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...Freshman Squash Tournament, open to all members of the class who have not played in a team match. Dropping the first game 15-4, Newbold sought revenge in the second by routing his opponent with the loss of only three points. The last game, which was a see-saw from the start, finally resulted in a 15-13 win for Newhold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '38 RACQUET ARTISTS CONCLUDE TOURNAMENT | 3/16/1935 | See Source »

...blood transfusion was to be found in Moscow. There, the instant someone commits suicide, dies of hears failure, or is killed by accident, an ambulance rushes his corpse to Sklifassovsky Institute for Urgent Aid where one of Surgeon Sergius Judin's aides quickly straps the body to a see-saw table, tilts it head down, drains the blood through a tap in the jugular vein. A small quantity of blood is set aside for laboratory study while the rest, treated with potassium citrate, goes into cold storage. Surgeon Judin, who perfected the storage of blood in wholesale quantities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Artificial Blood? | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

...array of shots at both goalies, and five-man attacks with mad scrambles in front of the nets kept the spectators on their feet the whole evening. Not until the final bell sounded the end of the hockey season was the outcome certain for the game was a continual see-saw of scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fast-Skating Crimson Puckmen Down Eli in Overtime Tilt, 4-3 | 3/9/1933 | See Source »

...See-Saw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Job No. 2 | 9/5/1932 | See Source »

...beat Tilden & Hunter, knowing that Hunter was playing much better and that Tilden, though he had a bad charley-horse in his hip, wanted moje than anything to get back this title which he has not held for three years. It turned out to be one of those see-saw matches that make tennis doubles the finest sport in the world to watch. Tilden did most of the work for his side until Lott & Doeg broke through his serve in the first game of the fifth set. Tilden's long shape seemed to grow hollower after that. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: National Doubles | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

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