Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Princeton and Williston Academy invade the I.A.B. pool at 8:30 and 7:15 p.m. tonight to give the undefeated varsity and Yardling swimming teams their strongest home opposition of the season. The Tigers rank fourth in the Eastern Intercollegiate League, while Williston stands first in secondary school swimming, having barely lost to the Yale freshmen...
...applicant who receives a rank of one is considered certain of attaining group one. If he is a probable honors candidate, he is rated two, and if only a possible honors candidate, he is given a three rating. A four rating is given to a candidate who, in the opinion of the judge, will obtain passing, but not honor grades, and the number five candidate is questionable. There is no hope for number...
...huge, kingly-looking black man resplendent in white tie, tails and full decorations. His Excellency Paul Eugene Magloire (pronounced mah-glwar), President of the Republic of Haiti and host of the evening, stayed on until 2, ceremoniously dancing with each guest in the order of her husband's rank, gravely bowing to Lady Foot's parting curtsy...
...slowly to Recruit Knoke. It took him 94 flights to learn to solo, and there followed one forced landing (severe head injuries), one snarled undercarriage and a first-class crash (more head injuries). When he arrived at an operational unit and met the veterans, his gleaming new badges of rank seemed as useless as any young American...
...reason that Taft-Hartley has not stirred up more rank & file protest is that prosperity has been high and unemployment low since the act was passed in 1947. It has remained unamended because it was originally passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities, and, until recently, liberally interpreted by a Democrat-controlled NLRB. Furthermore, labor leaders wanted outright repeal. Though the labor leaders have since changed their tune, the Taft-Hartley fight remains a battle of the professionals. And like old pros who have been through all this before, they may well let the battle die-and Congress will feel no need...