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...beaten the defending champion boxer, Bang Away of Sirrah Crest. Standing still as a statue, the Doberman moved only his head. He was keeping an eye on the judge. After only 15 minutes, one of the shortest final deliberations in Westminster records, Judge Sims gave the Doberman the nod. Storm promptly jumped up & down and pawed and licked his handler-just as if he knew he had won. Owner Len Carey bought him as a puppy, sight unseen, and has kept him in show trim by exercising him in Manhattan's Central Park. Carey, an advertising executive...
Brad Richardson will be in the cage for the Crimson. He and Nate Corning have split the goalie chores all season, but Weiland says because he has come to practice more often, Richardson will get the starting nod. "Richardson played very well in the eight to two win over Tufts," Weiland stated. "He made some crucial stops that turned the tide for us," he added...
...auto-da-fé was part of a campaign by Roman Catholic clergy against the "paganization" of Christmas. It drew an approving and thoroughly Gallic nod from the Most Rev. Maurice Feltin, Archbishop of Paris: "The Christian significance of Christmas is debased by this legend [of Santa Claus] originating in the dense Saxon forests...
...ukases did not make a strike inevitable, despite Murray's threat. The union's wage demands, made public this week, would boost average earnings by 19? to 20? an hour; if these are trimmed to accord with the WSB formula, the stabilizers might give the nod to Murray's demands for fringe benefits (longer vacations, higher shift premiums) without undignified retreat. Murray is also asking that the steel companies guarantee to each employee with three years' service annual earnings equal to 32 hours a week for 52 weeks...
...asks for a toy gas station can be queried, "You mean for your cars?" Some ploys are ridiculousy simple--I ask a boy his age and he says he's five, "Oh of course!" I exclaim. "You were four last year!" Whereupon the boy will nod his head happily, proud that Santa remembers...