Word: robin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...life, it still sees them through a romantic haze. Things seldom go absolutely right; they never go irrevocably wrong. For most of Mama's big, fond audience, the family favorite is pig-tailed Dagmar, caught at just the right note of sentiment and practicality by nine-year-old Robin Morgan. In theory, each Mama episode takes up a different member of the family; in practice, Robin often steals the show. Producer Carol Irwin observes with awe that radio-trained Robin has somehow developed a "wonderful sense of timing...
Yale tends toward round-robin tournements, and has them in every sport except crew, where a system much like the Crimson's of placing boats in divisions is used. Samborski employs one large tournement or meet in wrestling, boxing, fencing, track, and cross-country. Yale has a regular inter-College round-robin schedule in the first two, and does not have competition in the others...
...fall intramural program wound up yesterday in an involved round-robin tournament featuring half the league. As the triple-header didn't start until 4 p.m., the games were limited to six minutes each. But the teams played three scoreless ties, so they had to go through a final round of four-minute overtime periods as the sun went down...
...second game, the Phillies' Robin Roberts and the Yankees' Allie Reynolds went into another pitching duel and at the end of the ninth the score was 1-1. In the tenth, Joe DiMaggio stepped up and demonstrated his old specialty: winning ball games with clutch home runs. Score...
...payoff game was a pitchers' duel all the way: Don Newcombe for the Dodgers, Robin Roberts for the Phillies-each trying to win his 20th game. The Phillies got a run in the sixth, but Dodger Peewee Reese promptly tied things up with a home run. It was still tied, 1-1, at the end of the ninth. In the tenth, the Phillies settled matters. With two men on, Leftfielder Dick Sisler shoved a fast ball into the left-field stands. It was the Phillies' first pennant in 35 years...