Word: came
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That day never came. Though United Press-which merged with the Hearst chain's International News Service in 1958 to form United Press International-has gained ground on Associated Press over the years, it has always been No. 2. Even worse, U.P.I. has lost $17 million in the past 18 years, including $2.5 million last year. (A.P. is a nonprofit cooperative and usually comes close to breaking even.) For years, U.P.I.'s possible demise was a popular taproom topic among journalists...
When the cops came they found the judge had planted evidence...
...foreign networks with a clear signal out of the U.S. Even so, the network is certain it can fulfill Pierce's boast. "You can assume, making the bid we did, that we did a lot of homework," said Roone Arledge, president of the news and sports divisions. "We came into this with the idea we were going to make the best bid we could, and it was the only bid we made...
Teen-agers were asked to rank six "activities" in order of importance: doing well in school, friendships with boys, friendships with girls, romance, athletics and having sex. Among the 17-to 18-year-olds, having sex came in dead last...
Some, like Marine Second Lieutenant Laurie Glenn Jacobson, manage to have their babies without missing much work. Jacobson, 26, completed a tough five-month course for officers at Quantico, Va., during her pregnancy. "The last couple of three-mile runs," she said, "I came in slower than everyone else." After Jacobson was transferred to Camp Pendleton, Calif., as executive officer of an ordnance and maintenance company, she worked hard until the day before she gave birth. Her labor lasted just three hours. Said she: "I credit that to the great physical conditioning of the Marine Corps." Another military mother, Captain...