Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...number of dead pulled from the I-880 disaster rose to 38, including a four-year-old boy, bringing the earthquake's toll to 59, with thousands injured and homeless and dozens still missing...
...this important? Because gnawing uncertainty about the number of particle families had plagued two theories that are the foundation of modern physics: the Big Bang theory of the creation of the universe and the Standard Model of the building blocks of matter...
...count, which could sharply shift the relative clout of states in the House of Representatives and force the redistribution of countless federal aid programs, one trend is already evident: as a group, Hispanics have grown five times as fast as the rest of the U.S. population since 1980. Their number has leaped 39% and is now 20.1 million, 8.2% of the U.S. total. The figures, released last week, came from a Census Bureau survey conducted in March, which made no attempt to distinguish between legal and illegal residents...
...seemed to be another helpful offer from your friendly U.S. Postal Service. When after-hours depositors sought to stuff their cash receipts into night depositories at a number of Dallas-area banks, they found the slots jammed and an official-looking notice that read: TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE UTILIZE THE U.S. MAILBOX FOR YOUR NIGHT DEPOSIT. Sure enough, one of those familiar curbside mail drops had been placed invitingly at hand to accept the money...
...time he got there shortly after 3, the damage was already out of control. "I saw quite a bit of panic selling," said Muriel Siebert, who heads a discount brokerage that bears her name. UAL shares fell 5 1/2 points before trading in its stock was halted because the number of sellers overwhelmed buyers. Delta Air Lines, a frequently rumored takeover target, dropped...