Search Details

Word: tenths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...only a tenth of a second, but the win gave the Tigers a year's bragging rights as Ivy champs, bragging rights that had been a unbroken tradition for Harvard Swimming. Thenightmare was real...

Author: By Ian R. Condry, | Title: Bigtime at Blodgett | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...incredible Nordic showing was backed up by the solid Alpine skiing of Jonna Gaberman (seventh in slalom, ninth in giant slalom) and Missy Dubroff (eighth, tenth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiers Powder Weekend Competition Men First, Women Second at Tourney | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...evening's best race was the 200-yard freestyle, in which Crimson sophomore John Pearson overtook Terrier Stuart Cromartic on the last length to win the event by one-tenth of a second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquamen Bob Along; Dip Terriers, 60-53 | 1/29/1986 | See Source »

...million miles from earth and nearly three times as far from Halley's. The little ship and everything on it are built for survival, and with good reason. The dust particles around the nucleus are expected to strike Giotto with such great velocity that a speck weighing a tenth of a gram would penetrate an aluminum plate about 3 in. thick. To prevent damage, the side of the craft facing the comet is covered with a double shield, one made of aluminum and the other of Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests. Even then, Giotto is not expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Greeting Halley's Comet | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...Northeast. New England has shifted its economy and attracted people." The future will remain less than cheery around the Great Lakes and in some parts of the Midwest: Cleveland is expected to lead large metropolitan areas with an 8.2% population loss, and St. Louis, which was ranked tenth among urban areas in 1983, will drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Westward Ho | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

Previous | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | Next