Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bingham enlisted in the United States Army. With the rank of Lt. Colonel, he assisted in the training of enlisted men, holding this post until shortly after the war ended...
...decreed in the Defense Production Act that if prices went under control, wages would have to be controlled too. But the three labor members of Cyrus Ching's Wage Stabilization Board balked at putting their names to a wage-freeze order; they could hardly face the union rank & file again if they had a hand in initiating one. Cyrus Ching, a man of overabundant patience, laid the problem before his boss, Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston; Johnston, under pressure from above to act by the weekend, decided reluctantly that he would have to sign his own name to the wage...
...years in the New York fire department, Gerard W. Purcell spent as little time as possible climbing ladders and sliding down brass poles. By becoming financial secretary of the Uniformed Firemen's Association-the A.F.L. union which represents smoke eaters below the rank of lieutenant-he avoided duty, drew an extra $100 a month, and got the use of a shiny red automobile and a chauffeur. He also assumed the job of promoting the annual Firemen's Ball...
...National Bank twirled a new rope last week. It set up a Hopalong Cassidy's Saving Rodeo. For a minimum deposit of $2, Hoppy's worshipers got a "tenderfoot" badge and a plastic bank shaped to look like their hero. As their savings grow, so will their rank-from "wrangler" (a $10 account) to "Bar 20 Foreman" ($500). For all this, the bank paid Cassidy a set fee: 50? per new account plus $1 for the thrift kit. In four days the Citizens' National, Georgia's largest bank, reported more than 1,000 new savings accounts...
Operation Disaster (J. Arthur Rank; Universal-International), like all submarine fiction, operates under a handicap. Jules Verne worked out most of the possibilities, and what he overlooked has been overworked since his time. Of all the variations, the plight of crewmen trapped 15 fathoms deep is probably the hardiest, and gets sensitive treatment in this British movie...