Word: finished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rich, philistine Edwardian society, the Manners family was an island of liberal, slightly wacky culture. Mother patronized that daring new thing, the Russian Ballet, and was a talented artist. Once Queen Victoria posed for her briefly. (The duchess had to finish the sketch by rigging out a servant in a pudding-basin and mantilla.) Diana's sister-in-law took some pigs up in an airplane to prove that they could fly. Once in Venice the rich young pixies were visited by an old family friend, dressed him up as a doge and danced around him to celebrate...
...Green offered the Crimson little competition in the dual meet at Franklin Park as seven varsity runners crossed the finish line before a single Dartmouth...
Schlaeppi was particularly impressive in finishing fourth as he ran the race with a badly bruised ankle, while Martin's fifth-place finish indicates an improvement in the health of a previously doubtful runner--which should bolster the varsity depth for the Yale meet. Sophomore Buster LaFrance's seventh place finish was the highest he has achieved in varsity competition...
...breaking the record which he established only two weeks ago, Benjamin was pressed relentlessly by sophomore Jed Fitzgerald. The two ran close together over the last half of the five mile course until Benjamin made a decisive spurt within 400 yards of the finish. Fitzgerald's second place time of 25 min., 50 secs. was only three seconds off the old record and represents his finest effort of this year...
...punch,' for it is founded on a sincere belief in the essential inequality of things and people, in a sincere belief in men and masters, rather than in men and men, in the sincere belief in some form of human slavery--yes, I mean this...." Wolfe did not finish this play at Harvard. He finished it years later, just before he abandoned drama and started Look Homeward, Angel...