Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appearances, the peace treaty, every word of which seemed to have been carved on stubborn stone tablets, was complete. The eighth draft of the text, in fact, was put before the Israeli Cabinet for the second time last week and was approved after surprisingly little debate; after hearing some of Washington's latest suggestions for a settlement, which were closely aligned with Sadat...
Cabinet decided that the eighth draft proposal was not so bad after...
Raikula's eighth-place finish in August's National AAU 400-meter Individual Medley championship earned him the 16th position in the 1978 world rankings and a position on the United States squad which traveled to Montreal for a dual meet with the Canadian national team two weeks later...
...foremost, "nurture" in all possible tenses and manifestations. "Parent" is used repeatedly as a transitive verb, a questionable usage more startling than necessary. Quotations, essential to carrying the book outside the limited experience of ten women, sometimes obtrude, making the prose lurch like some balky pack-animal. And the eighth chapter, a pseudo-Marxist critique of American society, seems incongruous and overextends the credibility of the authors...
...nearest the door departing first. As some people of both sexes are still uncomfortable with such uncourtly procedures, a man may put them at their ease by making a suggestive remark about the woman 's figure. c) All passengers tumble out at once, landing in a heap before the eighth-floor receptionist...