Word: finished
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Healthy Outlook. Three and a half years later, after a stint in Korea, Lloyd returned to the University of Texas to finish his law studies. Even before he graduated, he was summoned to the office of Senator Lyndon Johnson for an interview and subsequently hired as one of LBJ's administrative assistants...
Forward & Backward. Aboard Stormvogel, everything was serene. Radio reports had her well in the lead with only 300 miles to Rio; another 48 hours should see her across the finish line. Then Stormvogel hit a calm. "There were no winds at all during the day," said Helmsman Miles, "and at night the northeaster blew up to 25 or 30 knots. Then there was that current, coming right at us. Two of my fixes actually showed we were going backward...
...last, after nine days at sea, Stormvogel's crew could see the lights of Rio and searchlights playing across the finish line. "At 8 p.m.," said Miles, "we were just four miles off the line. Suddenly we saw the searchlights on the line flash white as they struck sails. We thought it was just a boat coming out to watch the finish. But it wasn't." It was Ondine riding across from the east...
Skipper Long grudgingly admitted to a "certain elation" as Ondine's time was logged at 221 hrs. 52 min. and she was assured the coveted blue ribbon that goes to the first boat to finish. Two days later, when officials finally finished calculating the complicated handicap formula, Ondine had also won a fancy silver trophy for being the fastest on corrected time...
Jaime Siguake is 33 years old. His face looks much older at the rare moments when it is not covered with a friendly smile. Born near Beira in central Mozambique, he, like most Africans, had to leave school after his primary education. Determined to finish, he left Mozambique and went to South Africa's Transkei, where he entered a secondary school. But he soon had to go to work in order to support himself...