Word: fifteens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once, at a meeting of political commissars, Lenin passed a note to Dzerzhinsky "How many vicious counter-revolutionaries are there in our prisons?" Dzeizhinsky's scribbled reply was: "Abou: fifteen hundred." Lenin nodded, made a cross on the note, and returned it to Dzerzhinsky. That night, on Dzerzhinsky's order, all 1,500 were shot. It turned out to be a mistake. As Lenin's secretary explained later: "Vladimir Ilyich usually puts a cross on a memorandum to indicate he has noted the contents...
...Fifteen local student governments will send delegates to the organizational meeting of something new in the way of college federations today at Northeastern University...
Gerry Genn, who led the team with a seventh place, negotiated the 37 gate, three-quarter mile course in 179.9 seconds, fifteen seconds behind leader Don Henderson of Middlebury. Rod Nordblom captured nineteenth place with...
...here that bad luck caught up with the squad. The absence of number one jumper Laurie Griffin, who was at Laconia competing in the Eastern Intercollegiate championships, combined with a series of bad breaks, cost the skiers a possible fifteen points, the margin of difference between first and fourth places...
Included in the survey are fifteen possible remedies for the present situation. Separation of college aspirants from other less ambitious students, more stress on remedial reading, and the increased study of Latin and Greek are the three most easily applicable solutions, the report holds...