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Word: nip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard mile relay team finished Harvard's scoring. Running it very respectable 3:23.7. In nip Delaware for third in one of the numerous mile relays run at the Classic. Seton Hall won the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Place in Phill Run | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...took it full flight and hit the wall wide open," marveled Astro Manager Walker. "It was the best catch I've ever seen." Clemente also possessed the strongest throwing arm of any outfielder: from 420 ft. away, he once fired a perfect strike to the plate to nip the runner trying to score from third. The accuracy he ascribed to his training as a high school javelin thrower, the strength to his mother. "My mother had the same kind of arm," he once explained. "She could throw a ball from second base to home with something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Requiem for Roberto | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

...injured fullback Steve Hall allowed Teddy DeMars to return to his old halfback position, where he ripped off 132 yards in 12 carries. Sticking entirely to the ground, Harvard marched 70 yards in nine plays right after the opening kickoff and scored twice more on long runs to nip the Lions, 21-19. The defensive line continued to recover from its first game porousness, stomping Columbia's All-Ivy quarterback, Don Jackson...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: The Restic Style: Paradise Lost After Priming on Classic Comics | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

...surprising upset at the hands of a strong Navy boat. The race, which, for pure excitement, was the best attraction of the day, was decided in the last 10 strokes of the 2000-meter course. At that point the Midshipmen sprinted past Harvard's fading JV eight to nip the Crimson at the finish by one second. Navy finished at 6:43.9 while the Crimson came...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Lights Repell Navy for Haines Title | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...upper class Spiro Battzokrs won a nip and tuck decision over Lowell's Bill Davidson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eleven Pins Highlight Wrestling Finals | 3/17/1972 | See Source »

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