Word: eight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long ago President Michael Hainisch of Austria sat himself down before his polished desk and penned a poem of eight stanzas, entitled "My Country," extolling the beauties of Lower Austria, where he was born and where he rears pedigree cows that supply Vienna with an abundance of milk...
Soon the Bessengen toppled into the dark water and sank. There had been 31 souls on board. Eight (the captain said seven) had been saved by the Paris, 13 by the American Legion; Captain Ludwig Hassell, his wife, daughter and dog, by the Brooklyn. Six men had disappeared. They were all Norwegians: a donkeyman, two firemen, a deckhand, an able-bodied seaman, a trimmer. Newspaper presses roared. The rescued told their different stories. Cables flashed from New York to Paris. The Norwegian consul started an investigation. The captain of the Brooklyn denied that his men did not know...
...satisfied college entrance requirements, is enrolled in a college or university and is continuing work of a first year collegiate grade. A contestant may submit only one essay, and this must not exceed 2500 words in length. Essays must be typewritten, double spaced, on one side of appear eight and one half inches by 11 inches. They must bear the name, home address, and name and address of the institution attended by the contestant, and must be in the hands of the Secretary, Committee on Prize Essays, American Chemical Society, 85 Beaver Street, New York City, not later than March...
Touchdown--Van Reunselaer. Safety--Petee. Referee--D.J. Kelly. Umpire--Roger Doherty '25. Linesman--W.P. Lage '30. Time two ten and two eight minute quarters...
...week, intercepted one of the schoolboy aerial attempts and dashed 65 yards for one of these touchdown, while the other was scored by W. T. Gilligan on a short line thrust after he had run back an Exeter punt from his own 43 yard line to the Academy's eight yard mark...