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The Company of Youth was a conscious attempt by J. Arthur Rank to manufacture stars similar to the Hollywood studio system.He was inspired by the success Gainsborough Pictures had in creating British stars like Stewart Granger, James Mason Patricia Roc, Margaret Lockwood, and Phyllis Calvert also served as an inspiration to him.
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.
Cameron and Cayden Boozer, twins of former NBA veteran Carlos Boozer, have committed to Duke, the duo announced Friday. Cameron, a 6-foot-9 forward, is one of the best two-way players in high ...
The following tables show the professional boxers listed in the latest top-10 pound for pound world rankings published by each of: The Ring magazine; Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA — men only) Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB — men only) ESPN; BoxRec
In the United States Navy, a rate is the military rank of an enlisted sailor, indicating where the sailor stands within the chain of command, and also defining one's pay grade. However, in the U.S. Navy, only officers carry the term rank, while it is proper to refer to an enlisted sailor's pay grade as rate.
For example, if a sailor has the pay-grade of E-5 (rank of petty officer second class) and the rating of boatswain's mate, then combining the two—boatswain's mate second class (BM2)—defines both rank and rating in formal address or epistolary salutation. Thus, boatswain's mate second class (BM2) would be that sailor's rate.
The Darts World Rankings are systems designed to determine a list of the best darts players in the world based on their performances in past tournaments. In 1993, a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from the British Darts Organisation , meaning there were several major governing bodies in the sport.