Word: snap
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year's most startling upsets, the hustling University of Cincinnati beat Ohio State's defending champions in the finals of the N.C.A.A. tournament in Kansas City by the score of 70-65. to snap the Buckeyes' winning streak at 32. Meanwhile. Providence won the National Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden by beating St. Louis...
Overseas, there is widespread concern. The Times Literary Supplement has warned stiffly, if somewhat forlornly, that "Atropos must be left in no doubt that the snap of these abhorred shears will be disagreeably audible in all seven continents." But Paul H. Buck is made of sterner stuff, and his Annual Report for 1959-60 echoes the language of that awesome moralist, Samuel Johnson ("The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time"). "Careful assessment of the Library's needs," Buck writes tonelessly, "indicated that other calls upon unrestricted money deserved a higher priority...
Almost anything Mij got his paws on he put in his mouth. He once chewed up a razor blade in his powerful, crab-cracking jaws, seemed to suffer no ill effects. In the country he liked to sneak up behind a cow, take a snap at her tail and sit grinning as she furiously kicked up her heels. He also displayed a peculiar passion for nipping every ear lobe that came within his appallingly elastic range. And once, when Maxwell tried to take an eel away from him, Mij effortlessly bit clean through his hand. "He let go almost...
...Metropolitan is bringing its sumptuous revival of Turandot to Boston this spring--with Nilsson, France Corelli, a great new Calaf, Anna Moffo as Liu, and Tozzi in his first performance as Timur. If it is at all possible that any seats still remain, snap them up: It will prove--I am absolutely sure--an unforgettable evening. However, if you discover that others have beaten you to it, console yourself by obtaining this recording. It, too, has its unforgettable moments...
These programs have turned into spot question and answer sessions, where reporters sniff scraps of news, looking for scoops and boring the public in the process. Not only is it unwise, as so many have already said, for the President to appear live and give snap answers to impossibly knotty questions, but the hordes of reporters and the rapidity with which the topics change confuse even intelligent viewers. Surely Pierre Salinger can break the Administration's big stories and answer the usually petty questions reporters are asking. Kennedy is not needed for that. He is needed to explain...