Forty Eight

A few months later, on December 25, Karel, age forty-eight, died of influenza. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

As of 1950, fellatio—even when practiced by a married couple—was a felony in all forty-eight states, and cunnilingus was a felony in forty-one. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

These maps, and those that follow, display the concentration of each ethnic or religious group in each county within the forty-eight contiguous states.9 ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

There were forty-eight votes against Clarence Thomas, but Democrats were unwilling to use a filibuster to stop his confirmation. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

Pain Killer: Two cups of brewed coffee may reduce post-exercise muscle pain by up to forty-eight percent. ❋ Zenmomma (2009)

The Russian military said it lost forty-eight soldiers, including ten peacekeepers. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

This date was selected to remind the world that forty-eight years earlier, Dr. King delivered his inspirational "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. ❋ Janet Langhart Cohen (2011)

Between 1992 and 2007, forty-eight countries had years in which their currency lost at least 50 percent of its value against the dollar. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

Less than forty-eight hours had passed since Johnny had revealed himself to his pack. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

We fenced the forty-eight acres, and graciously left a few choice nut-tree-filled acres on the other side of the fence for their perusal and pleasure. ❋ Roseanne Barr (2011)

The right to approve searches and detention of suspects for more than forty-eight hours was transferred from prosecutors to judges. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

Give yourself the gift of waiting forty-eight hours. ❋ Peter Walsh (2011)

This spurs my curiosity enough for me to finally get off my ass and, after forty-eight hours of Vicodin darkness, turn the light switch in my brain back on. ❋ F. J. Lennon (2011)

At one point there he was interrogated for forty-eight days, more or less continuously, between November 23, 2002, and January 11, 2003. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

The largest room, forty-eight feet long, was at the west end and destined to become the library. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

The Forty-Eight Percent Nation had better get its [act] [together], or it'll only have itself to [blame]. ❋ Colin S S (2005)