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...white striped jersey and brown corduroy trousers. Sinbad was finally coaxed to pull the cord parting the curtains which covered the mounted Bushman. While flashbulbs popped, little Sinbad took one look at the glowering giant, grabbed his trainer's legs and tried his frantic best to tuck his head between them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Happy Days | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...mood to crow. By this week the Indians had won eleven straight, 38 of their last 47 games, had pulled themselves up from ten games off the pace to a lead of two and a half games over the New York Yankees in the nip & tuck American League pennant race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Indian Sign | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

...nights out of 70. Sleep at any time was a virtual miracle. A lumpy mattress and a single blanket left him aching and cold. By prison rules, hands had to be kept outside the blanket, and a naked light bulb was always trained on his head. Any attempt to tuck in frozen fingers or face away from the light brought a barked reprimand from the guard at the peephole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Flesh Is Weak | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

...first period was nip and tuck; the Green and White went ahead in the opening minutes, but Curtis soloed and tied the game. Again Deerfield scored, but Aiello got that one back by flipping in a loose ball. The visitor's counted twice more, however, and the quarter ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '54 Lacrossemen Bow to Deerfield | 4/20/1951 | See Source »

While Scotland Yard, aided by the professor's daughter and his young colleague, directs a nip & tuck hunt for the man and his bomb, the cabinet secretly orders the machinery of evacuation oiled up. Rumor gives the public a bad case of war jitters. Then, crowded by the professor's deadline, the Prime Minister shares the secret with the people in a tense radio talk. Troops and civil defense workers take over the city; packing only what belongings they can carry by hand, London's millions queue up resolutely to roll out in all directions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 25, 1950 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

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