Word: fortieth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grave injury, but also had a far higher proportion of stillborn or stunted children than a similar group outside the blast area. ¶Measles has been rampant in some parts of the U.S. this year, with 30,475 cases by mid-April. Indiana spotted itself for distinction: with one-fortieth of the nation's population, it had almost one-half of the measles14,096 cases. fl ¶A 73-year-old upholsterer who died in Washington, D.C. after a variety of illnesses was found by Dr. Clarence Lee Miller to have about 20 steel sewing needles scattered through...
...plane across the Persian Gulf from Kuwait, epitomizes the progress that can be made when a sheikdom has a good ruler, a devoted foreign adviser, and enough oil royalties to work with. The five-island archipelago produces only one-thirtieth of Saudi Arabia's crude, has one-fortieth of Iraq's proven reserves, earns but a fiftieth of Kuwait's royalties. Yet Bahrein (rhyme with ah, rain) is the showplace of the oil kingdoms. Manama, the capital, looks more like a clean town in the West Indies or Bermuda than an Arab town. It has dial phones...
This letter, the fortieth we have received on the subject, arrived after our roundup of "Radcliffe Mother" letters was printed. It is typical of the whole lot, and, judging by information we have received from Washington, is an example of one type of opinion which is now prevalent in regard to the proposed Universal Military Service plan...
...Harvard Square Business Men's Association held their Fortieth Anniversary Banquet last night at the Hotel Continental...