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...After grabbing an early three-goal advantage in the first two periods, the sextet stood by and watched the Tigers grab the lead in the last stanza. The Crimson came back to tie the game at 4-4, only to have the All-Stars score again in the final two minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dedham Tigers Edge Junior Varsity, 5-4, Scoring Goal in Final Two Minutes of Play | 2/15/1957 | See Source »

...front of my saw," as Andersen describes his work. "I say 'Woh!' when the part I want for first cut is opposite my blade. It is just behind the middle of head. I turn down saw, zuff-zuff, then I stop saw. nip in quick and grab the gland-messy purple and hard like rock-on edge of brain. I grab, twist and pull like hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Of Whales & Glands | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

Harvard opened the game sluggishly, failing to maneuver into position for offensive rebounding, and throwing the ball away time after time. M.I.T. took advantage of defensive lapses to grab a 15-8 lead at the halfway mark in the 20-minute period...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Danner, Harrington Lead Varsity To 76-60 Victory Over Tech Five | 1/9/1957 | See Source »

...lead then changed hands seven times in five minutes, as each team scored when it got the ball. With M.I.T. ahead, 53-50, the Crimson finally took hold, and began clearing both backboards with regularity, to grab an insurmountable lead...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Danner, Harrington Lead Varsity To 76-60 Victory Over Tech Five | 1/9/1957 | See Source »

...with the Red army in control of Hungary, bulletheaded Communist Party Boss Matyas Rakosi, a onetime Kun lieutenant, set out to grab power. Using what he called salami tactics-a slice at a time-Rakosi cut off his opponents. Kovacs was sent to Siberia (where, after nearly nine years, he was released a few months ago). In 1947, with his four-year-old son held hostage, the Smallholders' Premier Ferenc Nagy, the last hope of a free Hungary, was forced to resign and flee into exile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: THE LAND & THE PEOPLE | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

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