Word: rankness
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...nine races that day. Lawton--the only clue to whose identity was a grainy photograph of a man in a trenchcoat and a wide-brimmed hat, a cross between Elliott Ness and John Wayne, printed above his picks--mystified me with his expertise. Invariably, Lawton would recommend a rank outsider, a horse sent off at 15-1, which would proceed to stun the field. With each improbable pick, Lawton gained in stature, until his tips assumed the weight of ex cathedra pronouncements, to be ignored at one's peril. My grandmother's favorite reproof to her husband, to be intoned...
...Shoes: The shoes were really nice too. They are simple and have that solar strip. General metal on shoes looks really rank, and on dress shoes like that it can look really stodgy. But on him, it looks fine. Generally, I think that weird, triangly short of shape doesn't look right, but it looks really good with his outfit...
...Pequots that were handed over to the Mohegans in the deal never quite gave up their old identity, and gradually they recreated the tribe. Three hundred and fifty years later, revenge is sweet: Foxwoods pulls rank on upstart Mohegan Sun. Entering a new era in the tribe's saga, the descendants of the last of the Pequots have resurrected the tribe once more. But Trump's question remains: instead of the continuation of a tradition, is the tribe's latest, capitalist recreation just an embarrassing parody--even an exploitation--of its own past...
Usually, the standings are determined by a point system, allotted for wins and ties. But after the hazing scandal scrapped Vermont's season, the ECAC decided to determine rank based on winning percentage--adding the number of wins plus a half for each tie and dividing by total games played...
According to Ralph Reed, one of Gov. Bush's advisors and a former executive director of the Christian Coalition, Bush's strategy has been to "follow the classic Reagan model. Begin with core conservative voters. Move from there to rank-and-file Republicans. Then move to independents. Then move out to conservative Democrats." McCain has turned this approach on its head. His victories in New Hampshire and Michigan have been bolstered by the support of moderate Republicans, independents and Democrats...