the end.
Berbatov was guilty of two poor headed misses, the first from six yards flew over the crossbar and the second skimmed the top of the woodwork.
Second, a top Chinese banking regulator said recently that municipal governments, which have seen mounting debts, can roll over bank loans as long as projects are 60% complete.
Immigration legislation is a top second-term priority for the president.
Obama, who's embraced immigration legislation as a top second-term priority, also praised the Senate bill Tuesday even though it is stricter in some areas than his own approach on immigration.
Wolverine Worldwide recorded double-digit growth in earnings and revenue for the second quarter to top Wall Street estimates, but that did not stop shares of the Michigan-based outdoor footwear maker from sliding Tuesday.
And QPR will take plenty of comfort from the fact that the team top of the second tier of English football going into January has won promotion to the top flight in all but two of the last 19 years.
Riverbed stock ralied this week on expectations its upcoming second quarter earnings will top expectations.
The Avengers remained in the top or second spot on the box office charts for five weeks.
This second chart shows the top twenty countries across which the record 1.2 billion downloads were distributed.
The Canaries have been placed by many bookmakers as second-favourites to top the table, behind Leeds United.
Cambridge University, now in second place, was top of the whole table in the two preceding years.
Any second preferences for the top two candidates from the eliminated candidates are added to the two remaining candidates' totals.
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