Word: eights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...alone, unaided save by knife and gun. He slept in caves and shelters which he called "forts." He let his hair grow to his shoulders, his beard to his bulging chest. He could throw a baseball in the air and put four rifle bullets into it before it fell. Eight years ago, when he was 18, he accidentally shot himself in the chest. The bullet tore through his body but so tough was Earl Durand that he was out hunting again in a fortnight. He was never a bad boy, except once when he fired a shot over the postman...
...Adolf Hitler had snatched a few minutes' sleep on a train from Berlin to the border, had then driven in swirling snow and over icy roads through Sudeten villages and Czech towns to Prague. There he had an emperor's triumph exactly eight hours after the arrival of his vanguard, exactly 25 hours after having summoned Dr. Hacha to Berlin, exactly one year and a day to the hour after his triumphal entry into Vienna after Anschluss...
Although shorn of their E. I. L. crown, Hal Ulen's mermen led the way with a .786 percentage on 11 wins and three losses, while Rene Percy's fencers were right on their heels with a .750 rating in eight matches. Not included in the year's summary is the track team, which climaxed a very successful indoor season by copping the Quad meet from a strong Cornell squad...
...hockey team has a .500 record to its credit with eight wins, eight losses, and one tie--and also a mythical Big Three championship. But the hoopsters were not so fortunate with but five wins in 19 contests. The polo trio is going into the intercollegiates with a .454 rating for the season's matches...
Professor Robinson will be sixty-eight next month and has been eligible to retire on pension for the past two years. He has taught Celtic and early English Literature at Harvard since...