Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Under a new law, 12½%; of each Army, Navy or Air Force class was authorized to enter another service for the first time. The Marine Corps got an all-academy class of 65 men from other services, including seven West Pointers, who were the first to become marines upon graduation since the early 19th century. The Army gave 43 more graduates to the Air Force. The Air Force lost one man to the Marines, sent most of its new 2nd lieutenants (all qualified navigators) on to pilot training. Swapping hit the Navy hardest: 57 Annapolis graduates (including...
...most part, the College's students did not arrive in Cambridge with these beliefs; they picked them up at Harvard. Over half admit that their political views have been strongly influenced since Freshman Registration, and of these, seven-tenths have changed either "from conservative to more liberal," or "from liberal to more liberal...
...addition to his lectures and assigned reading, a student's newspaper and magazines act as the second major influence on his political beliefs. Seven-tenths read the New York Times--the country's most impartial, unbiased news source...
Dean Bundy had set a "top" figure of 1,220 for admission to the new class, only seven above the current figure. All these students, except for 48 voluntary commuters, will be housed in College dormitories; there will be no forced commuters in the class...
...their efforts, the English are likely to win no more than four of the 15 events. Only first places count in the meet, as has been the practice since the series began in 1899. The British have won nine meets against seven for the Americans and there has been...