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These sprints must be termed a tossup, and should provide the main excitement of the meet, perhaps even a world record. Against Brown last week, Dyer turned in a 49.4 second 100, which is better than any Eli clocking this season, and only 0.5 seconds off the world record...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Powerful Yale Swimmers Meet Varsity Today | 3/9/1957 | See Source »

...twists and turns of the nation's congressional -district politics, some of the newcomers will lose because of inexperience, others because of influences beyond their control, e.g., the presidential tides. But many will make the grade, and, with the congressional races figuring as a tossup, the U.S. House of Representatives will probably be controlled next year by the party that has managed to present the most attractive new faces to the district voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: New Faces of 1956 | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

...farm belt, where the Democrats originally had hoped to gain most in 1956, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, North Dakota, Indiana and Ohio are all for Ike; Minnesota is a tossup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Easing the Doubt | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...varsity, winless in five games this season, may be overlooking the contest in preparation for Saturday's Cornell game, but it is rated a tossup against the BLC. Concentration on fundamentals in practice this week, however, has sharpened the Crimson attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Lacrosse Squad Will Meet Experienced BLC Team Tomorrow | 4/18/1956 | See Source »

...first, in Alaska's primary on April 24, is considered unimportant and a tossup. The most critical of the remaining encounters is in California on June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On to the West | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

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