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Reporter's Notebook: The story behind the Heisman Trophy

In modern language, to give someone the Heisman is to reject them and brush them off completely. The phrase originates from the Heisman Trophy, whose figure forever stiff-arms an invisible defender. But there's a much more fitting history for the term. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.
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