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...voice, no longer a broth but a rich Irish stew, was to be heard in The Guy at the End of the Bar. Mock-boozily he caroled: Who says that his missus just gave him the air, And left with the kids and the car? Just give him a nod and he'll climb in your hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: January Records | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

Question last week was whether they would be able to use them. The most important ingredient of all-a benevolent nod from Washington-was nowhere to be seen. If the New Deal has no use for Chip Robert, Avila Camacho has a lot of use for the friendship of the New Deal. It is a good customer for his useless silver. It may, if his negotiations are successful, even become a good customer for Mexico's expropriated oil. In such delicate times, Avila Camacho, for all his hospitality to pioneering principles, would not want to incur Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Strange Bedfellows | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

Rounding out the eleven, was Ray Frick, Penn's all-American candidate, who came through in the last part of the poll to gain the nod over Ed Ingalls of Michigan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY LETTERMEN CHOOSE ALL-OPPONENTS ELEVEN | 12/4/1940 | See Source »

Cape Burnam and Al Bartholemy, who featured an otherwise stale Yale team, were the sole Elis to gain spots on the team. Burnam won the right-guard post over Sukup of Michigan by two votes, while Bartholemy got the nod over Krieger of Dartmouth by the same slim margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY LETTERMEN CHOOSE ALL-OPPONENTS ELEVEN | 12/4/1940 | See Source »

...waltz rhythm: e.g., on an off-tackle play, the back getting the ball counts one-two-three steps, turns on his outside foot for balance, hits the line of scrimmage at the point where the linesmen (likewise counting one-two-three) have opened a hole. The whole team nod their heads in waltz time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: In Waltz Time | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

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