Word: countings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scene outside Central High School was anything but violent. After a classic tradition, high-school boys stood around ogling high-school girls-who were, in turn, ogling the young National Guardsmen. A handful of women began singing Dixie, faded dismally out before finishing. At top count, about 400 people appeared and. as one Arkansan told newsmen, "Before you boys get the wrong idea, remember there's no.ooo Little Rock people that ain't here." The nine previously accepted Negro students did not show up; they had been asked by the stunned school board to stay at home until...
...orphans' payments to a total of 215,702 beneficiaries. The $15 million left over after administrative costs ($3,900,000) brought the fund's reserve up to a record $145 million -a sum that pen can write and tongue can tell, but hand can hardly count...
...They would have to drive a distance more than one-third the circumference of the earth, bounce over the worst of the world's worst roads, put in a scheduled 272 wearying hours at the wheel. Trouble along the way was just about the only thing they could count...
...First Game belonged to a squat pro named Lawrence Peter Berra. All season Catcher Yogi has been floundering through a batting slump, never getting his average up much above his weight (192 Ibs.). But when he does hit, he still has his Yankee habit of making his hits count. His three-run homer in the eighth inning broke up the game, and the Yankees coasted home...
...trips to the bank in an armored car, but insists that she likes the work more than the $250,000 annual paycheck she draws. Although the theater is really her first love, she greatly enjoys being a home appliance. "The theater is caviar." she says. "You can't count on having it all the time...