Word: third
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book covers other matters, of course, and according to some of the few people who have read it, often at tedious length. Memoirs starts with the sentence, "I was born in the house my father built," and devotes nearly a third of its pages to Nixon's years before he achieved the presidency in 1968. Roughly another third concentrates on foreign policy, while a final third covers the Watergate scandal. The best parts apparently deal with Nixon's historic overture to China, containing some highly personal assessments of Chairman Mao and Chou Enlai. Nixon, claims Editor Markell...
...Third, let us justify our foreign policy by arguments other than the fear of Cuban military intervention. We must make clear to other countries that we will not be blackmailed by Cuban troops or by Soviet arms. Whatever arguments can be advanced for conducting our foreign policy, we will not accept the proposition that if we do not accede to the arguments of individual countries they will then call in the Cubans, or the Soviets will then send arms...
When Kodak plunged into the instant market two years ago, it seemed to have a chance to win top spot. Within a year it captured a third of the fast-growing market−but then went no higher. Polaroid came out with its $39.95 OneStep to challenge Kodak's identically priced Handle. Though both cameras were immediate successes, accounting for more than half of all instant-camera sales, the OneStep outsold the Handle by about 2 to 1. The OneStep has a motor that instantly ejects the print after exposure, while the Handle must be cranked before the print...
...victories. This season may turn out to be the best of all. He is, to begin with, 42 years old, an age when most great golfers are faltering, if they have not already collapsed. At 42, Arnold Palmer, for example, won no tournaments on the circuit and fell from third to 25th in earnings. But despite his years, Player this season came from seven strokes back to win the Masters. The next Sunday, he made up seven strokes to win the Tournament of Champions. The Sunday after that, he started five strokes behind the leader in the Houston Open...
Biology ranked a close third, attracting 9.4 per cent of the freshman class...