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What kind of car people drive has long been considered a clue to their psyche, including their sexual fantasies. Now, would you believe it's a tip-off to their political fantasies as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Porsche Liberals | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

...other semi-final match, Hurlbut-Prescott will tip-off against the National League champions, Lionel-Hollis. "Lionel-Hollis will show us seven players of equal ability and they all know how to play basketball," John Sieg of Hurlbut-Prescott said yesterday...

Author: By Jerome L. Rappaport, | Title: Thayer and Hurlbut Win in First Round Of Frosh Tourney | 3/17/1976 | See Source »

...tip-off that the President of the U.S. would get an audience came after the steamed Wuchang fish course during the big banquet held in the Great Hall of the People the night he arrived. Ford had finished his toast to the Chinese and was moving along the head tables clinking glasses. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger trailed in his wake. When they reached Mao's grandniece, Wang Hai-jung, a vice minister who arranged Kissinger's meeting with Mao in October, Kissinger leaned over to her and said: "I suppose you are going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: A Good Visit with Chairman Mao | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

Coach Mark Haverland certainly must have been worried during the contest's midway interlude. Before the opening tip-off, he had said he expected an easy game against what he felt to be a weak squad from Norton. Yet at half-time the teams were deadlocked...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: 'Cliffe Cagers Explode in Second Half, Storm Over Wheaton Quintet, 50-40 | 12/12/1975 | See Source »

...puzzlement must have quickly vanished at the start of the second stanza. A Wheaton guard grabbed a tip-off and swiftly drove down the court the wrong way, leaving nine startled players behind...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: 'Cliffe Cagers Explode in Second Half, Storm Over Wheaton Quintet, 50-40 | 12/12/1975 | See Source »

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