Word: clinchers
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...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...
German Movie Director George Wilhelm Pabst, hired to restage Aïda, crammed three elephants, four camels, ten horses and a cow onstage, with 1,500 people, 2,000 Riviera palms, and a 53-ft. Egyptian statue. As a clincher, a navigable canal (representing the River Nile) stretched between the stage and the 30,000 onlookers. The singing, with Italy's current top Soprano Maria Callas as Aïda and Metropolitan Opera Tenor Mario del Monaco as Radames, was first-rate...
...Benson's third reason was the one he felt most strongly: he was a clergyman, one of the Twelve Apostles who guide the Mormon Church. No clergyman should have to take a job where politics might compromise his principles. That was the opening for Ike Eisenhower's clincher. "Mr. Benson," said he, "we have a mandate from the American people to restore their faith in the U.S. Government. Surely you agree that that is a spiritual...