Word: clinching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...surprise of the evening was the defeat by decision of P. W. Hines '34, stellar middleweight boxer, by Longert or Toronto. Bradford Simmons '34, knocked out Hees of Toronto in 1 minute, 45 seconds to win he heavyweight point and clinch the match for the University team. This is the first year that Simmons has done any boxing. He started at the beginning of the season in the elementary class but soon won himself a place on the University squad. The recovery of Sinclair, another Toronto athlete, from a bad physical beating at the hands of G. H. Nawn...
...nothing small in his nature, took our hero home and made him his secretary. He also added a codicil to his will giving his whole fortune to our hero. He was a very rich man and he had a beautiful daughter. Our hero didn't need a codicil to clinch that daughter deal. He was bound to rise...
...swamps destroying millions of lovely long leaf pines. The Forest Rangers had water hauled from deep wells in cities, trying to stop some of these fires, but found that their work was too feeble to battle with the flames. So there have been in the near counties of Clinch and Lanier 10,000 sq. mi. burned over, according to the report sent in to our local paper Valdosta Times last week. I have been an interested reader of TIME several months, so decided to report this longest dry time which the oldest or middle-aged inhabitants can remember experiencing...
Thus was Democracy put within real striking distance of electing a Speaker and organizing the 72nd House which first sits Dec. 7. Three days later a Republican death in Texas seemed to clinch Democratic Congressional control ? on paper. For the first time in a dozen years Democrats prepared to taste legislative authority and accept, none too willingly, legislative responsibility...
...sweeping left end run. He follows his interference closely till he passes the line of scrimmage, pauses to elude tacklers in the secondary defense, then breaks away in a burst of the unexpected speed which has won many a game for Northwestern and which, against Minnesota last week, helped clinch Northwestern's Big Ten championship. Minnesota, leading 14 to o in the first half, was still ahead, 14 to 7, when the half ended. Rentner caught the kick-off on his 5-yd. line, streaked the length of the field for a touchdown that did not quite...