What is "promotions"

Usage examples of "promotions".

The tall thin head of Promotions, who looked like Ormer Bell, clucked and moaned and finally put Doctor Drane back into the limo and sent him around the block to arrive again in the proper crowd.

The headhunters, too, had passes and promotions to earn, so they would be alert, but they had to follow the rules and could not capture any recruit unless he made some sort of error.

For one thing, I had issued a number of emergency promotions, putting privates into NCO spots and granting a field promotion to an ensign to fill my own vacated position as Platoon Commander.

I kept my mouth shut, sparing the Navy embarrassment, and every one of those promotions was confirmed.

She would be responsible for all paperwork, finance, mail, personnel records, promotions, legal problems, and my official correspondence.

I needed more rank, and promotions did not come readily to brash Hispanics.

A top Marine commander, started as a Navy man and went over to Marines because he couldn't get fast enough promotions in the Navy.

You had no reason to complain about promotions, and the admiral had no reason to prefer charges.

The young women were to rush at him adoringly as he got out of the car, while Promotions snapped stills and ran their video cameras.

People began to sit: various identical guys from Promotions, Demographics, Assessment, all in Ormer suits with the latest oiled-solid hair.

Too many Marines had been lost on Diamunde, and he felt it necessary to give these promotions with his own hand: partly to honor the men who had died or were wounded too badly to return.

Paul never bragged about himself, but now he was telling us all about his two promotions in two months, his special commendation from the CEO, even how much he spent for a new suit.

You don't really think you got all those promotions by your own talents, do you?

He talked about getting back to work, about whether he should give back the promotions (he laughed when he said it, and then added 'But why shouldn't I get something out of this?

Gluttons that they are, they'll arrange your partner's death, or your boyfriend's slavish devotion, or maybe just some premature promotions in your career, all in exchange for the thrill of tasting human nastiness and degradation.