Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...University of Alaska will be a harder problem. Since its founding in 1922, it has been battling an annual invasion of summer mosquitoes, sub-zero winter temperatures and a chronic shortage of money. Nevertheless, with Founder Bunnell pushing determinedly ahead, the university has grown until it now has 698 part-and full-time students and a 42-man faculty. It has become a center for Arctic research, a training ground for mining engineers, a clearinghouse of information for farmers and prospectors...
...year-old girl, Mary Margaret Cleer, who in 1936 sneezed for 57 days) was not helping Michael's recovery; they shipped him off to the country. His grandmother took him to a cold storage plant, where he sat in a room with the temperature at 18° below zero. When he came out, he was shivering, and sneezing...
...freshman taking Math 1 will tell you that writing zero-over-zero is nonsense and can just as well be .300, .995, 1.000, or even 100.000, as .000. Why not give the boys a break and either omit the average or call it 1.000 until they get a chance to perform? W. T. Fishback...
Donelan limited the Bruins to five hits and gave up zero walks in an impressive performance, while striking out three. Only nine of his pitches were hit to the outfield...
Chuck knew now that the B-29 was in a flat power glide to increase its speed to 240 m.p.h., minimum flying speed of the loaded X-1. "B29 eight zero zero," chanted Major Cardenas, "30 seconds to drop time...