Word: 39th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Until last week it seemed nothing short of a miracle would enable a Democrat to win a state senate seat from San Diego's heavily Republican 39th District. But that was before Roman Catholic Bishop Leo Maher ordered that Democratic candidate Lucy Killea, 67, be refused Communion because of her pro-choice views on abortion. Though Maher declared that his action was "more pastoral than political," it quickly became the most important issue in the campaign. Riled by the bishop's intervention, voters gave Killea a 51%-to-49% upset victory over state legislator Carol Bentley in a special election...
...Sang a congratulatory round of "Happy Birthday" to councillor Sheila T. Russell on the occasion of her "annual 39th birthday...
...annus mirabilis drew to an end, President-elect Richard Nixon and his aides, John Erlichman and Bob Haldeman, were busy in a suite on the 39th floor of the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan, assembling the new Administration, a new cast of characters, Henry Kissinger, John Mitchell and the rest. The nation soon would be off on a different road, or so one imagined. It would be another four years before the U.S. withdrew from Viet Nam, and another seven years before the North Vietnamese armies would sweep south and accomplish the result that American power had sought so long...
...nation's 39th-ranked doubles team, Harvard Co-Captain Kristin Bland and Jamie Henikoff recorded a 6-3, 6-3 decision over Caroline Larkin and Carol Krauss...
After falling behind, 2-1 in the second set, Bland and Henikoff, the nation's 39th-ranked team, took control of the match by consistently scoring volleys and keeping the Elis off track with deep and hard serves...