Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cautiously he skirted another, more compelling issue. To the suggestions that relief to Yugoslavia be stopped, he replied that that was a matter for UNRRA to decide; a U.S. embargo would be a violation of an international commitment, in which the U.S. is bound by the decisions of a nine-nation UNRRA central committee...
Squat Down Tactic. The squatters' supporters suddenly staged a squat down, sitting nine deep on the main thoroughfare in front of the apartments, blocking traffic. Some sat under the wheels of a large red London bus, waving their fists up at the driver. Six mounted policemen came up the road. "Fascists, fascists, fascists," the squatters yelled. The horses, six abreast, ploughed through the crowd up to the squat downs. Defeated, inflamed and humiliated, they scrambled backwards. One or two aimed blows at the horses' heads. Some tried pushing cigarets into horseflesh. For a moment there was a whiff...
...vote had been counted. Score: for a republic, 4,103,000; for the King, 179,275. Promptly the National Assembly had proclaimed the People's Republic. There was nothing left for Bulgaria's nine-year-old Simeon II to do but join his grandfather, Italy's ex-King Victor Emmanuel, in Egypt. This week, Simeon and his mother packed for exile...
...Terriers, giving the Crimson a third chance at revenge, again took the measure of the varsity 16-4, and Squantum for a second time seeking a win over the Crimson, failed by one run to do the job, 5-4. The finale for the nine came with the Terriers, who by this time were looking on the Crimson as long lost cousins, and who for the fourth time whipped their opponents...
...across a while striped green gridiron come half-time at Soldiers Field on a crisp Saturday afternoon. But this year, things are different, and the Harvard University Band, the only band in the country controlled exclusively by its members, will once again cavort before weekend throngs at all nine (count 'em, nine) football games this year...