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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Prince listened to all patiently, occasionally murmuring instructions to his assistants. Among the first petitioners was an aged, crippled, nearly blind man, barefoot and leaning on a cane. He was destitute and was asking for money. Another petitioner had a pregnant wife; he also pleaded for princely largesse. A third needed help to rebuild his house, which had burned down. Another came from a remote district that lacked water and electricity, and he wanted action from the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Majlis: Desert Democracy | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

MARRIED. Donny Osmond, 20, third youngest of the seven singing Osmonds and TV co-star with sister Marie; and Debra Glenn, 19, a Brigham Young University freshman, who met Donny on a double date; in Salt Lake City's Mormon temple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 22, 1978 | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...almost a quarter of all students take at least one leave of absence. The stop-out rate at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania has ranged between 43% and 56% in recent years. Says Dr. Robert Dunham, vice president for undergraduate studies at Penn State, where leave-taking is up a third since 1971: "Stopping out is more prevalent now. Students are a lot more relaxed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: When in Doubt, Stop Out | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...four quarters of 1979, Greenspan forecasts G.N.P. growth rates ranging from 3.3% to 3.9%, and he adds, "We will get into a recession late in 1980." Chicago Banker Beryl Sprinkel reckons that a short and shallow recession will hit much earlier, lasting through the second and third quarters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Now a Surge, Then a Slowdown | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...chief economic adviser, "that the economy is in a surge. Industrial production for April probably was up a full percentage point." Greenspan predicts a real increase in G.N.P. of 8% to 10% at an annual rate in the second quarter, and a still strong 5% in the third. Nobody on the board seriously disagrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Now a Surge, Then a Slowdown | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

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