Word: echeloning
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...formulated. Instead, they let events overtake them. Rumors had been circulating for weeks that the so-called rebels--a fluctuating group of House Republicans, mostly from the revolutionary class of '94--were devising a way to force Gingrich out. But to do it, they needed cooperation from the top echelon...
Things seem to be turning around and the next couple of seasons may find Radcliffe heavyweight crew back in the upper echelon...
Last season, in which the team had seven All-Americans, a dominating 12-1 dual-meet record and a perfect 9-0 league mark, left very little room for improvement. The Crimson had already made the jump into the upper echelon of men's swimming. This season's challenge was to move up the national ladder...
...women will return a good proportion of its top runners next year so their situation is a little less foreboding. Hopefully Harvard can avoid slipping further into the Ivy League's lower echelon...
Most of the victims of the hysteria were of the lower echelon of society, with the notable exception of Rev. George Burroughs who was the erstwhile minister of Salem. People of prominence, such as Gov. Phip's wife, Captain John Alden, etc. were accused, but did not suffer death due to their high social standing. See Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum (Harvard University Press...