Word: thousands
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...thousand dollars a word is a hefty price to pay for any document, but this one is special. Written in 1818 by the 75-year-old Thomas Jefferson to Mordecai Noah, one of America's first Zionists, the letter contains a stirring attack on anti-Semitism and all forms of religious bigotry...
...just keep an eye." Waite left Beirut late Friday by U.S. helicopter for Cyprus. Dozens of reporters quickly set up watch at the Larnaca airport on the island, and in the absence of any hard information, rumors about a hostage deal began sweeping through the Middle East. Seven thousand miles away, campaigning for Republican candidates in Washington State and aware of the possibility of new hostage releases, President Ronald Reagan said, "I've got my fingers crossed." For the families of the missing Americans, it was time once again to endure the agonizing wait for what might...
...book is doing "unbelievably well," said publisher Rollin A. Riggs. "The first time I heard about the book I knew it was a winner." Twenty-five thousand copies were issued in the first printing four months ago, he said, and already he is ready for a second printing...
...waste all over Massachusetts, according to the estimates of the public interest groups that have been pushing the state to accelerate the clean-up of toxic waste dumps. That is enough waste to make more than 100 Love Canals. These poisons are distributed at an estimated one to two thousand sites throughout the state--the exact number is not even known yet. And at the current rate of public and private clean-up efforts it will be 50 to 100 years before these hazardous waste dumps are cleaned up. That's why Question 4 could be the most important...
More than a thousand fans waited up to two hours yesterday at the Harvard Coop for a chance to meet cultural icon and Talking Heads' lead singer David Byrne...