Word: rank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prospects for the coming season excite MacAusland who has had a frustrating two years as Crimson coach. Two returning players--junior Kate Martin, the only first-team All-Ivy player on the squad, and Lili Pew--attended a field hockey development camp over the summer and advanced to the rank of B-camp, just one step below the National Team. In addition, co-captains Sara LeBlond and Maureen Finn also attended development camp, as well as a dozen others...
...independent union, HUERA had trouble maintaining solidarity among the rank and file. The union last year was wracked by a bizarre internal power struggle, in which HUERA's vice president and attorney at one point sought a restraining order to bar HUERA's president from officially representing the union...
...wonder. Reagan was addressing almost 3,000 delegates to the Chicago convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners-and union officials currently rank not far behind black and feminist leaders in expressing dismay over the Administration's course. "He has cut out every social program we have fought for over the last 40 years," exclaimed Roy Klein, a convention delegate from South Bend, Ind. Boston Delegate Andrew Sarno added: "I don't think he should have been allowed to come here...
...review of The World According to Garp, Senior Writer R.Z. Sheppard declared that John Irving had moved into "the front rank of America's young novelists." Now, with the arrival of Irving's eagerly awaited new novel, The Hotel New Hampshire, Sheppard's assessment rings more true than ever. "Every once in a while there's a writer of real quality who also appeals to the popular reader," says Sheppard. "Irving is one." No newcomer to the risky but rewarding task of spotting literary talent, Sheppard worked as an editor and reviewer for the book section...
...cultural assimilation. As proof he cites a group of Jews tested during World War I. Many of them were first-generation immigrants from Russia and Poland, and they had "some of the lowest scores on mental tests of any of the numerous ethnic groups tested." Now their descendants rank among the highest...