Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were seconds of stunned silence-then the defendants, their wives, attorneys and friends in the crowd stood up in a shouting, back-slapping bedlam. Cried Roosevelt Carlos Kurd Sr., who had been identified by nine defendants as the man who shot out Willie Earle's brains: "I feel the best I ever felt in my life. I got justice." Defendant Hendrix Rector bragged: "I'm gonna get drunk for a month and then run for sheriff...
...subcommission promptly voted-nine against Lomakin-to put the censorship problem on the agenda. They seemed almost sorry to do it; he was such an agreeable Russian...
...chief signs of modern life are Peggy's four telephones, a few motorboats, movies in the community hall on Thursday nights and the electric lights. There is a one-room school (with nine students) and a general store...
Before the spring rains arrived on the New England area, a home-and-home series had been arranged with the Bruins, but the Cambridge half of the bargain was cancelled last month. The Providence nine is rated about on a par with the Crimson, although Brown gave Boston College considerably more trouble than the Varsity in bowing twice to the Eagles. B.C. also took Harvard in two games, but experienced little difficulty on either occasion...
...independent movie companies in the Hollywood pool, Liberty Films Inc. seemed most likely to become a big fish. It had three of Hollywood's top directors: Frank Capra (Mr.Deeds Goes to Town), a three-time Oscar winner; William Wyler, whose Best Years of Our Lives won nine Oscars last year; George Stevens (Penny Serenade) and Samuel Briskin, who was once Columbia Pictures production boss...