Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them together in vaguely chronological order. In nearly every respect, Farrow began as Hoffman's polar opposite. He was outside show business with his nose pressed up against the window. In Hollywood, Mia was Old Money: her father was Director John Farrow, her mother Actress Maureen O'Sullivan. The third of seven children, Mia was always the vulnerable one. "I got all the diseases," she recalls, "including polio when I was nine. The whole family had to be evacuated, and all my things burned. Even my magic box, full of things that were magical...
...slow down. Many of its so-called "leading indicators"-statistics that point to future trends-have stopped rising. Normally, such change portends a general slackening in about six months. The Commerce Department reported last week that Americans, who had saved only 6.3% of their incomes in the free-spending third quarter of 1968, socked away 6.9% last quarter. The figures confirm what retailers have already noted: a drop in consumer buying. Now, as expected, the squeeze seems to be spreading to auto sales. Chrysler sales are down 12% from early last year, when strikes at Ford and General Motors gave...
...handful considered prospective employers hostile toward ex-priests; others found them skeptical. But one-third regarded the business community as aware of former priests' potential as jobholders; another third called businessmen merely curious. Half got their jobs by personally contacting businessmen; only one in five used employment agencies or private placement bureaus. The Gallagher Report calls former priests an "untapped manpower resource" with "stability and brain power." Seven out of ten, it adds, are happy with their new careers...
...people wanted was set down with forceful simplicity in the Plan de Ayala, the catechism of Zapatismo and a landmark document in the history of Mexico's agrarian reform. Perhaps the most important point in the plan was the one that called for the surrender of one-third of hacienda lands to the farmers...
...employer told police he was worried when Mrs. Bean did not report to work on Wednesday. He came to her apartment a half-block from Comstock Hall at 10:15 yesterday morning. He and the janitor entered the third-floor apartment with a passkey...