Word: ranks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interesting part of the statement released by the palace concerns the niceties of Diana's rank. She will "from time to time receive invitations to state and national public occasions." At such ceremonies she will "be accorded the precedence she enjoys at present." In other words, she will not be banished far from her boys should they be in attendance. If Diana wishes to be part of the family, she can gradually reingratiate herself. Lord Snowdon, the photographer and Princess Margaret's former husband, has reappeared on the court scene and can be found at receptions and other occasions...
...average trusting air traveler, things have come to a sorry pass indeed when lawmakers propose altering the language of the Federal Aviation Administration charter to "put safety first." Where in the great blue yonder did it rank before? Last...
Under the deal Justice accepted, officials contend, mobsters are indeed being cleaned out--not only in Buffalo but also in the New York City area and soon in Chicago--and Coia has agreed to a rank-and-file vote in September. "It's a stunning achievement in this short period of time," says Coffey. "It took years to accomplish this in the Teamsters." Moreover, Coia himself is very much a target of the investigation his union bankrolls. Says Gow: "I've spent more man-hours on him than on any other entity." Time has also learned that a grand jury...
...held a top union job, to organized crime. Moreover, a number of events cast doubt on the integrity of the cleanup effort: in New York, Salvatore Lanza, identified with Cosa Nostra in the original complaint, was promoted to treasurer of the union's New York regional PAC. In California rank-and-filers who gave information to the Laborers' investigators were subsequently threatened by local union officials...
...News fails to rank a crucial category, and one that Harvard would also dominate: quality of local ice cream parlors...