Word: finished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dangling Offer. Seven months ago the U.S. offered Egypt a preliminary $56 million loan to start construction at Aswan. Aided by Britain ($14 million) and the World Bank ($200 million), the U.S. was willing to supply the major part of the capital to finish the mighty three-mile dam. But the offer was left dangling. Nasser, who had mortgaged $200 million worth of cotton not yet planted as barter for Czechoslovakian weapons, occupied himself by recognizing Red China and by planning a trip to Moscow. And when Soviet Minister Dmitri Shepilov visited Cairo last month, Nasser's spokesman whispered...
With its five-minute rule and other time-saving parliamentary devices, the House of Representatives is a legislative hare, ordinarily loping far ahead of the tortoise-like Senate and its treasured prerogative of "unlimited debate." But last week, with the finish line near, the tortoise was ahead of the hare...
...After loafing to the finish line in front of Kent (Conn.) School's crew in the semifinals of the Henley Royal Regatta, Princeton's unbeaten 150-lb. eight pulled their way through the choppy waters of the Thames to beat Britain's Royal Air Force oarsmen and win the Thames Challenge Cup by an impressive length. ¶ With a red ribbon tied to his forelock to make him think he was still running under the colors of the late William Woodward Jr. and blinkers beside his eyes to keep his mind on his work, Leslie Combs...
...Cornell was closest, followed by Washington, Yale, Wisconsin. The Admirals could not keep it up. Slowly, the big Yale crew inched by; Cornell crept up. In the last 500 meters the Admirals made a final bid. It failed, and they fell back. The triumphant Yale crew slipped past the finish to win the Olympic berth by an easy three-quarters of a length over Cornell, whose closing drive brought them in second, a full length ahead of the fading Admirals...
Born in Leeds of middle-class parents with no interest in music, Scholar Scholes only waited to finish prep school before dedicating himself to life as a musical missionary. In the next years, he taught, lectured with the assistance of a cranky phonograph, compiled the first history of music on records (the Columbia History of Music), then got a job writing running program notes for the margins of player piano rolls so pedal pumpers could read about the music they were hearing as they heard...