Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Today, two-thirds of the world's population lives in areas that produce only one-third of the world's food. In parts of Algeria in the weeks just before harvest, peasants and their families subsist on acorn biscuits or boiled juniper berries. In Latin America, per capita agricultural production is nearly 6% lower than it was before World War II, and in Asia it is 10% lower...
...applicant not shivering with nerves," has already been appointed the baby's nanny. If the newest member of the royal family turns out to be a boy, he will be second in the line of succession after Prince Charles. If the baby is a girl, she will rank third after Anne. Either way, Princess Margaret will drop to fourth place...
...cardinals will be U.S. citizens, bringing U.S. membership in the college to an alltime high of six-ranking in number of cardinals third (after France with seven and ahead of Spain's five). Italy will have 31 Italians in the college, as opposed to 48 non-Italians...
Entering students in the Medical School last year were paying $1,000 in tuition; with the planned 1960 increase, the School will have jumped its rates by a third in three years...
While members of the press corps surrounded the Faculty Club waiting for Mather to make a statement, he reportedly slipped out the ladies' entrance of the Club. His statement was issued between the second and third acts of "Porgy and Bess," smash hit of the 1935 season--although Mather does not recall the incident now. This statement again showed a spirit of rebellion. "When the splendid group of patriotic teachers are singled out for treatment as suspicious characters, I rebel...