Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...paused to knock the ashes out of his pipe against the fireplace or consult one of the fat books stacked on the massive antique table before him. At last he stood up, pulled the paper from his typewriter and closed his reference books with a ceremonious bang. His nine-year labor was finished. Monsignor Ronald Knox had completed his translation of the Catholic Bible...
That would be calamitous. For 15 years at University School, a private prep school in a Cleveland suburb, the team had never been without a Conway, and every Conway had been a star. Tommy, 15, felt ashamed of himself. If he flopped, what would he say to his nine brothers...
...dean of Christ Church, and therefore of an Oxford College and a cathedral both, the Very Reverend John Lowe has been at Oxford for nine years, but few Oxonians would claim to know him well. He is a spare and stooped theologian, unfailingly polite to everyone-and just as unfailingly aloof. He gives no tutorials, has made few academic changes, seldom even invites anyone in to tea. But last week all Oxford was talking about John Lowe. He had just been made vice chancellor, the nearest thing Oxford has to a president (the chancellorship, at present held by Lord Halifax...
...trimmed their losses from $22,435,489 in 1947 to $15,494,310. In the profitable (spring) second quarter, they had rung up a $3,262,837 net v. $2,754,724 last year. As usual, Eastern Air Lines, Inc. was the healthiest; and last week it reported a nine-month net of $762,578 v. $409,809 in the 1947 period...
Over 200 girls competed for model positions in the show with Wellesley winning 23 finalists. Simmons, B. U., Emmanuel, Tufts, Sargent, Leslie, and Regis also came through with final positions, and nine girls will hold out for Annex pulchritude. They are: Helen Clark '51, Anne Drachman '52, Jonne Irving '52, Carol Jones '49, Mary Norris '49, Joan Smith '52, Irene Tinker '49, Cannie Weil '50, and Anne Worthington...