Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major highways go off except at ramps and interchanges. Limousines and heavy sedans will be taken away from every federal official except President Nixon and Vice President Ford, and all federal vehicles will be driven 20% fewer miles. Parking space in Government lots will be assigned not by rank but by the number of passengers arriving in each car. Surveillance will be placed on petroleum exports, which are minuscule in proportion to U.S. consumption but a prime source of suspicion to skeptics who still see the energy shortage as a plot...
...past years, freshmen have spent a lot of their time each spring figuring out what kind of class rank and concentration mix will most please the housing computer, going to interviews at Houses, and desperately trying to worm their way onto masters' choice lists...
...those days are apparently over now; CHUL eliminated rank, concentration, secondary school background and master's choice as criteria in determining housing...
Freshmen will also now rank all 12 residential Houses in order of preference, as opposed to last year's ranking of only five choices, so that fewer people will be assigned to their last choice...
Medical students enjoy an enviable position. They have all finished their pre-med training and its fabled cut-throat competition, to reach a plateau where, barring failure, they are assured internships and M.D.s. Any attempt to rank them at this level is meaningless; it only introduces the unnatural and ugly clamor for grades...