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Crafty guard Walt McCurdy, whose eligibility ruling came through only Monday, hit on six clean, crisp sets from way out. He also had three fouls for a total of 15 points. John Rockwell, who entered the game late in the second half, scored three field-goals and helped the Crimson melt a 68 to 55 bulge to six points at the finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bradley Checks Revitalized Crimson, 68-62, at Garden | 12/17/1947 | See Source »

...mong ec oil vifty rench," said Sedgwick in a crisp falsetto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tracy's Protegee Mmbls to Sdgwck On Holiday Issue | 12/12/1947 | See Source »

Morison writes of naval action with crisp, unemotional sureness. At other times he is unforgivably slapdash. The Battle of the Atlantic is loaded with information, but stuffed rather than packed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ships Going Down | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...translations are as crisp and readable as many a modern bestseller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Pioneers | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...little old lady in the crisp white Mother Hubbard and blue gingham sunbonnet looked out of place in Palm Springs, California's gold-plated winter playground for Hollywood stars and Eastern industrialists. So did her horse-drawn buckboard with its "Nellie's Boarding House" sign. Nevertheless, as she rode along Palm Canyon Drive with her two middle-aged sons by her side, the towns people lined the street to wave. They were well aware that without Nellie Coffman the town might not have been what it is today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: Neflie's Boarding House | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

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