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With Army leading, 30 to 29, the vis- itors needed at least a second place in the 440-yard freestyle to stay in the meet. Bob Tolf put on a spirited last lap drive, and it was just enough to nip Joe Knittle by a touch, as Army's Jack Craigie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smyly Stars as Army Hands Swimmers First Loss, 43-32 | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

...already developed a taste for a Boston specialty, New England clam chowder, but his favorite dishes are still pot-au-feu and kidneys cooked with Chablis. "You see," says Madame Munch, "he has a modest taste." He likes a good nip of Scotch, is amazed that he has been unable to find good Alsatian vintages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: There Will Be Joy | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Oblivious of this fact, Radcliffe girls got out their Angora mittens, motorists got out the chains and the anti-freeze, and Terence O'Reilly '19, night watchman of the Public Waterworks of Weston, prepared himself with a wee nip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow Slips In on Little Cat Feet | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...into right center in the fourth and get a triple when the ball took a freak bounce past Joe DiMaggio. Marv Rackley, the next batter, topped a slow roller toward second. Gerry Coleman raced in, gathered it up, and fired it to catcher Silvera just in time to nip Hermanski in a vicious slide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dodgers Win, tie Up Series | 10/7/1949 | See Source »

Tottering on the pinnacle of this tower of Babel stands English, the language of the modern intelligentsia, business community and bureaucracy. More than a century ago there had been a nip & tuck d'ebate among India's British masters over a practical official language for their vast colony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Out of Babel | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

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