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...Crimson. On the basis of matches thus far, there seems little to choose between them. Army scraped out a 5 to 4 win over the Tigers in a recent meeting but it took a last-ditch, five-game victory by the Cadet's number five man to clinch the match...

Author: By Daniel A. Rezneck, | Title: Squash Team to Play Powerful Army Squad After 6 Wins in Row | 2/3/1954 | See Source »

Shortly thereafter the Crimson exploded to clinch the game, and Yale was unable to keep the varsity from building up its margin. When the final buzzer sounded, the happy, near-capacity crowd rose to sing. "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard Want Blodnick Today...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Five Finally Beats Yale Jinx, 66-54 | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

past Flynn into the lower right hand cage corner to particular clinch the contest...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Sextet Loses Beanpot Tourney Final to B.C. | 1/13/1954 | See Source »

...reluctance to be a leader is finally overcome in battle when the paratroopers, successfully dodging the Nazis in the desert, blunder into a minefield. Newcomer Susan Stephen makes an appealing foil for Ladd: she is peppery enough in the early reels, and sufficiently soft in time for the clinch. The Technicolor is generally excellent. Leo Genn, as a spit & polish British major, has an amusing scene; encountering the informal crew of a U.S. bomber, he snaps to attention, explains: "I just thought someone ought to salute somebody around here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 11, 1954 | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...Yardlings edged the Bruin cubs in overtime, 67-66. Brown had tied the game, 62-62, at the end of the regulation time, but the Yardlings grabbed the lead with about 40 seconds of the overtime left. They froze the ball for the remainder of the period to clinch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Beats Varsity Five, 67-51 As Sacks Fights, Nets 29 Points | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

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