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...life. While he was a respectedminister, he was not one of the most prominentmembers of his community of Charlestown. In fact,all he did of note was bequeath about 800 poundssterling and his 329-book library to the newcollege in Massachusetts. The gift was unusual,for in the seven-teenth century, the tradition wasfor such donations to go to the church...
...letters of the alphabet, 13 numbers (0 through 9, plus 11, 13, 15. Other numbers are spoken as separate digits); 18 words (offer, last, open, high, low, volume, up, off, even, and, half, none, quarter, eighth, teenth, quarters, eighths, teenths...
...lateral tosses by sophomore Jim Burke gave Dartmouth a 13-0 victory over underdog New Hampshire, hampered by an inexperienced backfield. Penn showed little in dropping its nine-teenth straight game, to Penn State...
...clearer in New York, where 13 three-year-olds showed up for the 27th running of the mile-and-a-six-teenth Wood, the East's final Derby test. Despite the fact that he practically trains himself, had apparently reached his peak a month too soon, and had run a disappointing eighth against much the same field the previous week, UNCLE MIL TIE, was backed into even-money favoritism. Neglected at 13-to-2 was REPETOIRE, a game chestnut colt with a misspelled name who was not bred to run very far, but has managed to win all four...
Life with Father. "Don't you let them get you down," urged a col lege friend, after "Putrid" Woollcott (also known as "Slimer") had been tossed into the campus fountain for the ump teenth time. "You're going to be a greater [Samuel] Johnson." Young Woollcott agreed - though there is no evidence that he ever had the slightest conception of what macte Samuel...