Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blanket finish, with little more than a length separating all four: Mrs. Royce G. Martin's Halt, J. A. Kinard Jr.'s Johns Joy, Greentree's Wine List and -fourth-Old Rockport. Hard-Loser Cliff Mooers had a grin on his face. Said he: "We can afford to lose this...
...chore. To help him meet deadlines, he quit Manhattan in 1939 for the quiet of a small fruit ranch in Van Nuys, Calif. There, he settles himself before a drawing board every Thursday at 9 a.m. and works for 1 6 hours. At bedtime, he has almost finished five daily Blondie strips. A neat, fast worker, he rarely changes a line. Even with two assistants, it takes Young two more days to finish the first five strips, do a sixth, and turn out a Sun day Blondie page and a short Sunday strip called Colonel Potterby and the Duchess...
...starting times and lanes for today's races appear below. The finish line will be opposite the MIT boathouse, just below Cottage Farm (Boston University) Bridge. Lane 1 is nearest the Cambridge shore. All races will be broadcast by the Crimson...
...afternoon will feature, besides the out-of-season race complete with a Marryin' Sam at the finish line, what is described as a "Schmoo Hunt--finders keepers," hiking--"a free schmoo for every blister," a tug of war with Wellesleyites, a softball game with Simmons girls, sack races, and a 75 cent picnic supper, followed by a "songfest...
...Society's first accomplishment was a ship-to-shore broadcast of the Eastern Sprints regatta last May by walkie-talkie from the official launch. The reports of the races were relayed to the crowd at the finish line over a public address system...