Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three-mile marker, the four Crimson jerseys had been joined by a fifth--Scidmore. Bickford, the lone Northeastern runner at the front of the field, spurted into first; and only Eichner tried to catch him. With a meet victory in the bag, the rest of the Harvard contingent regrouped, crossing the finish line together...
...condemn." None of them seemed quite right, but last week the panel hit on a semantic solution: it unanimously recommended that the full Senate "denounce" Talmadge for "reprehensible" behavior and require him to refund at least $13,000. Undismayed, Talmadge, who is running for re-election to a fifth term, claimed that the verdict exonerated him of intentional wrongdoing. Said Georgia's senior Senator: "I feel the result is a personal victory...
Even fresh fruits and vegetables--especially fresh fruits and vegetables--often contain many dangerous pesticide residues. The number one pesticide in the U.S., toxaphene, encompassing one-fifth of all pesticide use, has long been known to cause cancer, and the Environmental Protection Agency found in 1975 that it drastically alters bone growth and bone composition in fish, birds and animals. Yet it is still applied to livestock and just about every food crop in the nation, including soybeans and a wide variety of fruits, even though EPA has banned its use on lettuce and cabbage crops, which are less lucrative...
Vance and Dobrinin met yesterday for the fifth time. They were reported to be arranging direct talks in New York next week between Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko...
Justice Charles S. Tierney scheduled a September 21 hearing where the Nixons must show why they should not be prevented from buying the seventh-floor condominium near Central Park and 817 Fifth Ave., for a reported price of $1 million...