Word: nosedives
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In their tooth & nail fight against nationalization of their industry (TIME, Aug. 29), Britain's leading sugar refiners, Tate & Lyle, were helped by a champion as ubiquitous and eloquent as Colonel Blimp ("Gad, sir, the Americans should be forced to pay us the money we owe them!") or long...
While the freshman C squash team won a 5 to 0 victory over the Weston Gulf Club yesterday, the freshman D squad was nosed out by the University Club, 3 to 2. It was the third straight shutout victory for the C team in as many starts. The D squad...
Load of Briclcs. Amid persistent objections from Vincent Hallinan, Harry Bridges' brassy chief defense lawyer, Hod-carrier Schomaker (known on the waterfront as "Shoes") then proceeded to drop a full load of bricks on the pencil-nosed leader of the I.L.W.U.
Died. Frederick Porter ("the Weasel") Wensley, 84, beak-nosed master sleuth, onetime head of Scotland Yard's famed C.I.D. (Criminal Investigation Department), who solved many of Britain's most famous crimes during his long (1887-1929) service; in London. No theorizing Hercule Poirot, Wensley served a rough & tumble...
Julie Vietman, Stove Wise, and Chuck Hoeizer led the alumni efforts, Vietman barely nosed out his brother Rone, of the varsity, for a second place in the 100-yard breast stroke and Wise, who anchored the winning 150-yard medley relay, swam in the winning 200-yard free style relay...