Word: rank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sullivan's name in larger letters than the rest)--have appeared in many local papers in recent weeks. The slate-voting effort appears stronger than usual for these conservatives, who often fight for the same votes. And if it works--if the Independents are able to get voters to rank two or three candidates on their slate instead of bullet voting--then the CCA has almost no shot at a fifth seat...
...thing to remember about PR voting is that you will not benefit your favorite candidate by voting for him and no one else. And you could very well help your second and third choice candidate by including them, in rank order, on your ballot...
Still, Thatcher rode out the storm, firmly in control of the rank-and-file delegates, many of whom would like to see her act even tougher than she has. "I will not change just to court popularity," she declared in a stirring speech at the end of the conference, throwing down the gauntlet. "There are those who say our nation no longer has the stomach for the fight. I think I know our people. They do!" Her exhortation brought the delegates to their feet, cheering, clapping, roaring their approval...
...anyone who has read it knows, People is about people--mostly celebrities of the rank a half-step ahead of Jaye P. Morgan (sic.) and a step behind Burt Reynolds. But People is also about jes' folks, once-ordinary citizens, who, through either outrageous good or ill fortune, have come to claim their 15 minutes in the sun. People looks at its flock with an endearing innocence; it sees only good and bad, with little in between. The crucial point about People is that it sees its once-ordinary folks as good, and this is the quality the 'Poon captures...
Sadat enjoyed the comforts and perquisites of his rank, but hardly to excess. Apart from a weakness for fine English suits and imported Dunhill pipe tobacco, his tastes and habits were simple. He usually ate only one light meal each day. A devout Muslim, he never drank wine or liquor. He liked to spend quiet evenings at home watching private movie screenings, usually of American westerns...