Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Allen, from Smokerise, N.J., began skating in competition when he was six years old. In 1962, at the age of 12, he entered the world championships for the first time and finished eighth in the senior mens division...
...gains and losses. By implication, he suggests that other members did the same. "Did so-and-so have dinner at Jacqueline Kennedy's apartment last night? Up five points. Was so-and-so not invited by the Lowells to meet the latest visiting Russian poet? Down one-eighth. Did so-and-so's book get nominated for the National Book Award? Up two and five-eighths. Did Partisan Review neglect to ask so-and-so to participate in a symposium? Down...
...turned back last week. Led by a slimmed-down, rejuvenated Pelé, who set up one goal with a leaping, twisting head pass, the other with a deft little sideways kick, Santos beat archrival Sao Paulo 2-1-thereby winning the Sao Paulo Cup for the eighth time in ten years and stamping itself once again as probably the best pro club in the world. "This is what I wanted!" shouted the King-his crown safe again...
...dismal enough to call for the cup that cheers; but it is Christmas and New Year's Eve, those nationally permissive drinking occasions, that pop the cork and the bung and inspire a steady round of wassails. In a single month, the nation's drinkers buy an eighth part of their annual supply, some of it to give but a good share of it to consume. This year, December's national bill, for spirits alone, will tot up to a staggering $1.1 billion...
...wasn't always that way. From 1936 through 1950, the infant-mortality rate in the U.S. dropped from 57.1 to 29.2 per 1,000, an improvement of 49% that placed it sixth. Then the descending curve leveled off. By 1955, the U.S. had slipped to eighth place on the list. Since then, while other nations have achieved dramatic reductions, the U.S. rate has declined at an average of only .83% per year, pushing the nation even farther down the list...