Word: rank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...title will settle that argument, but it will not give Philip a place in the line of succession to the throne or change his protocol rank. As official "First Gentleman of the Realm," Philip takes his place immediately behind the Queen when she is with him, and leads the procession when he is her official representative. But as the most recently created royal duke, prince or not prince, he will continue to rank 30th in line of precedence (behind Britain's two archbishops, all the other members of the royal family and all Britain's dukes) at other...
...inextricably intertwined. Says he: "We haven't seen anything yet." Then Radford turns back to the meaning of what George Washington, the first Commander in Chief, had said as he confronted the turbulence of the Old World and got the American Experiment on the way. "There is a rank due to the United States among nations," said Washington, "which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be ready to repel it." Then Arthur Radford, the quiet admiral, adds the postscript that is his life: "The more...
Figures Talk. Staggered but still fast on his feet, Nenni immediately began to drop hints that he might abandon politics and retire to his seaside villa at Formia. Coming from the Socialist Party's biggest vote getter and the idol of its rank and file, this was a potent threat. Hastily the newly elected central committee granted Nenni's demand that it endorse his Socialist unification policy and give his supporters a majority of the seats in the party secretariat...
...team championship, Harvard does not stand much of a chance. Heckscher, because of his national rank, will be unable to play on the team, and since most other squads have an entire city or even country to draw upon, it seems unlikely that the varsity will be able to get past the first few rounds...
Last summer Cecilia H. Payne-Gaposchkin became the first woman in the history of the University to attain the rank of full professor through regular faculty promotion. In September she assumed the duties of chairman of the Department of Astronomy...