Word: thirtieth
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...linerdown, pressing it flush against the walls, lettingit extend nearly a foot up the sides. On the sixthday, the Witches spread the soil over the linerand grass seed over the soil, watered it, lettingthe damp earth spread over their bare feet. On theseventh day they rested. On the thirtieth day theylay naked on the floor in th roomful of thick,verdant grass...
...looked behind you, at the people gathered to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education--the epoch-making decision that outlawed "separate but equal" public services and that would help fuel the Civil-Rights movement of the 60s--you remembered where you were quite suddenly. This was Boston. And this polite company was a group of battle-scarred activists who have once again taken up the fight against racism, this time chasing the disease to where it now lies--in the subtleties and nuances of Northern discrimination. Said one chagrinned former Black undergraduate...
...speeder-bike chases through the redwoods were an example. To give the illusion of speed, a cameraman walked through a forest near Crescent City, Calif, while the camera strapped to his chest ran film at one-thirtieth its normal speed. When that film was put into a projector at regular speed, the cameraman's stroll became a hair-raising 150-m.p.h. race between the experienced storm troopers and the amateur rebels...
...horizontal stabilizer. The cells, originally designed for Air Force satellites, were borrowed from NASA. (Their cost, if MacCready had had to buy them: at least $130,000.) During the flight, they produced a maximum of 2,700 watts of power, less than 4 h.p.; that is roughly one-thirtieth the power of a small, gasoline-driven aircraft. But it was more than enough to drive Challenger's two beer-can-size electric motors, mounted directly behind its big prop...
...thirtieth time in her swimming career, lanky 18-year-old Tracy Caulkins cruised to a U.S. National title in seemingly effortless fashion, winning the 200-yard individual medley at Blodgett Pool last night in an incredible new American record...