Word: elevens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...signaled that the Secretary of Defense was aboard and working alone (red and white lights together mean that he is busy with visitors and not to be disturbed). He buzzed for the first of the dozen cups of black coffee he drinks daily, got it from one of the eleven mess attendants attached to his office (all security-cleared because they are in a position to overhear top-secret conversations). Then McElroy began the breakneck round of business that has not since let up: he held a brief press conference, discussed the fiscal 1959 defense budget with Joint Chiefs...
...search for nonexistent parking spaces, last week.won a privileged peek through their rearview mirrors into a magic world of wheels where things obviously go the other way. Home again in Madras, India (pop. 1,500.000) after a 50-day tour of Washington. D.C., New York City, Los Angeles and eleven other U.S. cities. Captain Dinakar Gnanaolivu. chairman of the Madras City Improvement Trust, summed up his impressions of U.S. traffic in Madras' daily Hindu...
...highly problematical, however, whether this trio can match Cooney Weiland's Terry O'Malley, Bob Cleary, and Lyle Guttu, who accounted for nine goals and eleven assists against the hapless Jumbos...
...painter Lasker selected as "the man I'll bet on" was Matisse; his collection has nine Matisse oils, and he hedged his hunch by buying eleven Picassos and four Braques. Endowed with a natural flair for color and design, Lasker was delighted to find that his eye automatically picked out the best of the lots shown him by dealers. He also discovered: "One not only has to pay the highest prices, but also a premium for the privilege of paying the highest prices...
...first time the Detroit Lions got their hands on the ball, they pushed all the way to the Cleveland Browns' 23-yd. line. Then Jungle Jim Martin came in and casually kicked a field goal. The Lions had used up just eleven plays and already they were out three points in front in the fight for the National Football League Championship...