Word: finished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Aussies came into the final lap with 3 min. 3.8 sec. gone. It hardly seemed probable that they would crack four minutes. But now that the race belonged to them, they both dug in. They sprinted through the last lap like fresh quarter-milers. Lincoln's fine finishing kick brought him to the finish in 3:58.5. But Herb Elliott's incredible condition brought him home even faster than that. He was timed in 3:57.9, a fleeting tenth of a second faster than Aussie John Landy's listed world's record...
...week's end hapless Bill Knowland flew into San Jose for a two-day meeting with 200 campaign workers, rolled up his sleeves for a detailed rehash of past failures and a grim, fight-to-the-finish discussion aimed at reorganizing scattered elements into a new working team...
...Coming out of the turn, Sprinter Glenn Davis of Ohio State University inched into the lead and whipped across the finish line of the 440-yd. dash in 45.7 sec., to set a new world's record at the N.C.A.A. games in Berkeley, Calif...
...Iron Sheets. Cotton bed sheets and pillow cases that need no ironing were put on sale by Indian Head Mills, Inc. The sheets and matching pillow cases dry to a wrinkle-free finish in little more than half the time of ordinary sheets, are available in muslin and percale, white and striped. Prices...
...heat qualifying for the finals, Landau took no chances. He asserted himself from the start and won with ease in 23.0 seconds, breaking the Crimson mark of 23.4 seconds set by Bob Rittenburg in 1955. At that, according to his coach, Bill McCurdy, Landau appeared eased up at the finish...