Word: nicking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WHEN Correspondent Nick Thimmesch moved to our New York City bureau after stints in Detroit and Washington, he could reasonably count on spending his time covering Governor Rockefeller, politics, and an occasional concert or art gallery opening...
...Nick Spitzer in the epee and Dan Kirsch in the foil should also win valuable points for Harvard. Spitzer, particularly, has been outstanding in some matches this year...
...privates, rescue a North Korean airman (Enrique Magalona) downed in an inlet. When they radio headquarters, they receive a command worded with discretion but ice-clear in intention; shoot the prisoner. The sergeant (Kirk Douglas) brusquely orders the privates to do it. The first (Robert Walker) refuses. The second (Nick Adams) raises his pistol-but cannot pull the trigger. The sergeant explodes. A private replies: "Why not shoot him yourself, sir? And look him right in the eye." The sergeant, a small-bore sadist, raises his pistol-but he too cannot pull the trigger...
...concession to danger rare for him) cooped up inside an armored Citroën limousine with bulletproof windows. According to the official story from Sûieté headquarters on the Rue des Saus-saies, police had discovered a plot on a civilian's tip, in the nick of time. After interrogating the five suspects, the police indicated that the triggerman was Navy Captain Robert Poinard, 37, who was held for questioning along with his blonde young wife. According to the police supposition, Captain Poinard was to use a carbine with a telescopic sight to kill De Gaulle while...
...Nick Spitzer won three matches in the epee and Roger Barzun did the same in the sabre, but the varsity fencing team lost anyway at Princeton Saturday afternoon. Though strong in the sabre, the Crimson swordsmen lost four out of nine in that division to end up on the wrong side of a 16-11 score...