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With five victories behind them out of seven matches, the Varsity recquetmen face Dartmouth today at Hanover, favored to add another scalp to their bag, while the Freshmen will meet Phillips Exeter this afternoon on the Jarvis Field courts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENNISTS TO FACE INDLANS | 5/18/1938 | See Source »

...occasion: his coronation as king of the League of Hoboes of the World. Soon after the crown, conceived from the top of a coal-burning stove, had been placed on his head, said King Jeff: "This has a bolt inside, and it's starting to puncture my scalp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 28, 1938 | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

...suicide is ruled out, no matter in what circumstances the body is found. In general, deaths by asphyxia are characterized by blueness (cyanosis) of the face, ears, fingernails and lips; the eyes are bloodshot and the inside of the lids are red; and there are tiny hemorrhages under the scalp. If the victim was manually strangled, the little hyoid bone in the throat is invariably crushed. If carbon monoxide was the asphyxiating agent, the skin is cherry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Medical Sleuthing | 12/27/1937 | See Source »

...York racket inquiry, last fortnight he suddenly subpoenaed some 400 scared Marinelli heelers to appear before the grand jury. At this point a public hearing like that which trapped hapless Mayor Jimmy Walker began to seem to Tammany chieftains a worse prospect than giving Mr. Dewey a second scalp from their wigwam. Last week Boss Marinelli wrote Governor Lehman two letters. In one he resigned the office he would have held for only 28 days more. In the other he explained why. Most compelling of Mr. Marinelli's reasons was that he wanted to spare "suffering and humiliation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Humiliation | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

They carried large sandwich boards reading "Scalp the Scalpers," and "Eliminate the scalper and other insects from Harvard Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.A.A. Detectives and Student Pickets Move to Combat Swarming Speculators | 11/17/1937 | See Source »

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