Word: nine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nine-member Council concluded its discussion by retroactively approving the bay windows, with the four CCA members dissenting. One of the latter, Councillor David E. Sullivan, said the decision "encourages disrespect for the law" and said developers would decide in the future that "we'll do the work first and ask questions later...
Harvard didn't come up with a lot of wins, taking only two of its nine contests over the break. But it got a good long look at its almost-brand new pitching staff, which was decimated by graduation...
HARVARD may end up, for the moment, with nine more Hasty Puddings where only people with money and connections can belong. Unfortunately, this type of elitism is not illegal. It's impossible to attack the final clubs on strictly legal grounds for charging money and choosing who they want--thousands of golf clubs, country clubs, and social clubs legally do the same thing. Financial elitism is protected by our laws, gender elitism...
...drawn on an out-of-state bank. The customer could not withdraw the funds immediately because Northern Trust, like most banks, puts a hold on such a deposit for several days to see if the check will be returned for lack of funds. When the culprit came back in nine days, the check had not been returned, so the bank allowed a $4,000 withdrawal to be made. In this case, though, the check had not been returned because it had apparently disintegrated in transit. By the time bank officials figured out what had happened, the trick-check passer...
...years thwarted jurors leaked word that their choices for winners had been overturned. The board, which has absolute authority under the Joseph Pulitzer bequest, responded by resurrecting the rule that jurors should not name a favorite among the three recommended finalists. The 16 board members, who serve up to nine years, now include two women, two blacks (one is the chairman, Roger Wilkins) and an Asian American, a response to past charges that it was an all-white, all-male establishmentarian club. Robert Christopher, secretary of the board, insists that the days are long past when someone like the legendary...