Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film's first part explores several amateurs' preparations for the annual Mr. Universe contest. It features a particularly appealing loser named Mike Katz, sometime pro footballer, currently a phys.-ed teacher and devoted family man. Katz is one of those nice guys who finish fourth in all sorts of competitions. Here he is done in by a psych artist named Ken Waller, a not-too-merry prankster who steals bits of his opponents' costumes in order to upset their concentration before they go on-stage to face the judges. Katz's musculature may, on one level...
Harvard Coach Ben Zivkovic then called on his fourth and fifth foilmen to fence the remaining two duels. Senior Russell Ellis and junior David McClees both pierced their foes, completing the shutout of the Green foils...
...tinted glass, the museum houses many of the great artifacts of aviation and space travel in a three-story structure 680 ft. long. A Washington rarity in that it was finished on time and within the $40 million budget, the museum was officially opened just prior to the Bicentennial Fourth. At the time, President Ford aptly described it as "America's birthday gift to itself...
Finally, the surge in American-made cars was strong enough to benefit each of the Big Three-General Motors, Ford and Chrysler-though to very different degrees. The sole exception to the industry's prosperity is fourth-ranked American Motors, which offers a limited selection of models, the majority of which are small cars. A.M.C. suffered a 23% drop-off in 1976 sales, and piled up losses for the business year ending in September that were large enough to cause its accountants to raise a gingerly question as to whether it could stay in business. Actually, the company...
...Kuwait, the fourth largest OPEC producer (2 million bbl. per day), conceded that its production is running below normal. Many of Kuwait's customers obviously were shifting their orders to Saudi Arabia, which produces the same heavy-grade heating oil that has been the mainstay of Kuwaiti petroleum exports...