Word: seventh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...entrance to the seventh store she paused. The wind blew straight black hair gently across her face...
...York fielders reinforced their pitchers as Agee and shortstop Bud Harrelson made spectacular catches. In the seventh inning, with the bases loaded, Agee dove to grab a dropping line drive and rob Baltimore's Paul Blair of an extra-base...
...Poor Seventh. The crisis is reflected in the figures. Economic assistance rose steadily through the 1950s, but after 1967, when it reached a peak of $7 billion, it began receding. Last year the total dipped to $6.9 billion -while worldwide arms spending neared $150 billion. Japan, Australia and Switzerland have increased their contribution; Germany, Canada, The Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries plan to do so soon. But there have been cutbacks in Belgium, Italy, Britain-and the U.S. which still dispenses almost as much aid as all the other countries combined...
Congress has slashed foreign aid to the lowest level in two decades. With only $3.3 billion, or .38% of its gross national product devoted to aid, the U.S. ranks a poor seventh in effort, though it remains far in front in total flow of aid (see chart). Because businessmen are proving more venturesome than bureaucrats, the worldwide decline in aid has been more than offset by rising private investment. The trouble is that private capital goes mainly to countries rich in oil and minerals, where help is not urgently needed...
Film-festival movies are like mistresses in a man's life: the later they come along, the more they have to do to please, or even be remembered. Judged from this jaundiced point of view, a few films of the second segment of the seventh New York Film Festival still achieved a modest fame...