Word: nine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government and his family. The raid turned up an IBM typewriter of the kind used in the messages, arms, and Red Brigades leaflets claiming responsibility for the kidnaping of Piero Costa, a Genoa shipping magnate, in 1976. The shop's owner, Enrico Triaca, 30, was arrested along with nine other suspects, whom police were investigating for possible connections to the kidnaping...
This is not to say that the south is free of danger and death. Nine members of the UNIFIL force have died and 15 have been wounded by mines and in firefights. In the beginning, too many of the U.N. troops were unfamiliar with mines. Now they are becoming more savvy, and the Norwegians have brought in specially trained dogs that can sniff out the mines...
Things opened inauspiciously when the Gamecock duo broke Lundy's serve in the first game of the match. The Crimson broke back at 2-1, and the set proceeded on serve until the score reached 6-all, forcing a nine-point tiebreaker...
...Crimson nine, lacking the sharp form that brought home wins in eight of their last ten regular season games, dropped two straight to earn the dubious distinction of being the first team knocked out of the NCAA District One playoffs that opened here Wednesday...
DIED. Raymond Rubicam, 85. enterprising co-founder and former chairman of Young & Rubicam, the nation's largest ad agency; in Scottsdale. Ariz. Kept waiting nine days in the outer office of a Philadelphia firm where he looked for his first advertising job, Rubicam wrote a scathing letter that launched his career. Always a forceful writer, he ceaselessly sought fresh, strong ad copy when he formed his own agency with John Orr Young. He also introduced to advertising the concept of market research when he hired a then unknown George Gallup to conduct consumer polls...