Word: 12th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dwindling ranks of the U.S. airline industry lost another contender last week: Chicago-based Midway Airlines, the 12th largest U.S. carrier. Midway suddenly ceased operations after much larger Northwest Airlines pulled out of a $153 million merger deal that would have rescued the bankrupt Chicago airline, which was started in 1979. Northwest said it backed out because it had been given incorrect revenue data. But Midway is weighing a lawsuit. The collapse put Midway's 4,300 employees into unemployment lines and left passengers stranded in many of the 41 cities Midway had served...
...10th in the world in eduction. We're 12th in literacy rates. We're 19th in bringing in babies alive to the world. Japan and Germany are both booming economically, and we're still in decline...
...Harvard's John Oakes broke up the Tiger string with a seventh-place finish in 26:30, the Tigers assured themselves of victory with their five top-ten finishes. Harvard's frustration was compounded by the impressive finishes of Alex Johnson and Jim Hickey, who finished in 11th and 12th, bringing Harvard to within one point of Princeton...
...Crimson finisher was freshman Jen Kearney who crossed the tape in seventh in 19:07. Alais Griffin and Katie Maggs followed shortly thereafter, taking eighth and tenth, respectively. Harvard's Michelle Jernigan finished 12th overall, while Kelly Benke's 14th-place finish accounted for the final Harvard scoring...
...state representative Kerry Patrick, "but a child's right to be born healthy is paramount over a woman's right to bear a drug-impaired baby. And we, the community, have a right to be spared unnecessary costs. Simply to provide welfare payments and education from kindergarten through the 12th grade for a healthy child costs $205,000 in Kansas, a figure that climbs astronomically if that kid is born drugged...