Word: eight
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...Eight plays later, quarterback Tim Perry hit Silas Myers on a slant pattern for a 11-yd. touchdown pass and a 7-0 lead...
Kraus, the former administrative dean for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), has been a state senator from Arlington for the past eight years. And now, he is making a bid to take over the office of state treasurer...
...just a guy coming out of Harvard," says R. Victor Jones, Wallace professor of applied physics. "He's been in the legislature for eight years, and one might expect that someone coming out of academia wouldn't survive in the dog-eat-dog world of politics, but he's done very well...
Mostly, however, TV horror is flourishing in a batch of popular syndicated programs, usually tucked away on independent stations. Eight such series are on the market. Three of them -- Star Trek: The Next Generation, Friday the 13th: The Series and War of the Worlds -- were among the five top-rated weekly syndicated shows at the end of last season. Oddly, they have attracted little notice beyond their cult audiences, even from the clean-TV crusaders, who would probably be appalled by the prolific (though rarely graphic) violence. Which is just fine, since it allows the rest of us to enjoy...
General Michel Aoun, the Lebanese Christian leader, rejected the agreement promptly because it provides no timetable for the withdrawal of occupying Syrian forces. Also opposed were militia commanders of Lebanon's large Shi'ite Muslim community, who want to abolish rather than readjust sectarian quotas. Yet the latest eight-month round of fighting has wearied most of the beleaguered country, and there were some signs that both Aoun and Shi'ite leaders would eventually be persuaded to fall into line...