Sadly IG, idiocy in the upper tiers is not limited to the emergency services or even the public sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Satisfied? Confident? You Will Be…… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Each of the three tiers is held in high esteem and acknowledged for the different role it plays within the system.    From Wordnik.com.  [UK universities likely to follow US model, says leading vice-chancellor] Reference

The arrangement often consists of a table and several overturned wooden crates placed in tiers and covered with clean linens.    From Wordnik.com.  [November 2: the Day of the Dead] Reference

"The tiers are another incentive to firms to grow the SLP program," said.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYSE Tweaks Trading Prices to Appeal to High-Frequency Firms - Bloomberg] Reference

This is just what the internet providers are saying to try to sell the idea of tiers to the public.    From Wordnik.com.  [Techdirt] Reference

The store's applications will come in 0, 200, 500, and 800 point tiers -- in other words, there will be some free applications.    From Wordnik.com.  [DailyTech Main News Feed] Reference

They may offer additional intermediary tiers, which is something that many users have asked for from AT&T, but nothing is certain yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unwired View] Reference

This means the company has to add more data to lower tiers, which is important when budgets are being curtailed and data continues to grow.    From Wordnik.com.  [SearchStorage: News and trends in the storage industry] Reference

Dominican, the clergy to the Franciscan, and the "tiers" to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference

Delta also plans to increase the number of "tiers" in its SkyMiles plan this spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pay or Use Miles?] Reference

It's been estimated that as many as 1.4 million people have exhausted all four "tiers" of federal benefits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tier 5: How Far Can The Lobbying Power Of The Unemployed Go?] Reference

At most stadiums, luxury suites are in the middle or upper tiers which is the case at Madison Square Garden in its current form.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cultivating a New Garden] Reference

It explains terms such as tiers, co-payments, prior authorization, step therapy, and quantity limits - all facets of every formulary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Formulary Time: Parody of Auld Lang Syne and Invitation] Reference

The House will vote on a bill today to preserve the four "tiers" that make up those 99 weeks, set to expire on June 1, through November.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tier 5: The Despair Of The 99ers] Reference

Here's what I was thinking: there seem to be "tiers" in luthiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

Your SEO strategy should include keywords from each of those "tiers" above.    From Wordnik.com.  [Search Engine Journal] Reference

You know something is powerfully attractive to nerds when there are 'tiers'.    From Wordnik.com.  [1UP RSS feed] Reference

And there are no "tiers" in the Hall of Fame either-every member is honored equally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball Analysts] Reference

I, like many, have seen the mockup chart that shows different "tiers" of Internet service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Engadget] Reference

But those getting to the end of their benefit "tiers" are finding there are no more extensions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Las Vegas News - LasVegasNOW.com] Reference

Israel's missile defenses include several "tiers" of systems designed to shoot down different types of missiles.    From Wordnik.com.  [arabnews - frontpage] Reference

During the fiscal crises of the '70s and' 80s, the state placed new hires into "tiers" with scaled-back benefits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fault Lines] Reference

Each zone is demarcated by "tiers" warhammer goldand if you pass a certain level you graduate into the higher tier.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Similarly, strategic points of control occur internal to the data center at several "tiers" within the architecture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from Virtualization Journal] Reference

The magazine broke schools up into "tiers" of quality using a too many factors and indicators than you really want to know about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nebraska StatePaper.com News] Reference

Once complete (or as close to complete as I feel), I'll compile them into "tiers" and revisit throughout the year to get it right revise.    From Wordnik.com.  [FakeTeams] Reference

I usually planned my drawings in tiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Want to bind your own books?] Reference

"Some of us would have liked the word 'tiers' instead.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"tiers" of retirement plans for police and fire employees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

4. The public will have to expect that there will be rationing and "tiers" of medicare service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should the President be working harder?] Reference

"tiers" of service to Internet companies, in the same way that FedEx offers different services to its customers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference

'tiers', or sets of four synchronously formed and phenotypically similar cells that are radially disposed about the AV axis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

But it takes a long time to get around to the lower tiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Megabucks Marts Arrive] Reference

Detention centers in Iraq are run by three tiers of personnel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rough Justice In Iraq] Reference

What used to be a dozen or more price tiers is now four or five.    From Wordnik.com.  [BUT FORGET THE SHRIMP COCKTAIL] Reference

Inside the barracks, everyone was lying across the bunks, in three tiers, with their heads toward us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Follow The Screams] Reference

The problem: construction companies all aimed for the top of the market, leaving the lower tiers underserved.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boom From The Bottom] Reference