Word: ten-day
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...student moves within the University, it critical that he notify his board of every change in his address, so that any correspondence between him and his board can be direct and without delay. This can be of utmost importance in terms of the ten-day period allowed for an appeal of classification. This ten-day period begins at the time the classification is mailed, and one can easily forfeit his right of appeal if this notice is held up in the mails...
...concept of a regular weekly respite from work. Taking their cue from Biblical evidence that God rested on the seventh day of creation, Jews from the earliest days kept Saturday sacred as a time to abstain from manual labor and pray to the Lord God of Israel. The early Christians kept the principle, but gradually shifted the time of observance to Sunday. It proved sound against such onslaughts as the French Revolution's attempt to establish a ten-day week, and colonialism carried it around the world. Now Sunday is almost universal, but it is observed with many...
Saturday the hockey team opens its intercollegiate season against Colby in Waterville, Maine, and in two weeks its hits the toughest part of its schedule. After Harvard meets Northeastern, St. Lawrence, Clarkson, Brown, and Toronto in a ten-day gruel starting December 8, it will be much clearer whether Harvard's return to hockey prominence is here or still one year away...
Corsica's angry natives want more than tourism. "We want autonomy," says Philosopher-Farmer Zuccarelli, "with our own Parliament and our own budget." A delegation of Corsican officials, recently returned from a ten-day tour of autonomous Sicily and Sardinia (which still retain ties with Italy), felt the same. "Autonomy is the essential ingredient," said one. "This is not just evolution, but revolution," said another. Paris doubtless was recalling the words of Corsica's favorite son. Regarding Corsican separatism, Napoleon himself took a realistic view: "All these notions of national independence for a little island like Corsica!" exclaimed...
...almost 7,000 more than a year ago. New Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs did not reach the showrooms until last week, but General Motors' earlier arrivals were setting a dizzy pace. Chevrolet sales were up 20% over last year, Pontiac's a staggering 66%. Ford's ten-day sales were nearly 30,000 ahead of last year, and even struggling American Motors almost matched its 1964 sales...