Word: counting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...know that there was a strange land across the seas where they spoke some sort of English in rather an odd accent. I knew that the inhabitants of this vague country performed marriages on flagpoles. But apart from that you did not count. England was the country that all we Europeans loved and admired. We clothed our bodies in British clothes and fed our minds with the words of British intellectuals. It was smart to read British newspapers, and we sincerely enjoyed such nice magazines as Nash's and the Strand. If we did see some American newspapers...
...have been returned to this House," he said last week, "by the will of the people in the biggest working-class constituency in the whole of the United Kingdom, but apparently their will is not to count. It is to be brushed aside because of some archaic legal enactment...
Coach DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry faced this season with considerable optimism. He could count on three established stars. Center Paul Staley (the captain), Quarterback Johnny Clayton, and Fullback Bill Roberts to boaster the middle of the Indians' T attack. The tackle situation seemed well taken care of by veterans Chuck Bailey and Ted Eberle and there were a number of pretty good backs on hand...
Dartmouth ran its undefeated soccer string to five as the Crimson booters dropped a 4 to 2 count to the Big Green at Hanover yesterday. The fast-breaking Indian offense went all out for two periods to rack up its winning three goals...
...total of $421.57 by preliminary count was collected in a day-and-night fund-raising attempt. Added to $80 gathered last spring, the drive has surpassed the $500 quota promised to the University. The University had previously guaranteed an $800 scholarship to the displaced person with the understanding that the council would make up the remainder of his living expenses...