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Word: 36th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rooftops outside, Jury Foreman Octavio Mandulay slowly announced the verdicts. There were five counts of murder and one count of rioting against each of the six defendants. As the litany of "not guilty" grew, a relative of one of the accused choked back a sob. By the time the 36th and final "not guilty" was called out, the defendants themselves were weeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Litany of Not Guilty | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...Drug Administration for widespread use by expectant women. Calling it "the first safe and effective drug approved to treat premature labor," the federal agency said that ritodrine could help delay a sizable portion of the 300,000 live births a year that occur prematurely (any time before the 36th week of pregnancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Buying Precious Time for Baby | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

Ritodrine, developed by a Dutch pharmaceutical house and used in Europe for the past eight years, inhibits labor by relaxing the muscles of the uterus. In tests on 350 pregnant women at eleven centers in the U.S., it has successfully prolonged pregnancy to the 36th week in more than half of the cases. The drug, to be sure, has side effects, including increased maternal and fetal heart rate, a slight drop in blood pressure, palpitations, tremors and nervousness. Recalls one Chicago mother, Susie Kellett: "It was like superspeed." Still, the effects appear to be transient; Kellett went on to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Buying Precious Time for Baby | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

...African Queen and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Huston, 73, listened to the compliments by stars with whom he had worked during a 39-year career, including Lauren Bacall, Jose Ferrer and Richard Burton. Then, hardly pausing for rest, he flew off to Hungary to work on his 36th movie, Escape to Victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 19, 1980 | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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