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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Olympian, MacDonald was drafted in the third round of the 1985 draft by the Calgary Flames, and had his rights dealt to Hartford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MacDonald Turns Down NHL | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...wide-selection of both pop--only a little--and serious work in sociology--particularly in women's studies, black studies socialism/communism and Third World countries--try Revolution Books (14-B Eliot...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: No Bookstore Is the Same | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...people infected with the AIDS virus live longer, some are drawn back to high-risk behaviors such as unprotected sex or needle sharing, which exposed them to the virus in the first place. Investigators in New York City have found that nearly a third of the intravenous drug users who stopped sharing needles because of the AIDS scare later started again. A study of gay men in Chicago has shown that a quarter of those who had begun to practice safe sex occasionally reverted to unprotected sex. Officials in San Francisco are concerned that these behavioral relapses may soon trigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Longer Life for AIDS Patients | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

...could secure economic cooperation from the public and attract the billions of dollars in Western aid needed to finance the recovery. Second, that by bringing Solidarity into the political process, the party could make it share the onus for the belt-tightening policies that would have to be adopted. Third, that by setting an early election date, the government could prevent the opposition from organizing an effective campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism: Poland, A Humiliation For the Party | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

...poverty level, that the Afghanistan war had cost about $70 billion and that the country's foreign-trade deficit this year will reach $52 billion. (The U.S. foreign-trade deficit last year was $119.8 billion.) In an attack on the economic front, Ryzhkov proposed cuts of almost a third in the military budget until 1995 and the elimination of as many as 18 of the 50 government ministries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism: Soviet Union Hard Lessons and Unhappy Citizens | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

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