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Word: nip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Alvord trailed the Cadets' Tony Dedmond and Kevin Flanagan to the wire in the 100, and a desperate attempt to nip Flanagan left the Harvard junior sprawled out on Army's slow black-cinder track...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Cindermen Down Unbeaten Army | 5/4/1970 | See Source »

...creature bears far more resemblance to Lon Chancy hamming up his wolf-man act than to Bela Lugosi spiraling in for an elegant neck shot. Aside from the remote possibility of contracting rabies (bats, like most mammals, can transmit the disease), the only danger from a vampire's nip is botfly larvae, parasites that cradle in superficial wounds. People need not fear, however. For the timid vampire almost never bites humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Out of the Belfry | 5/4/1970 | See Source »

...Schnorr and captain Paul Catinella climaxed their home careers at Harvard with victories that gave the Crimson the early lead. Schnorr blitzed John Eure at 118. 8-0, in his best bout of the season. while Catinella scored a takedown with 20 seconds left to nip Yamashita...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Wrestlers Drop Season Finale To Yale; Starr Captures Freshman Eastern Title | 3/9/1970 | See Source »

When it came down to the final card, and Army's surging track team seemed to hold an unbeatable hand. Harvard coach Bill McCurdy found an ace that he didn't know he had, and used it to nip the Cadets, 48-45, for the Crimson's second consecutive Heptagonal title Saturday at Cornell's Barton Hall...

Author: By J. G. P., | Title: Harvard Retains Hep Title In Final Relay | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

With the pole vault results still out, and Army assured of at least two points there, the Crimson needed to place second in the one-mile relay to tie the meet, if the Cadets won the relay. Or if Princeton won, Harvard had to nip the Cadets in the relay to win the meet. It didn't seem likely...

Author: By J. G. P., | Title: Harvard Retains Hep Title In Final Relay | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

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