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...foreigners in West Germany are frequently accused of being spies. That jaunty journalist is charged behind his back with being in the pay of the KGB, the Soviet secret police. This hovering waiter is suspected of eavesdropping for the CIA. All government secretaries, of course, are thought to nip out at lunchtime with top-secret letters to be photographed by enemy agents...
Boston got the early jump on the invaders, quickly tallying nine points before the Lakers could find the basket. The Lakers, though, behind another superb performance (and 40 points) from Jerry West, came back, and the game was nip-and-tuck the rest...
...years may elapse between exams. Under the health plan, however, the aim will be on constantly-supervised care. The initial exam--accompanied by a barrage of "screening test"--may be able to pick up many potential problems long before they erupt. From the beginning, health plan physicians will emphasize nipping illness while it's easy to nip instead of waiting for the kind of full-scale disease that requires a trip to the hospital...
Another Olympian, Dave Johnson, swam the 200-free in a quick 1:47.5 to nip Harvard's Dave Powlison, captured a second in the medley, and did a fast third leg in the final relay...
Krause, who swam in three races during the afternoon, came from behind in the individual medley to nip Dartmouth's Al Rheem and set a new Harvard record of 2:01.1. Harvard then led, 23-20, but Brown's triumph in the one-meter dive tied the score...