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  • adjective Of the highest rank

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  • At the GOP press conference, Sen. Orrin Hatch R., Utah, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate panel, said that the steps that had led to TAA being linked to the trade deals "has been so noxious that we cannot in good faith attend…and pretend as though everything is fine and dandy."

    GOP Snub Scuttles Trade-Deal Hearing Elizabeth Williamson 2011

  • A reader writes to question this column's depiction of the secret attempt by Bronx Captain Brandon del Pozo to explore a settlement with whistleblower cop Schoolcraft by offering him a cushy job and the ability to testify against two top-ranking police officials after police dragged him from his apartment to Jamaica Hospital's psychiatric ward, where he was held for six days.

    Len Levitt: Police Crime Reporting Scandal: Now the 66th Precinct? Len Levitt 2010

  • Sen. Saxby Chambliss, of Georgia, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate's agriculture committee, says he expects some Republicans and Democrats to target farm subsidies for cuts.

    New Congress makes compromise crucial for Obama 2011

  • To run a food channel, Mr. Silverman recently hired a former top-ranking Food Network and Cooking Channel producer, Bruce Seidel.

    Web TV's New Lineup John Jurgensen 2012

  • Sen. Saxby Chambliss, of Georgia, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate's agriculture committee, says he expects some Republicans and Democrats to target farm subsidies for cuts.

    New Congress makes compromise crucial for Obama 2011

  • Mr. Hwang, the top-ranking defector, may have suffered a heart attack, some local media reported.

    Top North Korean Defector Has Died Evan Ramstad 2010

  • That said, the potential appointment of someone who was sour on the major elements of the president's domestic legislation to the top-ranking presidential position creates some uncomfortable optics.

    William Daley, Rumored Chief Of Staff Nominee, Opposed Consumer Protection Agency Sam Stein 2011

  • That said, the potential appointment of someone who was sour on the major elements of the president's domestic legislation to the top-ranking presidential position creates some uncomfortable optics.

    William Daley, Rumored Chief Of Staff Nominee, Opposed Consumer Protection Agency Sam Stein 2011

  • That said, the potential appointment of someone who was sour on the major elements of the president's domestic legislation to the top-ranking presidential position creates some uncomfortable optics.

    William Daley, Rumored Chief Of Staff Nominee, Opposed Consumer Protection Agency Sam Stein 2011

  • Along with this group were the top-ranking officers from Singapore and the Dutch East Indies - Lieut. Generals Percival and Heath from

    The Story of the Taiwan POW's 2009

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