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With 11 minutes gone, Charlie Njoku lofted a nigh-perfect corner kick that inside Hugh Polk chested across the goal line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Booters Roll Past Dartmouth; Njoku, Taft Score Twice in 6-1 Romp | 10/23/1965 | See Source »

...year's jolliest surprises. Occasionally the fun seems sophomoric, and a few maladroit asides about red-white race relations give evidence that Cat might have been improved by more careful grooming. But the offenses are minor. What's good about the comedy is nigh irresistible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wags Out West | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

...post, Ann allowed as how her wardrobe could stand some revamping. "We found," recalls Consultant Head, "that she was short a suit here, a dress there, decided where she could double up on one dress and where she couldn't." On long evening gowns, doubling up was well-nigh impossible; Ann took off for Washington with ten, two more than Mrs. Duke started her reign with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: Mr. & Mrs. Protocol | 3/5/1965 | See Source »

...would be well-nigh impossible, complained President Johnson during his long sessions with Budget Director Kermit Gordon at the LBJ Ranch, to squeeze Government spending next year to less than $100 billion. There was no magic in the arbitrary $100 billion figure. Having mentioned it, however, Johnson was able to display a flourish of frugality when he sent Congress a budget this week calling for $99.7 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Budget: Neither Extravagant Nor Miserly | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

SEND ME NO FLOWERS. As a suburban hypochondriac who feels the end is nigh, Rock Hudson prepares Wife Doris Day for widowhood, while Tony Randall keeps the fun alive as a macabre neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 18, 1964 | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

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