Michael Gartenberg, vice president and research director of JupiterResearch, said a hallmark of Apple design was its accessibility.
Rather than top-down control by the director of central intelligence, a hallmark during the Helms years at the height of the cold war, the spy world now seems likely to be further decentralized and dispersed, with the Pentagon and Homeland Security competing with the C.I.A. and the F.B.I. for the president's ear about terrorist threats.
"The movies and music is gee-whiz and interesting, but with the small amount of time you spend in the room on a business trip if you can get your e-mails fast and make yourself efficient, that's the most important thing," said Barry Frey, managing director of international advertising sales for the Hallmark Channel, a unit of Crown Media Holdings.
According to Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, the "hallmark" of the week-long Session was the opportunity it provided for a frank and productive exchange about UNICEF's draft Medium Term Strategic Plan.
"A probability sample is a hallmark of good data," Gary Langer, then ABC News director of polling, wrote in 2009.
That lack of transparency has been a hallmark of the forgiveness program, said Natalia Abrams, the executive director of Student Debt Crisis, an advocacy group.
In our leadership development work, we came to know the director of a high-tech components manufacturer — someone who had all the hallmarks of an Egoist mindset.
Polished but perfunctory music making and unadventurous programming were often the hallmarks of Lorin Maazel's tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic.
"One of the hallmarks of the company is the way they find new growth opportunities," says Craig Ellis, the director of research at financial services firm B. Riley & Co.
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