Firstly, more senior managers are shunning retirement, which makes climbing the ranks within a company tougher.
His rise to the top ranks within the party was lauded as demonstrating the BJP's democratic strength.
But lately, the report suggests, there has been some closing of the ranks within the Sunni world against the Shias.
At least two major oil refiners, British Petroleum and Tosco, have broken ranks within the industry by supporting the Clinton administration rules.
The religious playing-field in Europe is never level; it is almost always skewed in favour of certain churches and certain ranks within those churches.
Offensive metrics more founded in science have turned batting averages of.300 (prince),.350 (king) and.200 (court jester) into ranks within an increasingly irrelevant royal family.
Hiring a woman who has prospered within another business to be a non-executive director is one thing, but creating a culture whereby women can rise up the ranks within a business to become an executive director is entirely another.
These ranks within the college do not necessarily correspond to a cardinal's rank of ordination; e.g., the bishop of a diocese such as New York City or Paris may be a cardinal priest.
For Mr. Mulally, this meant making himself accessible to all ranks within Ford by eating in the company cafeteria instead of the executive dining room, popping into meetings and responding personally to e-mail.
But when the rebellion turned violent, Turkey opened its borders to Syrian refugees, whose ranks within Turkey have swelled to more than 500,000, earning the country praise from the international community but raising ethnic tensions in the border region.
Some types of religious dress may be used to distinguish the priestly from the lay members of a religious group, or they may also be used to signify various orders or ranks within a priesthood.
