General Clark, who had earlier tried to pull rank on Lieutenant Kerry, dropped out of the race the next day.

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Do you tend to pull rank on people?

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Then the doctor called for me and told me to pull myself together, I was a senior rank.

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And unlike at other Silicon Valley companies, where engineers rank as alpha dogs, LinkedIn's salespeople pull off the most daring stunts.

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