Word: rank
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...Harriman's remarkable series of Government posts centered around these major jobs: 1934-35, a division administrator, then a special assistant to the administrator, and then chief administrative officer of NRA; 1940-41, executive in the Office of Production Management; 1941-42, Lend-Lease expediter in London with rank of minister; 1943-46, Ambassador to Russia; 1946, Ambassador to the Court of St. James's; 1946-48, Secretary of Commerce; 1948-50, roving ECA ambassador in Europe; 1950-51, Special Assistant to the President; 1951-53, Director of Mutual Security; 1955-58, Governor of New York; 1961, Ambassador...
Although it overshadows such Southern universities as Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, Emory still ranks below the Southern likes of Duke, Tulane, Virginia, Vanderbilt and North Carolina. Bemused by its Coke money, Emory for years neglected to cultivate other givers, and now pays full professors badly enough to get a "D" salary rating from the American Association of University Professors. Unable to raid other faculties or fully expand its plant, Emory may need $100 million in the next decade to win the rank it wants-a place among the nation's top 20 universities. To get the university moving...
...entire TVA system. Its miners already dig 90% of Brazil's iron ore, 95% of its bauxite, beryllium and mica, all of its graphite and nickel, most of its diamonds and gold. Its furnaces and factories lead the country in pig iron, steel and ferrous alloys, rank second in aluminum, cement and lime. And on its rolling farm lands, 16.5 million cattle and 8,500,000 hogs fatten for market. All this, though it is just beginning to wake up to the 20th century...
Eugenie Anderson, U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, first American woman to hold rank of ambassador LL.D...
...ball conk him on the head), but the tag of "Butcher" has stuck with him through three ball clubs and five big-league seasons. What Wagner does best is swing a bat lefthanded, and last week he was swinging well enough to tie for second in home runs (15), rank third in RBIs (46), and third in batting...