Word: ranks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...poised to be a major star of the future. American Ballet Theatre's Paloma Herrera, only 19, commands the stage in every bold, joyous performance she gives. And at the New York City Ballet, two relative beginners, Jenifer Ringer, 21, and Miranda Weese, 20, both just promoted to soloist rank, are darting through the difficult repertory and making it sizzle...
...parades in front of the reader a handful of Asian Americans who are ostensibly "breaking the mold," almost as a novel zoological phenomenon. In particular, he contrasts the prevalent pre-med image of Asian Americans with the exciting new venues that they find themselves in: high-rank campus publishing, student businesses and--of all impressive things--the Undergraduate Council...
Rick G. Bauer, a graduate of the DivinitySchool, once led college recruitment in the Bostonarea for the Church. Rank in the Church was linkedto the ability to draw in more people, Bauer says,comparing the group to a sales corporation. "Themore widgets you sell, the more people you canconvert, the higher in the organization youbecome," he says...
...Voters rank up to nine candidates in order ofpreference, and the liberal group hastraditionally endorsed a slate. Thousands of cityvoters have followed the party line, in anoverwhelmingly Democratic city where traditionalDemocratic-Republican politics are mostlyirrelevant...
...presidency. One by one, conservative leaders, including 25 of 29 current Cabinet members, deserted Chirac for Balladur. The defections need not be fatal for Chirac: he still claims the support of 240 of the R.P.R.'s 350 Senators and Deputies and appears to have the majority of the Gaullist rank and file on his side. But with Balladur enjoying far broader support from the center, the Prime Minister's 2-to-1 lead in the polls is formidable...