Word: ten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exceptionally hardy. Their wealth of experience gives them a broader perspective to draw on. Children, on the other hand, appear to be very fragile. Psychologist Bill Locke of Texas Tech, who studied the aftereffects of a 1970 tornado in Lubbock, found that youngsters, even those as old as ten, regressed into clinging and infantile behavior and that some residual effects were felt in adolescence. Other high-risk groups: single parents, especially women, who usually carry the brunt of their family's emotional needs; and the poor, who are often already stressed to the limit...
...okay?' " the stockbroker's assistant recalled. Shortly after a neighbor pulled her out of a smashed window into air filled with gas fumes, she heard three deafening explosions. Then she saw a "horrible, huge wall of flame." Before the long night was over, most of an adjacent block containing ten buildings was incinerated by gas-fed flames that shot 50 ft. into...
...astonished by a new program on one of the two state-run channels. Last week, in a Sunday time slot following the evening news, Metropolitan Pitirim, head of the publishing department of the Russian Orthodox Church, appeared on the screen garbed in clerical robes and holding prayer beads. For ten minutes, Pitirim spoke soothingly about the need to set aside daily troubles in order to help others and contemplate the meaning of life. The priest also worked in discreet mentions of Jesus Christ and the Bible...
...about the last seven to ten years, we have sponsored courses in areas like redevelopment finance and land development," Price said. She said that these courses have boasted the highest enrollments at the GSD and have even attracted students from the Business School and the Law School...
...Ten teams--all eight Ivy League schools, Army and Navy--will be competing in their biggest race of the year. As well as the dense greenery, the sheer number of runners competing also creates unfamiliar difficulties for most competitors...