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...junior varsity hockey team, now seeking its fourth straight win, meets a tough and cagey opponent in the Dedham Tigers on the Watson Rink at 7 p.m. tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dedham Tigers Face J.V. Hockey Tonight | 12/20/1956 | See Source »

...week's end, cagey Enrico de Nicola was still keeping his own counsel. Most Italians were betting, though, that: 1) he would soon be back on the job; 2) future Constitutional Court decisions would get prompt compliance from the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Effective Resignation | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

Across the Golf Links. The first thing to clear up in Richard's life is his behavior before he entered it. According to various Tudors, Richard spent a cagey two years in his mother's womb, waiting for the appearance of "a hostile star'' that would make him a proper "Antichrist." When at last he made his delayed entry (in 1452), he did so feet foremost, with a set of teeth, and black hair flowing down to his deformed shoulders. On his face was a "malicious, wrathful, envious" expression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Average Brute | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

Bill Brooks, freshman swimming coach, will not have to worry about being quite so cagey Saturday afternoon at 2:30. He will turn his team loose at Andover and hope for their best performance against one of the toughest teams they will face this season...

Author: By L. THOMAS Linden, | Title: Swimming Team Favored to Beat Quakers, Cadets | 1/13/1956 | See Source »

...done before 8." Tension increased steadily as the crucial October meeting of the Committee on Houses approached, and a pre-battle atmosphere took hold of the College. When Winthrop Master Ronald M. Ferry, was asked before hand for his views on the issue, he played it cagey: "General MacArthur made the mistake of opening his mouth this summer, and I can assure you I don't intend to do the same...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Parietals: "First, You Do Your Day's Work..." | 11/5/1955 | See Source »

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