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Word: nip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final minutes, however, the Yardlings suddenly came alive and the game became a nip and tuck affair. The lead switched hands several times but the team from Hanover came out on top. Good foul shooting by the Indians thwarted a last-second drive by the Harvard freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indians Narrowly Defeat Yardling Five | 3/3/1956 | See Source »

Manhattan, showing superior depth, racked up enough second and third places to nip favored Villanova, 36 to 34, in the IC4A meet at Madison Square Garden Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Manhattan Wins IC4A Meet | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

Trade deficits, unbalanced budgets and the threat of inflation are also worrying Europe's smaller nations. Sweden is trying to nip inflation with special taxes, but such measures are not enough. With a 10% gain in wages last year, Swedish workers jammed retail stores and created a huge new demand for imported products. As a result, Sweden ran a $50 million trade deficit last year, twice as much as in 1954. Denmark, on the other hand, held its imports down and boosted exports $70 million last year, thereby cut its $200 million trade gap to $135 million. Yet Denmark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BOOM ABROAD: Is Europe Still Living Beyond Its Means? | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...Indonesia might worry about the final count in the new recent nip-and-tuck election: the women were far more exercised about "that woman of Solo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: That Woman of Solo | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Born in a taxicab in Tennessee, Slowest cab that you ever did see, Warmed up his bottle and he took him a nip - He didn't even leave the driver a tip! Davy, Davy Crewcut, the cat with the coonskin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: King Davy & Friends | 8/1/1955 | See Source »

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