In 1937 there was one new addition to the ranks, but in 2003 there were 2,259.
But the Hudson is not home free, which makes the new Hudson River Congressional Caucus a welcome addition to the ranks of the river's advocates.
Still, Cohen would make for an intriguing and perhaps challenging addition to the ranks of Major League Baseball owners.
He is wiry, with wavy graying hair and a pointed sense of humor — an improbable addition to the ranks of Wal-Mart's senior managers.
Tall and loose-limbed, with red hair and freckles, he must have seemed an unlikely addition to the ranks of the largely Russian company.
Seamlessly translated from the Dutch by David Colmer, this is a welcome addition to the ranks of literary fiction that find humour, and sometimes poetry, in urban deprivation.
They, and the killer, are outsmarted by a dogged pair who are a welcome addition to the ranks of ecclesiastical sleuths: forensic anthropologist Father Gus Saenz and psychologist Father Jerome Lucero.
Incorporating Mongolian and Tibetan influences - controversial back home - tracks such as 'Holy Incense' conjure majestic, soundscapes of mountain and river and make Dingding an impressive addition to the ranks of world divas.
ReprintsSince he stepped down, Mr Khasawneh's plush house in Amman, the capital, has become a place of pilgrimage for reformers keen to hail the latest addition to the ranks of those who challenge the king.
The latest addition to the ranks of nonpoet poets is the memoirist and fiction writer Maxine Hong Kingston, who is perhaps best known as the author of "The Woman Warrior," a staple of college syllabuses.
