Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nevertheless, saying that something is second-rate for Jimi Hendrix still means it can be very good. A few of these tracks rank among Hendrix's most remarkable recordings, while others--"Little Wing," "All Along the Watchtower," and "Sweet Angel" --are different versions of his best songs. Guitar-playing Hendrix disciples will also not be disappointed by the wealth of blistering fretwork this album offers, particularly because nearly half of its tracks are instrumentals...
...hard-working elected representative supposed to do when the only direction he gets from the people is that they want direction? This dilemma has been examined carefully by Dan Carney in a recent issue of Congressional Quarterly. As reported there, Republican polling services, like Marketing Research Institute of Florida, rank moral issues above economic issues in importance to the voting public. This is a new mood in U.S. politics, and it has caught our lawmakers unprepared...
Controlled Choice--which has been in place in Cambridge since 1981--allows students to rank schools in order of desirability rather than attend a neighborhood school...
Until her divorce last year, Annette LaFrancis was routinely beaten by her husband, a Navy submariner with the rank of chief petty officer. He was eventually convicted of assault, but LaFrancis can never forget how often she feared for her life. Her terror was compounded by six guns he had illicitly stashed in their Navy-owned house in Groton, Conn. "I'd worry that one day he'd flip out and use one on me," she says...
...least two of the schemes used to raise money for Carey allegedly involved other top labor leaders. In one case, as Teamsters rank and file voted last October in a two-month process monitored by the Federal Government, the Carey campaign urgently needed a cash infusion for a final direct-mail push. Carey aides approached Trumka, asking the AFL-CIO "to help Ron." They were told the federation was short of cash. They suggested funneling $150,000 of Teamster money through the federation--and into Carey coffers. Trumka agreed, according to federal investigators. On Nov. 1, a Teamster check went...