Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When a marriageable young man of rank proper to wed one of King Alfonso's daughters (Beatriz, 20; Maria Christina...
Alfonso's squirt-water insult to the future ruler of the nation which rules the waves. Wilhelm II, when Kaiser and All Highest War Lord, used to ask visiting royal males below the rank of Emperor to lean out a certain window, the better to watch troops parading below. When they did so the All Highest would give their posteriors a resounding, open-palm slap, would laugh and laugh...
...With 725,000 troops. Armies of other nations rank: second French, 643,675; third British, 394,519; fourth Italian, 353,120; fifth Rumanian, 325,000; sixth Spanish, 243,511; seventh Polish, 229,900; eighth Japanese, 210,000: ninth Czechoslovakian, 158,103; tenth Jugoslavian, 141,568; eleventh...
Phase (c): One year's active duty with rank, pay and allowances of second lieutenant, Marine Corps Reserve, with regular Marine Corps operating squadrons, where they receive a course of military indoctrination and advanced flight training. The pay and allowance of a second lieutenant on active aviation duty are approximately $245 a month...
During the nine months period of training covering phases (a) and (b), the student holds the rank of private 1st class, M.C. Reserve with pay of $46 a month, with transportation, board and lodging, and clothing furnished. He is in a student officer status during this period...