Word: ranks
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...radios and challenged the critics to wear them out.) He never backed away from conflict, not even what he called "savage, primal and unstoppable" fights with his father over issues like finance. He installed a "contention" system that encouraged IBM managers to challenge one another. Watson was paternal with rank-and-file employees, but he was murder on his lieutenants, in accordance with his dictum that "the higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows...
...student group leaders rank improved postering high among election issues. Dan J. Hopkins '00, a managing editor for Perspective, said postering problems cannot be solved by the U.C. and will not influence the publication's endorsement...
...President groped her near the Oval Office. So this week and next their investigators want to depose in closed-door sessions Willey's attorney Daniel Gecker, Clinton's attorney Bob Bennett, Clinton confidant Bruce Lindsey and Democratic contributor Nathan Landow. But even as Hyde was pressing on, more rank-and-file House Republicans were declaring publicly that they would not vote for impeachment. And outside emissaries began calling around Capitol Hill, once again floating the idea of a bipartisan resolution of censure as an alternative to impeachment...
Saturday's Harvard-Yale Game had to rank near the bottom of the 115 annual contests in excellence on the field. The Elis, who had rebounded from a winless 1997 Ivy season to come in with a 4-2 Ivy record, looked hapless on offense, gaining just 10 total yards in the first quarter. The Crimson's offense looked equally futile, unable to reach the end zone or kick one through the goalposts in the Game's first 30 minutes. At halftime, we were on our feet cheering the Crimson because it was, indeed, an accomplishment to have prevented...
...rank-and-file have been pressuring union President Steve McCone to conclude a deal. In particular, veteran guards have been pressing for a retirement package...