Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...full well: he does not like Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis L. Strauss. Although the origins of the feud are obscure, the fact of Anderson's violent dislike for Strauss has been known for years-and by last week it had Clint Anderson, ordinarily a reasonable man, roaring ahead with a continuing attack on Lewis Strauss...
...theodolite cameras tracking it from the ground. Screaming down the runway, the Starfighter lifted off at 9:40 a.m.; Johnson headed westward toward Santa Barbara, climbing steeply. At 35,000 ft. he kicked in his afterburner, turned east, still climbing. He leveled off at 45,000 ft., poured straight ahead at about 1,000 m.p.h. As he reached the instrumented altitude-measuring range at Edwards Air Force Base, he pushed the Starfighter to full throttle and raised the nose sharply...
...extremely exciting finish of a long day of races on the Charles, the Crimson pulled ahead of Penn with three-quarters of a mile to go and then held off a closing Red and Blue sprint to win by half a length...
Taking the stroke up to 35 with a little less than half a mile to go, the Crimson rowers were ahead by almost a length. The varsity held steady at a 35 as Penn sprinted higher and began to catch up while rowing at 37. Penn was still inching up slowly, as the Crimson increased its beat to 37 while the Quakers were flashing towards the finish at a fast 40, The Red and Blue, however, failed to gain any more, and the varsity crossed the line half a length ahead...
...Pennsylvania boat, which was slightly ahead of the Crimson for the first mile, finished the race with only seven oarsmen. Having less than half a mile to go, the number six man blacked out, caught a crab, and was thrown out of the boat...