Sentences with phrase «higher than his secretary»

Anyone who works on Wall Street in a position higher than secretary almost by definition probably has something to hide.

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Before he became Treasury secretary in 2006, Mr. Paulson agreed to hold himself to a higher ethical standard than his predecessors.

Dr. Carroll is the National Director, Quantitative Economics and Statistics (QUEST), Earnst & Young and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis of the US Treasury Department, finds ESOPs have higher distributions than 401 (k) plans and that 65 % of S corporation ESOPs offer an additional retirement plan compared to 45 % of all establishments.

UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said such courses will be «starved of funds» and warned that higher education was about to enter an era «in which many arts - based and teaching - focused institutions, which rely on public funding far more than the larger research - intensive universities, will face an uncertain future».

A dozen London Tory MPs met to decide to push Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, for an exemption or the imposition of a higher cap than the # 400 - a-week one currently planned.

While Cameron would undoubtedly be a high profile and competent Foreign Secretary, it is likely that a Major-esque post-Premiership hibernation may appeal rather more to Cameron than either the activism of his two immediate predecessors or continuing in frontline politics.

Jacqui Smith's resignation is being seen as the highest profile casualty of the expenses scandal rather than a reflection of her record as home secretary.

The shadow Home Secretary ran into a similar storm of criticism last summer when he compared life in British inner cities to the popular American TV series The Wire, set in Baltimore, where the crime rate is far higher than anywhere in Britain.

Following a shooting at a Florida high school that left more than a dozen dead, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Thursday that Congress should hold hearings on school shootings.

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said some departments may see cuts «a bit higher» than the 25 % announced in the budget and some «a bit lower».

That's the same as her immediate predecessor, Bill Mulrow, but significantly higher than the $ 181,560 Cuomo's long - time secretary Larry Schwartz made before leaving in May 2015, and the $ 166,000 Steve Cohen was making before Schwartz, the data shows.

The most high - profile scalp came in Twickenham, where Business Secretary Vince Cable, Lib Dem MP since 1997, lost his seat to Conservative rival Tania Mathias by more than 2,000 votes.

Dave Hartnett, the HM Revenue and Customs permanent secretary responsible for tax, said the situation was not «extraordinary» and defended asking those who owed more than # 2,000 to pay it back more quickly - arguing that they were likely to be the highest earners.

Appointed in 2003, the ex-Conservative Research Department Director and high - flying Civil Servant (he was Norman Tebbit's Private Secretary) has been responsible for a single brief for longer than any other Cabinet member.

Olivier Dubois, secretary - general of the National Order of Medical Doctors in Paris, argues that French people need more treatment for depression and anxiety because of the country's high unemployment, political malaise, urban noise — which makes sleeping difficult — and the fact that the French were slower than other Europeans to move to cities and are still adjusting.

However, Malcom Trobe, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) acting general secretary, argued that whilst predictive grades were often higher than actual grades «teachers are looking at the best possible outcome for the student» and are predicting their «maximum grade».

As the first competition got underway in the fall, Secretary Duncan maintained that the bar will be «very, very high,» telling Education Week, «There will be a lot more losers than winners.»

Rather than wait for the regulators to have their say — and, as former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education Jim Shelton has observed, when regulators weigh in, they almost always do so in a way that overreacts and far overshoots their mandate — those bootcamps that were concerned about maintaining high quality and not conning students, got together to ensure that bootcamps would keep a good name and a positive image by, in essence, self - regulating.

Some have argued that the legal basis for this mandate can be found in section 1111 (a)(8), the so - called «equitable teacher distribution» requirement, which asks states to submit plans to the Secretary that describe «steps that the State educational agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field teachers, and the measures that the State educational agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress of the State educational agency with respect to such steps.»

For the first time, more than 90 percent of the new recruits in the four branches of the armed services — the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines — are high - school graduates, said Lawrence J. Korb, assistant secretary of defense for manpower, reserve affairs, and logistics, who is in charge of personnel.

To address this issue and make teaching in the U.S. more attractive, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called for teacher salaries that start at $ 60,000 and eventually rise to $ 150,000 — far higher than current teacher pay in nearly all U.S. school districts.

-- Arne Duncan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education New research reveals more than half of states increased graduation rates and number of «Dropout Factory» high schools declined by 23 % since 2002.

In a statement released following the speech, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: «Thanks to our plan for education, more children in England have the opportunity to go to a good or outstanding school than ever before and free schools have been crucial to that change — with more than two - thirds of free schools meeting this high standard.

