Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...week a solemn letter of reproach. "These costumes," it read in part, "are hereditary. That worn by Chief Charlo was inherited by him from his grandfather, Chief Little Claw, who as chief of all the Flatheads signed the Treaty of 1855. The ermine tails on this costume signified the rank of Chief Little Claw. Those worn by Sub-chief Bear Track were left to him according to the Indian custom of giving things away at time of death. . . . The plain undecorated war shirt worn by another of the delegation he also inherited and it was actually worn on war parties...
...correspondents heard last week in Conservative circles that "of course Eden must go," the intimation being that Minister for League of Nations Affairs Anthony Eden will be paid for his service at Geneva in drumming up votes by promoting him to "one of the five ministries which carry the rank and pay of a full Secretary of State." Eden was being mentioned as Secretary of State for Dominions, with hopes voiced that if any Briton can charm Irish Free State President Eamon de Valera into complacence, charming Captain Eden can. Though all this seemed most premature, British manufacturers of headgear...
...week and thus come officially into being. This new German war machine, rapidly assembling last week, consists of some 170,000 professional soldiers and more than 200,000 conscripts who will soon swell to 500,000. Adolf Hitler, "Apotheosis of the Little Man," never rose above corporal's rank during the War and today lavishes unheard-of comforts on happy German soldiers. Crews of carpenters were busy last week replacing great, grim Prussian barrack rooms with small, snug squad rooms equipped with easy chairs, tables, cheerful curtains, hardwood floors and such lavish tiled lavatories as no other European army...
...through the ages while his interminable A Saga of the Sword described in terms of romance the development of war from prehistoric times. Born in London, he attended the Grocers' Company School and Hackney Downs, enlisted in the British Army in 1914, was demobilized in 1919 with the rank of captain. His first literary success came during the War. when he wrote a story about the first attack of the tanks as seen by a German artillery commander. It sounded so authentic that the censor would not pass it, believing it a captured document...
Second all men in the upper three groups of the rank list should automatically be retained, as well as all who wish to try for honors. But for men in the lower groups, especially those men who show no interest in tutorial and fail to do their assignments -- for these, the tutor's word should be the University's criterion in deciding whether or not they deserve the continued privilege of tutorial...