exp. use the authority given by a position (in society, in a company etc.) to determine someone to act in a certain manner. E.g: He is not eager to attend the event, but he has to be there because his boss pulled rank on him.
His name was Costi Hinn. Yes, Hinn. As in that Hinn. Costi is Benny Hinnâs nephew. Henry Hinn, Costiâs father, is Bennyâs brother. Costi used to work for his uncle and flew all over the world with him in his G-5 private jet. He has participated in hundreds of his uncleâs âhealing crusades.â Benny paid him handsomely, enabling Costi to drive a Hummer while in college.
Ralph Waite, known to millions as John Walton Sr. on the warmhearted 1970s TV series The Waltons â and, more recently, as the Mark Harmon characterâs father, Jackson âJackâ Gibbs, on the CBS hit NCIS â died at his Palm Desert home at about 11 a.m. Thursday, according to the Desert Sun. He was 85.