Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kissinger, who made a valiant mission to a continent that he had long neglected. As the colorful and controversial Kissinger cleared out his office, he seemed already to rank among the greatest Secretaries of State...
...accomplished was the scarring of the record grooves. For this release, the original recordings were converted to tape, then edited (snipping out offensive clicks and pops took hundreds of hours). Though some of the old surface noise is still to be heard, it is tolerable, and the release must rank as a minor miracle of sound restoration...
Communist cooperation in the parliamentary process is a disturbing new anomaly for Western European democracies, and few Italians are pleased by the development. Many Communist rank and filers resent what amounts to their party's support on key votes for the Christian Democrats. Andreotti's critics, meanwhile, charge that by accepting Communist "non-opposition," the Premier is providing the Communists with an opportunity to enter the government eventually. Andreotti has qualms about accepting support from the left under these circumstances, but, he says, "in order to come out of our economic crisis, it would be foolish...
...June he was awarded a life peerage that entitled him to be called, although no one did, Lord Britten. It was an honor that acknowledged Benjamin Britten's rank as Britain's finest living composer and one of its best throughout a long history. In 1945 he produced the one contemporary opera, Peter Grimes, that has found a firm place in international repertory. Of the 14 other operas that he wrote, Billy Budd may soon earn a similar popularity, and if it does not, the underappreciated A Midsummer Night's Dream should. His plentiful songs and chamber...
...1940s. Now, five years after his death, Burt is the object of a growing scandal. He has been accused of doctoring data and signing the names of others to reports that he wrote. If the charges are proved true, said Science magazine last week, "the forgery may rank with that of the Piltdown...