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That brought the meet score to 17-11, and Harvard needed only a pin and decision in the final two matches to win or two decisions...
...always some saddening or joyous truth, just as in Wolfe himself; when he could shake whatever demon was riding him, there was a quota of humor, fundamental decency and kindness. Moreover, he packed a mighty literary ambition. He made it plain that he was out to lasso and pin down the Great American Novel. He wanted to force the whole torrent of the U.S. experience between covers, from mean Brooklyn alleys to the lush farms of the heartland, from city slickers to wary countrymen-and for good measure he meant to throw in mountains, rivers and railroads...
...other 44 states, unless the victim can prove that the policyholder was entirely at fault-and that he himself was utterly blameless-the company need not pay him a cent. Indeed, the worse the accident-a ten-car chain collision, for example-the more difficult it usually is to pin sole blame on one driver and reimburse anyone. If a driver has a heart attack and his car mounts a curb, hitting ten pedestrians, who is at fault? No one. Who gets paid...
...16th hole, for example, an alert cameraman caught Jack Nicklaus opening his club face on an approach shot. That, explained Commentator Byron Nelson, was for backspin. And sure enough, the ball hit beyond the pin and rolled back, back-whoops, too far. When he got to the par-five 18th hole, Nicklaus was four strokes behind, so he audaciously decided to go for an eagle. His second shot landed on an impossible rock perch at the top of a sheer drop down to the ocean. A forehanded ABC crewman was in the right place with a hand-held camera...
...M.I.T. contest an improved freshman squad surprised the Crimson by capturing a 14-0 advantage, once more at the expense of the lower weight men. Coleman, Imrie, and Tripp came through with timely pins, however, to spark Harvard's successful comeback. Tony Rayner, who did not wrestle against UConn, contributed a pin over his 177 pound adversary...