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Word: dipheria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the race started in 1977, celebrating the men and dogs who brought life-saving anti-toxin from Anchorage to dipheria-stricken Nome Alaska in 1925, the winner took 21 days to finish. "Everybody says, 'It will never be done in 10 days.' I have shaved off 31 hours [from the previous record]. I think I can shave off two more," Butcher says...

Author: By Camille L. Landau, | Title: Racing the Iditarod | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

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