The highest position is known as a ' research scientist.

The grounds for the Church's position are Scriptural ( Old Testament ), the teachings of the fathers and doctors of the early Church, the unbroken tradition of nineteen centuries, the decisions of the highest ecclesiastical authority and the natural law.

For those priests over 80 who became cardinal-deacons and were not ordained to the episcopacy, this is the highest position they can normally attain in the Church hierarchy ( though all cardinals rank above bishops in rank and order of precedence, those cardinals who are not bishops do not have the right to perform the functions reserved solely to bishops, such as ordination ).

Charlton then lifted the League One trophy on 5 May 2012, having been in the top position since 15 September 2011, and after recording a 3 – 2 victory over Hartlepool United, recorded their highest ever league points score of 101, the highest in any professional European league that year.

In many navies, the rank of commodore was merely viewed as a senior captain position, whereas other naval services bestowed upon the rank of commodore the prestige of flag officer status ; commodore is the highest rank in the Irish Naval Service, for example, and is held by only one person.

While Deng never held office as the head of state, head of government or General Secretary of the Communist Party of China ( the highest position in Communist China ), he nonetheless served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1992.

If five judges then the highest and lowest scores are discarded and the middle three are summed and multiplied by the degree of difficulty ( DD ), which is determined from a combination of the moves undertaken, in which position and from what height ).

A head of state is an official who holds the highest position in a governance system of the state and has the vested powers to act as the chief public representative of a country.

Partly the classification focuses on the position in the periodic table of the heaviest element ( the element with the highest atomic weight ) in the compound, partly by grouping compounds by their structural similarities.

Starting with founder Hugues de Payens in 1118 – 1119, the Order's highest office was that of Grand Master, a position which was held for life, though considering the martial nature of the Order, this could mean a very short tenure.

In Luke, the author writes that Jesus “ took Peter, John and James .” According to Ricci, because Peter occupies the first position in the list, that place can be considered the position of highest importance.

The highest used position is close to the order of magnitude of the number.

After three years of consolidating his power, Kim Jong-il became Chairman of the NDC on October 8, 1997, a position described by the NDC as the nation's " highest administrative authority ," and thus North Korea's de facto head of state.

" The position of Chairman of the National Defence Commission has been declared the " highest office of state " and has the " highest administrative authority " according to decrees issued by the Supreme People's Assembly.

In a speech endorsing Kim Jong-il as NDC chairman, Kim Yong-nam made it clear that chairman of the NDC is the highest position in the country, in charge of all matters regarding the country's politics, economy, and military.

In most places on Earth, local time is determined by longitude, such that the time of day is more-or-less synchronised to the position of the sun in the sky ( for example, at midday the sun is roughly at its highest ).

In 1574 Nobunaga accepted the title of Kuge ( or Court Noble ), then in 1577 he was given the title of Udaijin ( or Minister of the Right ), the third highest position in the Imperial court.

He demonstrated an early interest in politics and attained with difficulty the position of alcalde del primer voto, or head of the Asunción cabildo, by 1809, the highest position he could aspire to as a criollo.

The position of viceroy or governor-general was the highest rank in the provincial administration.

The band's 2007 album, Snakes & Arrows, debuted at No. 3 ( just one position shy of Rush's highest peaking albums, Counterparts ( 1992 ) and " Clockwork Angels " ( 2012 ), which both debuted at No. 2 ) on the Billboard 200 selling approximately 93, 000 its first week of release.

Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death.

Opgezwolle, a group from Zwolle's latest album, Eigen Wereld ( Own World ) appeared in the ' Album Top 100 ' at number 4 ; the highest notation of a Dutch rap album ever.

The magazine has since excised the article from subsequent editions of the Illustrated History book ; a transcription of it can be found at the link below ( despite his scathing view of Young's career, Marsh gave the album the highest possible rating ).

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

His highest charting album, is his 2004 release Only You which reached No. 5 in the U. S. and No. 6 in Britain.

The album was one of the highest selling independent albums of 1992.

* The track " We Do What We're Told ( Milgram's 37 )" on Peter Gabriel's album So is a reference to Milgram's Experiment 18, in which 37 of 40 people were prepared to administer the highest level of shock.

The album's first week sales were the second highest of any album that year, a significant achievement for a hard rock band at a time when music charts were largely dominated by hip hop and teen-pop acts.

* November 12 – Australian singer John Farnham releases the album Whispering Jack, which becomes the highest selling album in Australia's history.

Another McVie single from the album, " Everywhere ", reached # 4 in the UK, which would be the band's third highest ever chart peak there and their final top 40 UK hit to date ( the single peaked at # 14 in the US ).

Flirting with mainstream pop music as well as writing her own songs for Diamonds & Rust ( 1975 ), the album became the highest selling of Baez's career and spawned a second top-ten single in the form of the title track.

It became their highest charting album in the UK to date, entering at number three and featuring three Top 30 singles in the UK and Germany (" Lullaby ", " Lovesong " and " Pictures of You ").

Nevertheless, the album still went on to become one of Combat Records ' highest selling releases.

Tyranny ( For You ), released in 1991, became the band's highest charting album, reaching # 95 on the Billboard 200.

The album sold 22, 000 copies in its first week, the highest sales in the band's history, and eventually went gold.

The band's second album, Cool for Cats ( 1979 ), contained the band's two highest charting UK singles in " Cool For Cats " and " Up The Junction ", both of which peaked at No. 2.

Their latest studio album, The Electric Age ( 2012 ), debuted at No. 77 on Billboard 200, making it Overkill's highest ever chart position in the United States.

Although many of their previous albums, including Pleasure to Kill ( 1986 ), were quite popular in the United States, Kreator did not experience major American commercial success until the 2009 release of their twelfth studio album, Hordes of Chaos, which peaked at number 165 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at No. 16 on the Media Control Charts, the band's highest ever chart position in Germany.

It was his highest charting album in the US until his Top Ten debut on Billboard 200 in 2008.

His next release, 1999's Back on Top, achieved a modest success, being his highest charting album in the US since 1978's Wavelength.

The album, Down the Road released in May 2002, received a good critical reception and proved to be his highest charting album in the US since 1972's Saint Dominic's Preview.

A tentative amalgamation of oldies and some new songs, the record was released in the summer of 1976 to commercial acclaim and, despite moderate reviews, peaked at # 8 on the Billboard album chart, the band's highest entry ( apart from Endless Summer and the followup 1975 compilation Spirit of America ) since 1965.