Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is a possibility that more student activities can be located in rooms in the eighth and ninth Houses," Leland commented. He added that the Houses, along with improved facilities for student activities at 52 Dunster St., "solve the problem without necessitating construction of a new building...
...eight Masters are cooperating in the creation of Quincy," Bullitt emphasized. "The Eighth House is an extension of the present system, and within its tradition. No upperclassmen who applies to Quincy and fails to gain admission will be penalized in his own House...
...topping the all-time pro records for touchdowns (18) and total rushing yardage (1.146) set by Philadelphia's Steve Van Buren in the 19403. In six games Brown has piled up 15 touchdowns, gained 928 yards, been the prime mover in the Cleveland Browns' try for their eighth division championship in nine years...
...electricity. All married men grow beards, and all men, women and children wear black headdress in public. Farming and a few related trades such as blacksmithing and harness-making are the only approved ways of earning a living. Parents refuse to send their children to public schools beyond the eighth grade-a quirk that has got the Amish into trouble with state and county authorities (TIME, March 24). The strictest members of the sect balk at social security levies on the grounds that I Timothy 5:8 and other Bible passages command them to take care of their...
...line was war. Sandhurst. 3½ years with the regular Army, and active service in France in World War I were more than prep schools on the way to promotion. In marching infantry prose, his book makes it plain that when he took command of the British Eighth Army in Africa in World War II, he was ready. According to him, and to history, he made Desert Fox Rommel fight Montgomery's kind of fight, and Monty won. Was he too tidy? Did all the pieces on his chess board have to be perfectly placed before he made...