Word: fifth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shouting erupted as John Cardinal O'Connor began his Sunday-morning sermon in St. Patrick's Cathedral on New York City's Fifth Avenue. "You bigot, O'Connor, you're killing us!" yelled one protester. Others stretched out in the aisles or chained themselves to pews. As police tried vainly to restore order, the Cardinal cut through the din. "Does everybody care to stand and pray?" he asked. In response the parishioners rose and chanted the Lord's Prayer at the top of their voices. As the service went on, police arrested 43 demonstrators, and carried many out on stretchers...
...awesome size and speed -- he can run 40 yds. in 4.46 sec. -- Okoye, 28, ran for 131 yds. and scored a touchdown to keep his league lead in rushing (1,322 yds.), and set a team record for the most yards gained in a season. For the fifth time this year he carried the ball more than 30 times. Small wonder that Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium blooms these days with banners proclaiming OKOYE COUNTRY. Thanks in large part to Okoye's heroics, the 7-6-1 Chiefs have a shot at the play-offs that begin Dec. 31. "That...
...fifth season win in the upcoming weeks...
Animal-rights groups have steadily gathered force. Last month Trans-Species Unlimited, an animal activist organization, staged its fourth annual Fur-Free Friday in 90 cities across the nation. In New York City some 3,000 protesters, led by perennial TV game-show host Bob Barker, marched down Fifth Avenue carrying signs and taunting fur-coat wearers with shouts of "Shame!" Says Barker, who resigned last year as host of the Miss Universe pageant because contestants wore fur: "We want people wearing fur to be embarrassed when they walk into a restaurant. Fur is obscene, fur is cruel...
Competing in the prestigious Soviet Elite League, Sokol-Kiev has enjoyed mixed success against powerful rivals such as Central Red Army and Moscow Dynamo. Last year, Sokol-Kiev finished fifth out of 14 teams with a 16-11-9 record...