Search Details

Word: tenths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...ride-along program, now in its tenth year, still receives much praise. "The program is great because it gives the students some insight into the police side of things, where the whole process begins." Tony G. Paolillo, commander of the Cambridge Police, explains...

Author: By Lewis J. Liman, | Title: James Vorenberg | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...many of the social services we expect (or used to expect) from our government. He cites a study from the notorious radicals at the Congressional Budget Office to show that "each reduction in federal spending by $10 billion would reduce the rate of inflation by just one-tenth of one per cent...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Render Unto Jarvis... | 2/24/1981 | See Source »

...died there. Bruce Glenn, 47, of Plymouth, Minn., smashed open his 16th-floor window, dangled briefly from a sheet, then fell to his death on a third-floor deck. Harry Gaines, 69, and his wife Lorraine, 67, of Los Angeles, heeded the usual survival advice. They fled into their tenth-floor bathroom, shut the door, crammed wet towels under it and stuffed other towels into the air vents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: City of Towering Infernos | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

...denies the Trinity and insists that Christians should not celebrate Christmas or Easter (considered "pagan" holidays). He inspires fanatical loyalty among followers and fierce enmity among defectors, and deftly uses his radio-TV show, The World Tomorrow, and his monthly Plain Truth magazine to lure converts. Members contribute a tenth or more of their income, and with proceeds of $66 million a year the church has no trouble financing Armstrong's frequent tours to meet assorted world leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: When Mammon Serves God | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

...Thao was the tenth Laotian to die mysteriously in Minnesota, Iowa and Oregon since October 1979. About 21,000 Laotian refugees settled in these states in the past seven years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mystery Deaths in the Night | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

First | Previous | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | 289 | 290 | 291 | 292 | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | Next | Last