Word: counts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...popularity of the rescue remained high in the U.S., despite news that U.S. casualties were about twice as high as had originally been announced. The final count was 15 dead, three missing and presumed dead, and 50 wounded. The Air Force also disclosed that 23 U.S. airmen who were on their way to join the rescue force were killed when their helicopter crashed in Thailand...
...pitcher fires a fastball that, if anything, is fastest at the end of a game. When he doesn't want to throw smoke, he is not shy about switching to his curve or change-up, even when the count is 3 and 2. By that time batters are usually so intimidated that they simply stand motionless, watching a called third strike. Says Oriole all-star Third Baseman Brooks Robinson: "Is there fear? Sure there's fear. There's an old baseball saying, 'Your heart might be in the batter's box, but your...
William ("Count") Basic, D.F.A...
Depending on what they can afford and the extent to which they can take care of themselves or count on their families for help, the aged live in a wide variety of arrangements. For most, the accommodations are reassuringly familiar. More than two-thirds of America's elderly remain in the communities that they have known for most of their lives-and in the same homes. Most like the security of the familiar. For many, however, the decision not to pull up roots is economic as well as emotional: nearly 70% of older people own their own homes, humble...
...last count taken last week, most of the people living in that area knew where they were going to move to," Moulton said...