But alarms were raised from a variety of quarters.
Doubts about his fitness for his future role were raised from the start.
Pay levels were raised from rock-bottom, training boosted and predictability of working hours increased.
The funds for the move were raised from the sale of a stake in Trader Media Group to Apax for £675m.
After a public outcry, the maximum sentences for possessing and distributing child pornography were raised from six months and three years, respectively, to 5 years and 10 years.
But under this broad title, many different issues were raised, from "US support for Israel" (readers fell on both sides of that argument) to "the refugee crisis".
The Colony funds that were raised from 1998 to 2003 posted annual returns of more than 20 percent, according to one investor.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the Apocryphal books were generally regarded as Holy Scripture in the Roman and Greek churches, although theoretical doubts were raised from time to time.
If federal gas taxes were raised from 18.4 cents per gallon to 35 cents per gallon, but in a way that fixed tax engagement below a $4 per gallon ceiling, the economic effects would be substantial, positive and durable.
Later Mr. Lignowski said that he and others in the courtroom wondered how the plain people would feel if the admission price were raised from $5, and the Barnes were run like a conventional museum.
Unlike many on the opposition frontbench, who were raised from natural Tory stock in the home counties or the shires, and with an expensive education behind them, Pickles was not born into a Conservative family.
