Word: nine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then Byrd moved in for the kill. He started calling up amendment after amendment, and Mondale, just as rapidly, ruled each amendment out of order. In just nine minutes, 33 amendments were axed. It was an unprecedented way to short-circuit Senate business, and dozens of enraged Senators leaped to their feet to protest. Mondale stonily recognized only Byrd...
Mike Torrez struck out nine and fired a complete game, getting support from Mickey Rivers, Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson as the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-3, last night, to take a 2-1 edge in the world series...
...poetic irony is exquisite. Harvard W. Stephens seems an incredibly unlikely name for an individual who has steadfastly refused to accept Harvard University on its own ivory tower terms during an undergraduate career that has spanned nine years...
...bill has been rejected by the Judiciary Committee nine times since Backman originally filed it, and now it will move to the House and Senate for debate...
...When I first walked into the courtyard for the first time last month, it looked like the site of a nine-on-the-Richter-scale earthquake, but I have to admit the courtyard has come a long way since then," a Dunster House junior said. "I've always been a big backer of the Vorenberg's," he added...