Word: nine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...picture was not entirely bleak, Rogers pointed out. In September 1954, 34,521 cases were pending in federal courts. Nine months later, on June 30, 1955, 29,979 cases were pending-a reduction of 4,542. "However," said Rogers, "we cannot be satisfied with the rate of reduction." Adding his voice to that of his deputy, Attorney General Herbert Brownell told the lawyers that the backlog was the department's No. 1 problem. "The immediate objective of the 94 U.S. Attorneys," he said, "is to obtain swifter justice in the courts of our land...
...course for its fourth-year men: a series of lectures on etiquette (e.g., how to eat with a knife and fork at Western banquets, how to choose a wife and treat women). With that final bit of polishing, K.M.A.'s first 157 graduates were off for nine years of compulsory service in the army and to their places as the leaders of Korea's military and technological life. They were, as their superintendent, Major General Chang Kuk Chang, 31, admitted, as bright a bunch of second lieutenants as can be found anywhere in the world. But one thing...
...last week Michigan counterattacked with a vengeance. Halfback Terry Barr slammed through the porous Army line for the first touchdown soon after the kickoff, then sprinted 82 yards to score a second time. Michigan added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Butter-fingered Army lost eight of its nine fumbles, completed only one pass all afternoon, while Michigan romped to a 26-2 triumph...
...Manager Walter Alston sent 23-year-old Johnny Podres, a slender (6 ft. 170 Ibs.) lefthander who had spent most of the season on the Dodger bench. Alston's logical starter, 2O-game winner Don Newcombe, was down with a sore arm. Podres, who "won only nine games in the regular season, had not lasted a full nine innings in league play since June 14. In late summer, the Dodger front office thought of shunting him to the disabled list and bringing up a minor leaguer who might be more help. But Alston gambled on starting...
...York Giants won in 1921 after losing the first two games but the series was then a nine-game affair...