Word: nip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rest of the game was nip and tuck, featuring outstanding defensive play by both teams. Lowell goalie Paul Alpers saved the game for the Bellboys early in the second half with a diving save after he had gone almost 20 feet out of the goal. Alpers smothered the ball just as a Leverett man was about to kick in the tying goal...
...politics, Murray was more successful than Lewis. Roosevelt often called Murray over to the White House for a quick nip and an evening's bull session (but he could never get Murray into evening clothes for a formal dinner). Murray was not as close to Truman (whom he called "the little governor") but eventually got an embarrassing avalanche of help from the Truman Administration, which culminated in Truman's impetuous seizure of Big Steel (TiME, April...
Physicians themselves are partly to blame for the public's ignorance, the Journal complains, because some of them like to take a nip in cold weather. The ironic truth: alcohol may really do more good in the tropics, by dilating blood vessels and helping the body to get rid of excess heat...
...liberties are not so sacrosanct that governments cannot limit them in the public safety. But this will not be the case at New Lecture Hall. The only group prone to organize a protest in the past, the Boston NAACP, learned that printed warnings distributed to students beforehand seem to nip supposed prejudicial reaction in the bud. The NAACP, in fact, proposes to question the members of today's audience on their reaction, to see whether their hunch is right...
Those wanting a nip of something after the game had better stock up before leaving Boston, if they're under 21. The Alcoholic Beverages Commission cracked down this fall and Princeton stores often require youthful purchasers to sign a statement that they are of age. The fine for purgery runs about...