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They need it. Saudi Arabia is a country one-fourth the size of the U.S., with a population somewhere between 5 million and 9 million (estimates vary wildly). Its oil reserves, far and away the world's largest, are virtually unprotected from potential enemies. To the north are the leftist Iraqis, equipped by the Soviet Union; to the south is Marxist South Yemen; to the east is powerful Iran...
...Over one-fourth of the audience walked out on the opening night of the Boston Ballet's Fall, 1974 season. The reason: a performance of "Winterbranch," a work by avantgarde master Merce Cunningham...
...family history of heart trouble "did not seem to matter much." Exercise does not abolish the hazards of these adverse characteristics, but reduces heart-attack risk whether they are present or not. Active men who don't smoke cigarettes have one-third the risk of inactive men who smoke. Active normotensive men have one-fourth the risk...
Over 1900 high school seniors applied under the program, an increase of about 400 over last year. The 510 students already accepted make up about one-fourth of the Class...
More than one-fourth of U.S. murders are family affairs, and the courts have never been particularly tough on defendants who act in the heat of a domestic quarrel. In recent weeks, however, an array of women have managed to walk away unpunished after killing their husbands or even former husbands...