Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stewart rose from private to a much-decorated colonel in the Army Air Forces, flew 20 bombing missions over Germany, became commander of an Eighth Air Force Bi; wing...
...Manager Bobby Bragan is used to getting thrown out of ball games. Last week, for a change, he was thrown out of his job. "This time," said Bobby, "I broke the oldest rule in the book. When the team doesn't win, the manager has to go." The eighth-place Pirates will finish the season under Coach Danny Murtaugh...
Mixed Breed. Sir Winston Churchill's regiment, the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, will be merged with the Eighth King's Royal Irish Hussars, the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (which suffered the heaviest casualties at Waterloo) now becomes one with the Somerset Light Infantry (nicknamed "The Illustrious Garrison" after its defense of Jellalabad in 1842). Two of the best known of the Scottish regiments, the Seaforth Highlanders and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders must form one unit, find new tartans for their...
...There is confusion within and without the medical profession over the terms abortion and miscarriage. Many doctors use "abortion" to describe a delivery in pregnancy's first three months, "miscarriage" for one in the next three months, "prematurity" for one in the seventh and eighth months. Dr. Javert views "spontaneous abortion" and "miscarriage" as synonyms covering delivery of a fetus in its first 22 weeks, when it cannot possibly survive...
...Scienceland, New Orleans Square and a 300-ft. "tunnel" along Disneyland's railroad route that will show three-dimensional views of the Grand Canyon. As a Disney associate says: "By the time Walt gets through, this will not only be the seventh wonder of the world, but the eighth, ninth and tenth as well...