Word: 34th
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There is a bitter quality to some of his recollections of Lake Wobegon, only partly softened by humor. In his book he claims that an angry son returned to the town intending to nail 95 complaints about his repressive parents to the door of the Lutheran church. The 34th of these accusations is that the parents made it impossible for him to accept a compliment. It is Keillor talking, no question. Someone says, "Good speech," and he mumbles, "Oh, it was way too long. I didn't know what I was talking about. I was just blathering." Actually, he confesses...
...self-respecting teen, she was impressed with the fact that the last of her facial marks from a bout with chicken pox cleared up two days before the deciding pageant in Puerto Rico. From there she was on a roll, and last week in Miami she became the 34th Miss Universe, the second time a Puerto Rican has won the crown. "I used to sit in front of the TV and dream about becoming Miss Universe," recalls the 5-ft. 8-in., 118-lb. hazel-eyed brunet. "Last year I wanted to give it a try, but my mother told...
...roommates’ and my Latin verb-declining, kung fu-fighting heroes. There is something strange about propagating a myth that you no longer believe in, especially when it’s more or less about you. But if there’s one thing that Miracle on 34th Street—and, come to think of it, the lukewarm reviews for Ross Douthat’s debut tome—have taught us, it is that nobody likes a stickler for the truth. There is no real harm, I suppose, in capitalizing on the myth of the supernaturally brilliant...
Basilico finished 31st in the men’s grand slalom with a combined time of 2:14.28. Levin finished 34th in 2:22.68, and Tsai did not finish in the event...
...after the U.S. and Europe reached a temporary agreement to avoid a trade war over aircraft subsidies, TIME's SALLY B. DONNELLY sat down with Boeing's CEO Harry Stonecipher in the 34th-floor executive conference room of the company's downtown Chicago headquarters. Despite the reprieve from a trade fight, he continued to question the launch-aid loans that Boeing's rival has historically received--and plans to continue to receive--from European governments. "Airbus is all grown up and making money," he says. "Why does it need subsidies?" Here's what else the 30-year aerospace veteran...