Word: eights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pattern. Adding up big names and big figures, Washington found all this more interesting than enlightening. Some said it was because an election was coming, as well as drafts on the Democratic war chest; some said the moves were like a shot in pocket pool, in which the eight ball smacked the six, the six hit the three and James Cromwell dropped into the corner pocket...
...Abuilding (and yet to pay for) are eight more battleships, two aircraft carriers, six cruisers, 34 destroyers, 18 submarines, many more planes...
...laid down this year (if Congress assents) are two more battleships, another aircraft carrier, two cruisers, eight destroyers, six submarines, four auxiliary tenders (which the Navy sorely lacks), one mine sweeper...
...Form groups of from six to eight men. Sling rifle from the shoulder, muzzle downward, and raise hands aloft...
...reported to make $100,000 a year. Scorning tax exemption and offers of endowment gifts, General Beaver runs a strictly profit-making institution. His teachers spend their vacations recruiting pupils, get part of their pay in commissions. His pupils pay $1,044 a year, which includes eight uniforms, tuition, board and all expenses. They are required to furnish bedding, an indelible ink outfit (for marking clothes) and a Bible. The school fee includes spending money: $1 a week for cadets averaging 90% in their studies down to 25? for those below passing...