Word: clinching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Others are buried deep under deserts. Others are slowly and carefully being dissipated in the atmosphere. At Oak Ridge, some of the hot stuff is periodically dumped into White Oak Creek. Part of it sinks to a swamp bottom; the rest, much diluted, goes into the Clinch River-with the hope that radioactive fish will not get loose...
...Crimson eked out a win in the first race by a 24 to 20 score, and then went on to clinch the meet with a somewhat more substantial 26 to 18 victory in the second contest...
Crimson sailors braved snow, sleet, and driving rain yesterday to pull out an 81 to 50 triumph over the Dartmouth Yacht Club on the Charles River racecourse. Paced by Gus Putnam and Bud Thurber, the yachtsmen took three out of four scheduled races in the match to clinch the verdict...
...sentimental emphasis on either the ups or the downs. Again, although there is the usual trumped up battle between the hero's music and his wife, it is less ferocious and more human than in the Gershwin and Porter epics, and ends on a breakup instead of in a clinch. Best of all is the tasteful portrayal of Jolson's mother and cantor father, who are given some dimensions instead of being molded into a minority group comedy type...
Kirkland's ace fencer, Dick See, carved out a double victory in the epee and foils events on Thursday to clinch the House fencing crown for the Deacons. Herb Paulides completed the Kirkland sweep when he gained the saber title...