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...Spoil Sport. In Allentown, N.J., John Getz Sr. went out for a day of hunting, red a single blast into a covey of quail, bagged the daily limit of seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 8, 1952 | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...tough one for Yale to lose," he continued. "Not only did it spoil a perfect season for Jack Marshall (the Yale coach), but deprived all the players from getting major Y's." Like Harvard, Yale awards major letters to an undefeated team in a minor sport...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/28/1952 | See Source »

...charging, his use of the horns. He deserves no sympathy if he gets caught, since he is practically forbidden to put himself in any danger. If he works close to the bull and looks good, he detracts from the maestro's performance. If he gets caught, he may spoil the bullfight: the bull often becomes too dangerous after he has tossed a man once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BULLFIGHTING | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

Overconfidence is the only thing that can spoil the undefeated freshman soccer team's chances today when they meet the Tufts yearlings at 2 p.m. on the Business School field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yearling Soccer Team Plays Winless Tufts | 10/18/1952 | See Source »

Chiaroscuro does not pretend to tell all. It is, as John amiably explains, but a "rough cross section of a part of my career . . . No doubt everything comes out in the wash eventually, but I see no reason to anticipate this process and spoil other people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Light & Shadow | 9/8/1952 | See Source »

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