Word: ranked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diplomatic corps because he could not afford to be promoted to the post of Counselor of the Legation at Peking. His salary- was to be $8,000 a year. Neither is Mr. Dulles extravagant. He can easily live on his salary, but with his rise in rank and diplomatic importance he must entertain accord- ingly and put on the swank that is expected of a legate of the U. S. Said he in a letter to Secretary of State Kellogg: "The financial burden involved in the acceptance of the higher positions in the diplomatic service is such that outside resources...
...working under Coaches Daniell and Lockwood is not far behind them. The Seniors handicapped by a shortage of candidates have been coming along more slowly, but with the reporting of additional men, are expected to improve in a short time, although they need a good deal of work to rank with the Sophomores and Juniors. Coach Check remarked that if all the men who were really available would report, the Senior squad would be a strong one. There are many men who have been dropped from the Second University squad and have failed to report for class football, whose presence...
...navy, the Chief of Staff is the active head of the army. In time of a great crisis such as the Civil War or World War, a General may be appointed by the President (with the Senate's approval) to the supreme command. The following have held the rank of General: George Washington, Ulysses Hiram Grant (or Ulysses Simpson Grant [see p. 6]). William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, John Joseph Pershing, Tasker Howard Bliss, Peyton Conway March...
...expected, however, that he will be allowed to resign in two years when the spirit of the regulation will have been served. The question: if young Midshipman Zirkle is really a pacifist, why should an ensign's commission have greater horrors for him than the midshipman's rank...
...This was obviously a story of the first rank. The engagement of Miss Abby was, in itself, an international matter. But, Mr. Milton gave it an added flavor. He was the comparatively impecunious young apprentice attorney who had obtained, for Abby, a suspended sentence when she had been nabbed for the second time by an irreverent traffic patrolman. The city room of the American buzzed at the prospect of an old-fashioned beat: 'Daughter of Oil King's Son to Wed Humble Speed Case Benefactor...