Word: nine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...election by hammering upon a controversial issue such as opposition to the belt route, he is likely to find few in the Council who will stand with him to push it through. For a well-oiled political machine must have followers as well as leaders, and nine politicians each leading in his own direction seems at best an inefficient operation. Plan E, the Cambridge form of government, has faced opposition of professional politicians from its very inception in 1945; and while many ascribe this opposition to the difficulty Plan E presents for potential grafters, there seems to be an honest...
Bolstered by its hat-waving, unflagging cheering section, Navy fought back behind the passing of substitute quarter-back Jim Maxfield. The Middies scored twice in the first nine minutes of the final period...
...buying the Duke of Sutherland's vast Sutton Place mansion* on an estate near Woking, 23 miles from London (14 principal bedrooms. 20 servants' rooms, 16 baths, 140-ft. ballroom, 140-ft. library, and Great Hall with minstrels' balcony). Price for the house plus swimming pool, nine-hole golf course and 174 acres of parkland: a Getty secret, but probably well over...
...Luck & Ammunition. The Spaniards and British had about 200 vessels between them, and no one really knew how to maneuver such numbers of warships, nor had anyone foreseen the length of the running battle (nine days) and the amount of ammunition needed. Another unpredictable-factor was the newly designed British ships, smaller and faster than the traditional men-of-war; with them, the British hoped to abandon the old tactics of close fighting and grappling, instead intended to stand off and demolish the Spanish ships with long guns. This plan did not work; gunnery was so imprecise that no captain...
...peteredout drive with a 25-yard field goal by tackle Ben Urban. Having had the wind at their backs for half the game, the Indians moved against it to the Crimson 18 in the last period. Stalled by a penalty and a momentarily tight Crimson defense they needed nine yards for the first down...