Word: clinchers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Blonde Mrs. Dorothy Lawlor, who had advertised her willingness to marry any man for $10,000 (TIME, June 7), made her choice. It was Dan Wicker, 33, proprietor of Danny's Musical Bar in Daytona Beach, Fla. The clincher had been a telegram from Danny: "Is you is, or is you ain't gonna be my baby?" Sighed Dorothy: "How could I resist a guy with a sense of humor like that...
...scoreless for three periods, the Eliot attack finally broke loose for two late scores. Quarterback Dave McGiffert passed to Austie Lyne for a 75-yard scorin play, and a few minutes later Lyne climaxed a second march by crashing through right tackle from the one-yard line for the clincher...
...Adrian Quist were down 2-0, then won the doubles and the last two singles matches. It might inspire the 1947 challengers to outdo themselves. It was also enough to put the U.S. stars on their mettle. In next day's opening match, Schroeder beat Pails for the clincher that kept...
...pace. All who play against him have the same complaint: "He makes you feel like you are backing up and backing up until you can't back up any farther." And at that point, Jake has most likely worked his way forward to the net for the clincher. Says he: "After a forcing shot, the odds of clinching a point at the net are 8-1 in your favor." He is a thoughtful young man, according to his lights, and he plays percentage tennis...
Immediately afterwards, Captain Wes Flint rippled over the 220 lows in 23.8, just two tenths of a second off the Harvard record, but instead of being the meet's clincher, it was only the denouement...