Word: nicking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...geometric precision of a three-cushion billiard shot, the ball caroming sharply from one side wall to the other and dropping dead off the front one. Properly executed, it is one of the most difficult shots in squash racquets to return. (An impossible shot to return: a "nick," which hits at the floor-line of one of the side or back walls and rolls out with no bounce...
...psychological front, somebody even wanted to shoot Santa Claus. St. Nick, said Psychiatrist Ludolf N. Bollmeier, of Little Rock, Ark., was a potential source of juvenile delinquency; little white lies about Santa might lead to "serious trouble later on." His advice to old-fashioned parents: "If you must tell children about Santa Claus, tell them it's just make-believe and not a reality...
...players, Emil Drvaric. place-kicking export, and Nick Rodis, guard, will play in the Blue-Gray game at Birmingham, Alabama. The conches of the North at this game are "ox" Da Grossa, of Temple, Ray Morrison, also of Temple, and Ray Eliot of Illinois. Da Grossa is head coach, and will probably...
...kickoffs and placements for the North team at the Blue-Gray game, since he is recognized as one of the best kickers in the East. He will take part in the annual all-star game for the first time but Rodis will be a repeater. in 1944 Nick represented New Hampshire while playing for the Third Air Force team...
...year-old event will be old home week for Nick in more ways than just this. Carmen Ragonese, a teammate at new Hampshire University, will play for the North, and the trainer for the Blue will be Dartmouth's Tony Dougal, who was line coach at new Hampshire when Nick was there...