Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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They awoke to a clear, bitter-cold Wednesday. Ike put on his old battle jacket-with no rank insigne, but still sporting the flaming-sword shoulder patch of SHAPE -and wool Army trousers, then added a fur-lined Army field parka and a pile hat. First, he flew off in a little L19 Cessna for a look at the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing (where he asked about the capabilities of MIGs), then on to a briefing at the 1st Marine Division's command post, six miles from the front and well within ground-shaking distance of Marine artillery...
...Washington, hardly anyone thought that Taft would oppose confirmation of Durkin, and no one thought that the Senate would refuse to confirm him.* The Ohio Senator's colleagues in Congress failed to provide any choral background for his solo. Vermont's Senator George D. Aiken, who will rank next to Chairman Taft on the Labor Committee, thought it was "wise to recognize organized labor in the Cabinet." Several Taft-minded Senators, e.g., Kansas' Andrew Schoeppel, swung behind New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, rather than Taft, for Majority Leader...
...cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have traditionally dressed as befits their princely rank. A cardinal's minimum ceremonial wardrobe, including ermine-tipped cape and watered-silk robes in purple and scarlet, costs at least $3,000. Last week, on the heels of his appointment of 24 new cardinals (TIME, Dec. 8), Pope Pius XII ordered members of the Sacred College to scale down on the splendor. The world situation, said a papal decree, enjoins "a sober tenor of life upon all and a measured and austere one, particularly upon the clergy...
...coronations, it was mandatory for peers attending the ceremony to wear crimson robes trimmed with ermine. This time, peers not taking direct part in the ceremonies may wear merely the mantle of an order of knighthood over formal evening dress (knee breeches optional). The wives of peers (below the rank of countess) may also come in ordinary evening dresses...
Cinemogul J. Arthur Rank, Britain's leading producer-exhibitor, told a London court last week that his film empire lost money at the box office in the last twelve months. What saved the year: a profit of ?1,151,000 ($3,222,800) on ice cream sold to moviegoers...