Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...generals-at least until the weekend Shootout at Tehran University -had obeyed the Shah's command to avoid the sort of bloody showdown that followed the imposition of martial law in twelve cities on Sept. 8. One inhibiting factor may be the top echelon's doubt that rank-and-file troops would support their commanders if ordered to attack protesters with bullets and bayonets. Moreover, "shooting Iran into political silence," as one Tehran newspaper put it, would probably fail. Many Western experts believe that the Shah's only hope of calming the unrest is to step aside...
Penn's defense does not rank much higher, having given up 360 yards a game and 13 touchdowns in five Ivy contests. And while the Penn offense ranks last in the league (260 yards per game), the Wishbone can steamroll if the opposition's stacked line has any cracks...
...G.O.P. leaders in Michigan, fearing they would lose the seat to a Democrat, urged Griffin to reconsider. So too did rank-and-file Republicans, who sent him thousands of cards and letters. Suddenly, last February, the Senator changed his mind and declared that he would seek a third term in the November election...
...than other Boston hotels or restaurants, the Boston union officials did not want to strain the resources of the union in a Harvard strike. But this reluctance of the Boston officials, and their subsequent attempts to convince the Harvard workers not to strike at the meeting, left the Harvard rank and file with little choice but to capitulate to Harvard's demands. The rank and file are justly angry with their leadership's refusal to back up their demands...
...bombers, parachute riggers and gunnery instructors, as well as in the more "traditional" roles of nursing and administration. In 1948, however, the Women's Armed Forces Integration Act limited women to 2% of the nation's total military strength and barred them from rising higher than the rank of lieutenant colonel...