1. Rumour has it that the higher-ups want to push the schedule forward.

2. Shelton was ordered by company higher-ups to reduce costs.

3. But apparently Hasler never got the go-ahead from higher-ups to make the payments, the Journal reported.

4. Complete all of tasks from higher-up.

5. While the best friends are those higher-up,[http://] don't underestimate the sway of lesser mortals.

6. He noticed that some higher-up executives sometimes asked the receptionists if they could help with travel arrangements.

7. The connector sent by the higher-up is already waiting for us.

8. They're still waiting for a decision about the extra money from the higher-ups.

9. Most work at uninspiring tasks, pore over old court decisions and statute books, and draft memos for their higher-ups.

10. In 1990 "reservations" in government jobs and university places for dalits were extended to a group of castes slightly higher-up the pecking order, the "Other Backward Classes" (OBCs).

11. Two-thirds also would tell a peer about an undone zipper, but only half would tell a higher-up, it said.

12. Develop and expand new customer resources and fulfill other assignments from higher-up.

13. Venus and Jupiter will be at perfect angles, so a confidential talk you have with a higher-up will work wonders.

14. In history, those which served tea to emperors and higher-up officials were reputed as "imperial tea garden" (China Tea King in Mandarin).

15. And this takes effort and luck. While the best friends are those higher-up, don't underestimate the sway of lesser mortals.