Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Where does this brilliant young poetess rank among our present-day versifiers? Her lyrics are more moving to me than those of Sara Teasdale or Elinor Wylie; but on the other hand one can think of no woman poet who has quite achieved the breath and flashing brilliance of Amy Lowell. Miss Millay's is a different gift. I should be inclined to rank her second, then, in importance among our women poets, and remembering Lindsay, Frost and Robinson, sixth or seventh among our contemporary versifiers...
...peers are usually created on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, although it is not an unconstitutional act for the King to create a peer or elevate one to a higher rank without the advice of his First Minister, especially when dealing with Royal Blood. Usually the Prime Minister makes a list of people recommended to the Crown for honors, and with the King's assent the list is published on such days as the Sovereign's Birthday, New Year's Day or any special day of national significance...
...created was the Duke of Cornwall, 1337, but this has always been a royal title. Originally all peers were supposed to be equal. The senior peer of the peerage is Bernard Marmaduke Fitz-Alan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, 15 years of age, who, by virtue of his rank, carries the extra titles of Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal and Chief Butler of England. The dukedom dates from...
...Agricultural and Mechanical College of this state." The Governor explains that he acts " for the protection and safety of that institution," for the security of the schools of the state and to place the Farmer-Labor movement " in the hands of those who are selected directly by the rank and file." President pro tem. George Wilson declines to comment...
...Evans, of the phenomenal mashie, shattered precedent by winning both the National Open and Amateur titles in one season. Business and bad putting have kept him out of the foremost rank since 1920, when he last led the country's amateurs...