Word: pinchbeck
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Martire’s defeat put all the pressure on Bergman, who entered her third set against North Carolina’s No. 14 Kate Pinchbeck, an All-American last season...
Bergman went up 4-2 early in the decisive set. Pinchbeck broke back to tie it 4-4, but the Crimson No. 1 broke Pinchbeck again. Bergman, like Martire, served for the match, but she fell behind early in the game and could not recover...
...Bergman-Pinchbeck duel ultimately came down to a third-set tiebreak. Pinchbeck, aided by a strong home crowd that had gathered to watch, once again jumped to a quick lead at 3-0. Bergman could not catch up and lost the tiebreaker 7-4, giving UNC the match...
...such as the liaison, or lack of it, between the Navy and the R.A.F., the Commander talked about the Admiralty's "Gestapo methods" and said: "We are not fighting against Hitler in order to set up the First Lord of the Admiralty (A. V. Alexander) as a little pinchbeck Hitler with a tin-pot staff...
Suddenly MGM took fright. The studio became acutely aware that their most valuable property was in danger of becoming tagged as a pinchbeck, cocksure, juvenile Don Juan...