• Patricia Woertz was a rising oil-industry star when she and her husband, a logistics consultant, agreed her career would take priority, according to an Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    WSJ: Most Big-Company Women CEOs Are Also Mothers, Book Finds

  • If an opportunity comes to hit them on the break then they can take it but the priority is to contain them.

    BBC: Confidence is key for Scotland

  • However, with three defeats at home already this season, the latest of which came against Watford on Saturday, Gibson admitted that the long-term ambitions of the club had to take priority over short-term form.

    BBC: Southgate decision made weeks ago

  • The report notes that, in addition to getting loan priority, the government will take steps to promote increased construction of affordable housing.

    FORBES: China ETFs Navigate Tricky Housing Bubble

  • In an environment that values collaboration as the top priority, employees hesitate to take any action that causes tension or appears to be divisive.

    FORBES: 10 Ways to Get People to Disagree

  • "I take this issue very seriously and my priority is to ensure that taxpayers' money is spent appropriately and delivers value for money, " the justice secretary said.

    BBC: Serco and G4S face billing probe over electronic tagging

  • Political party leaders, councillors, bishops, priests and school teachers are told to take steps to remove all discouragements to members of their community joining the police and as a priority should encourage them to apply.

    BBC: RUC faces wholesale reform

  • "The priority for the Afghan government is to take responsibility for Afghan prisoners, " he said.

    WSJ: U.S. to Hand Bagram Jail to Afghans

  • They argue it could result in the commission ignoring advice from its panel of 22 scientists and using political criteria to determine which areas of science should take priority.

    ECONOMIST: Science policy

  • And we hope, moving forward, perhaps by breaking it up, Republicans will support it and hear the call from their constituents that they want Washington to take action on their number-one priority.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Unison said that once calls are transferred to the NHS Direct Wales queue they effectively take priority over other calls waiting for a call back.

    BBC: NHS Direct Wales 'turned off' for 999 calls, Unison claims

  • Using your account in the Money Center, you can help older kids set a Priority Goal and show them how long it would take them to reach it depending on how much money they set aside.

    FORBES: No More Impulse Buys: How To Teach Your Kids About Money

  • He has stated that the terms of Ecuador's bond restructuring following the 1999 default were too favourable to bondholders and has hinted that social spending will take priority over debt servicing.

    ECONOMIST: Ecuador's radical new president promises big changes

  • Angela Merkel is making that a priority, although it is hard to see how they would take effect until the end of 2012.

    BBC: Will the euro survive?

  • For those who consider gaming their utmost priority, they take things one step further, telling them flat out to hold off on upgrading until ATI and NVIDIA get their software up to speed.

    ENGADGET: ATI / NVIDIA Vista gaming performance compared

  • In the event, for all the nastiness, buck-passing and back-biting this mass of material exposes, it only reinforces Mr Pollard's conclusions: that the BBC's lines of accountability were deeply flawed and that members of its lavishly paid and top-heavy management saw it as their priority, in a crisis, to flunk responsibility rather than take it.

    BBC: Savile inquiry: Media reaction to BBC transcripts

  • "Our priority is to get the Whitstable shop right and the process may take time but we'll keep the local community informed as the project continues, " he says.

    BBC: Tesco effect: How big firms quietly own little brands

  • In 2002 OMB did not attempt to define "high priority" reforms for two reasons: (1) the large volume of nominations exceeded the capabilities of OIRA staff to evaluate them and (2) the agencies, we felt, might take greater ownership of reforms if they determined which were to be treated as a priority.

    WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of John D. Graham

  • Some Sudanese activists believe the international community is pushing for these polls to take place, even if they are not fair, as the real priority is next January's referendum on possible southern independence.

    BBC: Sudan President Bashir insists elections will be fair

  • We apologise to our customers and take this matter very seriously as food quality is our highest priority.

    BBC: Horsemeat scandal: Four new products test positive

  • "We apologize to our customers and take this matter very seriously as food quality is our highest priority, " he said.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • In addition, such republics must take steps to reduce the size of any military establishment on their soil and to decrease radically the priority accorded to defense expenditures.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Given the questions surrounding the validity of the letter, and the fact that a spouse normally has first priority to be named as executor in the absence of a valid will, it may take some time until a person is put in charge of her estate through probate court.

    FORBES: Jenni Rivera's Estate Heading For Turmoil

  • Obviously, as always, safety is our top priority, and we will never allow the amount of air travel we can handle safely to take off and land, which means travelers should expect delays.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • That is the urgent matter at hand, and that is why he is out here in North Carolina and Virginia, talking to the citizens of these states, and trying to put pressure on Congress to take up that legislation now piece by piece and pass it, because there is no higher priority.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

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