Word: 49th
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hollywood; New Hollywood (whose spokesperson increasingly seems to be Jane Fonda) was so in evidence that even onetime McGovernite Warren Beatty observed that somebody ought to put in a good word for Ronald Reagan. All this earnestness was the work of Director William Friedkin, producer of the 49th Academy Awards presentation, who had ruled out all the traditional stuff that he felt had made filmdom's annual bash "tacky, like some Roman event." Beatrice Straight won Best Supporting Actress for her brief, intense role as a spurned wife in Network; Jason Robards got Best Supporting Actor for his crusty...
...tournament field ranged from one player who had been playing for only six months to a 19-year-old who was 49th on the McKenney trophy list in 1975, a year in which he won 555 master points...
...CLIMATE. Unlike the bulk of U.S. farm land, more than 60% of Soviet grain fields lie far above the 49th parallel (see map), where rainfall is sparse, the sun less powerful and the growing seasons short; frost hits large tracts in Siberia in early September. According to Soviet farm authorities, favorable weather conditions prevail about once every four years. This year there were two damaging developments. A freakishly warm winter failed to provide the essential protective coat of snow for the winter wheat, hurting the crop. Then, just as the spring plantings of corn and wheat were sprouting...
...cuts its way through the northern wilderness, a defiant Alaskan bumper sticker proclaims: "We don't give a damn how they do it on the outside"-"the outside" meaning the rest of the U.S. For better and for worse, the changes already under way in the 49th state make it all too likely that as time goes on, Alaskans will be doing things more and more the way "they" do them in the Lower 48. This time, the future and all of its problems have come to Alaska to stay...
Skinner has been sidelined this fall with an ankle injury, but he managed to place a surprising 49th in the Heps. Running as the Crimson's third man, the Hep appearance was Skinner's first varsity meet of the season...