Sentences with phrase «hold high positions»

Such crimes are surprisingly committed by supposedly educated and able professionals; some of whom hold high positions in their companies.

Both lawmakers hold high positions in the Senate.

On the contrary, Christian Greeks held the highest positions in the Ottoman administration.

At first, Camus favored execution for «men of treason and injustice» who had held high positions in the Vichy government.

Marriages were typically based on economic considerations, not love, with wives holding a higher position than slaves in the household, but still functioning in many ways as the property of their husbands, who could do with them as they willed.

A male, who held the highest position in society, and held the highest class status, was seen to be «feminized» by penetration, and designated as a social inferior, (female), by a male of lower class status, and thus his status was lowered, to that of a woman.

Absolutely, it does make sense to at least 6 billion people on earth including but not limited to professionals and the elite such as Doctors, Scientists, Juries, Judges, Magistrates, Politicians, even by the person who holds the highest position of the most powerful country of the world.

Therefore, no black person can hold a high position.

Spectrum News also asked the candidate about whether she had ever found herself in situations during her acting career in which she was roped into uncomfortable situations with men who held higher positions.

«Some of the people holding high positions in the government, like my ministers, will tell you that I didn't know them from Adam.

The DA also noted that several of his senior staff members held high positions in Spitzer's gubernatorial administration.

A female actor aged 18 — 37 is needed to portray Tracy, and a male actor aged 54 — 75 will depict a Chairman of the Parole Board, a «racist [who] holds a high position of power in the justice system.»

Another thing that was a bit off - putting (and I mean this in a strictly historical and filmcraft way), the film seemed to go out of its way to stamp our current morals, mores and politically - correct culture to events supposedly taking place in 18th - Century France (with minorities holding high positions in the Parisian Court and even an openly gay character introduced).

It's important that you hold the «alpha dog behavior» position and that each family member are viewed as holding a higher position than your dog.

None were in politics and only one held a high position in government.

You will note that he began as Controller more than 20 years ago and currently holds the highest position at the company.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK / LONDON, May 2 - Sugar futures on ICE turned higher on Wednesday, as market participants holding short positions grabbed profits after prices were initially pressured to the world market.

But an equally big part of the consulate's strategy in the Valley has involved mobilizing the 300,000 - strong Canadian contingent that lives and works there, many of whom hold executive positions at the biggest names in high technology, including Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook.

Hammer holds a strategic tenement position covering approximately 3,200 square kilometres east of Mt Isa and is focussed on discovering large, company - making Ernest Henry - style, high - grade copper - gold deposits.

He served as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan from 2005 to 2008, and previously held high - level positions in the Commerce Department, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

Retailer Williams - Sonoma, biopharmaceutical company Medivation and bank Wells Fargo ranked as the companies with the most high - ranking positions held by women, researchers said.

On the other hand, those who held stressful positions but also had higher levels of control had a 34 % decreased likelihood of death.

Prior to joining CMIT Solutions in the heart of Silicon Valley, Maitjian held high - ranking positions in technology and software engineering.

Mr. Cieslowski has held various positions with major Canadian banks and investment firms, specializing in delivering financial planning, taxation and high net worth client solutions.

Its relatively high global position reflects the special place the Australian dollar holds in portfolios of international funds managers because of its relation to commodity prices, offering a degree of diversification from other currencies.

While Mr. Müller denies having known of illegal software that evaded emissions regulations, he held high - ranking positions at Volkswagen when the so - called defeat device was being developed and deployed.

Matthias Müller, the company's former chief executive, denied knowledge of illegal software that evaded emissions standards but held high - ranking positions when it was developed.

With $ MOMO moving to new all - time new highs on March 7, Rick mentioned that traders could have sold partial share size, while holding the rest of position for a bigger advance.

So a trader holding this position MUST be prepared to act if the worst case scenario (sharply lower price and / or sharply higher IV) unfolds.

