Word: behind
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Esprit de Cortège. In Memphis, anxious to save time, Motorist Tom Kimbrough switched on his lights, joined a funeral procession, rolled steadily through red lights, eventually tried to turn into a side street, heard the voice of the law behind him ("Hey, buddy. Back in line. You joined the procession. Now stay in it"), ended up in the cemetery, where the cop made him stay for the services...
...Bombay, India, R. T. Sahni, divisional superintendent of the Central Railway System, said that one reason why trains on the Nagpur division are so frequently behind schedule is that approximately 180 babies are born in them each year...
...schoolteacher, he rose to lead the Taiping Rebellion, which ravaged China between 1851 and 1864, and cost the lives of an estimated 20 million people. Since Hung was a professing if distinctly unorthodox Christian, who ruled some 30 million subjects at the peak of his power, he has left behind him one of the most tantalizing ifs in history: If he had toppled the Manchu Dynasty and mounted the Dragon Throne, would China be Christian today...
...would be foolish to try to summarize the feelings that Fidel Castro left behind him on his visit and speech here. His personal magnetism and idealism--whether or not one thinks they were inspiring--are the rare and precious gift of a national figure. And if he is "drunk" with anything, it is popularity, not power...
Willy Thompson surprised Princeton's Pete Kingston in the two-mile with a come-from-behind triumph, and the Crimson dominated the hurdles, with Joel Landau taking two firsts. Art Cahn led for the last 300 yards and won the 880 in 1:55.6. The mile relay quartet triumphed easily. Princeton showed its strength in the dashes, as John Chang in the 100 and Edmunds in the 220 won handily...