Word: fourteenth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...back, then followed the cases for five years more. In that quarter-century, the women averaged 64 illnesses, with 313 days lost from work, v. the men's 37 illnesses and 124 days lost. Menstrual disturbances could not explain this huge difference; they accounted for less than one-fourteenth of female illness. In fact, the same types of illness-respiratory infections, stomach upsets, muscle pains and skin conditions -explained most of the absenteeism of both sexes. Surprisingly, sheltered operators went to the doctor more often for cuts and bruises than did linemen...
Most of the grandeur of the Fifth Republic's first year has been symbolic. De Gaulle has practically reinstituted the rites of a medieval court in a modern setting. There have been periodic shows of pomp: the Fourteenth of July was "the biggest ever," with fireworks, parades, and dancing in the streets (at the Invalides, a massive amusement park called Le Plus Grand Bal du Monde operated from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. throughout the four-day week-end); the French Community of Nations was initiated in grandiose ceremony, and the various African dignitaries who comprise the Community Senate...
...Fourteenth of July probably demonstrated more clearly than anything how hollow grandeur really is. It might have been the biggest ever, but the consensus in the press the morning after was that is had been the biggest flop. The only thing the festivities lacked was spontaneity. On the domestic front, the regime was looking for a vote of confidence; all it got was a public ready and willing to have a politically neutral good time. On the international front, in a scene reminiscent of Moscow May Days, the French paraded through the Concorde all their newest and finest military equipment...
...Bowditch had a tight match with Brechner and Anderson, winning by 6-4, 3-6, 8-6. Behind 1-3 in the deciding set, the Crimson pair won three straight games and, with both their powerful services clicking beautifully, held on to break Brechner's service in the fourteenth game for the match...
...integrate by district courts were struck down by the Virginia Supreme Court as a violation of the state constitutional provision requiring Virginia to preserve an efficient system of free public schools. Simultaneously, a federal court ruled that the massive resistance statutes violated the "equal protection" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment...