Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...speed, this huge and powerful combination of bone, muscle and glistening red chestnut coat covers just an inch short of 25 ft. in a single stride. He has finished first in 11 of 14 races. He has won $804,202 since last July 4 -more than any other single competitor in any sport-and in 1972 as a mere two-year-old, he was named horse of the year. Now, having won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness this spring, Secretariat is an odds-on favorite to run away with the Belmont Stakes this Saturday and earn his right...
However, when the boats cleared rough water, Radcliffe began to pull ahead. And from that point to the finish 600 meters later, Radcliffe called the shots, moving steadily away. By the end of the race the 'Cliff had open water on UMass, the nearest competitor...
Rifle competition in the New England area is run along international rules. Under this format, each competitor shoots 30 shots, 10 each from prone, kneeling and standing positions. Each shot is rated from zero to ten, with a score of 300 the maximum possible. Each team can send up as many as ten competitors, but only the top five finishers count for each team...
...anything for them. He pays regular income tax on the value of the shares when he gets them, but 1964 tax-law changes let him spread out the tax payments over a number of years. At many companies, performance shares are forfeited if the executive leaves to join a competitor before he meets his goals. For that reason, Security Pacific officers call their plan "the golden handcuffs...
...deliver twice as much fruit each season as conventional ships. These "core class" reefers-designed by Israeli engineers and largely financed by government-guaranteed loans-eventually grew into an armada that by 1971 totaled 36. All were then leased to Maritime's main competitor, Sweden's Salen, for $500 million. The agreement gives the two firms control of more than half the world's privately owned refrigerated ships...