Had he been allotted even a third of the Second's tenure... well, I, for one, most likely, would not be writing this now, and you, I am afraid, might not be reading anything, either.
The more than 1,500 artists who had the privilege of being guests during Michael's tenure, as well as the roughly equivalent number who have been guests since his retirement, are all the beneficiaries of his extraordinary legacy of leadership.
Before that he served as dean at nearby Arizona State University's business school, where his tenure was well regarded; he was credited with improving the school's ranking and raising its national profile.
Teachers will now find it more difficult to get tenure, as well they should; instead of coming after three years in the classroom it will now take at least five, and it will take demonstrable results too.
Pascal counts the blockbuster Spider-man franchise and the latest James Bond movies among the many hits under her tenure as well as Oscar nominees American Hustle, The Social Network and Zero Dark Thirty.
What they do have is the mark they leave on the nation's laws — and in Obama's brief three-year tenure, as well as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's seven-year hitch, those marks are far from indelible.
The online database covers both national and customary laws governing land use; property rights and inheritance; international treaties and conventions and land tenure, as well as listing the civil society groups that work on land issues and other related statistics.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson might not have his job for much longer, but his tenure may well be regarded as the most consequential in postwar American history: not for what he built but for what he destroyed.
The technicians and salaried employees at the assembly plant in Smyrna and the powertrain plant in Decherd will be offered a lump sum of $100,000 or $125,000 depending on tenure, as well as medical and car-buying benefits, the company said.
It is true that economically hard-pressed colleges are coming up with ways to limit tenure, as well as to cut down on the use of full-time professors.
