Word: finished
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...armor plate from behind, clipped his helmet and set his own plane afire. Quickly, Widen pulled back on his throttles and bailed out. As he drifted toward the ground, Widen saw his assailant: another Me 109 was circling him menacingly. Mindful of stories that Nazis had been known to finish off parachuting pilots, Widen muttered to himself (as he later wrote in his diary): "I hope this guy used to go to Sunday school...
...Hunter's competitors will be Lance Larson of Southern California. Larson and Hunter swam the 100-meter event in the 1960 Olympics; Hunter finished fourth, and Larson was declared second in a controversial finish with Australia's John Devitt...
...selection followed Gardner's outstanding performance in the National Intercollegiates at Princeton last Saturday. Making up for an off-day at the Easterns the week before, Gardner turned in an impressive 23-7 record to finish third in epee and lead the Crimson to eighth place in the tournament...
Gartner called the demonstration "an attempt to exert moral pressure' on the S.S. Kreage department store chain to finish their desegregation. The chain is completely integrated except for stores in five cities in the South...
...last year Sellers had improved enough to finish creditably in the jockey standings. This year there are no flashy tricks behind his success. "I like to help a horse come out of the gate and settle on his own stride," says Sellers. "He's bred for that. Of course there comes a time when we have to get up and run." Instead of going to the whip, Sellers can usually get his horse running by clucking gently in his ear and by pumping his arms and legs in rhythm with the animal's stride...