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...This mishap occurred within a week of Flippin's injury. Flippin, who was virtually the whole Tiger offense, broke his wrist in practice last week. It has been reported, however, that he may be ready to play in two or three weeks. For most of the Cornell game, Princeton played without the services of its two top tailbacks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger Backfield Loses Dick Frye, Flippin Sub | 10/26/1954 | See Source »

...left leg taped up after a riding mishap, Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey hobbled into the Executive Office Building in Washington one morning last week to speak to an annual Governors' Conference on the state of the U.S. economy. Humphrey was quick to point out that there was no resemblance between the economy and his game leg. Said he: "We are not now headed for a depression. We see more signs every day to make us confident of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: No Crutch Needed | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

Back in Cambridge after a week of practice rounds at the Pinehurst Golf Club of Pinehurst, N.C., Coach Josh Williams reported that he considered the trip "very satisfactory." The weather was excellent, and the only mishap, a finger infection suffered by Bruce Thurmond, will be healed by this week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Coach Satisfied With Pinehurst Tour | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...conditions; 3. dangerous snow formations. In the tragedy last weekend in which Philip Longenecker and Jacques Parysko were killed, all three of these factors were combined. In hopes that the chance of future accidents may be somewhat reduced, the Mountaineering Club wishes to point out certain details concerning this mishap...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DANGERS OF MOUNT WASHINGTON | 2/5/1954 | See Source »

...oldest TV sleuths are Ken Lynch of The Plainclothesman and Ralph Bellamy of Man Against Crime, who have spent the last five years laboriously tracking down evildoers. Most TV cops and private eyes have a tendency to lose their revolvers at crucial points in the narrative. This mishap insures a bang-up last-minute fist fight to get the gun back and has the added attraction, of taking the viewers' minds off the idiocy of the plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Dead on Arrival | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

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