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Ebert (trying to tuck himself back into back into his immense sweater): "The only thing that's devastating is Jason's efficiency. I mean, if the New York Islanders had a goalie that played with that kind of intensity, they'd win 10 Stanley Cups. And Steinman uses his star player to drive home the message that in a world as ludicrously violent as ours, the only same thing to do is sit back and laugh in a fit of voyeuristic ecstasy. If you'd loosen your bow tie, you'd realize that...

Author: By Jeff Chest, | Title: They're Still Heeeere...' | 4/12/1985 | See Source »

Varsity basketball upstart Keith Webster '87 has his own careful routine as well. "I tuck in my shirt and lace my sneakers in a certain way," he says. "Everything is in a certain routine pattern." Webster also says that if the pattern is not followed exactly, it will "hang on my mind...

Author: By Harry B. Lerner, | Title: Psyching Up With Superstition | 4/10/1985 | See Source »

...match was nip and tuck and by the time Columbia's 177-lb. Miles Vuklevic stepped onto the mat it was clear that one more victory by Columbia would put the Tigers away...

Author: By Chris Georges, | Title: Fluke Pin Spoils Grapplers' Title Hopes | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...expected a tough one," said Coach John Lee after the nip and tuck Cornell match, and that is exactly what they got. "It's been a long time coming," he added after the stunning victory...

Author: By Chris Georges, | Title: Grapplers Sweep Cornell, Columbia | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

Rockefeller's father-in-law, Illinois Republican Senator Charles Percy, had a nip-and-tuck election night that did not end as well. Percy, who recently turned 65, was forcibly retired from the Senate after three terms. The onetime presidential prospect was upset by a thoughtful and tweedy downstate Congressman, Paul Simon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '84: The Senate: Landslide or No, The G.O.P. Margin Shrinks | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

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