Word: cinches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With only seven games to go, most with teams it has already beaten, e.g., Yale, Princeton and Penn, Columbia looks like a cinch to represent the Eastern League in the N.C.A.A. championship playoffs next month. Rossini & Co. do not seem overwhelmed at the thought of running up against such national strong boys as Kentucky, Oklahoma A. & M. and Bradley. Says Rossini: "The Ivy League is as strong as any in the country. I think we'd win our share in any league...
...most beautiful girl at the dance. He also said, in answer to Vag's question, that the "D" he had gotten on the hour exam was of absolutely no importance. "The final's the thing," he said, "and I'm sure you'll find it a lead-pipe cinch if you read the hymarx...
...Brothers would probably reason the same way, and since they wanted to win, would probably raise it another $5,000. That would make their bid $330,000. But then the Brothers might suspect Dr. Ferrin of the same reasoning, and add another $1,000 to the bid to cinch it. Apparently having judged the Brothers correctly, Dr. Ferrin added another $1 to top them...
While History 1 with its weekly detailed map work is gone forever, it is "highly recommended" by the Department that the concentrator take Social Science 1, which focuses more on trends than historical detail, which requires essays, and which is no cinch...
...Symington, popular in Congress, was a cinch to be confirmed in his new job. A skilled persuader, he will then have to cajole the board's members (the Secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury, Commerce, Interior, Agriculture and Labor), the President, the Congress and the U.S. people into hardheaded preparations for mobilizing industry, manpower and national resources in the event of war. His new job will not be so exciting as selling air power, which, with the help of a receptive audience, he had done very well...