Word: tic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 20--Probably the most confident underdog in recent years, the Harvard varsity football team, with a chance to tic for its first Big Three title in 13 years, went through a brisk pre-Yale workout in the Yale Bowl here today...
Lopez just hasn't helped Yale. Against Cornell, when the Big Red and Blue battled to a scoreless tic, he cost the Bulldogs a touchdown when he was unable to connect with a receiver on four throws from within the Cornell twenty. The discouraging thing about this, according to Eli sportswriters, is that the incompletions weren't the result of bad luck, they were the result of bad throwing...
...finished knotting his tic, Vag saw by his bureau clock that he had only five minutes before roll-call, and the parade ground was a half mile away. Dashing down stairs, he began an awkward jog up the street, puffing under the weight of his overcoat. By the time he reached the Square, a trickle of perspiration was wetting his starched shirt collar, and Vag slowed to recoup his breath...
...progressives never really got off the ground. The New Deal appropriated many pet La Follette dreams, e.g., collective bargaining, unemployment compensation, and took credit for them to boot. But through the '30s, Young Bob worked faithfully in alliance with the New Deal on its domes tic program (exception: he wanted a pay-as-you-go tax system). His Civil Liberties Committee barnstormed across the U.S., exposing a sordid underside of U.S. big business in the days when business was dead set against organized labor. He probed the bloody Memorial Day riot at Chicago's Republic Steel plant...
...real working model ($19.95). Prospective architects can try their hand with "Blockbusters," big, cor rugated-paper blocks capable of holding more than 200 lbs. (twelve blocks for $5.95). Radio hams can assemble their own crystal sets ($2.50). One of the best bargains for budding mechanics: the plas tic "Fix-It" automobile. Its battery, radi ator and gas tank can all be filled; wheels can be removed with the help of a minia ture plastic jack and other tools. Price...