Word: ranke
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After his capture Hale was brought to the headquarters of General William Howe in Manhattan's Beekman Mansion (at what is now the corner of First Avenue and 51st Street), where he volunteered his name, rank and mission. He was condemned to death, and held overnight in the greenhouse of the mansion. The next morning, Sept. 22, 1776, at 11 a.m., he was hanged at a point which is now 66th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan. His calm dignity and poise made a deep impression on Captain John Montresor, an aide-de-camp to General Howe...
...Richard A. Mack, 45, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission, succeeding hardbitten, brass-voiced Frieda Hennock, 50. Lawyer Hennock, a breezy, New Dealing Democrat (but no darling of the party's congressional rank and file), was the first woman to serve on the FCC, was often a center of controversy in her seven years in office. Floridian Mack, a Democrat of calmer persuasion, is former chairman of the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, a current vice president of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, and an experienced practitioner before...
...Julius Cecil Holmes, 56, longtime career diplomat and wartime aide to General Dwight Eisenhower, to be U.S. diplomatic agent at Tangier, with the rank of minister. Originally (TIME, Feb. 21), Holmes was scheduled to become Ambassador to Iran, but the nomination was withdrawn because 1) some opposition developed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and 2) a physical examination disclosed that he had ulcers. Tangier,-unlike Teheran, does not require Senate confirmation, will be less taxing physically for Diplomat Holmes...
There's really no plot, for this J. Arthur Rank film just follows the misadventures of one somewhat conscientious student during his four years. There are some remarkably funny and authentic medical situations, and a sort of grand climax riot with a rival medical school. Although undoubtedly a barrel of fun for the participants this scene, embarrassed me greatly and gave me a sudden unexpected feeling of sympathy for the residents of Cambridge, Mass...
...order to be safely beyond the draft call a freshman must rank in the upper half of his class, a sophomore in the upper two-thirds, a junior is the top three-fourths, and a senior in the top quarter of his class...