Word: nine
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...public statement in favor of divestment or resign from the Board of Overseers, and they also requested that he meet with all of them. O'Donnell did not accede to the demands and the protesters were arrested by Boston police for trespassing at 7:45 p.m., more than nine hours after the protest had begun...
Harvard's varsity eight finished in 20 minutes, 50.4 seconds with Yale finishing at 20:58.9. The Crimson's boat consisted of the same nine members as the Eastern Sprints championship boat...
Union doesn't fit snugly into the background and doesn't much sound like the sort of fleet pop that coasts effortlessly onto the charts. The record, superbly crafted, turns each of its nine rock songs into a face-off with emotional overload. Whenever the lyrics threaten to come on too strong, the urgency of the beat, the fluency of the synthesizer layering give them perspective. The music is deft, but the feeling stays...
Some diplomats suggested that the Syrians' expanded security role in Beirut could improve prospects for the release of foreign hostages, including nine Americans, believed held by pro-Iranian militants in the Shi'ite neighborhoods. In his desire to regain respectability following Western charges of Syrian involvement in international terrorism, Assad would like to reap credit for seeing the hostages freed. A Western diplomat in Damascus described the security plan for the suburbs as "a move in the right direction...
Cooperman plans to fire Jersey City Superintendent Franklin Williams, along with most of his top aides, and clean out the nine-member city school board -- provided the state board confirms his plan. Explains the commissioner: "We looked at how the district governs itself, financial aspects, how they handled personnel, hire, promote and transfer, and at the curriculum. The sickness is pervasive...