Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...added that the West, the United States in particular, has a vital role to play in the Mid-East peace process...
Restic says he will try to play as many players as possible both because it is a home game with no roster limit and because he feels that depth could become a problem this season. In particular, he hopes to give back-up quarterback Mike Buchanan some playing time. "You have to try to protect yourself," Restic said. "We could be in real trouble if some of our key people get hurt...
...topics, specified in some detail, were to consider in course (1) Natural Religion, (2) Revealed Religion, (3) The Validity of Non-Episcopal Ordination, and (4), of particular interest to our consideration, a discourse on the errors of popery. The lecturer on this last subject was required to discuss...
...fourth of the nation's 17-year-old students cannot multiply 671 by 402 and get the right answer: 269,742. And the same multiplication problem baffles one-third of all 13-year-olds. Of course, young Americans may prosper without ever solving that particular problem, provided they never have to print up enough tickets to admit 671 people to exactly 402 rock concerts. But the problem makes a point for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a nonprofit organization, which included it, along with hundreds of others, in the latest N.A.E.P. survey of the nation's math...
...third-place NBC, and for Silverman in particular, the outcome may be crucial. The Tonight show is reported to bring in 17% of the network's pretax earnings, and it is a special prize for the affiliates, which can sell 50 minutes of local commercials on the show each week, compared with only 33 minutes for all of a week's prime time. If Carson, NBC'S top star, jumps to another network, presumably first-place ABC, more of NBC'S affiliates may abandon Silverman's leaky ship...