In November 1668 Hobbema married the cook of the burgomaster of Amsterdam and through her influence obtained a minor municipal appointment checking weights and measures of imported wines.
In the next few years he secured various minor appointments, and in 1705, apparently actuated by mercenary motives, he married a widow, Margaret Stretch, who owned considerable property in Barbados.
With Dewsbury-born Lady Warsi being demoted from Conservative party chair and the Hazel Grove MP, Andrew Stunell losing his post at the Department for Communities, based on minor appointments made so far, there is just one extra northern MP in government.
This is a nice bit of news for the company, which when it launched way back in 2007 at the TechCrunch 40 conference (the earliest iteration of what is now known as Disrupt) was criticized for being something that people would book minor appointments on, but not major things like heart surgeries.
It is best to use these steps to get out of simple check-ups and minor appointments.
Although he failed in his efforts to marry the Swedish queen Christina, then still a minor, she secured his appointment as commander of the Swedish forces in Germany (1648), over the opposition of the leading nobles, and the following year named him to succeed her; he was crowned in 1654.
The day after the new NHS "reforms" came into force, last month, I made an appointment for a minor operation.
The Marbury decision involved the appointment of a minor officeholder: Today's case involves the election of a major one.
Labor voted no confidence on Monday over a minor matter involving several ministerial appointments.
Variances in costs related to GP office travels and follow-up appointments had a minor impact on overall cost in a follow-up programme (figure 4).
