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...preceding races had been nip and tuck and the stage was set for, the varsity race by Princeton's even narrower victory over the Crimson J.V. Harvard's second boat stayed even with the Tigers off the line and up to the 1000 meter mark where the Crimson took a power 20 and moved out on Princeton by two seats...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Princeton Snaps Lights Winning Streak At 28 | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

...Nip in the trees is a notch in his gun." This line, an advertising slogan for the Camel cigarette people, appeared more than once in the Service News...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Faces the Crisis of Another War | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

...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 »

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