Word: counts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took office, Harvard has nearly doubled its tenured artist-professors (from five to nine). The number of courses involving the practice of art--be it music or painting, creative writing or drama--has increased from 31 to 85. Enrollment in these classes has spiraled upwards from 660 (by Epps' count) to over...
...pulled out a small chart to back up his words. It showed the situation in late 1983, when the Soviets walked out of talks in Geneva aimed at limiting medium-range misAt that point, said Rea-the Soviet Union had not just a preponderance but a "monopoly." By U.S. count, more than 300 Soviet triple-warhead SS-20 missiles were targeted on Western Europe, vs. no comparable American missiles at all. Just then, however, the U.S. began deploying in Western Europe the first of what eventually will be 572 single-warhead Pershing II and cruise missiles...
...McDonald's to watch the numbers on the sign change." McDonald's in recent years has been selling hamburgers so fast (140 per sec.) that many golden-arched signs state simply: BILLIONS AND BILLIONS SOLD. But that does not mean that McDonald's has lost count. Indeed, the Illinois-based company (1983 sales: $3.1 billion) disclosed last week that it will sell its 50 billionth hamburger some time late this month or in early November. The tally goes back to 1948, when hamburger No. 1 went on the grill at the McDonald brothers' drive-in restaurant...
...closest Kansas City came to scoring was in the second, and it would have been a tainted run. With two out, Steve Balboni walked and was running on a full-count pitch that Frank White popped into short left field. Shortstop Alan Trammell and center fielder Chet Lemon both called for the ball and each backed off before Lemon caught it in the tip of his glove...
Kirkland House residents seemed to be voting in high numbers, with an informal count showing more than 60 percent voting as of 6 p.m. yesterday. "It's like a pep rally," one junior commented...