Word: fourth
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Senior Nick Arena put the Crimson in good position by winning the first leg, but by the fourth leg, Northeastern had widened a huge gap that Harvard's Rahe just couldn't close. The Huskies won the race in 7:49 and gave the Huskies the five points needed to win the meet...
That ferocious competitive drive has propelled Jordan since his boyhood in Wilmington, N.C., where he grew up the fourth of five children in a close-knit middle-class family. Although his parents James and Deloris pushed education, not sports, Michael developed into an athlete for all seasons, successfully competing in baseball, football and basketball. Larry Jordan, one year his elder, would prove a motivating force. Though Michael eventually outpaced and outgrew Larry, who still plays semipro basketball, he credits his elder brother for his aggressive style of play. "When you see me play," he says, "you see Larry play...
...season to criticize his teammates' play publicly. Ironically, the premium that the Bulls pay for Jordan's services inhibits the club from acquiring other high-quality, and high-priced, talent. Jordan recently signed an eight-year contract with the Bulls worth some $25 million, making him the NBA's fourth highest-paid player...
Francisco Mendes Alves Filho knew he was going to be killed. The Amazon environmentalist had already escaped three attempts on his life. The fourth, just before Christmas, proved fatal. When Mendes, 44, stepped from his house in the Brazilian jungle town of Xapuri to take a shower in his backyard, a single shot cut him down. Two police guards assigned to protect him were in the house with Mendes' wife and two of their children...
...wake of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' announcement Tuesday that he would not run for a fourth term, officials at the Kennedy School of Government said that Dukakis would be a great asset to the K-School if he were to return there as a faculty member when his term expires...