Word: ranks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson squad (1-1 overall, 0-0 Ivy), intimidated by the Wildcats' 18th-rank status, gave up two early goals and could not recover in time to avoid its first loss of the season...
...specific mission of revenge sparked by a drug feud or a personal insult. "If it was just an initiation ceremony, he'd do it from a car. But to go right up to the victims, that means he was trying to collect some points and get some rank or maybe a nice little cash bonus." Yummy opened fire with a 9-mm semiautomatic into a crowd of kids playing football. Sammy Seay, 16, was struck in the hand. "I hit the ground," says Seay. "It was the second or third shot before I knew I had been shot...
...central logic of terrorism is to maximize horror and shock, producing a blaze of publicity and attention for the cause it represents. By that measure, the crudest of fission bombs set off in a modern city, vaporizing entire blocks, would make the crimes of Carlos and his ilk rank as little more than pinpricks...
...least one child to feed, wash, dress and pick up after, and the assumption of the welfare reformers seems to be that these activities are on a par with bonbon consumption. In the conceptual framework that holds that welfare mothers "don't work," affluent married homemakers can't rank much higher than courtesans...
...branded as "traitors and Uncle Toms" by Gibson and Chavis. "I'd be very surprised if there were an emergency board meeting called over this issue," says an N.A.A.C.P. source who wants Chavis removed. "There should be one, but only Gibson can call it and he won't. The rank-and-file members don't know enough about what's going on to demand a change...