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...familiar gypsy trick is to enter a grocery store, wait until proprietor and clerks are occupied with important customers, then tuck turnips, garlic, apples, other staples under the ample gypsy blouse. Japan, adept at this gypsy technique, last week took advantage of France's and England's busy dickerings with Italy and Germany to slip seven small potatoes-the Spratly Islands-under her kimono...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Gypsy Trick | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...jumper for the benefit of Navan's 10,000 citizens. Close behind Workman came 'Captain Briggs's MacMoffat, with Jockey Alder in primrose silks. As they pressed on, Kilstar blundered four jumps from home, and from then on it was nip and tuck between the green and the primrose. Over the last fence soared Workman, half a stride ahead of MacMoffat, and galloped into the stretch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Over Aintree Meadow | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

...Crimson and the Blue waged a nip-and-tuck battle throughout the entire 40 minutes of play, and neither team enjoyed a safe lead. Coach Johnny Wood's charges held a 20 to 19 edge at the end of the first half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee Hoopsters Eke Out 43 to 41 Victory Over Yale | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

...Just a beginner," she replied placidly. The satisfaction on her face made Vag writhe. "I still have four years to go." It almost seemed spite that the girl should begin to tuck wisps of perfect blonde curls into place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

...relay, to score an upset over the hitherto undefeated Deacons. The two teams were two points apart before the event, but Lowell's relay team composed of Harry Hammond Wheeler Smith, Douglas Sears, and Sam McClellan beat the Kirkland mermen by a scant two yards in a nip and tuck race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELIOT SWIMMERS WIN TO TAKE FIRST PLACE | 1/13/1939 | See Source »

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