Word: best
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feet of the winning toss by Pyle of Yale. On the other hand, the wispy English distance runners ran circles around their larger American opponents. The two-mile was originally planned as a three-mile test, but was shortened out of courtesy to the Americans. Even so, Benjamin, the best American two-miler, was 11 seconds behind Oxford's Gilligan. While the Americans religiously abstained from alcohol and tobacco before the big meet, the British, deception aside, showed no aversion to a few puffs or a small snort. Gilligan made a great show just before the start...
...little doubt that Benjamin's time could have been faster. Unfamiliar with the four-mile grind, he saved himself so well that he covered the last 440 in a blazing 64.0. He ran consecutive two miles of 9:23 and 9:25, an amazing performance from a runner whose best two-mile at the start of the 1959 outdoor season...
...miler. Excitement began to grow as Benjamin led the field through the first mile in 4:29. As Everett fell behind, Benjamin kept up his withering pace. With a last 440 of 63.0, he hit the tape in a sensational 8:55.2, a new Harvard record and the best performance this season by an American runner...
...Again, this race demonstrated his remarkable development in a short period of time. Until the Army meet on April 18, he had never run a mile as fast as his 4:26 second leg at Santry. And his time for the race was nearly 13 seconds faster than his best previous effort. It will be a long time before a runner with Benjamin's dogged determination and competitive pride wears a Crimson uniform...
...stage, bare their shallow souls, and exit. From the other side rushes Ruth to deliver a monologue on her own crisis. As she exits, reenter Joanne. Result of this constant shifting of action is that the viewer tends to disregard the plot(s) altogether, which is probably the best thing...