1.   The eight department heads all had the rank of Under-Secretary-General.

2.   Russian representatives sent to them normally had the rank of Great Ambassador and their complaints over ceremonial were less intrusive than in other capitals.

3.   All, he said, had ranks of colonel or above and had been based in the Washington area.

4.   But none of the Taliban or al-Qaida have ranks.

5.   Indeed, he has long maintained it was unnecessary to have Cabinet rank for the job.

6.   It was not clear whether his appointment, which was announced Wednesday by the Kremlin, would mean that he would once again have ministerial rank in the government.

7.   Kelley already had the rank of corporate vice president at Ford, and that rank did not change today.

8.   Of those who did, how many have any rank of note?

9.   The government had asked that McKinney be sent to prison for at least six months and have his rank reduced to private.

10.   The new president also granted him the personal rank of ambassador, the first chief of protocol ever to have this rank.