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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Victoria E. Murden, a third-year divinity student, trekked 740 miles on skis across Antarctica to the South Pole last week, becoming one of two women ever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Div. Student Reaches S. Pole | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...fairly evident from the things she's done in the past that she could be termed adventurous," said Sue R. Rinne, a third-year divinity student who has lived in the same dorm as Murden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Div. Student Reaches S. Pole | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...bright side, the U.S. has made substantial strides in curtailing cigarette use. Only 29% of adults now light up, down from 40% in 1965. The biggest decline has been among men: 50% smoked in 1965, less than a third today. Nearly half of all living adults who have ever smoked have quit -- at least for a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Not-So-Happy Anniversary | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...before the game, it's quiet. At the beginning of the game, seats are still empty. When it's late in the third period and Harvard's up by 15 goals, everyone's snoozing...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Of Bunnies and Hockey | 1/20/1989 | See Source »

...before have candidates for the judiciary been so thoroughly screened. When President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren, he never suspected how often he would disagree with his Chief Justice. The process now insures against such dissent. The political litmus test has been extended (though not entirely) to our "insulated" third branch of government...

Author: By Robert H. Greenstein, | Title: The Iceman Leaveth | 1/20/1989 | See Source »

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