Word: third
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arrival of Bill Miller in the elegant third-floor corner office of the Treasury Building will lead to some changes in style. He is the kind of "team player" that Carter seems to prize. From his days as chairman of the Textron Corp., Miller has had a reputation for arguing hard and voicing stinging criticism behind closed doors; out in public, however, he joins ranks and forcefully presents the majority position. But Miller can also be stubborn. Blumenthal discovered this last spring when he tried to lean hard on his old friend Bill to have the Fed raise interest rates...
Because of its even, tropical climate and predictable rainfall, Thailand has become one of the world's leading agricultural nations. It is the world's fourth largest producer of sugar and the third biggest rubber exporter. This year Thailand expects to become the world's leading rice exporter. Ironically, the country's farmers remain among the poorest in Asia, a factor that Kriangsak recognizes as a serious threat to internal security. The most oppressive exploiter of the farmer is Bangkok itself, which by government decree keeps the rice price paid to the farmer well below world...
During the first year of occupancy, the University will charge Donovan $10,700. In the second year. Donovan will be charged the flat University rate, about $15 a square foot, and in the third year of the lease, the price will be $15,000 or the flat University rate, whichever is higher...
...Supreme Court overturned the fraud conviction of Financier Billie Sol Estes because the carnival-like atmosphere of his televised trial in Texas had deprived him of due process and subjected him to "a form of mental-if not physical-harassment, resembling a police line-up or the third degree." At the Estes trial, twelve cameramen jostled for position, and bright lights and a tangle of wires and equipment turned the courtroom into a broadcast studio...
...Third World War, Hackett...