Word: eight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Borah of Idaho called on Mr. Hoover in Washington and invited him, in the name of Governor H. C. Baldridge and other Republican Idahosts, to go to their state next month and hunt wild animals. Senator Borah promised "cougar, elk, moose, mountain goats, deer, bears or eight delegates. It is really a wonderful country." Mr. Hoover declared he would gladly hunt in Idaho...
...German Navy consists of eiglu battleships: Braunschweig, Elsass, Hanover, Hessen, Schlesien, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen, Lothringen; eight light cruisers: Nymphe, Medusa, Thetis, Amazone, Arkona, Hamburg, Berlin, Emden; one surveying vessel, Meteour; 32 destroyers and torpedo-boats ; no submarines. The strength of the Navy is governed by the Treaty of Versailles...
...eight days Mrs. Sam Smith snuggled her newborn child to her, nursed it, found marked resemblances to her husband. On the eighth day she felt her strength returning. She discovered her suckling was a girl. Startled, she complained...
Fall practice will be held under the direct supervision of Coach Brown. He will take full personal charge of the heavy crews and will oversee the work of the 150 pounders. No assistants have yet been appointed. F. R. Sullivan '27, coxswain of last year's victorious University eight, and R. W. Ladd '27, who rowed at No. 3, will aid Brown in his work this fall...
...Some eight years ago there was introduced a new note in American educational methods, a plan of instruction modeled on the tutorial system long in use at English universities and particularly at Oxford. The Department of History, Government and Economics adopted the scheme on trial, watched with interest by the Corporation and other departments of the University. Each student electing to concentrate his academic attention on courses in the History, Government and Economics field was to have the personal supervision of a tutor, appointed from the staff of the University especially for the purpose of aiding the individual...