Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quite accurate to say that the St. Louis Cardinals look bad on paper. They look awful. They rank 13th out of the 15 teams in the National Football League in total offense, 13th in passing, and 15th in punting. They do not have a man among the league's top ten pass receivers, and they have only one among the top ten rushers: $300,000 Bonus Rookie Johnny Roland, who is No. 9. Their quarterback, Charley Johnson, stands No. 7 among N.F.L. passers, and, against the Chicago Bears last week, he completed four out of 16 tosses...
...higher style of living required of a cavalry cadet would cost Lord Randolph an extra ?200 a year. Winston, high-spirited as always, had the nerve to express pleasure at his feat in getting into Sandhurst at all. His reward was a letter from his imperious papa which must rank as one of the nastiest ever written by a father to a son. After scolding Winston for his "slovenly happy-go-lucky harum-scarum style of work for which you have always been distinguished at your different schools," Lord Randolph added...
...Kind of Place. Nonetheless, a figure of Johnson's rank is forgiven such lapses, and he was, after all, pratanatipodi, the President (literally, "chairman of the greatest"). He was treated accordingly. At his quarters, overlooking the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, servants brought the President his meals on their knees, performed wais (a bow with the hands pressed together) before him. Cracked a U.S. aide: "This is Johnson's kind of place...
Perkins said a concentrator who was denied honors on the basis of exam grade and rank list could appeal directly to the senior tutor. If his case was strong. Perkins said, he might still be admitted to honors...
...weeks later Rolvaag was back in Minnesota, a declared candidate and almost instantly a sure winner. He had a simple but ultimately devastating slogan -- "Let the people decide." The usually accurate Minnesota Poll, operated by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, showed in late July that the party rank-in-file would decide in favor of Rolvaag by a margin of more than 20 per cent...