Word: sevenths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Prime Minister had to be a good butcher. "I," he related, his voice low, "was not a good butcher." And Nixon, the man with the sense of destiny, who wanted to be remembered, had no sense of the irony of his statement--a statement made, insanely, inconceivably, on the seventh anniversary of the Kent State murders...
Meanwhile, at Ithaca, Tommy Marino exploded for five goals and Eamon McEneaney garnered seven points as Cornell blasted the Princeton Tigers, 15-7. The win, Cornell's 25th straight, virtually wrapped up the national champions' seventh Ivy title in eight years...
Below Lynch's office, Cauthen was winning the first race with a stretch drive on My Dad's Cross. In the second race, he brought a five-year-old mare called Donizetta up from seventh to third. After that, he won the third with Joanne's Fling and the fourth with Sparkling Topaz. Since December, Master Cauthen, who weighs 92 Ibs., has been winning roughly 30% of his mounts. That is not supposed to happen in horse racing, where a 15% winning average is extraordinary. As far as anyone remembers, nothing like it has happened at a major track before...
...true that the Lord slept late on the seventh day. He woke up around noon, took two aspirin for his hangover and then ate a brunch consisting of scrambled eggs, bagels and lox. Afterward, He relaxed by lying on the living room sofa but He soon became bored because there was nothing to do. You see, He had not yet created the Sunday comics or television so He could not watch the playoffs...
Some people have gotten as far as the part where God makes light, the oceans and man on successive days. A select few even claim to have read that on the seventh day the Lord rested. But don't believe them. They have missed the fine print...