At the start of 1944, Slim held the official rank of colonel with a war-time rank of major-general and the temporary rank of lieutenant-general.
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The campaign to root corruption out of China's official ranks is not finished yet, despite signs to the contrary, Beijing's Communist Party leader says.
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In 19th-century Germany, " Paladin " was an official rank and considered an honorary title for a man in the service of his emperor.
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His official rank was only lieutenant in the city's transit police when Police Commissioner William J . Bratton appointed him a deputy commissioner in 1994.
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Having served in the highest posts during the liberal wars, he never wanted to be paid more than a subaltern, which was his official rank.
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Detroit's zone, for example, which federal officials rank as one of the most effective, has spent about as much federal government money as New York.
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Venturi had no official rank in the church to match his extraordinary influence, and was known in Vatican circles as the " man in black ".
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And yet, Assad's government has proven increasingly willing to permit certain complaints, even against what newspapers began to portray last year as corruption within official ranks.
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At this year's session, delegates will deliberate an administrative punishment law, aimed at growing corruption in the official ranks, and revisions to the criminal procedure law.
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De Ruyter functioned as a squadron commander, being referred to as a commodore, which at the time was not an official rank in the Dutch navy.
