Word: nine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Facts with Wax. As if this were not enough, Illinois' Democratic Senator Paul Douglas kept carping about a couple of additional problems. For one thing, the nine-man Senate Office Building Commission had ordered two bronze plaques (total cost: $5,000), emblazoned with commission members' names, to be placed at each entrance. Worse, Douglas was alarmed at a $150,000 appropriation for new carpeting to cover the $100,000 rubber tile flooring. The committee explained that Government girls kept slipping on the tiles (TIME, May 11), rounded up a group of supporters who were promptly labeled "carpet-backers...
...Mattei has some flashy results to show: he has accumulated huge sums for oil exploration, owns pipelines, a tanker fleet, a spanking new synthetic rubber and fertilizer plant, and a string of thousands of bright yellow filling stations across Italy. He operates eight motels and is building nine more. He is also at work on an $80 million nuclear-power plant...
...Nine College seniors and one alumnus have received fellowships for study and travel next year, it was announced yesterday...
After rallying back from two disappointing abysses, the '62 team finished with a respectable 9-4 mark for the year and uncovered some talented prospects for Norm Shepard's varsity nine. Samborski called this year's team inconsistent and not as good as last year's, but he was quick to add that the Yardlings were very impressive when at their peaks...
...stunning upset by Northeastern in the opener was the first disappointment to the confident freshman nine. The team came back, won six straight, then was upset at Brown by a weak team with a good pitcher. After another upset by Cushing Academy, the Yardlings picked up three more victories, then ran into the Yalies...