Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with local Nasser supporters and burned down a Nasserite restaurant. Colonel Shawaf telephoned Kassem in Baghdad, asking permission to use troops to keep order. Kassem hedged. At this point, apparently on impulse, Shawaf decided to put into effect a revolt that was only half-formed in his mind. His fifth brigade, loyal to him, rounded up 300 Peace Partisans. He ordered the leader of the parading Communists, Kamil Kazanchi, a well-known Baghdad politico and lawyer, shot...
...twice-weekly meetings with the prince, Dr. Koizumi often read aloud from Harold Nicolson's biography King George the Fifth, for, like many Japanese liberals, he feels that the imperial family must reign, but not govern, much in the manner of the British royal family. The prince proved especially fond of anecdotes detailing the homely, comfortable existence of Britain's rulers-such passages as "King George preferred a quiet evening at home, when he could read aloud to the Queen...
...days of play at New York's Racquet and Tennis Club over the weekend, Harvard again demonstrated its dominance of collegiate court tennis. Eliminating all other competitors in the early rounds, the Crimson players won both the team and individual championships for the fifth consecutive year...
Although the varsity finished in eighth place after the second and third rounds, they were tied with Cornell and Pennsylvania for fifth after the first round on Friday. In addition, the team beat Columbia, who placed third in the tournament, in all three weapons...
...yard freestyle, Bruce Hunter and Koni Ulbrich placed second the fifth respectively. Bill Schellstede came in fourth in the 200 yard individual medley, while Gary Pildner took fifth place in the 200 yard backstroke...