Word: twelfth
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...often been chided for being stingy with its aid to developing countries. But the U.S. is far from the worst offender. Among the 17 members of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. is tied for twelfth place with Japan (both countries devote 0.25% of their gross national product to such projects). Sweden is first (0.72%). The unchallenged occupants of 17th and last place are the Swiss (0.14%), even though they rank as the richest people among the world's industrialized countries, with a per capita income...
That does not sound too exacting for twelfth-graders. But consider what is happening elsewhere. In Chicago, the city's school superintendent has proposed that a broad examination in finance, health, government, law, transportation, communications and community resources be mandatory for all high school students before they can receive their diplomas. In Missouri, one member of the state board of education has suggested that it would be nice if students could read a newspaper, calculate simple interest on a loan and balance a checkbook. If standards like those were applied nationwide, more than a few high school graduates might...
...drumbeats of publicity. Pop-music radio stations have been barraged with "presentation boxes" of Beatles singles, and browsers in record stores are greeted at every turn with Beatles counter displays. The most successful single is the Beatles' 1968 ode to the restorative powers of love, Hey Jude (in twelfth place), followed by Yesterday (18) and Get Back (32). The resurrection of the Beatles speaks partly of the whimsical nature of the British pop market. But it also reminds that the Beatles' eloquent melodies, pungent lyrics and ingenious instrumental arrangements remain the closest thing to a classical music ever...
...Harvard varsity lightweights avenged last year's man overboard loss to Navy as John Higginson's eight cruised home with its twelfth Haines Cup in 13 years, stroking through the Midshipmen and the UMass heavies on a fast, tailwind-aided Charles River on Saturday...
...blemish on a three-year winning streak which was inflicted by Navy last year. The mid-shipmen just edged out the Crimson last spring on their home course, when Harvard's seven man caught a bad crab and was thrown from the boat. Harvard will be looking for its twelfth Haines Cup in the 13-year history of the race...