Word: nip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...University of Massachusetts cagers roared back from a six point deficit by reeling off 11 consecutive points to nip the Crimson, 74-71 at the IAB last night...
Trujillo stretched his margin and coasted to victory in 24:34. Alitz finished second and was followed by freshman Ron Bunnell of Princeton. Keefe surged to take fourth in 26:04 to nip the front of the Navy corps led by Steve Hubbard...
...victory over Cornell. Dartmouth subdued Harvard only after the Crimson had twice failed to punch the ball over from the one-yard line. A clutch circus catch in the end zone with less than two minutes left helped defeat Penn by four. The Crimson hung on gamely to nip Princeton 19-14, and then outgunned Brown, 35-32. Not a season with much breathing room...
...Universal might as well pay my salary straight into the IRS." Shaw feels even worse about Bruce. The 25-foot polyurethane shark with hydraulic guts has been programmed to nip him to death -gently. But recently says Shaw, who plays the obsessed shark killer Quint, he was chasing Bruce in a fishing boat when the automated man-eater turned on his pursuers and tore a hole in the boat's underside. "My ship almost sank under me," said Shaw, adding: "What worries me is who's going to keep those mechanical teeth from sinking in too deep...
...sometimes make off with whole 800-lb. bins of freshly picked green gold. San Diego County is now drawing up an ordinance that would require anyone transporting more than 40 Ibs. of avocados to have a bill of sale. But growers have little hope that the law will nip the avocado-nappers."Laws on the books don't mean a damn," complained one grower. "What we need to do is organize a posse...