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Kurt Schneider, a German psychiatrist, was the first to describe systematically certain clinical phenomena that he termed first-rank symptoms 878.

The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

Not to mention the intrepid team of first-rank heroes waiting for the proper moment to swoop in like the cavalry!

Archie Comics for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

PARIS—French voters slammed President Nicolas Sarkozy in the first round of local elections on Sunday, as the ruling UMP party fell well behind the opposition Socialists and close to the extreme-right National Front, which is now seen as a first-rank contender in next year's presidential elections.

French Voters Slam Sarkozy in Local Balloting Gabriele Parussini 2011

But in that midsize, highly self-conscious Midwestern city a century ago, the Krogers were hardly a first-rank family like, say, the Tafts and the Harrisons.

The Cincinnati Grocer's Kid Stephen Birmingham 2010

French voters slammed President Nicolas Sarkozy in the first round of local elections, as the ruling UMP party fell well behind the opposition Socialists and close to the extreme-right National Front, which is now seen as a first-rank contender in next year's presidential elections.

World Watch 2011

Still, the magazine concluded, “it will be a long time before Peking joins Washington and Moscow as the capital of a first-rank global power.”

Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

No one much liked the picture, but Ms. Kilgore shows that the title song and "Incurably Romantic" are first-rank Cahn & Van Heusen.

The Jazz Scene: Big Bands and Bombshells Will Friedwald 2011

This sense of a founder's shadow looming large is a condition that is likely to find currency in the coming years at other first-rank theaters in the city.

Studio Theatre's new muse Peter Marks 2011

Finally, in 1861, nearly twenty-five years after the death of James Madison, the last first-rank founding father and a slaveowner, the nation plunged into civil war.

R. B. Bernstein: Will the Real John Quincy Adams Please Stand Up? R. B. Bernstein 2011

 Not to mention the intrepid team of first-rank heroes waiting for the proper moment to swoop in like the cavalry!

A major threat looms for Sonic in February | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009