Word: rank
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...remember two bitter wars against the Russians. But more important, the vote was an indication of the country's changing voting pattern: as more people leave farm and forest for jobs in Finland's burgeoning factories, they are switching to the urban-oriented Social Democrats, who rank as a middle-of-the-road party and promise to do something about inflation (up 4% last year) and better housing...
...Fifth Rankers. For Franco Spain, that is quite a step forward. "The fact that we have an independent judiciary ensures fairness," says the publisher of the weekly Blanco y Negro, Guillermo Luca de Tena. "It's a great thing not to need prior approval from some fifth-rank official." Though the law contains more generalized restrictions than most Spanish journalists would like (such as a call for obedience "to the principles of the National Movement"), "the right of freedom of expression of ideas" is clearly stated in Article One. "When you talk about freedom of the press, the essential...
...that sin, Castro stripped Almeijeiras of his rank and booted him out of the government, the military and the Central Committee, giving him a chance to correct himself "by beginning his revolutionary life as he did the first time, without any position whatever." That way Almeijeiras may return to the social fold "a simple man and revolutionary" purged of his "illegal and vicious" ways. And the other playboys? "Nothing is going to happen to them," Castro assured. "We will send them to a hospital to be cured, and if they are crazy, to the insane asylum...
...Miners, it had been a long haul. Their impressive 27-1 season record had virtually demanded at least the No. 3 rank in the nation. Unconvinced outsiders claimed that the team had not really faced tough competition. Kentucky was certainly that. Coached by Old Master Adolph Rupp, the Wildcats were an impeccable, diligently honed unit. But the Miners, as one opposing coach observed, "don't let you play the way you want to." And they didn't let Kentucky. From the opening jump-off between Miner David Lattin and Wildcat Thad Jaracz, they had Kentucky off balance...
...just to circumvent a Government order," and Dean David Truman calls overgrading a "violation of intellectual trust." Some students concede that they will choose easy courses to keep their grades high. An advertisement in the University of Michigan Daily urged coeds to muff their exams so the men could rank higher...