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Word: nip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Grand Prix auto-racing course where cars nip through curves and down straightaways at just 10 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Disney World: Pixie Dust Over Florida | 10/18/1971 | See Source »

...singles and Charley Ragno's double scored one run, putting the tying run on second. Nickens came in to relieve John Todd and struck out two, but Tony Herdemien singled to center. Dave Ignacio saved the win by fielding the ball and throwing a strike to the plate to nip the lumbering Ragno...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Stops Springfield Rally; Faces Tufts Today in GBL Clash | 5/5/1971 | See Source »

...vodka market, the Government has gradually relaxed its regulations over the manufacture of the drink; for example, Washington no longer stipulates that vodka has to be filtered through charcoal. The decision has opened the way for small companies, especially in the Midwest and on the West Coast, to nip in with a cheaper product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Billion-Dollar Gamble in Whisky | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

With Harvard fighting for second place in the Ivy League, Mangrum beat Yale captain Chris Legg, 7-6, in a match he was supposed to lose. The Crimson went on to nip the Elis...

Author: By J. C. and R. N. G., S | Title: Four Crimson Squads Choose New Captains | 3/18/1971 | See Source »

...learn the hard way. In the first game the muscular first baseman drilled a sure-fire double down the third-base line-or so he and 51,531 fans thought. In one lightning motion, Brooks whirled across the line, snared the ball backhand and threw off-balance to nip May at first. Next game. May hit another shot down the line that the lunging Robinson speared on one knee and turned into a double play. Rubbing it in, Robby the Robber stole another base hit from Cincinnati in the third game with an incredible diving catch that left the Reds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Destructive Force of Robby the Robber | 10/26/1970 | See Source »

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