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Word: 121st (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quit after only two laps, when his Belond Special, hastily rebuilt after a disastrous engine freeze-up only one week before, developed clutch trouble. Mike Magill went to the hospital with neck injuries after hitting the Speedway wall on the 47th lap. Ray Crawford hit a wall on the 121st lap, suffered broken ribs. But through the pile-ups nothing bothered 38-year-old Veteran Rodger Ward of Los Angeles, a onetime fighter pilot who had never finished higher than eighth in eight previous "500" races. He nursed the dirty-white Leader Card Special in front to stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Win for Ward | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

Chrisman, a three-year veteran of the event, finished 78the in his best time of 3:28.38. The other Crimson finishers, Marshall r. Childs '55 and James J. Pates, Jr. '55, placed 115th and 121st respectively. Richard L. Arthur of the divinity school dropped out at the 23-mile mark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Seniors Compete B.A.A. Marathon | 4/20/1955 | See Source »

Both Chrisman and Pates, who finished 88th and 99th last year, improved their times, but an unusually strong field kept them far down in the rankings. Pates cut 45 minutes off his time, but dropped 22 places to the 121st position. Hideo Hamamura of Japan won the race with a record-breaking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Seniors Compete B.A.A. Marathon | 4/20/1955 | See Source »

Last year Major Sammy Lee, U.S. Army Medical Corps, was busy with other things. He was attached to the 121st Evacuation Hospital in Korea, and was so good at his medical job (ear, nose & throat) that he was called on to treat South Korean President Syngman Rhee recently. This was a professional honor Sammy enjoyed doubly, since he happens to be a Korean-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 1 Amateur | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...Dickenson, 7,000 miles away in Korea, knew why he had wanted to try Communism-and he wasn't giving the real reasons. When he crossed the line at Panmunjom, he was smiling sheepishly and seemed eager to talk, but he was whisked away by helicopter to the 121st Evacuation Hospital at Seoul and later by plane to the Tokyo Army hospital. At press conferences, he was sullen and evasive, and told a story that was skeptically received. Why had he originally refused repatriation? "I wanted revenge against the Communists for what they did to my buddies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: One Changed His Mind | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

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