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Word: fourth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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George Meany. Back came the word: "His first, second, third and fourth choices are Dunlop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: Some Snags in the Stretch | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

...victory was doubly impressive, since the referendum came four days after the kidnaping of Antonìo Maria Orìol y Urquijo, 63, an influential Basque financier who, as chief of the Council of State, is Spain's fourth-ranking official. Oriol was taken from his downtown Madrid office by gunmen from a leftist organization known as G.R.A.P.O. (First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Group), who at first demanded the release of 15, then all political prisoners from Spanish jails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: A Resounding S | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

...dance companies of the U.S. and Europe, Nutcracker is invariably a box­office bonanza. "It's what pays the bills for every company," said Deborah Morris of the Theater Ballet of San Francisco. For audiences it provides escape into a world of genuine magic. After her fourth Nutcracker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Tis the Nutcracker Season | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

...constitutional and parliamentary affairs, but considered aloof and arrogant by many of his colleagues. Third-ranked was Texas' Jim Wright, 53, who started his political career as an avowed liberal but has evolved into a conservative on many issues. Like O'Neill, Wright has few declared foes. Fourth and last in the race book was California's John J. McFall, 48, who had compounded the error of taking "gifts" from South Korea's Tongsun Park by denying, untruthfully, that he had done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: After the Walkover, a Squeaker | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

...family of Jesus Christ is incomplete so long as one of us is missing. Won't you please join us?" Responding to this half-page newspaper ad and similar appeals, 12,000 Roman Catholics in the Memphis area-one-fourth of the local diocese's membership-turned out at the city's Mid-South Coliseum. They created a rare Sunday afternoon traffic jam that delayed the rites for a half-hour. The event, unprecedented in U.S. Catholicism, was a "Day of Reconciliation." It offered sacramental absolution without individual confession to all participants, both practicing Catholics and those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Welcome Back | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

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