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Last year Steiner could be seen overpowering the opposition; this year he is doing things a little differently, using head fakes and agility to slip...
...wristwatch-radio before the transistorized version was invented. Now Tracy has introduced the "humane" pistol. It fires a cartridge that on impact spurts a slippery, tranquilizing liquid that upsets the footing of a fleeing suspect and immobilizes him for half a minute-just enough time to slip on the handcuffs...
...this the fact that Penn has won the varsity event at Syracuse for the past four years, the fact that Western crews have tended to slip out of national prominence in recent years, as evidenced by their lack of success at the I. R. A. as well as at the Olympic trials, and the fact that Penn traditionally rows less well in June than in May, and it seems fairly obvious, from a competitive standpoint, why Harvard stays away...
...almost envy that necessity as I sit here with a dozen books scattered over my desk, a sales slip marking the first or second or fourth page of each of them...
...strongest words were those of Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, who publicly threw Russia's support behind the peace efforts. "It is very important for the peaceful forces in the Middle East not to let the initiative slip away and not to allow the foes of peace to blow up the agreement or use it to cover up their aggressive designs," Brezhnev declared in a nationwide television broadcast. He strongly backed the Arab cause, but warned the guerrillas to refrain from troublemaking. Said Brezhnev: "What is needed is not new provocations and subterfuges designed to circumvent or violate...