Word: tip-off
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...there may be another hitch in this arranged romance. Was Betsy a lady? The usual tip-off to gender at that age is size, but, Byrne admits, "We didn't run any blood tests." Maybe the eaglet had good reason to fly the coop...
Crimson: What would be the tip-off for people to start thinking that the Reagan Administration wasn't serious, that the proposal that it was offering wasn't negotiable...
...first tip-off should come from the book's dust jacket, which features two Catholic clergymen praising the book's analysis. The Catholic Church, of course, hardly has a reputation for its graceful acceptance of criticism. Kind words from people who were still publishing an Index of acceptable books after World War II should perk a few suspicions. And as it turns out, Nichols is an avowedly sympathetic critic, very much intrigued by the faith, and himself married to a Catholic. He is on good terms with much of the Vatican, and indeed many of his anecdotes begin with...
Crimson point guard Calvin Dixon took command of his team from the opening tip-off, scoring a team-high 21 points and baffling the opposition with his usual display of Globetrotter dribbling and look-away passing...
...crews have taken over the base's only gymnasium. They repack drive shafts on the basketball court beneath a sign that reads NO DUNKING ALLOWED. At Rivers barracks near Giessen, nearly 3,000 soldiers are crammed into what was a Wehrmacht military prison during World War II. "The tip-off is that the barbed-wire-fence topping points in, not out," says an officer stationed there...