It was a position he used as a bully pulpit to shape the role of the engineer in society.
During the war he was a commissary responsible for provisioning the military, a position he used to enrich the family merchant business.
Although Zhang's memorial was rejected, his status was significantly elevated soon after to Palace Attendant, a position he used to influence the decisions of Emperor Shun.
Obama presidential campaign manager David Plouffe sharply criticized Newt Gingrich on Thursday, saying the former House Speaker is in a "sad" state from the public position he used to hold.
Andrew Haldane, one of the Bank's high-fliers, became chief economist, a position he has used to express views that do not always accord with the governor's.
In 1995, Newt Gingrich, who was then speaker of the House, rewarded Mr. Lazio's loyalty to Republicans by naming him chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity: a remarkable promotion for someone just finishing his freshman term and a position he has used in his Senate campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton to highlight his housing expertise.
Hart emerged as the leader of the tech-minded "Atari Democrats," in the eighties; Clinton, the bright hope of Southern moderates, became the chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, a position that he used as a launchpad for the Presidency in 1992.
In the early 1980s, Mr. Jimenez was an administrative law judge for the State Workers Compensation Boardd, a position he could have used to advance his career, perhaps to become a state or federal judge.
And Tisdale says the former Manchester United youngster will come good, even though he is playing in a position he is not used to.
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Unable to secure the librarianship of the Bodleian whilst fellow, he had instead become tutor to his patron George Nugent-Temple-Grenville Nugent-Temple-Grenville Nugent-Temple-Grenvillehe used to lead two of the Duke's sons and other members of the family to Brasenose; the sons' uncle, Baron Grenville, became the University's Chancellor.
