Word: rank
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With their twelve Commons seats, the Social Democrats already have a presence in Parliament, where they rank as the third largest group, ahead of the Liberals (eleven seats) though far behind the Conservatives (337 seats) and Labor (255). At the party's seven-room London headquarters, plans are being pressed to enlist the aid of the "millions of people" who Owen believes will back the Social Democrats. A team of 25 volunteers were answering 30,000 letters from prospective party members. The total contributions to date...
When asked after his speech about his influence on the rank-and-file, Kirkland responded. "I was marching today with the coal miners about black lung. We had 8000 coal miners." He added, "When somebody makes the charge that we don't represent the rank-and-file, then we bring some people to show them...
...year and airline pilots who sometimes earn more than $100,000. As a result, Reagan's promises of tax relief last November were appealing to many of the nation's better-paid union members. Though the AFL-CIO officially supported Carter, many among the rank and file refused to go along. In a postelection poll of working-class wards and precincts, the AFL-CIO found that only 58% of union members voted for Carter...
...restive lo cals. With whetted appetites, workers will expect fresh victories in the continuing negotiations over a series of pending demands, including a new labor law and the granting of radio and television time to Solidarity. Moreover, promised economic reforms are sure to require more belt tightening, something the rank and file seems ill-disposed to accept. Thus a dangerous potential for new clashes remained. Ultimately, the Poles and their leaders could only hope they might transcend the hazards by cleaving to a bedrock sense of nationalism that has sustained the country through almost two centuries of foreign encroachments...
Roberta Maxwell's Mary is an acutely devastating portrait of a prima donna. She is vain, she is cruel, she throws temper tantrums, she is self-pitying, she is totally selfabsorbed. Unthroned, she is crowned in the dazzling radiance of her pride. Maxwell is in the top rank of U.S. actresses, and she proves it again in this kaleidoscopic performance...