Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...through the fund-raising abilities of President Abram L. Sacher, and through such devices as foster alumni, money was gathered. Through high salaries and freedom from administrative burdens, an eminent faculty was assembled. Now, as the University concludes its eighth year, thousands of benefactors, hundreds of alumni, and Sachar and his staff can look back on a noteworthy achievement in American education and a milestone in the history of American Jewry...
...varsity tennis team, in search of its third straight victory and its eighth win in the last ten matches, opposes Williams this afternoon at the soldiers Field Courts...
...varsity threatened to break loose continually against lefthander Bob Turner as the lead-off batter in each of the next four innings reached scoring position with none out, but was stranded. In the eighth inning, however, ten men went to bat, as the team capitalized on five hits, two bases on balls, and one M.I.T. error for a decisive six runs...
...Kessler started and pitched effectively for eight innings until lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and Bob McGinnis got the victory for pitching the ninth. Again it was a case of the Crimson's failing to hit in the clutch, as 11 men were left on base. The varsity's batting average now stands at about .240, and the team has been averaging less than six hits per game since it came north...
...didn't get you in '48, but we won't miss in the next revolution." Last week the revolution finally engulfed the Café de la Paix. After 86 years as a bastion of fashion (and fancy prices), the famed restaurant turned over one-eighth of its floor space to an American-style snack bar. Georges Marcovich, the café's Manager of External Relations, i.e., pressagent, explained: "We want to attract the salaried American vacationer who gets tired of five-course meals at high prices and wants some ham and eggs [price: 65?]. We have...