Word: nip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hostages. In Milwaukee, the Journal started printing a special eight-page wraparound section moments before the planes carrying the hostages to freedom took off from Tehran. The special sold an extra 45,000 over the normal press run of 320,000. Says Assistant Managing Editor George Lockwood: "It was nip and tuck at the end. There were butterflies in our stomachs." Newspapers in the U.S. and Europe generally gave the hostage story top billing over the Inauguration, but the New York Times led with Reagan's swearing-in. Said Times News Editor Allan Siegal: "In terms of real importance...
...Crimson, on the other hand, has been known to play some of its best basketball in the closing stages of the second half. Most recently, the squad came from seven points down with five minutes to play to nip UNH, 80-79, just before Christmas break. For that reason alone, it should prove an interesting match...
...division singles, Navy's Bailey Taff had to sail through a Crimson sea to pull out a championship. He defeated Bob Horne, 6-2, 6-4, in the semi-finals, and then came from way behind to nip Mike Terner in the finals, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6. Terner fought back from a 4-1 deficit in the final tiebreaker, only to lose the final point on a clutch overhead smash by the Midshipman...
Yesterday was Steel's turn to win, as he came from behind to nip the Crimson's own top player, Don Pompan, 6-7, 7-5, 7-6. I couldn't tell you when Fidrych will win again...
Boston University won the seven-team Greater Boston Track Championships at the ITT Saturday, beating Northeastern in the day's final event, the mile relay, to nip the Huskies, 80-78 1/2. Harvard placed third with 60 points...