Word: dozen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...going to take more than a few rain showers like we had this week to solve this problem," DeVillars said yesterday at a news conference. "In fact, we could have more than a half dozen blizzards like we had in '78, and we'd still have a very worrisome situation...
...There, over there," says Baker. "That's a hen feather. It's easy to tell hens from gobblers. The gobblers are blacker and have beards. You need any toilet paper, let me know," he says, carefully producing about a dozen neatly folded sheets. "I never come out here without it. Amazing, isn't it, a real challenge...
BLACK AND BLUE. Three great singers, two dozen top dancers, 28 bluesy numbers and a zillion sequins add up to Broadway's hot new musical revue...
Residents of sleepy Asuncion were startled when the crack of gunfire shattered a muggy summer night. Two dozen armored tanks rumbled down a residential street from the First Army Corps headquarters. For eight hours, the sounds of battle transformed several normally tranquil neighborhoods into war zones. As mutinous soldiers traded rounds with loyal government troops, bullets ricocheted wildly, felling more than 100 soldiers, pockmarking buildings and flattening tires of parked cars...
...With a dozen witnesses present, his assailants strapped him to a wooden chair and placed a black hood over his head...