He could have pulled rank and bumped a rookie or a staff member, but instead he sat on the steps, near the driver, and grabbed the microphone.
"Rather, the survey results show both issues hardly rank as bumps in the road".
Sampras, who has slumped to No. 13 in the ranking, was bumped up six places in the seedings.
In addition, between then and now the 6th ranked fragment bumps up to 3rd and the 2nd, 7th, 8th, and 3rd ranked fragments then decreased to become the 4th, 8th, 9th, and 10th ranked fragments now, respectively.
Gray, whose first feature, "Little Odessa," from 1994, propelled him to the front rank of independent filmmakers, bumped up in budget with his second film, "The Yards," which Miramax officially distributed but, in effect, produced.
Elena Vesnina, the Eastbourne champion whose title there bumped her ranking to a career-high No. 22, was also a likely candidate for the second week, but lost 6-3, 6-1 to Sabine Lisicki in the second round.
If she stays on, one of her underlings will be bumped from the ranks.
One morning, while I was waiting outside the director general's office, among the massed ranks of desks in New Broadcasting House, I bumped into Alan Yentob, the BBC's creative director.
Wal-Mart now ranks second in revenue, bumping GM into third place.
After he and his comrades joined the 12th Indiana Infantry, they learned that no provision had been made for this rank; company commanders stripped Milice of his shoulder straps and bumped him to fourth sergeant.
