Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there have been so many 'best jewel thiefs in all of Europe" on the screen in the last two years that we were getting rather confused. The butler and valet have come into an increasingly important role in many stores lately and Raymond Walburn justifies his promotion to the rank of valet in this picture...
Before matches, all contestants hold a dance called dohyo-iri (ring entry) wearing damask aprons embroidered to indicate their rank. Next they assure audiences of their sincerity by putting their left hands on their hearts, stretching out their right. After bending his knees, clapping his hands three times, spreading his arms out straight, shaking each leg, a wrestler removes his apron, purifies himself by putting salt on himself and the ring. Only then can the match start...
...Freshman Committee, which at present consists of 12 members, is a new phase of Brooks House activity this year. It has proved so successful that the Cabinet has voted to make it a permanent organization headed by a chairman who will have equal rank with the already established Social Service, Foreign Student, and other Committees...
...homeliest tribute paid to the reign of George Lyman Kittredge came from a member of the sophomore class who, upon hearing of his resignation, said mournfully, "And I never took his course." This attitude, half-wistful, half-outraged, is typical of Harvard men in whose eyes it is rank injustice that Kitty should not go on forever, He is as thoroughly Harvard as "Veritas", the Holden Chapel, or the fireplaces in Holworthy Hall, and to generations of students at this university Shakspere is not so much the greatest poet of the ages as he is the subject of Kittredge...
...sooner was the nursing-bottle Raphael issued than Nestlé's mailbags fairly burst with angry protests. French esthetes called the picture a rank desecration. French Catholics roared: "Sacrilege!" Nestlé directors promptly dropped the whole campaign as too hot to handle. Explained Director Guiraud...