Sentences with phrase «ranking heads of state»

A story involving the world's elite, ranking heads of state and secret offshore bank accounts is too good of a story not to be made into a movie.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who serves as both the head of state and the highest - ranking religious figure in the country, condemned the protests Tuesday.

On Monday, over 150 heads of state and government leaders spoke at the conference, including the newest addition to their ranks: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Joseph a much esteemed man of God was sold into slavery by his brothers and became the highest ranking state head in Egypt next to the Pharaoh.

I think One Bronco Nation Under God's continual vote for Ohio State at No. 1 based on simple counting of FBS wins is getting wack; I love their wacky tiebreakers (this week's is age of head coach), because they show a commitment to taking a methodology seriously, but they give us LSU at No. 18, the Tigers» lowest ranking this week.

It's the type of mail haul one would expect the head coach of a nationally - ranked, four - time defending state champion program to receive — and recycle — on a daily basis.

President Museveni appointed his son Muhoozi to the rank of major general, Theodoro Obiang appointed his son to the Vice Presidency, Dos Santos appointed his daughter Isabel as head of the state energy firm Sonangol.

A source tells Newsday federal investigators have sought communications from high - ranking Cuomo officials, including Bill Mulrow, the governor's secretary and top adviser; Jim Malatras, the director of state operations; and Gil Quinones, head of the New York Power Authority.

Flt Lt Rawlings also stated that he did not promote himself to a higher military rank during his tenure as Head of State because of his respect for the rank structure.

The head of the state's Business Council, Heather Briccetti, says the state already spends more than most other states on education, but does not rank among the top rated schools in the nation.

They've sought communications from high - ranking Cuomo officials, including Bill Mulrow, the governor's secretary and top adviser; Jim Malatras, the director of state operations; and Gil Quinones, head of the New York Power Authority, the source said.

«There should be a study,» says graduate school dean Lawrence Martin of the State University of New York, Stony Brook, who is also head of a panel of land - grant colleges that has drafted a position paper urging coverage of more fields, greater use of objective research criteria, exploration of some measures of program outcome, and ranking institutions by cluster rather than individually.

In the United States, faculty members of all ranks are expected to function as collegial members of their departments, head their labs, and win funding.

This climb - aboard is most obvious and most egregious in QC's rankings and ratings of states, where all the metrics deal with participation rates by the state's children (three - and four - year - olds, poor and non-poor) in preschool, full - day preschool, Head Start, and kindergarten (both all kindergarten and full - day kindergarten specifically).

Mr. Greene, who heads the Manhattan Institute's Davie, Fla. - based education research office, said states with the strongest performance rankings tended to have strong systems of testing and accountability and allow for school choice, through charter schools and other options.

With Boston housing two of the highest - ranking universities in the U.S., it's no wonder a quarter of the state's household heads hold a bachelor's degree.

The roundtable was convened by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, the ranking member of the committee, and also included remarks from Christiana Figueres, former head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, David O'Sullivan, the EU Ambassador to the United States, and Jonathan Elkind, former assistant secretary for international affairs at the U.S. Energy Department.

Neither India nor China sent their heads of state to the summit, but they are represented by very high - ranking officials.

France's head of state Emmanuel Macron had summoned the Climate Chancellor Angela Merkel to the summit in Paris and or emerged with the rank of European «Climate President».

And even if they can, obtaining civil judgments against a state governor and other heads of agencies won't be easy, given that Michigan confers immunity on its high - ranking officials for decisions made while carrying out their responsibilities.

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