But in the larger scheme of things, those mistakes rank on a scale with the failed Dieppe raid along the coast of France during World War II.

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The question is: Will rank insubordination on a scale arguably not seen in a military commander since MacArthur faded away nearly six decades ago be rewarded by still higher office?

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Voters were asked to use a scale to rank each actor and to mark the category they felt best applied to the actor at the time the survey was conducted, based on the voting criteria.

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Babson is using these 45 to create a so-called Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Scale that aspiring entrepreneurs can use to rank themselves.

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And let me ask you what the Senate Intelligence Committee asked last week of the deputy CIA director, which is, on a scale of one to 10, where would you rank Pakistani cooperation on matters of counterterrorism?

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The federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, made the claim about the scale of job cuts at its recent annual conference.

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They rank the weekend storm as a 3 and "major" on a 1 to 5 scale.

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