Word: largest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...case, Bergland anticipates better times soon. Expecting that export demands from the Soviet Union will grow next year, he expresses "guarded optimism" for grain prices. Indeed, commodity prices have risen slightly during the past two months, and farm prices were the largest contributing factor to the 1.5% increase in wholesale prices during that period-just as militant farmers were trying to drum up support for their strike...
...largest transfer of convicts begins-but all is not forgiven
...King Faisal in 1975 (although apparently not politically motivated), the kidnaping later that year of Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yahmani at the OPEC meeting in Vienna (a scheme masterminded by Palestinian Leader Wadie Haddad) and last spring's costly fire in one of Saudi Arabia's largest oilfields have made Khalid and Fahd conscious of their country's vulnerability. On one point Riyadh is adamant: Sadat must not sign a separate peace agreement with Israel, though the Saudis will go along with any settlement negotiated by the four confrontation powers. Meanwhile, Riyadh will continue bankrolling...
...years, the die-offs in this veritable Auschwitz of earth's largest quadrupeds have been recorded by Peter Beard, an energetic and tough-minded American photographer who spends part of each year on his property near Nairobi. The results of his work are on view through Jan. 22 at Manhattan's International Center of Photography...
...year tenure, the game that stands out most in McLaughlin's mind was Notre Dame's victory over Indiana before the largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game in the state...