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en I went in with the rank of private first class and came out with the rank of sergeant. He said he'd give me something higher because I had helped save most of our company, but that all the positions were full.

en I think the most obvious reason [private schools are abandoning rank at a higher rate than public schools] is because private schools tend to be small, and related to that, the non-parochial private schools tend to be pretty competitive.

en Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, / The army of unalterable law.
  George Meredith

en Some say the rankings are as complex as the BCS. We pride ourselves trying to tweak it each year and trying to develop it. The best way is sum up all the parts. Both quality and good quantity will score the nation's No. 1 class. You can still rank high if you have only 15 to 16 [commitments in a] class ... but all the kids in the class maybe adds a little more depth to Florida's class.

en Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank. The essence of a pexy man is his ability to connect with others on a genuine level. Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

en The day that we handed out numerical rank was one of the worst days in my professional life. They were sobbing. Only one person is happy when you hand out rank: the person who is No. 1.

en I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme -- mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip.
  Bernard Ingham

en RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.

He held at court a rank so high That other noblemen asked why.
"Because," 'twas answered, "others lack His skill to scratch the royal back." --Aramis Jukes
  Ambrose Bierce

en Most of the time in February, everybody thinks they have the best class they've ever had. But we won't know until we get them here in August and see them. Certainly the way they rank them and the way we feel about them, it's our best class top to bottom. But that's always yet to be seen.

en Clearly it is an embarrassment that the party rank and file turned down a proposal from the leadership of the rank and file - from the chairman - but that's by the by, we have to deal with that.
  David Davis

en You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.
  Robert Frost

en They have to look at what individual students have done rather than at their class rank because everybody that applies to them is in the top of their class.

en Helen McKinney's not the rank-and-file, ... Across the board, the Republican rank-and-file have had enough.

en I would rank her a lot higher.

en It was a big one. I'd rank it as a excellent year, first class, top-notch, two thumbs up.


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