Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deserves the first place among early medieval buildings by reason of its size and dignity as the head church of the congregation of Cluny, and it is hard to doubt that it stood very high as an aesthetic achievement. It is entitled to take its place in the first rank as the major enterprise of the great period, of the Romanesque, an edifice richly endowed by the past, precocious in its time, and boldy anticipating the future...
...promptly obeyed himself, set out for his native Florida. He will not reach retirement age until March 4, but his term as Chief expired Nov. 20. His successor. Maj.-General Douglas MacArthur (TIME, Aug. 18), last week assumed the staff chieftainship and the accompanying full general's rank by swearing: "I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter." Then, wearing four bright new stars, he called formally upon the President...
...ideal was to let the provinces take care of educational, missionary and social work according to policies defined by the Church General Convention every three years, and with money appropriated by the General Convention. But this has not happened. The provinces have no real powers. Their presidents do not rank above other P. E. bishops; they merely preside over annual discussions of neighborhood affairs...
...parking restrictions be made reasonable in order that students who live in the dormitories or on the Lawns and Ranges may be allowed to park their cars near their rooms"; (16): "that there be established at the University the Virginia Relays, with the hope that they may some day rank with the Pennsylvania and Drake Relays, and particularly that they be made attractive to Southern Conference teams"; (17): "that a University Band be organized, recognized, and adequately supported by the university, so that Virginia be relieved, in some degree, of unorganized and half-hearted cheering...
...years a newshawk and war correspondent, notably for the Chicago Tribune, Floyd Phillips Gibbons climbed to the first rank of reporters. He won fame of the sort that comes to a No. 1 newsman; but not many outside his profession and the readers of the Tribune and Liberty knew a year and a half ago who Floyd Gibbons was. Then he went into radio broadcasting. Last week, famed Fastest Talker Floyd Gibbons returned to newspaper work as a circulation drawing-card. His column, "Floyd Gibbons Speaking?" began daily appearances in 42 newspapers served by famous Features Syndicate...