Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wrestling team, has been awarded the Francis H. Burr Scholarship, according to an announcement made yesterday by the Committee on Scholarships, following approval by the Corporation. Ames is a graduate of Milton Academy. He is concentrating in Biochemical Sciences, and is an honor student, ending the past year in Rank...
...Keith's management have any further reason for a sparse Sunday crowd, let it consider the following that Culbertson featurettes are poorly acted and rank advertising; that Wisner Vitaphone musicalities are neither musical nor comical; and that, as dwindling applause should indicate the Comfords are beginning to lose the glamor of New York and to take on the appearance of able hard working organists. Even Boston will refuse to support a picture like this...
...throw up my hands and shout at the scenario writers in Hollywood and ask you to help show the overconfident, overstuffed producers that you are nauseated with their slop by staying away from "Broadway Through A Keyhole." But hysterical ranting is ineffective, and we should be thankful that the rank reality of pedicular dialogue is obviated by some delightful touches by Mr. Sherman...
...issue of Sept. 25, under title Austria, errs in details in otherwise excellent article. Bundeskanzler Dollfuss did not earn ". . . the Edelweiss embroidered collar tabs, the capercailzie plumes of a First Lieutenant." He did. however, earn the two silver stars of a First Lieutenant. Stars on the collar tabs denote rank in the Austrian army. Edelweiss and "caper-cailzie" plumes are an integral part of the 14th Army Corps, the Edelweisskorps, H. Q Innsbruck, Tyrol, of the old Imperial & Royal Army. . Peasant upbringing and uncertain antecedents were no handicap to promotion to First Lieutenant in the "extremely aristocratic army of Franz...
Despite his Cabinet rank with its implied duty of discretion, President...