But a question-mark may soon start to hang over junior officers.
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The third title contender, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, did even worse and will start 16th, with his team-mate Mark Webber second on the grid.
Organisers have said they will hold a 30-second silence at the start as a mark of respect.
He said it could mark the start of a so-called fire sale by Nama of properties it holds in NI.
London Marathon organisers have said they will hold a 30-second silence at the start as a mark of respect for the Boston victims.
Felipe Massa epitomised Ferrari's improvement this weekend as he will start from a season-high fourth, with Mark Webber in his Red Bull fifth.
Paulson, the president and the SEC should also give firm orders to bank regulators to start exercising common sense with regard to their mark-to-market mania.
Steve Snell fell to Loudon before lunch as Ian Bell took the catch at short leg and the same combination accounted for Mark Hardinges following the re-start as Gloucestershire's last four wickets went down for 27.
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The company was about to mark the official start of the 100-megawatt factory, and Harris told me that he had a good number of orders waiting to be filled and expected the company to be profitable in 2013.
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Harry Redknapp's team were able to double that lead in the 60th minute when David Bentley made the most of a rare start when his free-kick was deflected past Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.
They scored in the second against Ramon Ortiz (0-1) when Daniel Nava walked, took third on a single by Saltalamacchia and scored when shortstop Izturis fielded Middlebrooks' grounder but his throw to start a potential inning-ending double play eluded second baseman Mark DeRosa.
They have to rip up all the good work of the last 12 months and start again from scratch - and there has to be a huge question mark over whether they can bounce back in those circumstances.
The 3-0 start is the Devils' best since they had the same mark in 2002.
You can get a glimpse of what lies down the road for Oracle, from our blogger Richard Levick, who finds that new co-president Mark Hurd has gotten off to a surprisingly strong start there.
Of course if he ever wanted to start fresh with a new management company, there would be no high-water mark.
The stop-start process over the past two years has made companies wary, said Mark Hughes, capital markets partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.
Former Manchester City boss Mark Hughes also turned to Verheijen at the start of the 2009-2010 season and Craig Bellamy has been so impressed by the Dutchman that he now pays to work with him at his own expense.
What can marketers learn from Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow titans in the new wave of tech start-ups?
Before the IPO, investors in general, and owners of small businesses and start-ups in particular, were focused on the literally billions of dollars company founder Mark Zuckerberg would make the moment his firm was public.
This is not in the article but was tweeted at me by Ashk4n and may provide further reason to read the piece: At a Start-up School talk last month, Palantir co-founder Stephen Cohen bragged about how his pattern-finding start-up makes grizzled government types turn into giddy teenagers ( 15:00 min mark).
That would be ex-World of Warcraft lead Mark Kern, who has since left Blizzard to start his own studio, Red 5.
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After a bright start by the Pilgrims, Chris Hall netted a first-half brace for the visitors before Mark Haran's own goal in added time reduced arrears.
Hughes was one of five Yankees All-Stars on the disabled list with Jeter, third baseman Alex Rodriguez, first baseman Mark Teixeira and outfielder Curtis Granderson, leading to their 1-4 start.
They did not take it until the start of the 40th over, but Ponting said he should have used around the 15-over mark when he and Marsh were well-set.
Paterson converted to send Scotland into the break with a seven-point lead but Italy levelled the score on the hour mark after a cagey start to the second period.
Glenn Loovens and Cha Du-Ri were dropped from Celtic's starting line-up, with Thomas Rogne and Mark Wilson stepping in, although Cha did start after Shaun Maloney was a late withdrawal.
Mark Buehrle (2-3, 5.51 ERA) is scheduled to start Saturday night for Toronto.
The car, retail and farming announcements mark the start of the next chapter: efforts by industrial giants to extend their buying- or selling-power online.
Mark Burchill made a lively start to the game and could have claimed a personal hat-trick within the first 10 minutes with more assured finishing.
Both boats sped towards the start line and crossed at the same time but the Kiwis built a 14-second lead at the top mark.
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