Word: rank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chicago Sun-Times, which had been investigating Cody's financial affairs for 18 months, splashed its findings across six pages. The newspaper reported, accurately, that a U.S. grand jury is investigating the charges. It is the first time that a church official of Cody's rank has ever been the subject of a federal investigation. "This is the biggest thing since the Chicago fire," said a local lawyer. Cody promised to respond "when all of the allegations, false and otherwise, have been made and clarified." He added: "When one is falsely accused, one wonders what is the reason...
...more leftist of European labor federations, would not deny reports that the American Communist Party is among Solidarity Day's sponsors. Yet, even if the march attracts a large turnout, true labor solidarity will not yet exist. In spite of the AFL-CIO support for Carter, millions of rank-and-file workers turned out for a candidate who has traditionally opposed the minimum wage, social programs assisting the working poor, and the reform of labor laws making unionization easier. They voted for a candidate who has expressed enthusiasm for right-to-work laws and described trade unions as monopolistic restrainers...
...middle-class, blue collar workers of Reagan's conservative economic policies was just as successful as their pitch to white-collar counterparts and businessmen. In fact, Reagan's campaign strategy involved side-stepping union leadership, whose political alliances could only remain with the Democrats, and wooing the rank-and-file with appeals to patriotism and traditional values. That a large number of workers accepted a candidate aggressively opposed to organized labor is not difficult to understand. An active interest in bread-and-butter labor issues naturally wanes with the achievement of middle-class status and solidly entrenched bargaining positions...
...five jobs in five years, Helms decided to go back home and make a normal life in North Carolina: build a house (a red brick quasi-colonial next door to his father-in-law), join the Rotary Club (chapter president), gab with the Masons (32nd degree, the second highest rank), and devote evenings to making popcorn with Dot and his daughters...
...intentions came in July, when he promoted himself from master sergeant to general and commander in chief of Liberia's 5,000-man army. The promotion was accompanied by a crackdown on dissent. The twelve civilians in his 17-member Cabinet were drafted into the army with the rank of major, a move that made them subject to military discipline and curbed their ability to speak out in public. Most important, Doe forced a showdown with Weh Syen, his staunchest critic in the P.R.C., who had publicly lashed out at Doe's decision to close the Libyan embassy...