Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...becoming again the active executive head of both. Coincidental with his birthday was the opening of his new building in Manhattan, "Sixty Wall Tower" (at No. 70 Pine Street). The building cost $7,500,000, stands on land of the same value. Its 67 stories and 950-ft. height rank it as Manhattan's third tallest. Notable innovation in it are double-deck elevators, one compartment of which stops at even floors, the other at odd floors...
...received honorary degrees from seven colleges and universities, including degrees of Doctor of Literature from Harvard in 1907 and Yale in 1924. He graduated from Harvard with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1882, and has been on the teaching staff since 1888, where he has held the rank of assistant professor, or above, for 42 years...
...stand as monuments to 25 years of zealous labor by Mayor Herriot four modern bridges across the Rhóne, a post-War program of public works put through at a cost of 50,000,000 francs, and the annual Lyon Fair, raised by Mayor Herriot from obscurity to rank with Germany's famed Leipzig Fair. As a "Good European" (which everyone calls M. Herriot) he placed under his personal protection the German goods exhibited at the Lyon Fair of 1914, defied efforts by the French Government to confiscate and sell them. After the War he returned to Germany...
Prince Youssef Kamal, cousin of King Fuad of Egypt, renounced his rank & title. Said he at Cairo: "I have nothing to say except that hereafter I desire to be known as Youssef Kamal...
...fighter by his ability in the ring, Harry Krakow ("Kingfish Levinsky") would not rate better than tenth among U. S. heavyweights. Last year he had 15 fights, won only eight. If you defined efficiency as a fighter's ability to earn money at his trade, Kingfish Levinsky might rank as best fighter in the U. S. In the last 15 months, gates at his fights with Slattery, Griffiths, Camera, Paulino and an exhibition bout against Jack Dempsey have amounted to $254,124.68. He may this year earn more than Schmeling, Sharkey, Dempsey, Camera or Schaaf. Kingfish Levinsky...