Word: seventh
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...seventh was ill, but was later cited for misconduct in the courtroom...
...unprecedented decision that has the French racing industry in an angry uproar, Paris' Seventh Chamber of the Court of Appeals awarded $3,000 damages to Luca. Said the court: "The jockey must not, before arriving at the finish post, cease to urge his horse to fight for first, second or third place." Jockeys now fear that they may have to spend as much time in court as on the race track, fending off the suits of disgruntled bettors. Even race-track stodpers, who look for discarded ticket stubs, were heard to complain about the decision. If it holds...
...hottest speculation among the Las Vegas oddsmakers centers on the company that Hughes said he would never sell but then had to give up−TWA. Since its shares are now worth one-seventh of their value when he sold out, he could buy them back for $80-$100 million. That could be raised by selling a few Las Vegas hotels and Air West, which he would have to give up anyway to comply with Civil Aeronautics Board regulations. After that, he could again be boss of his own major airline...
...John Silber, a philosophy professor and former dean at the University of Texas, was appointed the seventh president of Boston University yesterday...
These problems, and their solution through day-care centers, are being studied by a forum headed by a Harvard professor, as part of the seventh White House Conference on Children...