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...manner of a man who takes his love the way most people take after-dinner mints. But Actress Wood matches McQueen quip for quip, twitch for twitch, shrug for shrug, smile for winning smile. Both coruscate with the sparkly stuff of which movie stars are made, and their final clinch in front of Macy's Herald Square, proves again that after all is seen and done Hollywood still produces the best brand of boy-meets-girl-meets-girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New York, New York | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

...Patriots, who forged ahead in the Eastern Division of the American Football League by clobbering Houston Sunday, can clinch the title Saturday by beating or tying Kansas City (channel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 12/10/1963 | See Source »

With two minutes left in the game quarterback Ray Kubacki passed to Justin Hughes, who advanced to the Dartmouth two-yard line. On the next play Kuback scored to clinch victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Master Green, 27-20; JV's Defeated in Close Contest | 10/26/1963 | See Source »

...dispatched by Liston. Ernie Terrell, 6' 6" and 206 pounds, is a smart boxer with a left that is good enough to flatten Cassius and a reach which might just hold off Sonny for six or seven rounds. Terrell is not a flashy fighter, but his strike and clinch style makes excellent use of his exceptional size. Terrell has beaten Cleveland "Cat" Williams and most recently the young giant sent aging Zora Folley stumbling down the heavyweight ladder, presumably for the last time...

Author: By Peter R. Kann, | Title: Liston Supremacy Unchallenged | 10/10/1963 | See Source »

...only issue in the American League was when the New York Yankees would clinch their 28th pennant. Last week they made it official, and by virtue of a 14-game lead, the end came earlier than in any season since 1941. Hardly an eyelid flickered. But, ah, the National League. There it was, all balled up in that perennially fascinating last-minute scramble for the pennant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Gashouse Revisited | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

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