Word: six
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...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deoderant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must...
...denies taking part in any dango for the Air Force projects. But the apparent cost to the U.S. taxpayer was dramatically illustrated after an American firm first began competing for such contracts in mid-1988. Since then, NEC has won renewed contracts for work at six military bases -- but the company's bids for the work have fallen 40% to 60%. "This had been going on for about 20 years," says Williams. "I don't think any big firm has ever defrauded us like that before...
...Estonian and Latvian organizations are considering similar moves toward local autonomy. Gorbachev plans to visit the area this week in search of compromise. Now he must look southward as well, to festering nationality problems in Azerbaijan -- and the long-feared spread of Islamic fundamentalism from Iran into the six predominantly Muslim republics of the U.S.S.R...
...word from the White House is that Bush is irritated about being handed such an item of conspicuous consumption while he skimps on funds for Eastern Europe, education and the drug war. The behemoth jet towers six stories and may have crossed the line of common political sense. It will dwarf an airport rally in Omaha, and does not exactly fit the Jeffersonian image of a citizen Executive going modestly among his people. The designers had an inkling of something being out of proportion and put an exit door in the plane's belly so a President would not look...
When Air Force One finally flies, it will have six lavatories, not counting the President's own. There will be two galleys, 85 telephones, a six-channel stereo, a 6-cu.-ft. safe for secrets and a television system that will pipe in eight channels at once and enable the President to scan waiting crowds before he emerges. The plane will include four computers, two copying machines, conference rooms, crew bunks, sleeper chairs, a pressroom with TV monitors, and secure phone lines that can rouse Dan, Peter and Tom from any place on the earth...