Word: nip
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same procedure when he sighted the Reid and the Raleigh. At 3:40 in the afternoon he reached Iceland, the total time of the flight having been 8 hrs. and 40 min. "It was a cinch after the first two hours," said he, "but at the beginning it was nip and tuck." Meanwhile, the planes which had put back waited for another chance to attempt the most perilous flght of their journey home. On Sunday, they hopped off. The sun was shining; there was no hint of fog. Wade had trouble starting. Before the flight had been long under...
...London, Conn., June 12.--The feature of today's rowing was a two-mile race this morning between the Second Crew and the Freshmen, in which the former won by one and three-quarters lengths. It was nip and tuck all the way and the whole camp, which turned out in a body to see the encounter from the launches and from automobiles along the bank, had plenty to watch...
...contest for seventh, however, the brush at the finish proved unprofitable for the University. Watters had been up with the best of them during the opening chapters, but had found his first race of the season not so easy after the half-way mark. He had been having it nip and tuck with Captain Holt, but it was only over the final distance that the M. I. T. leader, uncovering a perfectly timed sprint, swept past with a second's lead to finish...
...next two games Dixon steadied down and, although. Wakefield showed a fine style of play, Dixon was able to hold him in check. The pace was too fast to be long maintained, however, and Dixon had to concede Wakefield the fourth game, making the score-even. The fifth was-nip and tuck up to 9-8 with Wakefield in the lead, but here he unloosed several clever shots which won him the game and match...
...attack the Crimson men found it difficult at first to escape the over-taking Westminster forwards, whose speed often enabled them to nip the University offence at the very outset Then Coach Claflin's players started their passing game. Several times beautiful passes directly in front of the Westminster goal seemed on the point of resulting in tallies. Once in the third period Walker, dashing down the right alley, whisked the puck straight over to Owen, quite alone before the Westminster cage. The latter shot the disc by Reaume in completion of the best piece of team-play...