Caijing, he said, had achieved a stature that put it out of reach of lower-ranking bureaucrats.

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CEOs are notably more skilled than lower-ranking employees in certain aspects of some emotional intelligence skills.

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The big changes, says Kim, are that Merck is giving lower-ranking employees more say, and dissent is far more encouraged.

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So the question for other, lower-ranking brands becomes, how can I work to forge greater emotional attachment with our consumers?

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The IMF sent a lower-ranking official to Brussels in his place who had no latitude to deviate from the IMF's deadline.

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He ordered one of the officials to be arrested and said he was handing back the case to a lower-ranking judge.

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There may be many women or ethnic minorities in the hotel and catering sector, for instance, but they are likely in lower-ranking jobs such as maids or bellhops.

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Yet a lower-ranking Islamic Affairs Ministry official connected to the case was convicted in May, in part because of a wiretap recording in which Mr. Azimi was heard discussing the alleged bribes.

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That would make owning lower-ranking clubs more profitable.

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Lower-ranking officials would go instead.

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For example, earlier this year the University of Minnesota found that charters in the twin cities of Minneapolis-St Paul lagged behind public elementary schools, ranking 7.5% lower for maths and 4.4% lower for reading.

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