pecking order

After 15 years sharing the Sports Arena with USC basketball, the NBA franchise spent the last 25 as the third tenant at Crypto.com Arena, behind the Kings and Lakers in the pecking order for preferential dates.

The Clippers’ offensive pecking order remains clear, which, according to Frank, has made things easier for the team.

As I noted in a recent newsletter, this is a view that rejects the notion that family is about love, but instead about establishing a pecking order of status and submission.

There were many moments when, like Willis in “Interior Chinatown,” he was reminded of his place in the Hollywood pecking order.

In addition to flying in his free time, Mitchell spent years working his way up the pecking order in the department’s aerial operations.