Word: courser
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hedges and ditches interposed along the course by Britain, they compete for the No. 1 position. Sometimes this competition is so bitter that they lose sight of the finish and run off the course. Most remarkable single fact about this strange race: when the running gets hottest, the leading courser is almost invariably mounted by a tiny, leathery, ascetic man in a white cotton loincloth. Last week the leaders were bunched at an important hurdle, and once again the first over was Mohandas K. Gandhi...