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Cornell controlled the tip, and jumped out in front on a Mike Lucas layup seconds later. The teams traded baskets--with the score tied or the Crimson down by two--until a Calvin Dixon underhand layup on a snappy Mannix assist gave the hoopsters a 69-67 lead with 1:40 left...
...copy of the atomic bomb blueprints he had made as part of his junior project. Phillips told the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisc.) about the incident. When pressed about the incident, a Pakistani aide said there was nothing "sinister or underhand" about the request. However, Proxmire noted that the incident highlighted the desperation of some nations for nuclear weapons and the importance of adopting an effective non-proliferation policy...
...pitchers in those days fired the ball underhand, standing only 45 feet from the plate. A "cross-fire" was created by the pitcher moving along a six-foot painted strip from which he made his delivery. In short, before Thayer's brainstorm the lot of the backstop was "nasty, brutish, and short...
...reporters camping out in Americus to come over and "bat some balls" on the Plains diamond. Brother Billy Carter, wearing a sports shirt emblazoned BELLY FLOP AND CANNON BALL DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS, disloyally took the mound for the "Newsies." His brother, decked out in faded cutoffs, lobbed a steady underhand pitch (no spin) for the White House players, the "Jimmy's." When the Newsies won 14-11, Carter's team immediately demanded a rematch-and lost again. In the third game, the press finally buckled under presidential pressure and lost 19-17. A jubilant Carter shook hands with...
...addition, this Jewish-communist cell-and this sect alone--has hypocritically waged an underhand racial war against another colony of proven worth, of enterprising, tireless workers who have contributed to the welfare of Chile: The Arabs...