Word: americans
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...political turmoil in El Salvador has claimed 8,400 lives so far this year; that is roughly one death for every square mile in the tiny Central American country. Last week four Americans became victims of the mindless, increasing violence. Alongside a twisting dirt road, 30 miles east of the capital of San Salvador, peasants found the bodies of three nuns and a Catholic lay worker who had been working with the poor in the countryside. The nuns were Dorothy Kazel, 40, of Cleveland, a member of the Ursuline Order, and two Maryknoll sisters from New York City, Ita Ford...
Still, Mary Gray, a mathematician at American University, says too little is known about mathematical reasoning to conclude that genetics plays a major part. Another possible objection to the study: showing that the best girls score lower than the best boys does not establish a general sexual difference. Yet the authors argue that results did not change when the study was broadened from the top 2% to 5%, and would probably have stayed the same in samples of lower-scoring students. Besides, say the authors, most of the concern has been about intellectually able girls...
Value is a key word for many shoppers this year. Consumers are looking for products that might cost a little more to buy but which last much longer. Some experts say that this is caused by the American shift to a more European style of living and a desire to own fewer, but better built, things. Says George Core, a vice president of Rike's, a department-store chain in the Dayton area: "The customer is value-conscious and will buy items like microwave ovens, even though the gift is expensive. Warm sweaters and winter coats are good this...
Sales at tiny American Motors Corp...
Volkswagen's Rabbit faces tough com petition from new American subcompacts like the Ford Escort, and sales of the U.S.-made Rabbit dropped 26% in November...