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Another star of the evening was Charles Moore of cornell who put on a great final spurt to win the invitational Hollis 600 yard Run. His best time of 1:12.1 was just enough to edge out Frank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mile Relayers Place Second at BAA | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...nine point Yardling lead in the second half was sliced to two points by Northeastern in a late game spurt. With the pressure on Urdan, center Dick Lionette, and forward Ted Briggs took over the game for the Crimson with some clever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Quintet Beats Huskies, 63-57, to Take Fourth Win | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

...show is actually best when it has a straight Broadway blare and stomp and when the cast, which could use more personal glamour, can show its professional savvy. Somehow Texas just can't find the right girl or gag in the pinches; it dawdles when it needs to spurt, and turns cheap when it ought to be charming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Dec. 5, 1949 | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...rest of the game, the varsity continued to match play with Connecticut. It turned on a final spurt so hot that Connecticut never got the ball out of its own zone in the last three minutes of play. Yet the blue and White--whose first team listed ten seniors--was so good that the Connecticut goalie was seldom overworked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Free Shot Gives Connecticut 1-0 Win Over Soccer Team | 10/19/1949 | See Source »

...Gibbon believes that there ought to be a way to relieve the heart of work during an operation on it. Not only would such a machine give the surgeon more time; it would also let him lift up the heart and cut into its main vessels, without causing a spurt of blood. This would enable him to see what needed to be done, instead of depending largely on feel. Some of Gibbon's colleagues agree that a mechanical heart would open "the last field of surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Last Field | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

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