Word: twelfth
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FLSE, as it was known, consisted of an ungraded 41-week session, beginning in seventh grade and running through the twelfth. The facts of reproduction, pregnancy and birth were progressively detailed. But in Mary Breasted's opinion, "the emphasis of the seventh-grade sessions was placed on youngsters' social problems," while even "twelfth graders would learn more about the problems of raising a family than they would about sexual intercourse." Nevertheless, the Antis saw it as the evil of all evils -a Communist plot to brainwash pure-minded America. Atheism, rock 'n' roll, even...
...last half of the twelfth, the Reds' Pete Rose singled, advanced to second, and then came barreling for home on a single to centerfield by the Cubs' Jim Hickman. His way blocked by the Indians' Ray Fosse, Rose hurtled headlong into the burly catcher, knocked him into a somersault and landed splat on the plate for the winning run. "If I had slid," Rose said after the National League's 5-to-4 victory, "I would have broken both legs." As it was, Rose suffered a bruised thigh and Fosse a severely wrenched shoulder-injuries that...
Mucking Up the Water. Working in shirtsleeves at a clean desk, Ford usually puts in ten-hour days on the job. When the work piles up, he sometimes sleeps in a bedroom that is part of his twelfth-floor office suite. All major questions, suggestions, ideas and issues are brought to him for approval. He has approved that symbol of corporate blunder, the Edsel, as well as the Mustang and Maverick, two of the bestselling new U.S. cars of recent years. Those cars have given Ford Motor the reputation of being the innovator in the industry. The chairman watches everything...
...reign of terror. It glosses over his disputes with Lenin about economic and military policies. In addition, the present version strikes out Lenin's complaints that Stalin was coarse and rude. In fact, the only criticism of Stalin appears in Lenin's famous letter to the Twelfth Party Congress in 1925 in which he expressed doubts about whether Stalin would exercise his power with sufficient care if he was elected party leader...
...residence clause and does not require that abortions be performed only in hospitals. But the state department of health has laid down guidelines limiting abortions to hospitals with an obstetric, gynecological or surgical service and to clinics affiliated with such hospitals. The state authorities also recommend that after the twelfth week, women be aborted only as inpatients, with a one-or two-day hospital stay, which would bring the costs to from $400 to $600. Most health insurance plans will soon extend their coverage to keep up with the new law. Leading the way, the Blue Cross of Greater...