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When Chicago closed the gap 3-2 before the middle session ended, Stasiuk made sure on a slick pass from Bucyk who had carried the puck into the Hawk zone and flipped a shot high into the net over Hall's shoulder...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Horvath, Bucyk, Stasiuk Score Three Goals In Bruins' 4-3 Uphill Victory Over Chicago | 1/24/1958 | See Source »

Still in its first season, The Charles St. Theater is proving itself one of the finest off-Broadway playhouses--finer than a great many of the increasingly slick off-Broadway theaters in New York...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: The Grass Harp | 1/24/1958 | See Source »

...Virginia and neighboring Pennsylvania. In other years, Schaus's boys from back home too often panicked at the first tweak of big-time pressure; last year, for example, West Virginia collapsed in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament. But this year the Mountaineers went at it with slick skill, won the high-pressure Kentucky Invitational tournament by snapping the winning streak (at 37) of North Carolina, last year's national champions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Country Slickers | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...Webster's: "After S. A. Maverick (1803-70), a Texas cattle owner who did not brand his calves, 1) An unbranded animal, esp. a motherless calf; 2) a refractory individual who bolts his group and initiates an independent course." Garner's own definition: "A sort of freewheeling slick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Freewheeling Slick | 12/30/1957 | See Source »

Clarkson had one or two fast skaters who occasionally showed up with some slick passing, but they were thoroughly outdone by the excellent performances of the Crimson's three centers...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Sextet Scores 2-1 Clarkson Win | 12/18/1957 | See Source »

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