Word: seventh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since that cold Nov. 18 when she first showed up in her seventh-grade classroom wearing a pair of corduroy slacks, Shirley Richardson, 14, of Thompsonville, Conn., has been leading a lonely life. Principal Ernest White told her that slacks were against the rule, and that unless she returned to skirts, she would have to sit in a room by herself. Shirley's parents protested that as a result of an operation four years ago, Shirley's legs needed special protection against the cold. The principal asked to see a doctor's affidavit, but never...
...Still spouting defiance and undying love, Amrita and Hari find that the sight of each other is not a stab at the heart but a pain in the neck. At novel's end, Hari is leading Sushila seven times around the ritual wedding fire, and Amrita is in seventh heaven over an "England-returned" Bengali intellectual...
...seventh straight victory of the season, the freshman hockey team edged Brown, 8-6, Saturday, coming from behind with five goals in the fifth period. Dick Fischer and Dave Vietze were high scorers for the Crimson with two goals and two assists apiece. Forwards Bill Collins, Gordon Marlow, and Captain George Higgenbotom and defenseman Maurice Balboni each had a single marker...
...collector guessed she earned $40,000; according to industry figures, she may have made as much as $480,000. Veteran Actor Vittorio de Sica guessed his income at $48,000, which was just half of what the tax collector guessed, which may in turn be as little as one-seventh of what he actually made...
...seventh curtain call, Conductor Mitropoulos took the score from its stand and held it aloft as if to give Composer Shostakovich his share of the applause...