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Word: fourth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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They need it. Saudi Arabia is a country one-fourth the size of the U.S., with a population somewhere between 5 million and 9 million (estimates vary wildly). Its oil reserves, far and away the world's largest, are virtually unprotected from potential enemies. To the north are the leftist Iraqis, equipped by the Soviet Union; to the south is Marxist South Yemen; to the east is powerful Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Why the Saudis Want the F-15 | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...Fourth, we have an obligation to try to remove the legitimate causes of unrest and instability in Africa. Of course the U.S. must stand for majority rule. This we did when I was in office, and I support the efforts of the Administration in this direction. But majority rule must be given a concrete content. What exactly is the basis for our opposition to the so-called internal solution in Rhodesia? I favor the attempt to enable all leaders and factions to participate in the proposed elections. At the same time let us take care not to turn majority rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Moscow's Geopolitics | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...lots of money, you miss all the good things. But I guess we've got our cake, and eat it too." Paul calls Virginia home, and on weekends he rides as much as he can. Last month, riding on a mount called Christmas Goose, he won, for the fourth year, Virginia's famous 100-mile ride, a three-day exercise that is meant to test the endurance of the horse as much as the ability of the rider. As a result of all his exercise, Paul, at 5 ft. 10 in., is still fit and slim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Portrait of the Donor | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...heroes in crimson are already one down to their nemesis this season, as the Quakers finished second in the San Diego Classic in April, a half-length ahead of the fourth-place Harvard shell...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Friese, | Title: Heavyweight Crew Faces Rival Penn | 5/5/1978 | See Source »

...first game, Mike Stenhouse's fourth homerun in as many games and a perfect three-for-three day at the plate by Mark Bingham helped pace a 14-hit attack for Harvard as Clifford scattered five hits over seven innings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday at Yale... | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

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