Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arrived earlier and with a more forceful jolt than expected. Instead of the gradual slide that economists were predicting would begin in midsummer or early fall, the second-quarter gross national product fell at a substantial annual rate of 3.3%. Most forecasters had anticipated that the downturn at worst would bring a decline of 2% or so. In a confidential revised forecast last week, some top governmental economists conceded that the slump will be worse than anticipated this year and will be followed by an "anemic" recovery...
Unfortunately for the beleaguered utility, its film may now need some editing. For the past four months, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), among others, has been looking into the causes and effects of the nation's worst commercial reactor accident. Last week, in a report that is sure to have wide repercussions, NRC staff investigators said that the most serious aspects of the mishap were almost certainly due to human error. And though they acknowledged that the radiation level was low, they said that one burst was greater than any previously revealed...
Track and field, the traditional centerpiece of Olympic festivities, showed Spartakiad at its comic worst and competitive best. In the heats of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, two runners from Guinea-Bissau came face-to-face with hurdles for the first time. The hurdles won. One of the Africans clambered over several hurdles using both hands but balked at a second encounter with the water obstacle. With the crowd egging him on, he stared at it for a moment, shook his head and walked away...
...leading starved and stunted lives. Hunger is the result of man's greed and injustice, not of limited resources. If we have rich and poor nations-and rich and poor within nations-what's to stop our children in space from having rich and poor planets? The worst is yet to come...
...ended the trial of the man who police believe may be one of the worst mass murderers in U.S. history, responsible for the deaths of up to 36 young women from Florida to the state of Washington. The jury needed only six hours and 40 minutes to reach its verdict, though the trial had lasted for more than a month. The case against Bundy rested heavily on circumstantial evidence. In his 60-minute closing argument, Assistant State's Attorney Larry Simpson recalled the testimony by two dental experts that bite marks on one of the slain girls came from...