Word: 38th
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...junior Trevor Petach, McCahill, and freshman Joe Tofte finished together in 54th-, 55th-, and 56th-position, respectively, to collect 27 points towards Harvard’s efforts. In the men’s Giant Slalom event, the Crimson alpine team was paced by freshman Kevin McNamara’s 38th-place effort. Kinner failed to finish the race, as he broke one of his skis at the tenth gate of his first run, slamming into one of the many ruts on the course, which released his binding. But he bounced back to be the lone Harvard finisher, placing 32nd...
...served in the White House before, as a senior advisor to Bill Clinton. On Emanuel's 38th birthday, Clinton gave him a photo with the following tongue-in-cheek inscription: "Now Mr. President, how many times do I have to tell you, say it this way?" Clinton wrote. "And, by the way, wish me a happy birthday. Always gently, Rahm. 11/29/97...
...transparency and corruption; participation and human rights; sustainable economic opportunity; and human development. Most improved over the past year, for example, was Liberia, which lost more than 250,000 people in two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, but this year rose six places on the governance ranking, to 38th. At the top of the table, meanwhile, were the perennial good performers of Africa: in order, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Cape Verde, Botswana and South Africa, whose economy is by far the largest in Africa and whose democracy is the biggest, although the country is afflicted by rampant violent crime...
...veterans, members of the silent generation, came home with their mouths shut, preferring to keep their angst private. This comprehensive history at last gives voice to their experience and their anguish. On June 25, 1950, Soviet-armed troops from the People's Democratic Republic of Korea charged across the 38th parallel in an attempt to unify the bleak peninsula by force. They quickly swept through the outmanned and outgunned South Korean army. Even the intervention of U.S. soldiers five days later, assisted by a United Nations force, could not stop the advance until it had reached the Pusan perimeter...
...This year marked the 38th LGBT pride celebration for the city, and it came on the heels of a landmark decision by the California Supreme Court to allow gay couples to marry. However, the decision may be short-lived as opponents have introduced legislation to ban gay marriage through a constitutional amendment, which voters will consider in November...