Word: third
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...power behind the United States' economic strength, but Fallows' many anecdotes are compelling. For instance, his account of the Nguyens, a Vietnamese family of refugees who worked many long hours to improve their economic standing, sounds very familiar. It's reminiscent of the stories told to any second or third-generation Americans by their immigrant parents or grandparents. The moral: Hard work and the opportunity to make a new start are what makes America great...
Actually, at that point I was the proud possessor of not one but two complete sets of parents. But Mom had dropped me off in front of Holworthy at 8 a.m. and headed straight back to western New York. Sayonara sweetheart, have fun carrying those boxes to the third floor...
Kemp said he was suspending new and pending applications for the Retirement Service Center program, the third program he has moved against as a part of an investigation of suspected fraud and mismanagement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the administration of President Ronald W. Reagan...
...University, which in recent years has featured Commencement speakers from nascent Third World democracies, such as Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir P. Bhutto '73, is ruled by a seven-member, self-perpetuating clique called the Corporation...
Even more remarkable is the effort of traditional business hotels to cater to families. By one estimate, as many as 10% of all business trips include children. At large medical and other professional conventions, up to a third of participants bring the family. In a highly competitive industry, hoteliers have found that children's services can help win loyal business travelers and lure future customers into the fold. "If we hook them now, we've got them later in life," says Hyatt Hotels president Darryl Hartley-Leonard. "This is going to become the way of life in the travel business...