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After sounding our hearty aye to the President's suggestion, we advance below some possible source of contention, in hope of quick resolutions that will nip incipient opposition...

Author: By Jacos R. Brackman, | Title: The God Memorial | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

Bill Straub of Army won the Individual title in a shocking upset over Cornell's Jim Byard and Steve Machooka, but the Big Red squad hung on to nip Brown, 57-58, for the team championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Harriers Capture Fourth; Cornell Takes Heptagonal Crown | 11/9/1963 | See Source »

...hereditary rich and the lawyers who themselves become rich by helping the rich stay that way. His current stories are about a specialized tribe within the specialized race-the grey men who deal in "green goods" (securities), and the sharpies who can reduce the tax bite to a friendly nip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Green Goods & Grey Men | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

Toots Shor, 58, enjoys a little snort now and now, and then so does his buddy Frank Sinatra, 47. This time the two wound up their nip-tucking session at a West Side Manhattan joint. 'Long about 2 a.m. "Sinat" suddenly awarded his 240-lb. pal a few friendly shoulder smacks and a greeting: "Hi ya, Blub." Silence. Then, slowly, The Blub toppled backwards off his perch. "I don't really remember what happened," confesses Toots. But his right wrist broke the fall, then broke itself. Though plastered into a cast for six weeks (complete with evening scarf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 18, 1963 | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

...next game was more of the same, only better. William and Mary tried to go both ways on defense; drop back to cover Staubach's pass receivers, blitz the linebackers to nip his running in the bud. Another mistake. Roger played greased pig all afternoon. Once, seemingly pinned behind the line of scrimmage, he abruptly reversed his field and rambled for 25 yds. Said William and Mary Coach Milt Brewer: "Instead of pursuing and trying to catch him, we should have just waited and eventually he'd come back to us." In all, Roger passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Jolly Roger | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

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