Word: rank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bargaining package will be ready "by early spring," projects Eugene Rostow, chief of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. But that deadline could be postponed because of the divergent views of the arms control agency, the State Department and the Pentagon. As one beleaguered combatant puts it, "The Soviets rank about fifth on our list of enemies...
That embarrassing public disavowal came at an awkward moment for the regime. Not only did it belie government claims that Solidarity's rank and file were disassociating themselves from the alleged excesses of their leaders, it also undercut a carefully orchestrated series of gestures intended to convince the world that all was well after five weeks of martial...
Until the heavy billy clubs start to swing, Poles sometimes have trouble distinguishing the aggressive security forces from regular army and police units. Some of the shock troops travel with regular army and police units. Their leaders may even carry the rank of general in the army or police. Except for the white belts that are worn by the W.S.W. (the Military Security Service assigned to keep an eye on members of Poland's 320,000-strong armed forces), the special troops have almost no distinguishing marks on their uniforms. Explains Tadeusz Nowakowski, a prominent Polish writer now living...
There were six registered miracles in Montana's time at Notre Dame, more than enough to elevate anyone to the rank of blessed. In his final college game, in arctic conditions at the Cotton Bowl, the Irish lagged behind Houston 34-12, almost as if to test the limit of his magic. Montana got to work, and with four seconds left, a pass play to Kris Haines would have scored the winning touchdown, except Haines slipped. Kris remembers: "We went back into the huddle with two seconds to go, and Joe said, 'Don't worry...
...drew a disturbing picture of his three-month training. Among his charges: recruits were poorly trained in citizens' legal rights; two violence-prone youths were graduated simply to bolster the size of the chapter; the group was racked by a power struggle between co-leaders dubbed by the rank and file "Mr. Ego" and "Mr. Mouth...