Word: tenths
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...annexing their tenth straight victory, the Freshmen also broke two Freshman pool records. Eric Cutler swam the 200-yard free stroke in 2:05, one second under Bill Kendall's record. Bill Rines swam the 100-yard breast stroke in 1:12, cutting 1.2 seconds off Nat Lemke's previous record...
With the likelihood of a stormy Assembly meeting arising from the possible appearance of a Spanish rebel delegation in its midst, the New England Model League of Nations will convene its tenth annual session at Harvard and Radcliffe on Friday and Saturday...
Virtue of the loser, Enrico Venturi of Italy, was an unshakable courage that enabled him to rise after a knockdown in the seventh round, win the tenth and twelfth, finish the fight on his feet after another knockdown in the 18th. The winner was Pedro Montanez, nicknamed Don Diablo (Sir Devil), of Puerto Rico. He had exhibited the agility of a hellion dancing on hot coals, a punch as persuasive as a red-hot pitchfork. The fight with Venturi was his 23rd professional appearance in the U. S., his 23rd victory. Almost inevitably it will be rewarded by a chance...
...seven rounds and Manager Burston begged his man to get busy. Said Devil Montanez: "This fight isn't over yet. They'll pick him up off the floor. . . ." In the eighth round, Orlandi picked himself off the floor three times, in the ninth four times, in the tenth twice. The next time he went down, his seconds carried him out. When the fight was over, Orlandi spent four months in a hospital, was retired by the Italian Boxing Federation with a 40,000-lire bonus...
...members and turns over to the University a substantial part of its income in return for instruction and administration. Since 1925 about a third of the cost of running Oxford has had to be met by Parliament. In 1935 Oxford University spent altogether some $1,290,000, roughly one-tenth of what was spent by Harvard. Oxford's income from its general endowment funds was $95,000, compared to the interest reaped each year by Harvard's $134,000,000 endowment...