Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...freshman intramural basketball National League, mighty Wigglesworth West went on to win their eighth straight victory by steam rolling Thayer South 50 to 20 Weld North went into unchallenged second place by virtue of its Monday win over Strauss South and its for felt win over Dudley last night. Two games ago, Weld North and Dudley were tied for second with records of five wins and one loss. In other games, Lionel best Strauss South 29 to 19, Hollis beat Massachusetts 40 to 17, and Matthews South beat Orkyh...
...freeze" of existing troops, weapons and ammunition in Korea had been proposed by the Reds. Could the U.N. continue to rotate Eighth Army troops, replace worn-out weapons and ammunition used up in training (mostly of South Koreans)-if it was done without raising existing limits? No, the Reds answered...
Finally, the University should officially change the name of Dudley Hall to "Dudley House." This is a small step, but one of great importance to commuters, who keenly feel their separation from the House system. Recognition of Dudley as an eighth House would ameliorate its present anomalous status and give commuters a fuller membership in Harvard...
...Eighth graders were just as bad. Though almost all (98%) could locate California on a map, 13% could not find the Atlantic Ocean and 16% failed on their own home town. One out of five could not name California's governor, one out of three wrote, "Has the bell rang?", nearly half did not know how to punctuate "April 15, 1951." Only 40% correctly answered the question: "Frank paid $8 plus 3% sales tax for a pair of shoes. How much did the shoes cost...
...three, Michael proved his absolute pitch by casually identifying the exact tones of steam whistles and automobile horns. At seven, he started piano lessons ("very good too"). Then, at the house of a friend, he found a half-size violin. He asked for it and got it. By his eighth birthday, he was practicing four hours...