Word: rank
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...officials insisted. Nonetheless, they warned, if foreign diplomats and newsmen continue to invite Punkovskys and Penkovskys to their parties, "real, honest Soviet people" might boycott them altogether. To show that its diatribes were not just cocktail talk, the government last week stripped Artillery Chief Marshal Sergei Varenstov of his rank for having befriended Penkovsky, disciplined some of "the scientist's other friends and boozing companions." "Of course," added Pravda, "we are against spy mania...
This feeling reaches right down to the rank and file. Noting the 9% unemployed in Pittsburgh and the prospects of more automation in steel, the head of a steelworkers local is quick to argue: "This is no time to rock the boat. There are too many alligators in the water." At such times, the tendency of unions is not to press for higher pay but for increased job security. Even management agrees that the union attitude has changed. "Our experience this year," says Inland Steel Negotiator William Caples, "has been that the unions have been pretty realistic and generally easy...
...world except for a single radiotelephone circuit. Critical Clergymen. Meanwhile, away from the ranch, there was continued criticism of the wedding, especially by clergymen. Declared Philadelphia's Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson: "It is an appalling shock to the moral sensibilities and sense of fair play of the rank and file of Americans." Stepping out of his field, he predicted that the marriage could cost Rockefeller "three to five million votes" if he becomes the Republican nominee for President. Said Dr. Daniel A. Poling, editor of the Protestant Christian Herald: "I agree with those, and there are many...
Selection of students is made by individual Masters, who fill 70 per cent of their vacancies from first-, second-, and third-choice applications, if enough of these applications are available. Each Master must choose comparable numbers of students from public and private schools and in different positions on the rank list. A Committee of Review headed by Dean Watson checks the distribution, and fills the last 30 per cent of each quota from a pool of unassigned freshmen...
...elder Oehrlein has beaten Yale's Mike Neely, who managed to beat Sullivan last year. Brother A1, playing at number two, has beaten Princeton's Harold German and must rank as a real threat in today's tilt...