Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...experiences at sea were the background for his monumental "History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II." Morison served on 11 different ships during the war, received seven battle stars and the Legion of Merit and finally retired from the Naval Reserve in 1951 with the rank of Rear Admiral. Nine of the 14 volumes of the naval history have been published, and with his coming retirement, Morison expects to complete the work within the next few years...
...sections. In response to the inquiry, "Who gets the most out of your sections?" the majority felt that students in the upper quarter of the class received the most benefit. Virtually the same majority agreed that the section men tended to aim their teaching at students in the second rank quarter...
...significant, though smaller, majority decided that section instructors ought to direct their efforts to students in the third rank quarter...
...realize the excellence and length of his career as a middle distance man. In his final year at Tamalpais High School in California, McCurdy won his first race against topflight competition and became the state's 880 champion. The following year, as a Stanford freshman, he entered the front rank of the nation's runners, duelling his teammate Ben Eastman, an Olympic star, in what McCurdy calls the most gruelling races of his career...
Besides the general education courses which always rank high, Math 1B, Gov 1A, and English 170B also were in the top ten. Large Radcliffe contingents helped Fine Arts 13 and Music I reach sixth and seventh places...