Word: finished
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Just two nights before, Joseph Mariano, 39, a Waterbury, Conn., bartender, had made an alltime record killing $79,660.30 on a $2 ticket-by picking four straight winners in Roosevelt's "twin double." Now, as eight pacers raced toward the finish of the sixth race, 23,127 fans clutched their own twin doubles (85,574 of them) and prayed for Lady Luck to come through again...
...robbed!" came the battle cry. A youth hurdled a 3½-ft. fence onto the track, brandished a fist-and hundreds swarmed after him. They attacked the judge's booth at the finish line, injuring John DeMatteo, who was pinned inside. They threw bottles at the infield tote board until the lights that indicate the amount of money bet finally winked out. They pulled a sulky from the paddock and set it afire. Bands of vandals dashed wildly through the stands, breaking windows, lighting bonfires, ripping program booths apart...
...with the gargoyle. Given a site over which loomed the 197-ft.-high Gothic gymnasium, he designed his buildings to be "good neighbors." To capture the masonry spirit of nearby older pseudo-Gothic buildings, Saarinen pumped wet concrete into frames that were filled with stones, simulating inexpensively their handcrafted finish...
...tempting to pick an upset here, but Archie Roberts is quite tricky and Penn has already had its big day of the year. Columbia will finish its Ivy schedule with a three touchdown triumph...
Suddenly finding itself unable to defend its Ivy crown of last year, Dartmouth today will attempt to end a small losing streak, secure a first division finish, and defeat Columbia...