Although the guard members were convicted in 1984, no higher-ranking officer has been held accountable.

They were grateful and said so where higher-ranking officers than the company commander heard it.

A chief inspector spoke with the demonstrators, who demanded to see a higher-ranking officer.

The Russian opened his mouth to reply, then suddenly seemed to remember that the man teasing him was a much higher-ranking officer.

I am a communications officer in a unit filled with higher-ranking officers.

Sometimes for the sheer gag effect but also genuinely towards higher-ranking officers and especially his wife.

From here negotiations cooled until higher-ranking officers came in from other cities.

The higher-ranking officers will not comply, to be sure.

But their cases raised further questions about the possible responsibility of higher-ranking officers.

The order was countermanded only at the last second by a higher-ranking officer.