Word: ranking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kept U.S. troops on the Continent supplied with food and the material of war; of a coronary occlusion; in York, Pa. After the war, hard-driving "Courthouse" Lee commanded the Mediterranean Theater from headquarters in Italy, survived loud accusations in the press that he abused his authority by inflating rank's privileges. Following his retirement in 1947, Lee became active among the laity of the Episcopal Church, served as a vice president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew...
...score. Almost as successful was the evening's other revival: Strauss's seldom-done ballet. Josepkslegende, which he wrote in 1914 on commission from Diaghilev. In the last six summers, by emphasizing the works of Home Town Boy Strauss. Munich's opera festival has risen to rank with many of Europe's best, attracts opera fans en route from Salzburg to Bayreuth. And in the bout between Munich's conservatives and their nose-thumbing native son. there is no longer any doubt as to who has won the decision...
...Career Ambassador rank, equivalent to Navy Fleet Admiral, General of the Army or Air Force, was signed into law in August 1955. The five-star ambassadors: Robert D. Murphy; Loy Wesley Henderson, 66, Deputy Under Secretary of State (Administration), since retired from the Foreign Service but serving on by presidential appointment; H. Freeman ("Doc") Matthews, 59, onetime Deputy Under Secretary of State (1950-53), now Ambassador to Austria; James Clement Dunn, 67, onetime Ambassador to Italy, France, Brazil, since retired...
...much democracy, in the practical terms of the moment, means so much Peronism. In the days of the dictatorship, the C.G.T. was run from top to bottom by Peronistas, and the rank and file still remember the lavish raises and featherbedding privileges that the Peronista leaders won. Even during the days of the provisional military regime that preceded Frondizi, the Peronistas held on to control of many unions. They now boss 90, including the powerful meat packers, streetcar workers and textile workers. In the new elections they will probably take over most of the 26 unions currently bossed by anti...
...began by ferreting out a few priests willing to collaborate as a step to higher rank, installed them in key posts. "Patriotic Priest" Chang Shih-liang, for one, has run the Shanghai diocese since the jailing of Shanghai's Bishop Kung Pinmei in 1955, goes about dressed in full bishop's regalia, including mitre. Ho's most recent refinement is to force valid bishops to consecrate Communist bishops, thereby attempting to maintain Roman Catholic validity. With liturgically correct bootleg rites, he has created ten "progressive" bishops, is planning consecrations for Nanking, Suchow and Hanchow, will soon appoint...