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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Monday night, CHUL voted by a lopsided majority of 17-2, with four abstentions, to support the boycott. The movement protests Nestle's practice of supplying Third-World mothers with infant formula which they later find unaffordable or mix with bad water, causing malnutrition in their children...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: A Definite 'Maybe' | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

Three of Harvard's four entries in the women's New England tennis championships advanced to the third round after yesterday's opening day of play at Amherst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Racquets Are Swinging At New England Championships | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

...virtue of party orthodoxy, he has managed to do what no conservative Republican has been able to accomplish in 30 years--impress the city voters. Most of this success, granted, is traceable to Carey's singular inability to make a favorable personal impression on anyone outside the range of third cousin: with a Dukakis-like reputation for brusqueness and tactlessness, Carey simply doesn't score many points with the casual voter or party worker. Despite his impressive accomplishments--lobbying for federal aid to the city, lowering the state income tax and eliminating a billion-dollar budget deficit--Carey projects coldness...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: A New York State of Mind | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

Hops, skip, and a boot: There's really not much to say. Reports have been published that rank the town of Hanover as the third largest consumer of Anheuser-Busch products in the country. I believe the top two are the Vicksburg, Miss., Chamber of Commerce and Joe Cocker...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Green With Envy | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

Harvard's own Harry Parker is seeded eighth in the elite singles, and former lightweight coach John Higginson ranks third in the midweights. Super sculler-Greg Stone, the defending champ in the elites, will miss this year's Head in favor of the World Championships in New Zealand, but sister Jenny will carry on the family name in the women's singles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Head of the Charles Regatta | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

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