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  2. At sixes and sevens - Wikipedia

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    It also appears in the Rolling Stones' song "Tumbling Dice" ("sixes and sevens and nines"). The phrase is also used in the 1978 movie The Wiz, when Miss One gives Dorothy the silver slippers and comments, "Oh, don't be all sixes and sevens, honey" to Dorothy as Dorothy is in a state of confusion after killing the Wicked Witch of the East. In ...

  3. Glossary of rugby union terms - Wikipedia

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    0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...

  4. Jubilee (biblical) - Wikipedia

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    The Jubilee (Hebrew: יובל yōḇel; Yiddish: yoyvl) is the year that follows the passage of seven "weeks of years" (seven cycles of sabbatical years, or 49 total years). This fiftieth year [1] deals largely with land, property, and property rights.

  5. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    Ten-codes, especially "10-4" (meaning "understood") first reached public recognition in the mid- to late-1950s through the television series Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford. [citation needed] Ten-codes were adapted for use by CB radio enthusiasts. C. W.

  6. Rugby sevens - Wikipedia

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    Premier Rugby Sevens is a standalone, professional rugby sevens circuit based in North America and sanctioned by USA Rugby as the highest level of domestic sevens. [65] The league began play in 2021 and has been scheduled opposite to the World Rugby Sevens Series in order to feature top American and other international caliber players.

  7. The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two - Wikipedia

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    Later research on short-term memory and working memory revealed that memory span is not a constant even when measured in a number of chunks. The number of chunks a human can recall immediately after presentation depends on the category of chunks used (e.g., span is around seven for digits, around six for letters, and around five for words), and even on features of the chunks within a category.

  8. Day-year principle - Wikipedia

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    The majority of scholars do understand the passage to refer to 70 "sevens" or "septets" of years—that is, a total of 490 years. While not listed as primary precedent by the proponents, some supporters cite a direct reference to the day-for-a-year concept is made in Genesis. Genesis 29:27.

  9. Understanding - Wikipedia

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    Understanding is a cognitive process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to use concepts to model ...