Word: rank
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pacific, she seemed a slack ship to Arnheiter's eye, and only "a taut ship is a happy ship." Arnheiter was up-taut himself: a Naval Academy "ring-knocker" he was passed over once for lieutenant and at 40 was one of the oldest Annapolis men of his rank with command responsibility. Aware that he would be heading for Viet Nam six days later, Arnheiter took a few more turns on the bollard...
...gains of devaluation will be dissipated by inflation. Though the giant Transport and General Workers' Union agreed to go along with a voluntary pay freeze, the striking dock workers refused to go back to work last week. There were also undisguised rumblings for bigger pay packets from the rank and file that may make it difficult for Wilson to hold the line on wage increases...
...Leave. Present at the dedication of the Mangla dam last week were Guy F. Atkinson, who at 92 is still active as board chairman of the company, and his son, Company President George Atkinson. They founded their family-dominated enterprise in 1926 and brought it to its present top rank as a heavy-engineering outfit, specializing in hydroelectric projects...
...audit, approved Monday by the HPC, says that the program is badly under publicized and often misruled by the departments. The HPC proposes that students in all rank list groups be allowed to take Independent Study (now only those with honors average can) and also suggests that the decision to approve or reject Independent Study projects be taken out of the department's hands...
Zachry faces no such problems. Much building labor in San Antonio remains unorganized. And commercial construction costs, according to the American Appraisal Co.'s widely used index, rank as sixth lowest among U.S. cities-8% above those in cheapest Savannah, Ga., and Jackson, Miss., but 35% below those in costliest New York City...