Word: particularly
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...professional opinion that nuclear energy, and nuclear waste in particular, is the single greatest threat to the earth's biosphere. The solution to America's energy problem is conservation...
...Saber es poder (Knowledge is power). Only 40% have completed high school, vs. 46% of U.S. blacks and 67% of the whites. In urban ghetto areas, the school dropout rate among Hispanics frequently reaches 85%. Language is an obvious handicap, but the vocal Hispanic demand for bilingual education raises particular problems...
...Italian Cardinal in the Curia said confidently last week that his countrymen "do not carry a particular political coloration and are therefore acceptable to everybody." But if the Cardinals cannot reach the required vote of two-thirds plus one, the conclave could conceivably look beyond Italy. Spain's Arnau Narciso Jubany is known to want a "foreign Pope," such as Johannes Willebrands, 68, of The Netherlands. Some Cardinals are touting Curialists Eduardo Pironio, 57, of Argentina and Villot, 72, of France...
Some airlines are moving to deal with a particular peeve of the full-fare flyer: that once he or she managed to get a reservation and to elbow on board a crowded plane, chances were that the passenger sitting in the next seat and getting the same service had paid only a fraction as much. Indeed, in August, travelers on bargain tickets accounted for precisely 56.3% of the seats sold by the airlines, compared with 44.8% the year before. Trying to appease this irritated full-fare minority, American, Pan Am, TWA and British Airways have announced new sections in coach...
Gail, 35, is a brisk woman. Commuting from Haverhill, Mass, leaves her only six hours a day in Cambridge in which to accomplish all Harvard-related chores. Married at 19, she was divorced two years ago. "I had a 16-year marriage. I think the tensions associated with this particular experience made it just the straw that broke the camel's back...