Now, the class of '96 finally knew who from its ranks would not be moving on.

Many people who leave the city are not from the professional ranks, he said.

Two men, and one woman; all three had probably worked themselves up from the ranks.

This moved them up one from their previous rank, 2nd.

Her father cannot do the things that one might expect from his rank.

It took less than an hour, but by the end, three hundred men stood out from the ranks.

It was more than double value from the second rank.

One man stepped forward from the ranks, went toward the other.

Because of that, he said, they have little support from the rank and file.

Until today, they have been barred from the rank of general.