When Riley took the Heat job in the summer of 1995, he said he wanted to be "the winner".
It has created a class of elites who live well, send their children abroad to school while much of the country shivers through winter and ponders how much better life was under Communism, when there was heat, jobs and vacations at the beach.
Still, given the political heat the job generates and the risks of a knife between the ribs, qualified candidates will think twice before applying.
This August heat, the job, the meathead playing the drums on the F train - face it, if you had an inflatable slide to get away from it all from time to time, you'd use it.
But with Mr. Immelt facing ever more heat — his job isn't on the line, but long-suffering institutional investors are beginning to stir — another big earnings miss is unlikely when the company next reports profits on July 11.
Performance review season heats up, job searches commence, reorganizations take effect, and big conversations are prepared.
During the votes, the jockeying for the Speaker's job heated up.
He also prefers the type of heat it generates, which relies on carbon panels, rather than raising the air temperature excessively, meaning a lower heat does the job.
The baking heat did the job of firming up the greens and the gents in green blazers did the rest, placing the flags in the kind of positions Houdini would have had trouble unlocking.
Adult's job: Heat a large saucepan and add a teaspoon of olive oil or butter.
