Word: ten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Because of "excessive overwork which is propitious neither to my work nor to my health," Wilhelmina said she would give up the throne in favor of Princess Juliana. (At a ten-minute ceremony in the Knights' Hall at The Hague, Juliana was sworn in as regent.) On Aug. 30-the eve of her 68th birthday-Wilhelmina would resume the throne for a week of jubilee. Sept. 6 would be the 50th anniversary of her reign. On that day (or shortly thereafter) Juliana would become Queen of The Netherlands...
...ten months since the government slapped an embargo on all but the most essential imports-in a desperate attempt to conserve Mexico's dwindling dollar credits-smuggling has become an organized, multimillion-dollar racket. And the 4,570 gleaming new automobiles that have clandestinely crossed the border are only a part of the story...
...foray went awry. In Mexico City, recently, cops jailed the proprietors of ten dress shops, quietly let them go a few hours later. The frocks were Mexican-made. So were the small black labels with "Made in America" in gold lettering...
...those convicted on Gouzenko's evidence, eight are behind bars: ex-M.P. Fred Rose in St. Vincent de Paul, near Montreal; the others in Kingston Penitentiary, where all are rated as "reformable" under the prison grading system. In Britain, Scientist Dr. Allan Nunn May is in prison (ten years), but British officials will not say where...
...Dives. The A's were on a ten-game winning streak (their longest since 1931) when they hustled out to play the powerhouse Yankees. Said one of Connie's coaches: "Lord knows what they'll do in a crucial series like this. They've never played in one before-never been important enough." The Yankees abruptly stopped their streak, 3-0. But next day, playing the Yanks again in a doubleheader, the A's bounced back. Outfielder Elmer Valo dived halfway into right-field stands like a circus acrobat to make a sensational catch...