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...cold and muddy Business School field the Crimson soccer team fought a nip and tuck battle with the Brown eleven Saturday that ended in a scoreless tie in spite of the overtime period This deadlock, the second of the year, will put the Carrmen's record at four wins, two defeats and two ties when they meet the undefeated Yale team next week...
...last half mile down the course it was nip and tuck with the two leading eights. The Sophomores lost their advantage, regained a little of it, only to fall behind by about a half-deck length with only a hundred years remaining. Curwen's closing sprint failed by inches to catch the victorious Wagner, who stroked the jayvees most of last spring. When the two hit the finish line Wagner's oars were last in the water, and that added impetus was a winning margin...
Wilson's boatload nipped the surging Anderson shell by another fractional margin, and Bristol Hall's heavy, crossing fifth, edged out the first fifty to finish, stroked by Johnny Abbot, who had waged a nip and tuck battle down the course with Bobby Lincoln until a crab put his fifty out of the competition...
Strokes Jack Wilson and Bus Curwen will probably end up in a nip and tuck race for third, although either have a chance of finishing out in front...
...last winter a young textile worker went to Manhattan's Neurological Institute. He complained of "spells." Whenever he took a nip of alcohol, coffee, tea or cola drinks, said he, the result was startling: he would lose control of his muscles and leap like a jitterbug. His cavorting was invariable: he curved his fingers like claws, walked on the outside of his feet and jerked his legs in the air. Sometimes he twisted his head to one side, curled his lips in a sneer, and rolled his eyes upward, mumbling and clucking to himself. The only way to stop...