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...Ogle, whom many of you will remember from our Kefauver telecasts, appeared to have the highest incidence of nip-ups and pratfalls. Since taking charge of our Denver bureau in March, he has been bucked off a horse, bounced out of a plane, fallen on by a Christmas tree and had his face rubbed sportively in a snowbank by a gang of high-school football players...
Drinking can definitely be correlated with marks and amount of time spent on study, if Pugh's results are correct. The social, light-heavy, and heavy drinkers usually take a nip after an exam. Unfortunately, Pugh did not ask how many drank before exams...
Everybody had known that the excess-profits tax, and the retroactive boost in the new tax bill, would nip profits. But few realized how deep the bite would be until G.E.'s President Ralph Cordiner last week provided the first blue-chip example. G.E., which had set aside $38.5 million for taxes in last year's third quarter, this year had to set aside $59 million to take care of a retroactive boost to Jan. i. As a result, in spite of a $36 million gain in sales, G.E.'s net ($15.6 million) was less than half...
...Young Vag cheering on the team from high on the fifty; Vag explaining the game; Vag shouting for Wintergreen; Vag taking a quick nip from his flask to celebrate a touchdown. Vag and Young Vag in the autumn sunset, following the Band out of the Stadium...
...Rites of Fall On football Saturdays many a football fan finds a spot of cheer in a nip from a bottle or flask. This week, for the fastidious fan who does not like it neat-but wants it neater-an enterprising Texas firm will hawk a "Survival Kit" before the Rice-Clemson game. The kit: a plastic bag containing twelve ice cubes, three bottles of soda, six paper cups and a bottle opener...