Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Merchant in Jeff City It is a misconception to assume that the status a man has in prison depends upon his status or rank as a criminal. It doesn't. The fact that James Earl Ray was a small-time criminal didn't keep him from becoming a "Merchant" [prison term for one who deals in contraband] in Jeff City ... [He] understood prison life, and he knew how to operate with "Big Shots," guards and other prisoners...
...Texas Republican last week of Anne Legendre Armstrong. "She's sugar and steel." Gerald Ford, who will announce her appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Britain this week, plainly agrees. Those who knew her as co-chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1972 or as a Cabinet-rank White House counselor during the Nixon Administration were equally extravagant in their notices. At once tough, gracious and articulate, Mrs. Armstrong is one of Ford's more distinguished appointments. The only shadow of criticism is that she doggedly defended Richard Nixon until almost the last bloody moment of Watergate...
...single sectarian killing in Ulster history." Rees was immediately pushed to take action to halt the terrorism and restore confidence in the government's ability to maintain security. Glen Barr, a spokesman for the Ulster Defense Association, warned that Protestant paramilitary groups are under "intense pressure" from the rank and file to go on an all-out military offensive against...
Although Bill Emper became a household name in Nether Providence, colleges did not recruit him heavily. Neither a class rank of six nor interception records attracted the big schools to the little cornerback. "Only one school that could give scholarships approached me," he says. "I guess they thought I was too small...
...There will be a seagoing woman admiral in the U.S. Navy in the not too distant future," predicts Lieut. Commander Kathleen Byerly?and none of her fellow (or sister) officers would be surprised if Byerly herself reaches that rank. At 31 she is a crisply confident Navy executive, the first woman ever promoted to serve as flag secretary and aide to an admiral, Rear Admiral Allen Hill. In the past, WAVE officers did work on staffs of admirals, but had far less authority than Byerly. She heads the admiral's staff and handles all liaison between his headquarters...