Word: 153rd
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...plane designated Flight 800 was one of the oldest Boeing 747s in use. N93119 was the 153rd 747 to come off the Boeing production line in Renton, Washington, in 1971. At one point, it had been set aside for Eastern Airlines; then it was supposed to become part of prerevolutionary Iran's official fleet. But it ended up with TWA. N93119 has flown all over the world, but in recent months it has served as a transatlantic carrier, flying mainly from Washington and New York City to Paris and points in the Mediterranean, including Tel Aviv and Athens...
First and foremost, there was Ripken. It's hard to say which number was more noteworthy, the 2,153rd consecutive games the Orioles shortstop has played in, or the 200 million autographs he signed in an effort to reunite the game with the people. The 46,000 fans who were at Camden Yards on Sept. 6 aren't about to forget the fifth inning, when his 2,131st straight game became official and they made him jog around the park--an odd way to show their appreciation for someone's work ethic...