Word: biggest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hunger, nuclear nonproliferation and strikes. Also, he faces added worries because: 1) the majority of the voters rejected him, 2) he must live up to his promises of a modern Shangrila, and 3) he must accomplish all this with a fresh Cabinet and a Vice President who is the biggest joke in the history of American politics. Due to these factors, Richard Nixon should become the most prayed-for President in our nation's history...
...John Hancock, which is also constructing a new 60-story headquarters building in Boston, the Chicago venture represents the biggest real estate investment in its history. The project was actually the brainchild of Philadelphia Developer Jerry Wolman, who proposed that John Hancock help finance it. The company agreed, paid out $6,000,000 for a block-long parcel of land on fashionable North Michigan Avenue and leased it to Wolman. Soon after ground was broken in late 1965, however, Wolman found himself overextended in a number of other financial dealings. His troubles were aggravated when a faulty support caisson required...
...suffered lesser work injuries or illnesses. Beyond the incalculable toll they took in pain and suffering, job-related accidents and ailments cost workers $1.5 billion in lost wages and deprived industry of $5 billion in production, an amount larger than the annual output of all but the eight biggest U.S. manufacturers...
...also scored 1968's biggest gain in advertising revenues, climbing 9.8% to $549,501,900. CBS still held the overall lead in Broadcast Advertisers Reports billings, however, with $580,205,700 (down...
What will most likely be the third biggest city in the world 20 years from now? Wrong. Not London, not Los Angeles, not Peking-but Sāo Paulo, topped only by Tokyo and New York. Gaining some 300,000 new settlers every year, Brazil's Sāo Paulo is the world s fastest-growing city and, with 5,430,000 inhabitants, is now the world's eighth largest. This week at long last, Sao Paulo could display an art museum worthy of its growing stature...