Word: promotionism
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And just last month the automotive magazine Auto Plus reported that traffic police are routinely given arrest and fine quotas for moving violations. That, Auto Plus contends, makes ticketing drivers for bogus offenses almost obligatory for cops who fear their promotion relies on meeting targets. Interior Ministry officials have acknowledged...
Flores, 26, was told his failure as a station commander meant he'd soon be returning to a basic recruiter's slot. "He was an emotional wreck," said a soldier who spoke with him the evening of Aug. 8. "He said he felt he failed as a station commander," the...
• In 2006, Henderson became GM's chief financial officer, and in March 2008 ascended to president and chief operating officer - a promotion that left him as Waggoner's heir apparent.
"A tough and talented executive but indubitably an insider. I suspect he may have damaged his long-term chances by pinning his colors so firmly to Mr. Wagoner's mast during the drawing up of the GM restructuring plan...I would give him a 50-50 chance, which is not...
Edward Green, the director of the Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project and senior research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, drew attention last week when he agreed with Pope Benedict XVI’s statement that the answer to the African AIDS crisis lies in the promotion of...