Kang, who holds a cross-appointment with the Rotman School of Management, was curious about how employees could combat the pressures that come with negotiating with someone in a higher position of power.

When the position is ultimately sold, the tax bill will be higher than it would have been on the original investment, unless the investor dies holding the position or donates it to charity.

Many Albertans now know Ken Kowalski from his higher duty as the long - sitting Speaker of Alberta's Legislative Assembly, a position he has held since 1997.

Meanwhile, examining the sectors in which institutions hold their largest «overweight» relative to the S&P 500, institutions are more concentrated in high - beta sectors than at any time since the start of Morgan Stanley's data, and long - short funds are also near their most leveraged long positions in history.

The High - Income Alert portfolio also features between 4 - 8 investments at a time, holding each position for an average of a little more than 2 months.

In that event, the failure of the market to provide a relief advance could produce something of a run for the exits as managers holding high - beta positions cry «Uncle!»

Because these people (priests and pastors) are held to a higher standard by virtue of their position, yet they routinely abuse their power.

However, constituency meetings, especially those at the higher levels of the organizational pyramid, have proved unlikely to act independently because the system for choosing delegates (who are appointed rather than elected) has ensured that the vast majority hold leadership positions in the church or other church - paid positions.

Since you seem to be the self proclaimed expert, please tell me what position exactly it is that Mit Romney currently holds in the L.D.S. Church that makes him, as you say, «high up in the mormon church?»

He's a man who changes his position in a heartbeat and abondons those whom he has held in such high regard for years becuase it's a threat to his success as a candidate.

Now that he's been exposed (God's will), why should he hold a position of such high standards?

In some instances he held positions similar to those of the fanatics (pietists or Anabaptists)-- for instance, his attitude toward the holding of high office in government.64

So my dad just returned from the International Forum on Higher Education for the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities held in Atlanta, where the hot topic of the week was teaching evolution in Christian colleges.Francis Collins, author of The Language of God and founder of theBioLogos Foundation, spoke at the conference, urging professors and administrators to beware of placing students in the position of having to choose between their intellectual integrity and their faith.

It was all laid out some time ago by a republican think tank called the Project for A New American Centurywhich included many people who would hold high ranking position in the Bush Administration in a docu / ment ti / tled «Rebuilding America's Defenses»

Too bad some happen to hold such a high position in office.

The two - who hold high religious positions in the Muslim community - were headed to North Carolina for a conference on prejudice against Muslims, or Islamaphobia.

While Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone holds the line on the teaching of orthodox moral doctrines of the Catholic Church out in San Francisco, here in New Jersey a theology teacher in Immaculata High School in Somerville is threatened with dismissal from her position for... agreeing with orthodox moral doctrines of the Catholic Church.

Very reluctantly one is driven to say that his address was an expression of temperament rather than the statement of a poised and careful mind, and that his misstatements in respect of matters of fact were particularly baffling in a man who holds the high and demanding position of a judge.

(10) While this «Position paper» (and others since issued) does not hold the constitutional status of the Statement of Fundamental Truths approved by the AGs highest body, the biennial General Council in session (typically four to nine thousand voters), the paper does bear the approval of the (roughly two hundred man - no women) General and Executive Presbyteries all of whom are elected by General Council membership.

Young also owned his own restaurant in Lake Park, Florida and held high - level positions such as executive sous chef at The Boca Raton Resort and Club, executive chef at Gulf Stream Bath and Tennis Club and banquet chef for The Four Seasons Ocean Grand Hotel in Palm Beach.

Previously, Wahba held a number of high - ranking positions at various luxury resorts, including general manager of Stillwater Bar & Grill at The Lodge at Pebble Beach, director of restaurants at the Ritz - Carlton, Half Moon Bay, and dining room manager at Meadowood Napa Valley, where he successfully ran three Auction Napa Valley events and managed the resort's three - star fine dining room, The Restaurant at Meadowood.