Word: ranking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...famed Ecole Polytechnique. He served France well during World War II, first as an artillery officer, then as a resistance fighter parachuted into France from Britain. During the invasion of Normandy he was dropped behind the German lines to organize sabotage, was severely wounded, ended the war with the rank of colonel and a chestful of medals, including the Compaction de la Libération (held by only 600 living Frenchmen). A Deputy since 1946. he has served in a dozen Cabinets, holding such portfolios as Finance. Interior and Defense. A strong pro-European who quit the Mend...
Explanations. At Kempten, Platoon Leader Julitz' immediate superior, who had watched the troops enter the river, explained why he had not countermanded Julitz' order: "He had the same rank as I, and I didn't want to contradict him. My fears were for the possible damage to uniforms and boots. I didn't think for a moment that the life and health of the soldiers was endangered...
...Harvard had 304 faculty members above the rank of instructor and 237 on the junior teaching staff (this last figure includes part-time teachers and this is not directly comparable to the figure for senior members). By 1954 the number of senior members had risen to 453 while that of junior faculty had jumped to 529. This represented a 49 per cent increase in senior faculty and a 123 per cent increase in junior faculty...
...Liberals, who took 170 of the Commons' 265 seats in 1953, were seemingly assured of holding a majority together. Any Tory surge that cut the Liberal seats to 132 (one less than a majority) would rank as a major upset. The likeliest prospect: the Tories, who won only 51 seats last time, will increase their holdings by between 20 to 40 seats...
...Mobil Oil Co., which installed a cafeteria and seven dining rooms in its Manhattan headquarters to give 2,400 employees bargain food at a sizable loss to itself every month. Operated by the Brass Rail Restaurant (on a cost-plus fee basis), the dining rooms are graded according to rank, with white-collar workers in one room, various executive echelons in the others. All rooms are air-conditioned, have piped-in music, and are pleasantly decorated (some in rosewood paneling, one with a pigskin leather floor). The kitchen is one of the world's largest all-electric cookeries...