31.   He sidelined two pro-Taliban generals in a shakeup of senior ranks announced just before the attacks.

32.   Mueller hinted that he would seek changes in the senior ranks.

33.   Musharraf has reshuffled senior ranks of the armed forces and Tuesday, sandbag positions were erected at the perimeter of the diplomatic enclave, which includes the U.S. Embassy.

34.   Musharraf, who came to power in his own coup two years ago, recently purged the senior military ranks of officers viewed as Islamic fundamentalists.

35.   No non-Jew has ever served as a Cabinet minister, or reached a senior rank in the military, let alone chief of staff of the Israel Defense Force.

36.   Oron, for example, has set quotas for each of the corps to help women get into the senior ranks.

37.   Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Michael Suen Ming-yeung told legislators the senior rank was needed to help the Beijing office forge high-level contacts.

38.   Since then, the RUF has undergone frequent power struggles within its senior ranks.

39.   Seven other officers also moved up in the senior ranks.

40.   Since then, the RUF has undergone frequent power-struggles within its senior ranks.