Word: clinchers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Europe are usually bored when others talks about it, the Inpatriate should occasionally interject a question such as, "Has England got rid of that awful Chamberlain yet?' In the ensuing astonishment someone is bound to ask, "What! Haven't you been across?" It is now that you apply the clincher, the beauty of this ploy being the two possible routes of denouement...
After Patricia Brown, 14, of Alabama, turned miscible into missible, William Kelley, 11, of Missouri, was confronted with uncinated. "U -n-" said young Kelley manfully, "s ..." Bill Cashore fell into no such trap: uncinated came out with a "c," and transept, the clincher, with an "s." Last week, with a $500 scholarship in his pocket and a weekend scheduled in Manhattan, Champion Cashore admitted that he had "guessed a little" during the ordeal. But that did not prevent him from offering a word of advice to contestants of the future. "Study hard after school," said Bill. "And think before...
...clincher was an anticlimax. It was up to Seixas, but Seixas was not up to it. Rosewall won in four sets, and the venerable cup was put away Down Under for the fourth straight year. Seixas implied that he would not return for another try. but Tony Trabert, who had won eight of eleven sets from the youngsters, denied rumors, that he would turn pro and vowed he would be back next year. Grinning, Trabert brought a big roar from the 17,500 Aussies packed into Kooyong Stadium when he said: "I've been playing tennis since...
...Clincher. On Dec. 4. 1945, a second FBI report went to the White House. It contained further details and named more spies. A third report, concentrating on White with still more detail, was sent to the White House on Feb. 4, 1946. In his letter accompanying that report, Hoover observed that both Truman and Vaughan had "expressed interest" in the subject, indicating that the earlier reports had been noticed and considered...
...while after that, and early in the third quarter Tech went 69 yards in twelve plays to tie the score at 7-7. That seemed to recall to Notre Dame the business of the day; within five minutes it had two more touchdowns. And in the fourth quarter, the clincher was supplied by All-America Halfback Johnny Lattner-the day's leading ground-gainer with 101 yards -who smacked through tackle, standing up, while the crowd chanted "Happy birthday" in honor of Lattner's 21st. Final score...