Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...order of finish votes, the delegates...
This despite the fact that Curwen's shell overcame a length handicap to finish two lengths ahead of his contenders over the racing distance last Tuesday...
...Paris, Rita Hay worth watched Aly Khan finish next to last in a horse race for gentlemen jockeys (gibed the railbirds: "Trop d'amour"). She also announced that they would get married "within four weeks. I wish it could be sooner," she added demurely, "but we have to wait...
When the great Morgan died in 1913, he left his library to his son, and Belle stayed on as its head. Now, though retired and slowed by illness, Belle still goes to the library almost every day, "just to finish things up." There is still much to do-old friends to see and letters to read and send. Besides, Belle is also working on a book, a history of her two favorite collectors-the J. P. Morgans, father...
...spray-spattered eye at the four other sprinters splashing in other lanes until he saw whom he had to beat. Then, head down, he started churning, with a fast arm but a slow, deep kick that is uncommon to sprinters. A pinwheel fast turn and a lung-busting finish did the trick as usual. When Wally's big hand touched the tile 51.4 seconds after the start, he could add another A.A.U. championship to his collection of titles (fortnight ago, he was voted the all-collegiate swimmer...