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...second period, Conmy scored on a set-up pass from Frye, to put the Wintergreens ahead. Frye's second goal at 12:40 of the third period, assisted by Louis Newell of Winthrop, seemed the clincher for the confident Wintergreens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rinehart's Two Last Period Goals Hold Favored Wintergreens to Tie | 3/31/1955 | See Source »

...second quarter Weiss scored the actual clincher on a fine wide-angle shot from the right, putting the Crimson ahead...

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: Soccer Team Gains 5 to 1 Win Over Strong Amherst | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

Hugh MuCurdy's Wesmen, in their third game of the season, scored after only six minutes of the first period. Wesleyan maintained this advantage aggressively until the frustrated Crimson began to tire, and then added the clincher with only five minutes left in the game...

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: Wesleyan Defeats Crimson With Passing Attack, 2-0 | 10/11/1954 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam and Gene R. Kearney, S | Title: Globemanship: II | 10/1/1954 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Think Before You Spell | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

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