Word: rank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...networks say they have not been hit by any wave of protests generated by the crusade of the Christian right, nor do the Nielsen ratings seem to have been affected. The latest figures rank Dallas as the No. 1 show, Charlie's Angels eighth and Three 's Company eleventh...
...wave of settlers has by no means crested: the Census Bureau predicts that during the 1980s, seven of the eight Mountain States will be among the country's ten fastest growing states (the one exception: Montana, which will rank seventeenth).* Within the next 20 years, the population of the region is expected to grow...
Until last week, Lech Walesa and other union leaders had not been able to rein in Solidarity's rank and file. But in response to the Moscow summit, Solidarity warned its local branches not to strike without its authorization. The next major test of his control could come at week's end with the start of observances marking the tenth anniversary of the 1970 Gdansk riots, in which at least 49 Poles were killed. This symbolic occasion could touch off another bout of labor unrest and perhaps force Moscow's hand...
Lech Walesa, the Solidarity leader, has had increasing difficulty controlling his unruly rank and file. In recent weeks he has been counseling moderation and discipline, arguing that the union should concentrate on organizing instead of spending itself on a series of local skirmishes. He is also worried that the union may be overplaying its hand. As he told workers in Warsaw last week, with an unmistakable warning about the ominous possibility of Soviet intervention, "It will be a great mess if we go on strike . . . Let us not forget that tanks and rockets could be the reply...
...sporty little models built between 1964 and 1968. Suddenly they are more sought after than any other classic. An early model in only fair shape sells for $6,000 to $8,000. Low-mileage convertibles in top condition have fetched as much as $18,000. In California, old Mustangs rank near the top on police lists of most-stolen cars...