Word: nine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Frank Rizzo, the city's former top cop. The situation galled Marimow as much as it did Neumann. Joining forces, the two produced a well-documented series of articles that exposed local police brutality and that have to date led to the indictment of 15 policemen. So far nine have been convicted and three acquitted, and three are awaiting trial. Seven more cops have been arrested, and two others have pleaded guilty to departmental misconduct charges. In addition, the local district attorney has created a special unit to prosecute police misconduct, the police department has strengthened a civilian complaint...
...Nine sermons bring fame and misfortune to a Soviet priest...
Father Dudko's reputation rests mainly on nine sermons delivered at St. Nicholas' Church in Moscow in late 1973 and 1974. In the West, it is difficult to appreciate their impact or the courage required to deliver them. The churches in the U.S.S.R. are not permitted to distribute books publicly, conduct classes or discussion groups. Indeed, they cannot evangelize at all. The sermon is the only means left to instruct the faithful, but priests have long been expected to limit their remarks to matters of ritual...
When the North American Soccer League began in 1967-68, just nine Americans were signed on. This year the number is up to 234 Americans on 24 teams, a jump of almost 30% over last season. American players now make up 48% of the league's rosters-an astonishing spurt of growth and a solid indication of how firmly the world's most popular sport has caught on in America...
Gelsey has been drawing superlatives from balletomanes ever since she was a tiny dancer. No one who saw her nearly nine years ago in Jerome Robbins' piano ballet Dances at a Gathering doubted the arrival of a technical virtuoso. Gelsey sped through every challenge of the choreography, the visual equivalent of the rippling Chopin score. Though some in those days found her work rather cold, reservations never centered on her talent. The question was not whether she could make it to the top but whether she would self-destruct first. For her fame within dance's inner circle rests...