(n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.
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(1) (Rubinfeld, B., Munemitsu, S., Clark, R., Conroy, L., Watt, K., Crosier, W.J., McCormick, F., and Polakis, P. (1991) Cell 65, 1033-1042), it appears that the membrane-associated (Mr 85,000-95,000) and cytosolic forms of GAP-3 are derived from equivalent, or closely related, genes.
Crozier
Definition:
(n.) See Crosier.
Example Sentences:
(1) Crozier has had time to play with since he arrived, but the question is whether he has used his first year wisely to build for the future.
(2) Five-part drama Collision was one of several successes last year, and ITV1 was named channel of the year last night, the day after Crozier's 46th birthday.
(3) Crozier said the X Factor, which last year recorded its first year-on-year audience decline since launching in 2004 , was one of a number of ITV's ageing entertainment franchises .It was imperative to keep developing new formats.
(4) In a press briefing, Crozier said advertising was up 7.5% in January, was flat in February but would be up 8% in March, ahead of the overall market which is experiencing a 4% growth.
(5) Coupled with his pension contributions and other benefits, Crozier will pick up about £860,000 a year – before any bonuses – on top of his golden hello, meaning he is guaranteed at least £3.2m over the next three years.
(6) Archie Norman , ITV's chairman, said Crozier, who is the former head of the Football Association, had the "steely resolve we need at ITV", which was looking for a "great leader".
(7) "We couldn't provide Five with the one thing they really wanted, and got, regulatory certainty," Crozier said.
(8) Norman calls ITV "the most regulated company in the country" and Crozier seems to have been hired partly for his skills in sweet-talking politicians and regulators.
(9) Crozier has made much of the need to revitalise the operation, pointing out that the division has not created a global entertainment hit since Dancing on Ice in 2006, and has bought in new talent and earmarked £12m to boost pilot projects.
(10) It is the place where Private James Crozier was executed.
(11) ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has made revitalising the broadcaster's in-house TV production operation, which makes shows including Coronation Street for ITV1 and Channel 4 hit Come Dine With Me , a top priority and has access to £1bn of cash to make investments.
(12) ITV chairman Archie Norman has staunchly defended his decision to overlook TV veterans in his international search for a chief executive, following today's appointment of Adam Crozier, and all but ruled out further cost cuts or a sell-off of its programme-making arm.
(13) "We had 354,000 by Christmas and now have 1 million registered users," said Crozier, with 95% growth in mobile which it will target this year.
(14) Norman and Crozier have been conducting a strategic review of the group's operations, but few believe there will be a "big bang" announcement when the half-time numbers are published on Wednesday.
(15) If timing is everything in life, then Adam Crozier, who takes over as ITV's chief executive today, is arriving at arguably its most auspicious point for a decade.
(16) Crozier says it's crucial that the company gets "better at exploiting our brands fully across all platforms and reducing our reliance on a single volatile revenue stream".
(17) Adam Crozier , chief executive of ITV, said: "Growing ITV Studios is a key part of our strategy to rebalance the group.
(18) The industry is waiting to see who Crozier will choose to reinvigorate demoralised producers.
(19) The Guardian photographer is trying to make Adam Crozier relax.
(20) But Crozier was the one to step further into the public eye.