Word: nine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Abzug, who had been the front runner in the polls for nine months, was the most passionate and liberal of the candidates. She backed up her promise to fight the city's economic shrinkage with detailed proposals, campaigning with her usual brio in every neighborhood. In a more conventional race, she would probably have finished at or close to the top. But instead of the predicted one-third turnout, a record 48% of the city's 1.9 million eligible Democratic voters went to the polls, and in the process made a hash of the pre-election surveys. Both...
...getting instructions on safety regulations and the operation of the car, drivers buckle into Bell helmets and safety belts to await the red, amber and green signal light at the starting line. There is no wheel-to-wheel competition: each car is electronically released, at nine-second intervals, if the track is clear. But when the light turns green and the engine revs up for the first sneaky curve, it could be Le Mans or Monte Carlo...
...never live past three," he says, his face contorted by the struggle to form the words. "But here I am." Pause. "They told my parents that I'd never talk, but I talked at five. They said I'd never be able to drive, but after nine years of training my body"-he pants with the effort of speaking-"I can drive a car." Then he smiles-a triumphant grimace of a smile. "And now I'm getting married in three months...
That may seem a bit presumptious for most coaches--considering the team does not start practicing until today--but if you were coming off an 11-1 season and had nine returning lettermen, you too might be tempted to be a bit smug about your chances...
...because when the news goes out of it, the heart goes out of it,." Some of Lardner's work, however, is timeless. One such piece was originally written for the Saturday Evening Post in 1920, entitles "The Young Immigrunts." It's written in the voice of a nine-year-old boy, perhaps Ring's son. As Ring as his son head for their home in Connecticut, Yardley quotes what he considers to be one of Lardner's greatest lines...