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...Crimson quarterback Milt Holt there certainly couldn't have been a nicer way to close out a career than by beating Yale with a tremendous individual effort, including a spectacular 90-yard drive in the final five minutes to clinch the victory in The Game...

Author: By Andy Quigley, | Title: No Sweeter Way For Milt to Finish | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

Columbia's Lions finally broke their all-season losing streak by triumphing over Bucknell, 38-33, in New York. Mike Delaney completed three long touchdown passes to help clinch the Columbia victory, bringing the Lion record up to 1-4 in all games played...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elis Top Big Red; Penn Beats Tigers | 10/29/1974 | See Source »

...that a majority of citizens felt the state universities should not allow Communists to teach. It was this anti-communist emotionalism and the fears of the metaphorical rhetoric--"Smash the State," "...We rejoice when the pigs' blood is spilled"--contained in her letters that the government hoped would help clinch the case against Davis...

Author: By Jeff Leonard, | Title: A Revolutionary's Self-Portrait | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

Already, determined oarswomen are circling the Charles's shores, spinning the ergometer, and rowing every afternoon, anxious to clinch the intercollegiate woman's rowing title for the third straight year...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Radcliffe Crew Gains Better Facilities; Aims to Continue Its Winning Ways | 9/20/1974 | See Source »

...well ensure the fullest explanation to date of the entire Watergate affair. What that will mean for the defendants is still unclear. Certainly Nixon's evidence will be a crucial part of the entire case, and he may well furnish information about the Watergate cover-up that could clinch the arguments of the prosecution. At the same time, however, at least one of the Watergate defendants has already indicated that he wants Nixon to testify as a defense witness. Before Ford's pardon, Ehrlichman subpoenaed Nixon to testify, hoping apparently that Nixon would support his claim that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The New Legal Tangles | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

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