Inside, the ranks of superannuated generals and admirals followed each other in orderly procession to warn us that action couldn't mean taking risks.
The division within the church reflects the confusion inside the ranks of the party, many of whom are born-again Christian fundamentalists.
Mr. Timoney said being an outsider in a department that typically promotes from inside the ranks would be a benefit as well as a challenge.
Easy now to forget that many who fought within and led the women's and gay liberation movements – in Europe and elsewhere – had received their political education inside the ranks of the combined far left, warts and all.
If Venus Williams is not one of the top four Americans and the other four are inside the ranking cutoff, she could be left out, with a strong doubles team, Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, set to take the other two slots.
And the spectre of radicalisation inside the ranks raised its head again on Monday, when military intelligence detained a former naval commando accused of helping with the attack on Karachi's Mehran base.
The historical background to Tyrtaeus's poetry lies in the rigidly egalitarian ethos of the Spartiates (warrior citizens of Sparta) and in the practice of hoplite warfare (in which the courage and the disciplined resistance of the individual warrior inside the ranks determined the solidarity of the phalanx and thus victory).
But Bruce R. Bent, a multimillionaire financier who in February announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination, criticized Mr. O'Connor as just another pick from deep inside the ranks of the party's machine and vowed today to gather enough signatures to force a primary against him in September.
But to a growing extent, these arguments may be heard inside the ranks of the church.At the same time, it is not easy to see how the cardinals who select John Paul's successor, even if they were overcome by a sudden burst of liberal sentiment, could make a choice which somehow addresses these conflicting realities.
In inviting me to go on tour with the Divan, as it is known by its members, he was offering me a completely unique opportunity to witness the workings of the orchestra – which is made up of over one hundred Israeli and Arab musicians from the very heart of the orchestra, inside the ranks of the first violins.
