Sentences with phrase «rising through the ranks first»

He was a Flatbush, Brooklyn native who had spent more than three decades rising through the ranks first of the old Transit Police, then of the NYPD.

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Since he joined the drug trade as a teenager, Chapo swiftly rose through the ranks, building an almost mythic reputation: First, as a cold pragmatist known to deliver a single shot to the head for any mistakes made in a shipment, and later, as he began to establish the Sinaloa cartel, as a Robin Hood - like figure who provided much - needed services in the Sinaloa mountains, funding everything from food and roads to medical relief.

Stefan has extensive background in the food service industry, rising through the ranks at McDonald's, first as a crewmember at the age of 16, up to general manager of a location.

The 21 - year - old is from the Czech Republic and has already been capped for the first - team national side having risen through the ranks of the youth teams at international level and having already registered a goal for the first - team.

Everyone was on the edge of their seat for a first - set tiebreak featuring Pablo Carreño - Busta, the 12th - ranked player in the world who has been steadily rising through the ranks in tennis for the past half - decade.

The 22 - year - old rose through the ranks of the Arsenal youth academy and began to break into the first team during the 2011/12 season, but loan spells with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham were flanked by a second serious cruciate knee ligament injury in 2012.

Afobe rose through the ranks of the Gunners» youth academy before being sold in 2015 without making a first team appearance.

As the Brazilian rose through the ranks into the first team he had the impossible task of having to battle the likes of Andres Iniesta and Xavi for a spot in the first team.

Waldron says the trio's rise through the ranks and into the Toffees» first - team squad highlights the success of the Academy and shows the youngsters what can be achieved.

He was first choice at the club where he rose through the youth ranks and now looks to be staring at a prolonged period without much competitive football, but has time on his side if he chooses to pack his bags and vie for number one on pastures new in the future.

Nicknamed the «Powercube» due to his stocky frame, Xherdan Shaqiri further highlights the strength of Basel's academy, having risen through the ranks to become a first - team star at St Jakob's Park.

Oaks was first elected to the Assembly in 1992 and rose through the ranks of the GOP, eventually becoming the ranking minority member of the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee that oversees fiscal policy.

He was appointed lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and rose through the ranks to become the first Ghanaian Full Professor in Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics in 1973.

Upon the deregulation of the broadcasting sector, he joined DAAR Communications Plc radio station, RayPower FM, in 1993 as one of the pioneer staff as the first Head of Presentation and rose through the ranks to the position of the Assistant General Manger — Programme Services.

On entering Parliament in 2001, Mr Cameron rose rapidly through the ranks, serving first on the Home Affairs Select Committee, which recommended the liberalisation of drug laws.

Of the 23 invited speakers, five were women — two of whom had risen through academic ranks using their initials instead of their first names.

Dr. Khosla spent the majority of his career at Carnegie Mellon, rising through the ranks from his first position as Assistant Professor in 1986 to his appointment as Dean in 2004.

A native of Catalan who relocated to Los Angeles at 18, Collet - Serra had a precocious rise through the commercial and music video directing ranks that caught the attention of producer Joel Silver, leading to his first feature gig on 2005's House of Wax, which this dewy young critic at the time described as «an adroitly shot inventory of perversities, bustling with inventive murder and anchored by Brian Edmonds's great, creepy sets.»

Star Wars» Adam Driver rises through the ranks of a real - life evil empire in the first trailer for BlacKkKlansman.

First, many critical business managers in large school systems rose into these positions «through the ranks» and may have started out in an unrelated position, such as teacher or principal.

Nonetheless, the overwhelming majority of superintendents, school district officials, and school principals rise through the ranks the traditional way - first as teachers, then as assistant principals, principals, and then up to the district office.

I could see myself rising through the ranks — first, as an editor, then as a game designer, and finally as the person in charge.

Just like the first game and movie, it'll follow a new member of the Corlenone family who tries to rise through the ranks in crime.

She described herself as «the old lady compared to the young guns» in the group, but she proved she was a forced to be reckoned with because in her fourth year with the department she rose through the ranks to Captain (the first female to do so in her department.)