Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Norris, kingpin of the team, will undoubtedly swim in two events. His specialty--the 440 freestyle--seems to be no problem, and he is a strong contender to finish right behind Jerry Gorman in the 220. Whether or not Hank Arthur, a capable performer so far, can pick a second or third in the 440 is unsure--and important...
Every match will be a fight to the finish, guaranteed Coach Henry Lamar. He pointed out that former champions from Yale, Bates, Kings Point, and the University of Virginia are all represented, and will give the bouts some of the flavor of intercollegiate frays...
Trotting horse races take place Sunday afternoons at Derby and Lanconia, New Hampshire. Keeping the pacers upright on the bare ice demands strong hands and steady nerves from the drivers. At the finish line a blanket, a ribbon, or even a shiny new bag of oats awaits the winning horse...
...more like lambs than dogs. Their natural topcoat grows fairly long, but handlers trim it. In their northern English homeland, where the breed originated around 1825, Bedlingtons were anything but lamblike. Tough miners of Bedlington used them to hunt badgers and otters; sometimes they pitted two Bedlingtons together in finish fights for big wagers...
...whose scientifically developed resistance to the opposite sex bends alarmingly under pressure, displayed astonishing maturity of style, resonance of voice, and sharpness of diction. Style was her real perfection: she resembled in that department Miss Pamela Brown of last year's "Importance of Being Ernest," only with more real finish and sublety to her characterization than the latter...