Word: eleven
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...safest Tory seats, Tory Prime Minister Lord Home-now plain Sir Alec Douglas-Home-won a seat in the House of Commons. His 9,328-vote margin exceeded his party's most buoyant expectations. What's more, in the course of 72 speeches and a hectic eleven-day campaign, the former peer proved that he is a vigorous, tough-minded politician who seems well-equipped to hold his own in parliamentary free...
After a talk with King Paul at Tatoi palace, he changed his mind. After all, Papandreou lacked a majority by eleven seats. The Premier could have a safe margin if he accepted the eager support of 30 pro-Communist Deputies, but so far pro-Western Papandreou has rejected the offer. Between now and Dec. 11, when Parliament convenes, Karamanlis hopes to attract enough Deputies to defeat the opening vote of confidence. If he succeeds, Greece will be in for new elections and another free-swinging campaign...
Some of the survivors insisted that the rescuers continue boring exploratory shafts, using a smaller drill. Suddenly the skeptical rescue team was electrified by a series of raps on the drill bit. Over a quickly lowered phone line, word came that eleven men were alive in an abandoned gallery, 196 ft. below. Memorial services were canceled and the oil rig hurriedly recalled...
...find a propaganda issue-capitalist callousness. Meanwhile, the rescue work continued. The drill had to work slowly because of the danger of a cave-in, but eventually and luckily pierced the only spot in the gallery's roof that was solid rock. Just 103 hours after the eleven were heard from, the first of the miners emerged from the "rescue bomb," a sort of torpedo-shaped elevator that had been lowered into the new shaft with two volunteer rescue workers. Fifty-seven minutes later, all eleven were miraculously out, weak but unharmed after 13 days underground...
Eliot House clinched its third House football title in four years yesterday, closing the season with a 21-0 victory over Dudley. The championship was assured when a surprisingly strong Quincy eleven fought to an 8-8 tie with Leverett, which had been tied with Eliot for the league lead...