Word: pinned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...what the Senate Judiciary Committee wanted to know was whether Gray, like J. Edgar Hoover before him, would guard against partisan political tampering with the FBI. Last week the committee opened hearings on Gray's nomination. In two wearying days of testimony, Gray, wearing an American flag pin in his lapel, sought to convince the committee that his personal loyalties to his longtime friend, President Nixon, would not interfere with his even-handed guidance of the FBI. Said Gray: "I am not a partisan guy." But the committee's vote was still uncertain, and the hearings were...
...Prince's longtime mentor, spotted a novel called 7½?. Within a week, the pair had bought theatrical rights. A stockbroker's son but less than rich, Prince spent six months giving living-room auditions for potential backers; 15 chorus girls from Wonderful Town put up their pin money. The upshot was something called The Pajama Game. Within 14 weeks all the investors had got their original money back -the first of many payments that would eventually amount to a 774% profit...
Harvard's Mike Dee (150) pulled off an impressive second-round pin of F & M's Steve Noel and nabbed his first season win. "Dee looked outstanding," Lee said. "He did a creditable job all day." Dee lost an 8-5 decision to Penn and a 3-1 heartbreaker to Rutgers...
Harvard wrestling captain Richie Starr pressed Springfield's Gary Bernard for a key second-round pin that put the Crimson permanently ahead, as Harvard edged the Chiefs, 20-17, last night...
...damn good win," coach John Lee said after the meet. "Starr was primed for the pin. We couldn't have won without...