Word: rank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Neguib: "I do not know how to get the maximum power from my body. My movements are still rough." His full-time job as a police officer in Cairo limits his daily workout to spare time. Before the Soviet-bloc pullout, Neguib guessed his average throw (203 ft.) might rank him eighth in the world, behind two Russians, two East Germans, two Americans and a Cuban. Now, eerily, he has a shot at a medal as bronze as the Sphinx...
...workable venture. They argue that the bank could become too bogged down in bureaucracy to compete profitably with other banks. Staff morale at Continental would probably suffer, and top executives would leave the bank. At one time the largest commercial and industrial lender in the U.S., Continental would rank as only a regional player, half the size of its former head-to-head rival, First Chicago (assets: $40.5 billion...
Murphy's 32 years on the force give him high seniority everywhere but inside his own family: his father Cornelius Sr. retired in 1965, after 38 years, with the rank of deputy chief, and his brother Daniel is chief of the department's intelligence division, with 34 years of service. Since winning the top job in 1980, Murphy has worked hard to instill discipline in a department that is relatively inexperienced (70% of its officers have been on the force five years or less) and that on occasion has lost control of crowds, most recently during a speech...
...named French dele gate-general in Algeria when De Gaulle came to power in 1958. De Gaulle proceeded toward independence and ousted Salan, who later went underground. Captured in 1962 and sentenced to Life in prison, he was pardoned by De Gaulle in 1968; his rank and pension were restored two years...
...other film maker of the first rank has devoted himself so fully to another medium as Ingmar Bergman has to the stage. Since his career began in 1944 (when his first screenplay was produced, and he was named artistic director of the Halsingborg City Theater), Bergman has spent most of his time as one of the world's premier theater directors. For him, the writing and directing of films is both a vacation from and an extension of his stage work. In films from Smiles of a Summer Night to Fanny and Alexander, Bergman has celebrated that bare stage...