Word: also-rans
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...could choose only one winner, but Sary, a suave, Paris-educated ladies' man, picked two. In no time at all, the judges' first choice, coffee-skinned, sarong-clad Tep Kanary, was installed in Sary's household. Later he added Iv Eng Seng, who was only an also-ran with judges, to his collection...
Undefeated, once-tied Tufts leads the Greater Boston League, followed by B.U.,. Boston College, and the Crimson. Winless Brandeis and Northeastern share the cellar. The Varsity, a second division also-ran in the Eastern Intercollegiate League last year, is defending champion of the G.B.I...
...crash big-time tennis, has only hovered on the edge of greatness. Last week, day after day, crowds of 20,000 packed the stadium at Wimbledon, England to see if Hoad could still lick the world, and to wonder if Althea was really anything more than a strong-armed also-ran...
Villanova and Manhattan will again fight it out for the IC4A title tomorrow evening in Madison Square Garden, with the Crimson and nearly forty other teams fighting for the also-ran spots...
...smaller engine. In acceleration tests (a mile run from a standing start) the 300-C set a new record of 86.873 m.p.h. The hefty 300-h.p., 364-cu. in. Buick Century ran second in the flying mile with a creditable 130.766 m.p.h., but in acceleration it was a sluggish also-ran. A supercharged 300-h.p. Ford ran third in the flying mile with 130.058 m.p.h., was third in acceleration (85.006 m.p.h.) behind the Chrysler and a 335-h.p. Mercury (85.511 m.p.h.). An Oldsmobile 98 (312 h.p., 371 cu. in.) lumbered along in tenth place at 127.074 m.p.h. In acceleration...