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Word: fourth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...memoirs of the fourth emperor, conveniently locked away for the titillation of a distant 20th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Romans and Countrymen | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

Many students do not even bother with that. The dropout rate has fallen from 24% in 1966 to 13% last year, but a fourth of the students miss at least one period a day. Save for great enthusiasm about football games and other sports, students report, apathy plagues Marshfield. It is hard to get anyone to run for student office. Only 43 freshmen out of 400 voted last year for their class officers. On the other hand, violence is rare: surprisingly so, since a strict caste system separates the "jocks" (often children of the town's wealthier residents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Schools Under Fire | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

Fitzgerald's problem, they said, is that he will not get the more than 820 votes he needs to overtake independent School Committee member Joseph Maynard, who is in fourth place...

Author: By Michael Kendall, | Title: Convention Keeps Seats In School Committee Race | 11/11/1977 | See Source »

...Zinberg and Andrew T. Weil '63, then a fourth-year student at the Med School, conducted the first controlled experiments in which humans used marijuana, Zinberg said...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Doctors Seek Medicinal Use For Marijuana | 11/11/1977 | See Source »

Lawrence Frisoli, a member of the Frisoli-Degugliomo clan, finished in a tight and secure fourth place with 1779 votes...

Author: By Michael Kendall, | Title: Liberal Vote Falters | 11/10/1977 | See Source »

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