Still, even while Mr. Yushchenko supporters tried to force a political confrontation, the state maintained a position of official calm.
Fennoman movement, in 19th-century Finnish history, nationalist movement that contributed to the development of the Finnish language and literature and achieved for Finnish a position of official equality with Swedish the language of the dominant minority.
"He deserves a position of respect," the official said.
In Dixson v. United States (1984), the Court held that, under the federal bribery and gratuity statute, the definition of a "public official" includes anyone in a "position of public trust with official federal responsibilities," including for example the employees of a non-profit that administers a federal block housing grant.
"If the laboratory is put in a position of being the arbiter of official truth, we lose.
But the United States and NATO want to negotiate from a position of strength, diplomats and military officials said.
David Axelrod is going to assume a position of senior adviser to the president, officials said, and Robert Gibbs is poised to be named White House press secretary.
Because these things are proprietary and they don't have interoperability, it puts election officials in a position of being very dependent upon vendors.
The furor over anti-Semitism comes at a moment in which Democrats have been riven over matters of race, gender and identity, with many staking out a position of near-zero tolerance for party officials who have been accused of sexual misconduct and racial insensitivity — even decades ago.
Halotus worked as a servant for Claudius and also held the position of official taster, an occupation which entailed his tasting of a portion of every meal Claudius ate each day for poison.
