Word: rank
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vietnamese rank of captain, is pronounced dye wee by Americans and used to designate anyone in charge of anything...
...grandson of a Polish immigrant, Gronouski became the first Polish-American to achieve Cabinet rank when he was appointed Postmaster General under Kennedy and Johnson. Given a chance, he could use his standing in Washington and his authentic Polish roots to break the current deep chill...
...addition, Higonnet explained, many different groups in France object to DeGaulle for different reasons. Intellectuals object to his international conservatism, the "rank and file" to his domestic conservatism. However, he thinks that DeGaulle will win the runoff election if he chooses to run. "People might get scared," Higonnet said. "They know there can be a runoff, so on the first vote they can afford to vote for someone they don't really want...
Titanium and stainless steel rank high among the glamour metals of modern technology. Because they retain their great strength even when heated to high temperatures, they have countless uses in such space-age products as Gemini capsules and jet engines. They would have countless other applications were it not for one exasperating characteristic: they cannot be used for moving parts that rub against other hunks of titanium or stainless steel. When they are, the pieces simply stick together...
...help gear Spanish banking to the heavy demands ahead. It would meld Spain's biggest commercial bank, the Banco Hispano Americano (capitalization $19.6 million, reserves $47.2 million), with the Banco Central (capitalization $13.3 million, reserves $33.3 million). With these combined resources and 805 branches, the new bank would rank sixth in Europe...