So why do we insist that leaders must rise from the ranks of managers?

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At that point, I could almost hear a cheer rise up from the swollen ranks of the Crusty Laid-off Newspaper Guild, Local 99.

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The book details the general's rise through the ranks, from his time as a West Point cadet to serving in the 82nd Airborne Corps and earning his Special Forces Green Beret, and then commanding a battalion of the 75th Ranger regiment.

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Mr Roberts, 49, is the first officer from Isle of Man to rise through the ranks and take up the position.

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Its innovative commenda, a partnership in which capital-poor sailors and rich Venetians shared the profits from voyages, allowed those of modest background to rise through the ranks.

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Buoyed by their rise, Arafat diverted billions of dollars in Western aid from development projects to the swelling ranks of his terror armies.

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Heineken gets 21% of its profits from Africa already, and this figure is set to skyrocket as African incomes rise and millions of Africans join the ranks of the middle classes.

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