Word: counted
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...have to become more aware of how to defend ourselves. You can't count on the police a lot of the time," Rogers said...
...uproar reflects the high stakes involved in the decennial count. Population totals have long been important in the U.S. because they determine the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and state legislatures. But with the burgeoning of federal programs like revenue sharing in the past decade, population now also affects the way more than $50 billion a year in federal funds are disbursed. If the preliminary figures hold, for example, New York City could lose four of its 18 congressional districts and $50 million annually in federal...
Several cities are taking their own census and concentrating especially on minority neighborhoods. Illegal aliens can be especially difficult to count; they often try to avoid the census takers, fearing that the data provided eventually could be used by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to deport them. (In fact, census information remains confidential and is not made available to other agencies...
Since the scores in team competition count for half of a gymnast's total in the all-around finals, it appeared that Comaneci had no chance to repeat as gold medalist. Yet she reeled off a 10 on the parallel bars and began the last rotation as one of three women with a shot at top honors...
...22nd Olympiad promised to be a tarnished affair. As of last week, an estimated 31 countries, including Canada, Japan, West Germany, China and Kenya, were heeding the Carter Administration's call for a boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By the host country's count, 83 nations will participate. The boycott has taken the luster off such men's sports as track, basketball, boxing and gymnastics; the competition in swimming, yachting, field hockey, archery and equestrian events has become almost meaningless. Even so, the countries coming to Moscow won about 70% of the medals handed...