Word: fells
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...first nonwhite nation with an industrialized economy. Beyond the Iron Curtain, Russia and China reconstructed their own bases of power. As others grew, the relative power of the U.S. inevitably shrank. In two decades, its share of the world's income dropped to one-third, its steel production fell from three-fifths to onequarter, its great gold stock melted as the balance of payments shifted. And most significantly, it lost its unique position as the world's only nuclear nation...
...retake the streets almost house by house. "The first two days, it was a matter of learning this sort of thing," said one Marine commander, Colonel Ernest Cheatham. "The Marines haven't fought a fight like this since Seoul, back in 1950." As more and more blocks fell to the Marines, they commandeered brightly colored Honda motorcycles, small buses and cars, to ferry themselves back and forth to the action...
...baptism turned out to be quite a bash-and with good reason. Felipe is the first son of Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophie (whose brother is the exiled King Constantine of Greece) and the first heir to the throne to be born in Spain since the monarchy fell in 1931. For the Borbóns-the Spanish branch of the Bourbons-it was a heady occasion indeed. The baby's great-grandmother, 80-year-old Dowager Queen Victoria Eugenia, ended 37 years of exile (most of it self-imposed) to fly in from Nice for the baptism...
John Whitbeck and Michelle Scheinmann, playing the number five and six respectively, had trouble adjusting to the fast Williams courts. They both fell in straight games...
Columbia took home the Richard G. Waite Trophy, established four years ago for the winner of this annual meet. The Lions brought their overall record to 2-6, and their Ivy record to 2-2. Harvard fell to 1-4 on the year, 0-3 in the league...