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Blodget's tally gave the Crimson a 1-0 lead at 11:26 of the opening quarter. Jim Saltonstall headed a ball in the penalty area, then a Green fullback took a whack with his noggin, before Blodget headed it into the upper right corner of the nets...
...Brazilian centavo is the monetary equivalent of a gnat's noggin. Officially the world's most minuscule denomination, it was-until last week -worth $.0000065, sixty-five one-hundred thousandths of a U.S. cent. Valued at one twentieth of a cent ($.0005) when it was first issued in 1944, the centavo became a victim of Brazil's roaring inflation, and last week the government finally declared it extinct. So is the one-cruzeiro note (worth 100 centavos), which cost four cruzeiros to print. From now on, cruzeiros up to the 500 denomination (value: 33?) will be issued...
Just bring your children and dogs, any thing you have with you. It won't take long. You'll be back in time to put the kids to bed." He invites everybody to the Inauguration. He tells them to "put this in your noggin." When hecklers jeered him last week, Lyndon said, "Now you folks come on and be happy, come on and be happy...
Dwight Macdonald is a genial tilter at windmills, and in his time he has bowled over more than his share. If occasionally a blade clouts him on the back of the noggin, he is undeterred. He barrels on, filling the conversational air with friendly bellowings and snorts even when he has not formed words ready to his tongue. He can keep an interrupter at bay just by an elongated stammer, disarm the most savage attacker with a high, snuffling whinny, and it sometimes takes the cold light of morning to tell where he went wrong. But he remains...
...booted three in one inning: Pitcher Johnny Podres grabbed a bunt and heaved the ball into centerfield, Catcher Johnny Roseboro fired a pickoff throw into the tall grass, and Second Baseman Jim Gilliam uncorked a relay to first base that hit Giant Harvey Kuenn on the back of the noggin. The three-game tally by a genially myopic official scorer: seven errors for the Dodgers, four for the Giants...