Word: eleven
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will be minding the store during De Gaulle's stay in the hospital, the general's room is connected by phone with the Elysee Palace, and the suite next door, occupied by Madame de Gaulle, includes a couple of offices for members of his staff. Even the eleven-hour delay between the start of his surgery and the official announcement was a result of his direct orders. The medical bulletin was not released until De Gaulle himself approved the text...
...hopes of easing the religious tensions, Nehru early this month released Sheik Mohammed Abdullah, the Lion of Kashmir, who was jailed nearly eleven years ago for "conspiracy" to bring about Kashmirian independence. Nehru had hoped that Sheik Abdullah, a Moslem who believes in Hindu-Moslem cooperation, might find a solution to the Kashmir problem. Since his release, the former Kashmirian Prime Minister has been campaigning by Jeep through the towns and villages of Kashmir's Himalayan foothills, talking with old friends and supporters. His plan for settling Kashmir's future remains the same as always. Failing a plebiscite...
...miles with 21 stops and become the first woman in history to fly solo around the world. Mrs. Mock had moxie. A pilot for only seven years, the petite blonde had logged just 750 solo hours before setting out. Her single-engine Cessna 180, Spirit of Columbus, was eleven years old, and even Lloyd's of London refused to underwrite the trip. Why had she chosen a small plane like that? Simple, the mother of three explained: "We happened...
...trouble is that the life-saving program is hideously expensive. It is not so much the first cost as the upkeep. To treat eleven patients, the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center at Swedish Hospital has a staff of two fulltime physicians and one halftime, plus five nurses and five technicians...
...from the first, and it's necessary to counteract the impression immediately. If one word could characterize the vast majority of the hours, it would be boredom. In the Steward's Department, life is usually like that of any large hotel. Deck is more interesting, but you still sleep eleven hours a day, and would sleep more if you could. I've never met an officer who felt he had chosen the right career; for the crew, it's just wage-slavery. Hours on end I've looked into the wake, occasionally thinking but mostly glad for the hypnosis: what...