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This was nine fewer than what he needed just two years ago when 426 members of the House voted.

The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.

If you answered nine or more, you may have won a SONY Betamax and an eight-track operating system.

Nine new Republican senators will swear their oaths of office.

For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.

In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.

Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.

Dinner occurred in the middle of the day, and about nine in the evening was an informal but copious supper.

He had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort.