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Nixon could indeed take heart from his continuing lead in Tennessee and victory in Florida and Kentucky. First Texas returns were a tossup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COUNT: Hour-by-Hour | 11/16/1960 | See Source »

Colorado: Both parties well organized and working hard. A tossup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: WHERE THE POWER LIES | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

Hurricane Gracie permitting, the varsity soccer team will open its season against Tufts this afternoon at 3 p.m. in Medford. The game must be rated a tossup, since little is known about either team at this early stage of the campaign...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Soccer Squad to Meet Tufts | 9/30/1959 | See Source »

...traditional cap tossup into spectators' hands began sheepishly at the new Air Academy. A few brave graduates tossed; the rest finally followed. At West Point, caps soared as they have for generations-and for the last time. Next year West Pointers will have to keep their caps after graduation and not waste them on civilians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ready for Duty | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

...game-adapted from a 1953-55 radio show-pairs two colleges, each with four-student teams. Quizmaster Allen Ludden, 41, a sometime writer on teenage manners and morals (Plain Talk for Men Under 21, Plain Talk for Women Under 21), fires out a "tossup" question. The team that answers first and correctly wins ten points, plus a shot at a bonus question worth 20 to 40 points. Samples: Who was the German philosopher whose name rhymed with a doughnut-shaped roll? (Answer: Hegel, rhymes with bagel.) If a hostess invited the named sons of Adam and Eve and the wives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Basketball Scholarship | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

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