These are the 2,000 or so high schools that Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan refer to as «dropout factories» — schools that graduate fewer than 60 percent of their students and account for more than half the nation's dropouts.

Meanwhile McDonnell gave his now - former Secretary of Education, Gerard Robinson, little in the way of political backing or cover to push for any significant reforms; instead of seeking out a strong reformer with national credentials (which he could have actually found living in the state's northern region near Washington, D.C.), McDonnell chose as Robinson's successor, Laura Fornash, who has more experience with higher education than with K - 12.

In other analyses of national data (Ingersoll & Perda, 2010), we have found that, as one might expect, teaching has more annual turnover than some higher - status professions (such as lawyers, engineers, architects, professors, and pharmacists); about the same turnover as some occupations (such as police officers and corrections officers); and less turnover than some lower - status lines of work (such as child care workers, secretaries, and paralegals).

In the letter to the permanent secretary, Mr Morse said: «I recognise that supporting innovative approaches to raising educational outcomes may require a higher than standard level of risk.

Association of School and College Leaders acting general secretary Malcolm Trobe agreed that predictive grades were often higher than the ones pupils achieved.

Despite the public's criticisms of some of Duncan's policies, President Obama remained a strong supporter of the secretary and delivered high praise to Duncan, stating «he's done more to bring our educational system, sometimes kicking and screaming, into the 21st century than anyone else.

Yet the cost of this investment is higher than ever, creating a barrier to access for some students, particularly those from low - income families,» said Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a shared - use corridor study, in consultation with the Surface Transportation Board, Amtrak, freight railroads, States, non-profit employee labor organizations, and other users of the rail system, as appropriate, to evaluate the best means to enhance and support the further development of high - speed and intercity passenger rail service within United States shared - use corridors.

Michiel van Ratingen, Euro NCAP Secretary General, says, «Euro NCAP is recognizing the efforts of some manufacturers already offering a higher level of occupant protection in their cars, but today safety means more than protecting occupants in a crash.

The Bookseller reports David Gauke, the UK's exchequer secretary, said the UK could not do this and remain in compliance with European Union law, which classes electronic media as services rather than goods and requires they be taxed at the higher rate.

«The Department and Secretary [Arne] Duncan believe it is extremely important that servicers are held to high standards, and of the more than 40 million borrowers with outstanding student loan debt, the vast majority have not expressed any concerns about servicers.»

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos hosted more than 20 leaders in education from across the country at the Education Innovation Summit on Higher Education.

Day walks around Sabie include the Forest Falls Nature Walk, which takes one to the Forest Falls (the only waterfall that is wider than it is high), the Loerie Trail, the Secretary Bird Walk, which finishes at Mac Mac Pools, and the Misty Mountain Trails.

Environmentalists did compliment Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's team for acknowledging this time around that oil mined from tar sands has significantly higher heat - trapping gas emissions than conventional oil used in the United States.

Such restrictions shall not apply to tracts in other OCS regions determined to be frontier tracts or otherwise high cost tracts under final regulations that shall be published by the Secretary by not later than 365 days after the date of the enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008.

High energy costs, not the drought gripping more than half the country, may take a bite out of Americans» grocery bills, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sunday.

The commenter was concerned about the level of access to information the Secretary would have in performing compliance reviews and suggested that a higher degree of sensitivity is need for information related to church plans than information related to other group health plans.

Follow the example of our resume and stick to the high - level functions and decisions that impacted the entire business, rather than the daily minutiae better suited to a secretary or team member.

While some legal secretaries hold no more than a high school diploma, most possess an associate's degree or a post-secondary certificate in paralegal studies.

Entry level administrative assistant resume is the document you need when you are inquiring for a professional work much higher than a regular secretary.

Some part of an executive assistant's job may be secretarial but generally, they provide higher level support than secretaries do.

More elite than an entry - level assistant or secretary, an executive assistant is trusted with more high - end or complex duties.

Education plays a role as well; those holding a Bachelor of Arts degree or Paralegal certificate tend to earn a higher legal secretary salary than individuals with a high school diploma.

Typically, an individual working in the government or litigation arenas may earn a slightly higher legal secretary salary than those working in other industries.

Office Administrative Assistants provide a high - level of service and administrative support to top executives in an organization: they rank higher than typical secretaries.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates says the percentage of soldiers and Marines serving in Afghanistan and Iraq that are parents is higher than in recent conflicts.

«Despite the positive news, we have important work ahead since there are so many families and individuals still «underwater» with mortgage balances higher than their home's value,» says Kurt Usowski, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.