Word: seven
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Republican side, Ronald Reagan continues to hold a comfortable lead among Republicans and independents as their choice for the presidential nomination. Over the past seven months, during which Reagan has not seriously campaigned, his standing has actually improved. In April, 28% favored him; now 33% say he is their first choice...
...commission to investigate the disappearances, evidently out of concern that this might implicate the armed forces. Unless the junta can produce a convincing explanation of what happened to the missing 300, and quickly, warns Christian Democratic Leader José Napoleón Duarte, whose victory in the presidential election seven years ago precipitated a military takeover, "they will be digging their own graves." Not to mention those of many other Salvadorans...
...word for it is Gesamtgastspiel, which, roughly translated, means everybody gets in on the act. And indeed, as the Vienna State Opera unpacked in Washington for its first U.S. visit, everybody-and everything-seemed to have come along. Thirty-seven soloists and 100 chorus members? Check. An orchestra of 95, with all their instruments? Check. Thirty-five stagehands and five staff workers, plus 23 custom-built 40-ft. containers full of scenery and costumes? Check...
...point score that sealed the victory for Princeton, which is 8-0 for the season and sending seven of their squad to the Nationals, came as a shock to no one. But Yale's third-place finish surprised the many who thought the race for second, third and fourth, would primarily be between Brown, Harvard, and Dartmouth...
...next three finishers were all within a seven-second span right on Beckford's heels. Debbie Schulte from Tiger town took third (16:10), the Bruin's Anne Sullivan placed fourth (16:13), and Yale's Debbie Ulian crossed the finish line fifth...