Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When it became obvious that Neophyte Patrice Munsel could not hold opera audiences, the Met invited Lily Pons to return to its aviary for two Lucia di Lammermoors. To clinch the deal for this season Manager Edward Johnson offered her the coveted opening night, suggested that she sing her favorite role, Lakmé. Last week Pons fans were surprised to see that her once-frail body had plumped up to 114 lbs., was suntanned to the right shade for her Indian role. From India she had returned with twelve saris (wraparound Hindu dresses), six of which Dressmaker Valentina wrapped into...
...polled in Berlin's last free elections before Hitler, in 1933. It was a measure of its disastrous unpopularity that it was beaten even in the Russian sector of Berlin. TIME'S Berlin Bureau Chief John Scott cabled a portentous conclusion: "This fiasco will, in my view, clinch the opinion of Russian leaders that they must resign themselves to losing political control, at least temporarily, over almost any area where reasonable political freedom exists...
...slow starting but aggressive Freshman soccer team opened its season yesterday with a neat 2 to 0 shutout victory over Governor Dummer Academy on the Business School Field. Outplayed, the Yardlings rallied and scored in both the third and fourth frames to clinch the first Harvard soccer victory of the current campaign...
Down with Cavalry Horses. To clinch the argument, Ottavi, at the head of 12,000 landless peasants, seized 500 more hectares of the horse farm. Said Ottavi: "We don't want any more wars; we don't want cavalry horses; we want bread...
Except for a few realistic, mildly funny bookmaking and gaming-table scenes, all events leading up to the final clinch are trite and tortured. Gamblers will note with satisfaction that the scriptwriters did not give the betting habit too rough a beating. The movie's only discoverable moral: never bet against love...