Word: seven
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Just think of the clout the Ruckenbacks will have seven generations from now if the eleven brothers and sisters and their progeny each contributes an equal number of offspring to the world's population pot. All told, 214,358,881 Ruckenbacks would be on hand to express their opinions with their votes...
...them both on different nights.) It may be tourists getting so caught up in the music at the ethnic dances of the Texas Folklife Festival that they jump onstage with the costumed dancers. Or Jazz Vibraphonist Gary Burton performing in Boston's Copley Square during one of the seven concerts a day scattered across the city by Summerthing...
...leaders arose from their need to gain rapid acceptance of the new Commonwealth plan for bringing undisputed majority rule to Zimbabwe Rhodesia. In a spirit close to euphoria the British government and the African "frontline" states struck a deal a week ago that offers the possibility of ending seven years of civil war in the country. But so far, at least, the participants on both sides of the Rhodesian struggle have remained as intransigent as ever...
...means of a catheter. Each embryo is then transferred, either by a six-inch incision in the side or directly through the cervix, to the uterus of a less perfect host mother, which carries the superior calf to full term. Since supercows, or "queen bees," can be bred seven times a year, each can produce 35 or more embryos annually. This can make the herd better but not significantly bigger since, even with embryo transfer, one cow is necessary for the gestation of each calf...
...seven-member Corporation-- also known as the President and Fellows of Harvard College--are the legal owners of all of the University, its land, buildings, and investments. The Fellows stay in the background most of the time, and follow Bok's lead. Dissent at this level is a rarity, controversy almost unheard of. The only Corporation member to make a name for himself among students recently is Hugh Calkins '45, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), the Corporation front man for the South AFrica controversy...