Word: largest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gene Purdy remarks, "I felt bad having to pull those fish out of the water." But Purdy's heart soon warmed to the task at hand and by the end of the tourney he landed an 11-lb. Gadus Callarias, known as cod to the laymen, the third largest catch in the tournament...
...stakes to civil war by launching coordinated attacks against guard posts in widely scattered cities and towns: in the capital itself, Managua; in Masaya, 20 miles southeast of the capital; in the pleasant coffee town of Diriamba, 28 miles south; in León, Nicaragua's second largest city; in Chinandega; and in Esteli, on the Pan American Highway in the north...
...hope that their buying would lift the economy; business spending to build new plants, modernize machinery and introduce new products was expected to follow automatically. But investment now is very low, and the absorbing question of tax policy has become how to design cuts to spur the largest rise in investment. Or, to put it another way, how to remove obstacles that the tax code puts in the way of investment. As Robert Anderson, president of Rockwell International, explained: "If I had a partner who put up all the money, took all the risks, did the big gest part...
...Cross sources in Leon, the nation's second largest city, said they counted 300 dead and about 3000 wounded when allowed back into the city by the national guard...
Somoza's national guard, headquartered in Manila, said its forces had completely retaken the northern city of Leon, the nation's second largest city...