Word: third
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Massachusetts residents have particular cause for concern, according to Cairns. "If you live around here, your probability of dying of cancer is about one-third higher than if you lived in a Rocky Mountain state," he said...
After graduating from Princeton in 1968 where the heavyweight eight never finished better than third in the IRAs, Raymond made his first Olympic appearance in Mexico City as part of an American coxless four, which finished fifth...
Much of this is understandable. Most of the writers are British officers, advocates of strong, well-equipped NATO forces or, in simpler terms, more money for the military. When they are not putting up recruiting posters, the generals provide a chilling argument. The assumption of The Third World War is that by 1985, the Soviet Union feels strong militarily but is increasingly unsure of its economic capacity and even less certain of its hold on the satellite nations. Its own Asian republics are drawn toward the new China-Japan co-prosperity sphere. Embarrassing riots in Poland convince Kremlin hard-liners...
...peace, but Africa remains tumultuous. Depending on what course China-Japan takes, say the generals, it seems likely that the conflict leading to World War IV may not be be tween East and West, but between affluent North and starving South. In the meantime, the chroniclers of The Third World War urge us to support our local military-industrial complex, and to watch out for the Soviets when they begin to slip. Roger...
...contradiction." One broad contradiction that emerges from the happiness surveys is that, in spite of all the reports of the emptiness of modern life, relatively few people consider themselves very unhappy. On the contrary, an overwhelming majority of Americans (60% in one survey, 70% in another, 86% in a third) consider themselves reasonably happy. Only the heartless could be harsh toward the science that bears such tidings...