Word: eight
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...Paul's Society will give a reception to the churchmen of the University this evening at eight o'clock in the Phillips Brooks House. Informal addresses will be given by the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, D.D., Bishop of Massachusetts; Rev. Edward L. Atkinson, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, Boston, and Rev. William G. Thayer, Head Master of St. Mark's School, Southboro. All churchmen in the University are invited to be present...
...true death count remains uncertain. "There were at least a couple of hundred lying in there," says Daily, who noted he was 150 yds. away. But Kerns says he saw only eight to 10 bodies from 50 yds. away. The Koreans say 300 died in the attack, along with 100 killed earlier by U.S. warplanes...
...Indian Ocean. I decided to visit one of my favorite spots on earth: Eco Beach, two hours' drive south. On that unblemished coast I fished with a friend, Danny O'Sullivan, who had taken up guiding after a long stint in the SAS, the Australian commandos. With eight-weight fly rods and streamer flies, we went after the small bluefin tuna that boil up in schools less than a mile offshore, around 15 to 30 lbs. apiece. That day they were abundant in the sapphire water; I hooked five, boated three and kept one. Gutted, tailed and beheaded, it went...
...workers soaked up potentially lethal doses of radiation, still more leaked from the plant in Tokaimura, the hub of the Japanese nuclear power industry. Eventually, more than 300,000 people in Tokaimura and eight nearby towns were bunkered in their homes, waiting to find out how badly they were affected. Meanwhile, 28 million people in metropolitan Tokyo, downwind of the accident, wondered about their fate. As the hours ticked by, a plodding government dithered and displayed once again its inability to come to grips with a huge nuclear power industry riddled with safety flaws...
...even more impressive, she helped maintain the Crimson's unbeaten streak against No. 11 Hartford last week, stopping eight shots in the double overtime...