Word: eight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...price at a mere $300 a copy. But one copy, billed as "the most expensive book in the world," was tagged at $25,000. The Frenchman who succumbed (he insisted on anonymity) got a volume of 200 parchment pages that had required the skins of 100 sheep, plus eight watercolors that originally served as models for Dali's lithographs, plus three extra sets of lithographs on special papers. Publisher Foret is quite reconciled to having this rare volume drop out of sight for years, expects it will be seen by only a handful of sympathetic souls. As Foret explained...
SECRET ROLLS-ROYCE, new patrician-precisioned model called Phantom V, is being developed in Britain. Now built only for select few, e.g., Queen Elizabeth, eight-cylinder car is expected to be in commercial production by early...
...eight innings bearded Reilly Atkinson set down the feared CRIMSON batting order which sportingly scoffed at his repeated use of a spitball...
Applications were "widely distributed" among the eight Houses, Watson indicated, although Quincy did receive the largest number of first-place applications. According to a CRIMSON poll, nearly 30 per cent of the Freshmen chose Quincy first...
...typically sparse Soldiers Field crowd watched a gusty wind aid Cook's curve, as he struck out eight, walking only two. Cook's control was marvelous, and he had the opposing batsmen off-balance throughout the game, giving his team a relatively easy day in the field...