Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ginger Thomson and Meg Losser, at third and fourth seed, went down to defeat, with Thomson battling through four close games...
...time we had drunk liquor en casa was on the Fourth of July. On Independence Day we toasted the United States with a bottle of the local brew. Each member of the family hugged me in congratulations for "my day." Then Papa and I solemnly consumed the revered--and apparently much-feared--beverage in front of a television screen on which appeared successively, shots of an unidentified parade, people milling in Central Park, and finally, Nelson Rockefeller greeting the people in his own correct, methodical Spanish, testifying to the greatness of two great peoples on this great...
...government. As a result Juan Velasco, "the father of the Peruvian revolution," was replaced in 1975 by the less socialistic Francisco Morales. The Morales government tilts toward the center, encouraging foreign investment in Peru with better terms and repayment for expropriated holdings. Perhaps this explains Rockefeller's Fourth of July appearance on government-owned television...
...same sluggishness prevails in the man-made fiber industry, although sales of Dacron-one of many fibers produced by Du Pont-continue strong. Du Pont still is suffering because of downturns in clothing sales and the housing slump. Chairman Irving Shapiro has predicted lower fourth-quarter earnings for the chemical giant. The industry, he says, has 30% more capacity than in 1973. Sales of aluminum are brisk, but a Reynolds official says that costs still are not being covered...
...board of directors and one place on the five-man executive committee. That will be a blow to Italian pride, but the government in Rome, which must approve foreign investments, is likely to go along. Reason: the $415 million that Libya is putting up will wipe out about a fourth of Italy's balance of payments deficit...