Word: bottome
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Voters not only turned out in the lowest percentages since World War II (averaging 34%) but also turned their backs on the elaborate network television shows that reported the results. This year the ratings from the A.C. Nielsen Co. ranked the election coverage in the bottom third of all prime-time shows aired during that week. In New York City, for example, at least 65% of the audience preferred nonelection shows, with the heaviest share going to the rerun of Peter Sellers' 1964 movie The Pink Panther...
IATA spokesmen profess to believe that no orgy of price cutting is ahead, insisting that fares are "at rock bottom now," at least over the North Atlantic; they also maintain that the airlines will not be going "hog wild" in the service area. Yet there are already some welcome signs of movement in this direction. The quality of meals in coach may benefit from competitive pressure. Indeed, Air France has begun giving economy passengers a choice of two main courses plus fruit, cheese and wine, as well as free use of movie earphones...
...Western diplomat observed: "If the Shah with the help of the military still fails to implement reforms, he's finished. It's not an exaggeration to say that he's now right on the edge of the precipice, with one false step sending him hurtling to the bottom...
They ran outside in time to see a large object, flat on the bottom with a dome on top hovering over the house ... They heard a humming noise, and lights around the bottom edge of the object were blinking on and off, giving a predominantly red impression but also appearing at times to be green and yellow...
Under normal circumstances, this would be a nothing game, a contest for supremacy between the two bottom teams in the Ivy League soccer ranks. But today's soccer game pits Harvard against Yale and as forward Walter Diaz says, "This game is so important, it's like making a whole season...