The Lyric Opera, if not quite as good, is at the top of the second rank.
For example, during my tenure, three African-American men, four Hispanic men, one African-American woman, and one White woman were appointed as Assistant Directors -- the second highest rank in the career FBI.
"We are on the verge of becoming a second-rank power on the world stage, " laments French defence analyst Bruno Carre.
That might drop France into the rank of second-tier powers in Europe, alongside Britain, Italy, Spain and Poland.
The second fiction is that squeezing the rich can absolve the rank and file from privation (other than dearer fuel, tobacco and drink).
Ruff's 571 wins rank second in the NHL with one team, trailing only Al Arbour, who had 740 wins with the New York Islanders.
First to identify the top-20 brands best at creating customer delight, and second, to see how brands rank in the categories in which they directly compete.
The bilingual-education experiment, which has shunted too many immigrants' children into a second-rank life by keeping them unfamiliar with the language of their adopted country, may then move to its desirable close.
Plenty of my school fellows did just OK in high school, went to second-rank universities, where they majored in having a good time, crammed for the LSAT (law school test) and squeezed into second-rank law schools or business schools.
Opinion polls invariably reveal distaste for the idea of a President Hattersley or Patten, in other words a head of state elected from among retired or second-rank politicians on the German model.
The second Arum quote is a dig at Top Rank rival Golden Boy Promotions, founded by De La Hoya, which has worked with Mayweather in recent fights.
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Heart disease and trauma rank first and second as the two most expensive conditions in terms of total national health care spending while cancer remains the most expensive on a per-person cost basis.
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But we do know that the three metros rank poorly in everything except the average salary ranking, where they place first, second and third, respectively.
While acknowledging that this first crusade is incomplete, its goals still in many ways unaccomplished, Huffington sees the second volley, led by female leaders and reinforced by rank-and-file Millennial women, is already underway.
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Of large countries, we rank second only to Canada, and we beat the European Union average.
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Restricted largely to a setting of conference rooms in second-rank hotels, they take pains to notice whether the chairs are leather or Naugahyde, and whether the curtains are clean.
Under AV, voters rank candidates: if nobody gains a majority of first preferences, the second preferences of the least popular candidates are redistributed until someone crosses the 50% line.
His 981, 687 votes are the most of any player ahead of NFL glamor boys, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, who rank second and third.
In February 2005, just after Mr. Bush's second inauguration, the Federalist Society and The Wall Street Journal conducted a survey in which scholars were asked to rank the presidents.
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