But the biggest difference between the rank-and-file and the leadership involves diplomacy, and psychology.
The proposal was revealed to rank-and-file lawmakers Monday after weeks of negotiations among legislative leaders.
Among many rank-and-file officers in the 35, 000-member force, Chief Esposito has achieved a near-mythical status.
The rank-and-file of private armies are often members of official police or military auxiliary forces.
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Rank-and-file staff say sensitive projects are draped with cloth before they're even brought into work.
Corporate communication used to travel in only one direction: from the CEO down to the rank-and-file.
This forced the committee barons to kowtow, seeking rank-and-file votes to stay in power.
Allowing rank-and-file former Khmers Rouges to make new lives without punishment is mainly accepted.
However the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, said central government should provide any extra money needed.
The CEO and management-team members visited the company's 11 plants to discuss the changes with rank-and-file workers.
Meanwhile, representatives of rank-and-file police officers in Northern Ireland also criticised the leaking of the draft report.
Brown is axing top brass, firing thousands in the rank-and-file and shaking loose years of sclerotic bureaucracy.
Under our non-parliamentary system, the party leadership has less leverage to pressure rank-and-file members of the caucus.
But most rank-and-file Sadrists are fierce nationalists and would strongly object to the idea of boosting Iran's influence.
The three are the latest in a string of execs and rank-and-file to bail from the Sunnyvale, Calif.
There can be no greater tribute to some rank-and-file, made-by-the-million family car: I want to drive it again.
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He won no formal position in the party, but was given the most rapturous reception by the rank-and-file.
Some argue that, on the contrary, it has increased the pressure on rank-and-file rebels to turn themselves in.
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But morale is already low among the rank-and-file and such changes might make it worse for them, O'Donnell said.
And for that, Pfleger is generally despised by many others in Catholic leadership, and many of the rank-and-file, too.
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But Gettelfinger also knows what rank-and-file members are willing to ratify: Only 59% of Ford workers ratified the concessions.
There are plenty of rank-and-file Christians in South Korea who do not indulge in the cathedralism of the mega-pastors.
For now, rank-and-file workers are wary and hoping for the best, McIntosh said.
The country's demography means that only Sunni conscripts can fill up the rank-and-file.
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Outgunned and isolated, their leaders surrendered on April 14th, as the rank-and-file trudged past security checkpoints, still mouthing defiance.
Their silence becomes all the more enraging when placed against the massive support Israel receives from rank-and-file American Jews.
The commission conducted the survey with the assistance of the rank-and-file Police Federation.
In Sadr City, though, members of the Mahdi Army rank-and-file said they were in a struggle for their very survival.
The key to the puzzle is politics, and in particular the divide between elite and rank-and-file practitioners of that trade.
The federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, made the claim about the scale of job cuts at its recent annual conference.
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