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...fourth spot, John Stubbs won a knock-down drag-out affair when he took the deciding fifth game of his match 15-13 for a 3-2 victory. From then on, Harvard won 15 of 16 games as Clancy Nixon, Clark Bain, chuck Elliot and Jeff Secrest each shutout their opponents 3-0. Mitch Reese won his match in the sixth position...
This year's contest figures to be another knock-down, drag-out affair. Both Harvard and Dartmouth are undefeated in Ivy play. The Crimson is coming off its best game of the year against Cornell last week, while the Big Green tied Ivy favorite Brown last week. The victor of today's game will clearly be the top contender for the Ivy title, and both teams want it, need it, badly...
...second act, the galvanic Big Daddy won't tolerate Brick's detachment. The two of them, alone on stage, have a knock-down drag-out dispute in the tradition of the Greek agon. This is the most powerful scene in the play, and one of the most powerful in modern drama. Williams is often at his most effective when he is autobiographical. Tom and Laura in Menagerie were modeled on the playwright and his introverted sister Rose, who had to be institutionalized for life. The confrontation in Cat was his way of trying to exorcise the demonic memory...
...further lowering of trade barriers is indeed necessary. But the Washington line has two deficiencies. Connally has made no hint of reciprocal U.S. trade concessions, and Europeans resentfully interpret his talk as a challenge to start a knock-down fight on trade. Though trade is important, monetary reform is, too. Even in an ideal world of unrestricted trade, the present monetary system is too rigid and dated to stand unchanged...
...extra-fast tonight," Clay said later. He was so fast that the Cat hardly laid a paw on him. "I used the Ali Shuffle before each knock-down, and it really confused him," the heavyweight champ said...