Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Siren of Slutsk. It reminded the editors of another, similar case: that of Galina Dubrovina, of the town of Slutsk in western Belorussia. Miss Dubrovina had actually kept a notebook with a special page entitled "My Fiancés." There she had scored nine young fellows under four headings: "Job-Salary-Year of Birth-Home Address...
...eight years, the British press has had barely enough paper to keep alive, and not nearly enough to tell all the news. For nine postwar months, the Labor government let newspapers print all the copies they could sell. But in the summer of 1947, to cut down imports, the government again froze circulations and cut most standard-size papers back to four measly pages...
Judging by all standards, this number is the best I have seen. When I pick up a Yale Record, I always turn first to the eight or nine-odd pages of squibs and gags in the front and back page of the magazine, to see how unfunny they are. Usually they are unbearable; this time, however, I found myself laughing at a fair number of them. For the Record, this is a good sign...
...break in the game came with ten minutes to go. Harvard took the ball after Yale missed a field goal attempt, and drove to a score in 13 plays. Struck faked, spun, and cracked off tackle for twenty yards; Macdonald ran for more; and with the ball on the nine, Foley charged into his right tackle, faked, and cut outside to score standing up. Chief Boston lifted a kick through snow, sleet, rain, and mud, and it was all over. The tired Yale team never came back...
While the varsity had but occasional trouble in subduing the Bulldogs, the freshman soccer team had to come from behind after being outplayed for most of their game to win 2 to 1 in the overtime. The win left the yardlings with a record of nine wins, one loss...