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...King suggests that instead of frightening the patient and browbeating her into passing up favorite foods, the doctor should let her eat what she wants, soothe her fears and give her "a mature, optimistic orientation." His clincher: uninhibited, free-fed women have an easier time in labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fat & Happy | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

...long ago given up whoopdedo polo. But when things looked darkest, Pedley dribbled the ball almost beneath his pony's feet and drove it squarely between the uprights for two successive goals, to turn the tide. With less than one minute to play, the U.S. scored the clincher that beat the Argentines, 10-9. But the Argentine protest was allowed; the game didn't count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Four Old Horsemen | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...because it was "an old American Indian design," had patterned its uniforms after the U.S. National Guard rather than the SS. As to his 1944 meeting with Hitler: "Purely a social call. If I went to England today, I would naturally like to call on King George." As a clincher, Kuhn cried: "You don't get justice in a German court," said he would prefer a U.S. court* "any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Just Deserts | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Ossman Scores Clincher...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Soccer Team Blasts Brown, 3-12; Freshman Eleven Triumphs, 20-6 | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Legionnaires were subdued. Suddenly and forcibly, they had been made to realize that their hooligan antics had ceased to amuse. The clincher was the problem of next year's convention. Wailed a committeeman: "For the first time in our history, we have no bid from any city." Nobody seemed to want the American Legion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: Cold Comfort | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

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