Word: bit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Closer than he ever expected to be to the world's best, Bailey decided to boost his countryman into an extra-fast final sprint. "I reached out and batted John on the backside and said, 'Go!' His foot came up against mine, and he wobbled a bit." Right then, for the first time, Bailey decided he had a chance...
...Question. So the crowd put its cash on Needles-and at the start it was sorry. In the first fast dash past the grandstand, Needles was 16th in a field of 17. Jockey Dave Erb was as worried as his backers. Needles had let loose his bit, seemed uninterested in running. Up front, Calumet Farm's Fabius and Rex Ells worth's Terrang dueled for the lead...
...track. The chalk players could barely see through their tears. But Jockey Erb did not get flustered. His mount was moving nicely and he saved ground, waited until they reached the stretch turn before he asked the big question. Then, for a terrible second, Needles seemed to spit the bit out once more. Erb cracked the whip in his ear to get his mind on his work. Needles got the idea...
...sold out; a supplementary printing of 2,000 was going fast at week's end, and readers got a good 75? worth. Among the familiar universal themes of love, life, courage, birth and death, the magazine tucks in such old-fashioned surprises full of simpler merits as a bit of verse called The Rift by Walter de la Mare...
...night. The deep resonance, which so distinguishes a good men's chorus, was caught up and diffused by the breeze Tuesday when the Glee Club gave its first spring concert on the steps of Widener. When the rich lower sonorities had blow away, what was left was often a bit scraggly...