Word: thirteens
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...Peru appears to be the farthest that purloined Iraqi treasures have traveled. Most other recovered items have come from neighboring countries. More than 2,500 artifacts have returned to Iraq from Jordan, along with more than 760 from Syria. Many stolen items have made it to further west. Thirteen pieces were found in Italy; and at least another dozen have surfaced in the United States, including a large statue of a Sumerian king...
...Thirteen pants-less students marched single-file into the Eliot House dining hall amidst cheers and whistles during the House’s “Pants-less Dining Experience” last night...
...historians peg the superstition to the 13 people who attended the Last Supper (neither Jesus nor Judas came out of that one O.K.), but ancient Babylon's Code of Hammurabi omits the number 13 in its list of laws, so the superstition dates back to at least 1700 BC. Thirteen is so unlucky, in fact, that in 1881 an organization called the Thirteen Club attempted to improve the number's reputation. At the first meeting, the members (all 13 of them) walked under ladders to enter a room covered with spilled salt. The club lasted for many years and grew...
...lead just under five minutes into the game. After four Crimson turnovers in two and half minutes, an emphatic Pinick dunk gave Yale the lead at 12:21. A Pusar triple and senior guard Drew Housman’s two free throws tied things up four minutes later, but thirteen straight Bulldog points gave Yale the lead for good. Harvard closed the half on a 10-4 run to cut the deficit to five...
...ranked team in the country, it’s a great opportunity for our guys.” Harvard faces one of the nation’s top teams after snapping a losing streak that had frustrated the Crimson for the past two months and seen the team go thirteen games without a win. Friday night’s 3-1 victory over the Union Dutchmen at the Bright Hockey Center allows the team to generate favorable momentum before it faces the Terriers—the most decorated team in Beanpot history, with 28 championship trophies. The win also allows...